وإِلىand to كَمhow long أسيرI travel فيin الأَرضِthe earth كَيso that
وإِلى كَم أسير في الأَرضِ كَي
ألقىI meet فُلاناًso-and-so وأستَمِيحand I seek gifts from فُلاناso-and-so
ألقى فُلاناً وأستَمِيح فُلانا
And how long shall I travel the earth to
How far shall I wander the earth to find
Meet so-and-so and ask so-and-so for gifts?
So-and-so to meet and make amends with so-and-so
تحتَbeneath سُوقٍa market منof الكَسادِstagnation
تحتَ سُوقٍ من الكَسادِ
يُباعُis sold الشِّعرُpoetry فيهin it مُستَرخِصاًheld cheap مجاناfree of charge
يُباعُ الشِّعرُ فيه مُستَرخِصاً مجانا
Beneath a market of stagnation,
Under markets struck with recession
Poetry is sold there, held cheap, for nothing.
Poetry is sold there complimentary
لاnot أرَىI see مَنanyone who يَسومُoffers a price for ذلكَthat منِّيfrom me
لا أرَى مَن يَسومُ ذلكَ منِّي
حيثُwhere ماever كنتُI was أوunless أرَىI see النُّعماناal-Nuʿman
حيثُ ما كنتُ أو أرَى النُّعمانا
I see no one who offers me a price for it,
I see none who would reproach me for that
Wherever I am, unless I see al-Nuʿman.
Wherever I was or saw wellbeing
فهوَfor he ذُوpossessing راحةٍa palm تُقيمُestablishes عَلىin support of ماwhat
فهوَ ذُو راحةٍ تُقيمُ عَلى ما
قلتُI said فيهabout him مِنfrom جُودِهاits generosity بُرهاناproof
قلتُ فيه مِن جُودِها بُرهانا
For he has a palm that provides, in support of what
It has comforts built on what
I have said of him, proof through its generosity.
I said of its generosity as evidence
Sol 6.1