تَرِعاًbrimming full يُرَعرِعُهُhe shakes it الغُلامُthe lad كَأَنَّهُas though it were
تَرِعاً يُرَعرِعُهُ الغُلامُ كَأَنَّهُ
صَدَعٌa young ibex يُنازِعstruggles with هِزَّةًa tremor وَمراحاand playful exuberance
صَدَعٌ يُنازِع هِزَّةً وَمراحا
The lad shakes it, full to the brim, as though it were
a young ibex, struggling with a tremor and playful exuberance.
وَإِذاand when تَكَلَّفتُI forced myself to undertake المَديحَpraise لِغَيرِهِfor someone other than him
وَإِذا تَكَلَّفتُ المَديحَ لِغَيرِهِ
عالَجتُهاI labored over them طُلباًhard to reach هُناكthere نِزاحاdrained dry
عالَجتُها طُلباً هُناك نِزاحا
And when I forced myself to praise someone other than him,
I labored over them there—hard to reach and drained dry.
Sol 6.1