إذاif أحبَبْتَyou wish أنto تحظىenjoy بِسِحرٍwith enchantment
إذا أحبَبْتَ أن تحظى بِسِحرٍ
فلاthen do not تختَرْchoose علىover لَفْظيmy diction وشِعْريand my poetry
فلا تختَرْ على لَفْظي وشِعْري
If you wish to enjoy enchantment,
If you wish to be blessed with magic
Then prefer nothing to my diction and poetry.
Then do not judge my words and poetry
فأحسنُfor lovelier مِنthan نِظامa string الدُّرِّpearls نَظميmy verse
فأحسنُ مِن نِظام الدُّرِّ نَظمي
وآنقُand more delightful منthan نَثارِscatterings الوَرْدِroses نَثريmy prose
وآنقُ من نَثارِ الوَرْدِ نَثري
For my verse is lovelier than a string of pearls,
For my rhyme is finer than pearls' array
And my prose more delightful than scattered roses.
And my prose more elegant than rose petals' spray
Sol 6.1