بأبيmay my father be its ransom نَظْمُكَyour verse الّذيwhich جَلَّis exalted قَدْراًin worth
بأبي نَظْمُكَ الّذي جَلَّ قَدْراً
عنbeyond بَيانيmy expression وعَنand beyond بَديعِthe artfulness of صِفاتيmy descriptions
عن بَياني وعَن بَديعِ صِفاتي
Your verse—may my father be its ransom—is exalted in worth
Beyond my expression and my artful descriptions.
فهوfor it is سِحْرٌmagic منin دِقَّةٍsubtlety وجفَاءٍand harshness
فهو سِحْرٌ من دِقَّةٍ وجفَاءٍ
وهوand it is وَحيٌrevelation مِنin صِحَّةٍsoundness وثَباتِand firmness
وهو وَحيٌ مِن صِحَّةٍ وثَباتِ
For it is magic in its subtlety and harshness,
And it is revelation in its soundness and firmness.
وهوand it is وِردٌa draught لكُلِّfor every شربٍcompany of drinkers فُراتٍsweet
وهو وِردٌ لكُلِّ شربٍ فُراتٍ
وحَياةٌand life لكُلِّfor every أُنْسٍfellowship رُفاتِreduced to dust
وحَياةٌ لكُلِّ أُنْسٍ رُفاتِ
And it is a sweet draught for every company of drinkers,
And life for every fellowship reduced to dust.
جمعَunited الحُسنَbeauty والمَلاحةَand grace لفَظاًin wording
جمعَ الحُسنَ والمَلاحةَ لفَظاً
ثمَّthen معنىًin meaning منfrom بَعدِafter طُولِa long duration of شَتاتِseparation
ثمَّ معنىً من بَعدِ طُولِ شَتاتِ
It has united beauty and grace in wording,
Then in meaning, after long separation.
Sol 6.1