ابنُson of (Ibn) الحديثِal-Hadith (literally, speech) محدّثٌa speaker
ابنُ الحديثِ محدّثٌ
منfrom ثغرِهhis mouth لاnot إليتَيْهِhis two buttocks
من ثغرِه لا إليتَيْهِ
Ibn al-Hadith is a speaker,
from his mouth, not his buttocks.
فاجْعَلْso put غرائِبَrarities شِعْرِهhis verse
فاجْعَلْ غرائِبَ شِعْرِه
فيin شَعرةٍa single hair منfrom عارِضَيْهِhis two cheeks
في شَعرةٍ من عارِضَيْهِ
So put the rarities of his verse
in a single hair from his cheeks.
قدindeed قلتُI said لماwhen طلhe looked out والand the—
قد قلتُ لما طل وال
أنباءُnews فقدfor indeed عمِيَتْbecame obscure علَيْهِto him
أنباءُ فقد عمِيَتْ علَيْهِ
I said, when he looked out—and the
news had indeed grown obscure to him—
أوَand ...? (interrogative) ماnot رأىhe saw علياكَyour exalted rank واclear (beginning of واضحة)
أوَ ما رأى علياكَ وا
ضحةًclear (completion of واضحة) مبيّنةًmade plain إليهِto him
ضحةً مبيّنةً إليهِ
"And did he not see your exalted rank,
clear and plainly revealed to him?"
وأظنّهاand I think it لمّاwhen بدَتْit appeared
وأظنّها لمّا بدَتْ
كالشّمسِlike the sun أعشَتْit dazzled ناظرَيْهِhis two eyes
كالشّمسِ أعشَتْ ناظرَيْهِ
And I think that when it appeared,
like the sun, it dazzled his eyes.
Sol 6.1