بَطَلَ النَحوُ الَّذي جَمَّعتُمُ

بَطَلَ النَحوُ الَّذي جَمَّعتُمُ

غَيرَ ما أَلَّفَ عيسى بنُ عُمَر

غَيرَ ما أَلَّفَ عيسى بنُ عُمَر

The grammar you have compiled has come to naught,

The grammar you have compiled is worthless

except what ʿĪsā ibn ʿUmar composed.

Except what ‘Isa ibn ‘Umar composed

ذاكَ إِكمالٌ وَهَذا جامِعٌ

ذاكَ إِكمالٌ وَهَذا جامِعٌ

وَهُما لِلناسِ شَمسٌ وَقَمَر

وَهُما لِلناسِ شَمسٌ وَقَمَر

That is Ikmāl (Completion), and this is Jāmiʿ (Compendium);

That was perfecting while this is collecting

and for people, the two are a sun and a moon.

And both are for mankind a sun and moon