إنماonly الشعرpoetry ماthat which تحصَّلtook shape منfrom قبbeginning of 'before'
إنما الشعر ما تحصَّل من قب
لcompletion of 'before' ظهورemergence الأقوالutterances فيin الأفكارِthoughts
ل ظهور الأقوال في الأفكارِ
Poetry is only what takes shape before
Poetry is but what coalesces before
utterances emerge in thoughts;
Thoughts translate to verbal expression
فأتىthen came لفظهits wording يطابقmatches معناmeaning (before the possessive suffix)
فأتى لفظه يطابق معنا
هits بحسنwith the beauty of الإيرادintroduction والإصدارand conclusion
ه بحسن الإيراد والإصدار
then its wording comes to match its meaning,
Its words match meaning seamlessly
with graceful introduction and conclusion;
With eloquence and cadence perfection
وطمعٌand a hope مؤيسٌcausing despair قريبٌclose إلىto الفهbeginning of 'understanding'
وطمعٌ مؤيسٌ قريبٌ إلى الفه
مِcompletion of 'understanding' بعيدُdeep-reaching الأَغوارthe depths ضاحيplainly visible القرارِthe bottom
مِ بعيدُ الأَغوار ضاحي القرارِ
and a hope that brings despair, close to understanding,
A hopeless desire nearing comprehension
profound in depth, its bottom plainly visible.
Far are meanings in expression's dimension
Sol 6.1