أتتناshe came to us بعودٍwith a lute حركتهshe set it vibrating بأنملٍwith fingertips
أتتنا بعودٍ حركته بأنملٍ
هيthey are الماءwater لطفاًin delicacy فيin اتباعfollowing الأناشيدthe songs
هي الماء لطفاً في اتباع الأناشيد
She came to us with an oud, setting it astir with fingertips;
She came to us with a lute she set vibrating with fingertips
Her fingertips were water itself in gentleness, following the songs.
That are water itself in their delicacy as they follow the songs.
وكادand it nearly وقدand already جستshe plucked مثانيهits paired strings يكتسىclothes itself
وكاد وقد جست مثانيه يكتسى
بأوراقهin its leaves لماwhen جرىflowed الماءthe water فيthrough العودthe wood (the lute)
بأوراقه لما جرى الماء في العود
And when she touched its paired strings, it nearly clothed itself
And, once she had plucked its paired strings, it nearly clothed itself
In its leaves, as water coursed through the oud’s wood.
In its leaves, when water flowed through the wood.
