1. If I want the apparent meaning from a word
Its metaphorical meaning is different

2. There must be a relationship that is
Between them, bringing together or separating

3. For example, some Bedouins said
The grains are in the heads of the stalks

4. He meant by "grains" kernels of wheat
He named it by that which it leads to

5. And in general they made its basis
Metonymy, metaphor, personification

6. Metonymy is to affirm a meaning for what
Is necessarily related to it

7. As they say, "India tires its litter-bearer"
Similar to, "What comforts the forearms comforts the burdens they carry"

8. "That one has abundant ashes in his cooking-pot"
"And that one, his sword is long"

9. Indicating generosity and tall stature
Both are signs of this and that

10. And sometimes what is intended
Is attributed to an inclusive term

11. Such as, "Daintiness of beauty is in her cloak"
And, "How splendid are the apples in her cheeks"

12. And grammar and lexicography are for Sibawayh
In a dome erected over him

13. His metaphor is like, "Indeed, Bashar
Puts ahead one man, and delays another"

14. When his action is hesitation
In doing it or leaving it as it appears

15. And like, "Abu al-Manaqib did not budge
Storming its peak while the sun set"

16. When what was formidable becomes easy
So that he gets from it what he sought

17. And makes you an object of comparison expression
About the metaphor, that comparison

18. On condition that the tool of similarity is lost
And makes the thing for a thing not for it

19. Like, "The darkness erased the lines of dawn by the palm of morning"
And "The saliva of dew flowed on the stubbles"