قدindeed كانتused to be الآدابliterature فيماin the time that مضىpassed
قد كانت الآداب فيما مضى
تعلّمُteaches الناسpeople فعالdeeds of الكرامthe noble
تعلّمُ الناس فعال الكرام
Once, literature, in ages past,
In times past, literature used to
would teach people the deeds of the noble;
teach people the deeds of the noble.
فصارتbut it has become الآدابliterature فيin دهرناour age
فصارت الآداب في دهرنا
تفيدُimparts ماwhat يأنفdisdain منهit (after disdain) اللئامthe ignoble
تفيدُ ما يأنف منه اللئام
but literature in our age has come
But in our age, literature has come to
to impart what even the ignoble disdain.
impart what even the ignoble disdain.
Sol 6.1