تكادit almost تُنبتsprouts عيداناًboughs يوافقهاharmonizes with them
تكاد تُنبت عيداناً يوافقها
شادٍa singer يوافقُهharmonizes with him فيin نطقهِhis utterance الوترُthe string
شادٍ يوافقُه في نطقهِ الوترُ
It almost sprouts boughs, joined in harmony by
She almost grows branches that the lute's strings would accompany
a singer whose utterance the string accompanies.
In its speech, as soon as it's tuned
دَرَىknew الاصولَthe fundamentals (literally, roots) وأَداهاand rendered them بنَغمتِهِin his melody
دَرَى الاصولَ وأَداها بنَغمتِهِ
انَّindeed الاصولَthe roots عليهاupon them يَنبتُgrows الشَّجَرُthe trees
انَّ الاصولَ عليها يَنبتُ الشَّجَرُ
He knew the fundamentals and rendered them in his melody;
It knows the fundamentals and performs them in its melody
indeed, it is upon roots that trees grow.
For fundamentals are what trees grow from