فيin زخرفِornamentation القولspeech ترجيحٌan advantage لقائلهِfor its speaker
في زخرفِ القول ترجيحٌ لقائلهِ
والحقُّand the truth قدmay يعتريهaffect it بعضُsome تغييرِalteration
والحقُّ قد يعتريه بعضُ تغييرِ
In ornate speech lies an advantage for its speaker.
In ornamented words, praise for their speaker
And truth may undergo some alteration.
And truth may be affected by some alteration
تقولyou say هذاthis مُجاجُspittle النحلِthe bees تمدحُهُyou praise it
تقول هذا مُجاجُ النحلِ تمدحُهُ
وإنand if تعِبْyou disparage قلتyou said ذاthis قَيْءvomit الزنابيرthe hornets
وإن تعِبْ قلت ذا قَيْء الزنابير
You say, “This is the bees’ spittle,” praising it.
You say this is the buzzing of bees praising it
And if you disparage it, you say, “This is the hornets’ vomit.”
And if you are tired, you say it is the vomit of wasps
مدحاًin praise وذماًand in blame وماand not جاوزتyou went beyond وصفهماdescribing them both
مدحاً وذماً وما جاوزت وصفهما
سحرmagic البيانeloquence يُريmakes one see الظلماءdarkness كالنورlike the light
سحر البيان يُري الظلماء كالنور
Praising and blaming, yet you have not gone beyond describing them both.
Praise and blame, and what goes beyond describing them
The magic of eloquence makes darkness appear like light.
The magic of eloquence shows darkness as light
Sol 6.1