1. The kindness of time upon the circumstance of place appeared
To some, while to others it was never seen
١. عَطفُ الزَّمَانِ عَلَى ظَرفِ المَكَانِ بَدَا
لِلبَعضِ والبَعضُ عَنهُ مَا يُرَى أبَدَا
2. Those who saw it, saw it due to their shared existence
In that circumstance, when they claimed it appeared in the Quran
٢. فَمَن رَأوهُ رَأَوهُ لاِشتِرَاكِهِما
في الظَّرفِ إِذ زَعَمُوهُ في القُرآنِ بَدَا
3. And they blamed those who denied this, yet to them
In poetry and literature this had not occurred or been mentioned
٣. وَأولَّوُا مَن أبَوهُ ذَا وعِندَهُمُ
في الشِّعرِ والذِّكرِ هَذَا لَم يَكُن وَرَدَا
4. For all time, hardship befalls circumstance and place consistently
As it persisted upon them, and the youth came with that
٤. لأنَّ كُلَّ الزَّمَانِ النَّصبُ مُطِّرَدٌ
فِيهِ عَلَى الظَّرفِ والمَكَانِ مَا اطَّرَدَا
5. Clarifying what had strayed from obscure knowledge
٥. والعَكسُ بِالعَكسِ والصَّبَانُ جَاءَ بِذَا
وَضَّاحُ مَا مِن عَوِيصِ العِلمِ قَد شَرَدَا