كُتبُwritings الأميرthe prince كتائبٌbattalions فيin المَعْرَكَهْthe battle
كُتبُ الأمير كتائبٌ في المَعْرَكَهْ
والرّأيُand judgment مِنُfrom [him] طَبيبُphysician داءِailment المَمْلَكَهْthe kingdom
والرّأيُ مِنُ طَبيبُ داءِ المَمْلَكَهْ
The prince’s writings are battalions in battle.
The prince's writings were regiments in battle
And judgment from [him] is the physician of the kingdom’s ailment.
And opinion was the remedy for the kingdom's malady
وإذاand when رمىhe aimed بالظَّنِّwith conjecture أمراًa matter مُشكِلاًperplexing
وإذا رمى بالظَّنِّ أمراً مُشكِلاً
أضحَتْbecame سُتورُveils الغَيبِthe unseen عنهُfrom it مُهَتَّكَهُtorn away
أضحَتْ سُتورُ الغَيبِ عنهُ مُهَتَّكَهُ
And when he aims his conjecture at a perplexing matter,
When faced with a perplexing matter
The veils of the unseen are torn away from it.
The curtains obscuring the unseen were torn apart
Sol 6.1