وَإِنَكand indeed you فيin نَقدcriticizing أَشعارناour poems
وَإِنَك في نَقد أَشعارنا
عَلىdespite جَرِّهاtheir trailing ذَيلthe hem of أَكمالهاtheir perfection
عَلى جَرِّها ذَيل أَكمالها
And indeed you, in criticizing our poems,
You criticize our poems
though they trail the hem of their perfection,
Disparaging their lengths and completeness
وَتَرككand your leaving أَشعاركyour poems المُضحِكاlaugh-provoking (continued)
وَتَركك أَشعارك المُضحِكا
تcompletion of the preceding word أَخبارهنtheir tales عَلىin حالِهاtheir existing state
ت أَخبارهن عَلى حالِها
and in leaving your poems—their laugh-provoking
Yet you leave your own amusing poems
tales—just as they are,
In their original form
كَمُرضِعَةٍlike a nursing woman لَبَنيfor the children of غَيرَهاanother woman
كَمُرضِعَةٍ لَبَني غَيرَها
وَتُهملand she neglects اِرضاعnursing أَطفالِهاher children
وَتُهمل اِرضاع أَطفالِها
are like a woman nursing another's children
Like a wet nurse feeding another's child
while neglecting to nurse her own children;
While neglecting her own
وَالاand otherwise كآسٍlike a physician بِهِafflicting him مَحَلةٌan ailment (uncertain reading)
وَالا كآسٍ بِهِ مَحَلةٌ
قَدindeed أَعياهُhas defeated him مُؤلمthe painful aspect of أَعضالهاits intractability
قَد أَعياهُ مُؤلم أَعضالها
or else like a physician afflicted with an ailment
It's like a cup with a flaw
whose painful intractability has defeated him,
Whose maker is wearied by its imperfections
وَيَزعمand he claims عِندَbefore الوَرىhumankind أَنهُthat he
وَيَزعم عِندَ الوَرى أَنهُ
يُعانيtreats سِواهothers besides himself مِنfor أَمثالِهاailments like it
يُعاني سِواه مِن أَمثالِها
and who claims before all people that he
Yet claims among people
treats others for ailments like it.
That it alone suffers such flaws
Sol 6.1