هيit is صفعةa slap لهجspoke incessantly الأنامhumankind بذكرهاin mentioning it
هي صفعة لهج الأنام بذكرها
ودرىand learned البعيدthe distant one بهاof it ومنand whoever لمdid not يعلمknow
ودرى البعيد بها ومن لم يعلم
It is a slap whose mention was on everyone's lips;
She is a slap to the dialects of people when mentioned
Those far away learned of it, as did those who had not known.
And the distant one knows her, and whoever does not know
قدindeed بالغwent to excess الأدباءthe writers فيin أوصافهاdescriptions of it
قد بالغ الأدباء في أوصافها
ماwhat بينbetween منشورpublished prose وبينand between منظمcomposed verse
ما بين منشور وبين منظم
The writers went to excess in describing it,
The literati have gone overboard in describing her
In published prose and composed verse alike.
Between prose and verse
فغداso became قفاكthe back of your neck يقولsaying منذsince هلالهمtheir crescent
فغدا قفاك يقول منذ هلالهم
هلhave …? غادرleft behind الشعراءthe poets منany متردَّمa rent to mend
هل غادر الشعراء من متردَّم
So your nape began saying, ever since their crescent appeared:
So your nape says since their crescent moons
“Have the poets left any rent to mend?”
Have the poets left anything to patch up
Sol 6.1