أيّهاO you المصقعُthe eloquent orator المهذّبُthe refined one طبعاًby nature
أيّها المصقعُ المهذّبُ طبعاً
وَفَتىًand a youth يسحرُenchants العقولَthe minds بيانُهhis eloquence
وَفَتىً يسحرُ العقولَ بيانُه
O eloquent orator, refined by nature,
O refined and well-mannered young man
And youth whose eloquence enchants minds,
Whose eloquence enchants minds
وَالفَصيحُand the eloquent speaker الّذيwho إِذاwhen قالَspeaks شِعراًpoetry
وَالفَصيحُ الّذي إِذا قالَ شِعراً
خِلتهُyou would think him ينظمُstrings together النّجومَthe stars لِسانُهhis tongue
خِلتهُ ينظمُ النّجومَ لِسانُه
And eloquent speaker who, when he speaks in verse,
And whose poetry, when recited
You would think his tongue was stringing the stars.
Weaves stars into constellations with his tongue
Sol 6.1