وَمُغَنَّجٍand a coquettish youth قالَsaid الكَمالُPerfection لِوَجهِهِto his face
وَمُغَنَّجٍ قالَ الكَمالُ لِوَجهِهِ
كُنbe مَجمَعاًa gathering-place لِلطَيِّباتِfor lovely things فَكانَهُso it became just that
كُن مَجمَعاً لِلطَيِّباتِ فَكانَهُ
And a coquettish youth—Perfection said to his face:
“Be a gathering-place for all that is lovely”—and so it was.
زَعَمَclaimed البَنَفسَجُthe violet أَنَّهُthat it كِعِذارِهِlike the down on his cheek
زَعَمَ البَنَفسَجُ أَنَّهُ كِعِذارِهِ
حُسناًin beauty فَسَلّواso they pulled out مِنfrom قَفاهُits nape لَسانَهُits tongue
حُسناً فَسَلّوا مِن قَفاهُ لَسانَهُ
The violet claimed it matched the down upon his cheek
in beauty, so they pulled its tongue out through its nape.
لَمdid not يَظلِمواact unjustly فيin الحُكمِthe judgment إِذwhen مَثَّلواthey inflicted mutilation بِهِon it
لَم يَظلِموا في الحُكمِ إِذ مَثَّلوا بِهِ
فَلَشَدَّfor how greatly ماan exclamatory particle رَفَعَraised البَنَفسَجُthe violet شانَهُits own rank
فَلَشَدَّ ما رَفَعَ البَنَفسَجُ شانَهُ
They were not unjust in judgment when they mutilated it:
for how greatly the violet had exalted its own rank!
Sol 6.1