1. وصاحب عود به عازف

    يحركه عن هزار غرد

    And a man with a lute, playing upon it,

    sets it vibrating in a warbling nightingale’s stead.

  2. أنامله تلتقى في الفؤاد

    وريشته تنبرى للكبد

    His fingertips meet within the heart,

    and his plectrum advances upon the liver.