تَرِعاًbrimming full يُرَعرِعُهُlifts and shakes it الغُلامُthe lad كَأَنَّهُas though it were
تَرِعاً يُرَعرِعُهُ الغُلامُ كَأَنَّهُ
صَدَعٌa young ibex يُنازِعstruggles with هِزَّةًa quiver of excitement وَمراحاand friskiness
صَدَعٌ يُنازِع هِزَّةً وَمراحا
The lad lifts it, brimming full, as though it were
a young ibex, straining with quivering, playful energy.
وَإِذاand when تَكَلَّفتُI undertook with effort المَديحَpraise لِغَيرِهِfor someone other than him
وَإِذا تَكَلَّفتُ المَديحَ لِغَيرِهِ
عالَجتُهاI struggled with it طُلباًhard to reach هُناكthere نِزاحاfar distant
عالَجتُها طُلباً هُناك نِزاحا
And when I strain to praise someone other than him,
I struggle with it there, hard to reach and far away.
Sol 6.1