1. عودٌ حَوَت في الأَرضِ أَعوادُهُ

    كُلَّ المَعاني وَهوَ رَطبٌ قَويم

    A lute whose branches in the earth encompassed

    all meanings, while it was green and straight;

  2. فَحازَ شَدوَ الوُرقِ في سَجعِهِ

    وَرِقَّةَ الماءِ وَلُطفَ النَسيم

    so it gained the doves’ song in its cooing,

    and the delicacy of water and the gentleness of the breeze.