أَشعارُpoems مَرجِMarj الكُحلِal-Kuhl فيهاin them عِبرَةٌa lesson
أَشعارُ مَرجِ الكُحلِ فيها عِبرَةٌ
تُذكِيkindle الهُمومَworries وَتُنتِجُand produce الأَحزَاناsorrows
تُذكِي الهُمومَ وَتُنتِجُ الأَحزَانا
The poems of Marj al-Kuhl hold a lesson:
The verses of Marj al-Kuhal have wisdom
They kindle worries and beget sorrows.
That kindles sorrows and produces griefs
فَإِذاso when رَمىcasts forth المِقدارُfate مِنهُfrom him بِمَدحَةٍwith a poem of praise
فَإِذا رَمى المِقدارُ مِنهُ بِمَدحَةٍ
ضَرَّharms الأَنامَhumankind لِيَنفَعَto benefit الوَزّاناal-Wazzan
ضَرَّ الأَنامَ لِيَنفَعَ الوَزّانا
So when fate casts forth a poem of praise from him,
So when fate casts praise from it
It harms humankind to benefit al-Wazzan.
It harms people, to benefit the tyrant
Sol 6.1