وريشةٍand a feather ذكرتrecalled عهداًa bygone time لصاحبهاof its owner
وريشةٍ ذكرت عهداً لصاحبها
منfrom فوقabove غصنa branch غداbecame عوداًa lute بأوتارwith strings
من فوق غصن غدا عوداً بأوتار
And a plectrum recalled its former bond with its player—
And a feather recalled its owner's bygone days,
from atop a branch that had become a stringed ʿūd.
atop a branch that had become a lute with strings.
استنجدتI sought help منهماfrom both of them صوتاًa voice فكانand there was لَهاfor it
استنجدت منهما صوتاً فكان لَها
سجعُthe cooing الحمامof doves علىon أغصانbranches أشجارِof trees
سجعُ الحمام على أغصان أشجارِ
It appealed to them both for a voice, and there came to it
I sought a voice from them both, and its voice was
the doves’ cadenced cooing upon the branches of trees.
the cooing of doves on the branches of trees.
