قدmay يناديis addressed (apparently ينادى) الوحيدthe lone man بالجمعin the plural ماso long as كاfirst part of كان: is/was
قد ينادي الوحيد بالجمع ما كا
نcompletion of كان: is/was حبيساconfined بالحبسby imprisonment لاnot بالمعانيby meanings
ن حبيسا بالحبس لا بالمعاني
A lone man may be addressed in the plural, so long as he is
The lonely may call for company though not imprisoned in meaning
confined by imprisonment, not by meanings.
Yet when the blind desired seclusion
وغذاand when (apparently وإذا) ماemphatic particle after ‘when’ نشاgrows up الضريرthe blind man خليّاfree
وغذا ما نشا الضرير خليّا
منof قضاfate; decree فهوthen he منamong فضالremnants; leftovers الزمانtime
من قضا فهو من فضال الزمان
And when the blind man grows up free
It was by fate’s grace not the times’
of fate, he is among time’s remnants.
So I blamed all by name not sense
فذممتso I censured الجميعall of them بالاسمin name لاnot المعfirst part of المعنى: the meaning
فذممت الجميع بالاسم لا المع
نىcompletion of المعنى: meaning قياساby analogy كالناسlike people والإنسانand the human being
نى قياسا كالناس والإنسان
So I censured them all in name, not in
Liken people to mankind do I
meaning, by analogy with “people” and “the human being.”
Partial English translation: 5 of 6 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1