بديعٌ رنينُ الكلمات حين يُحسن نطقَها من يستحقها، وجميلٌ سقوطُ الأغاني حين يُغنّيها المغنّي الصادق. ومع ذلك تُنشَد وتُردَّد، محمولةً على أجنحة، بعد أن يرحل المغنّي ويُدفن صانعها.
النص الأصلي بالإنجليزية
“Bright is the ring of words When the right man rings them, Fair the fall of songs When the singer sings them. Still they are carolled and said - On wings they are carried - After the singer is dead And the maker buried.”Robert Louis Stevenson — The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson: Novels, Short Stories, Poems, Plays, Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Letters and Essays (Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, containing Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, Catriona and A Child's Garden of Verses (2015)