ليهنmay gladden حماthe precincts of الشهباءal-Shahba قاضٍa judge حوتshe attained بهthrough him
ليهن حما الشهباء قاضٍ حوت به
كمالاًperfection علىon تفضيلهpreference for him اتفقagreed النصthe text
كمالاً على تفضيله اتفق النص
May Aleppo’s precinct rejoice in a judge through whom it has embraced perfection;
May al-Shahba’s precincts rejoice in a judge through whom she has attained
authoritative testimony is unanimous in proclaiming his preeminence.
perfection, whose superiority the text affirms.
فلوfor, had مثلتillustrated كتبthe books of النحاةthe grammarians بنعتهwith his description
فلو مثلت كتب النحاة بنعته
لماthen not جازَwas permissible أنto يجرِيapply علىto نعتِهhis description القصصthe narratives
لما جازَ أن يجرِي على نعتِه القصص
For if the grammarians’ books used his attributes as their examples,
For had the grammarians’ books used his description as an example,
no tale could ever follow the full course of his description.
no narratives could have been applied to his description.
Sol 6.1