كانused to سمعيmy hearing فيin مصرEgypt بالشيخthrough the sheikh فتحFath (name) الدal-D… (beginning of al-Din)
كان سمعي في مصر بالشيخ فتح الد
دين…Din (completing al-Din) يجنيharvests الآدابliterature وهيand it is شهيهdelectable
دين يجني الآداب وهي شهيه
In Egypt my ear, through Sheikh Fath al-
My hearing in Egypt was with Sheikh Fath al-Din
Din, would harvest literature, and it was delectable.
Reaping literature, which was coveted
ياO! لهاfor it (exclamatory) غربةًexile بأرضin the land of دمشقٍDamascus
يا لها غربةً بأرض دمشقٍ
أعوزتنيwere unavailable to me الفواكهthe fruits الفتحيهof Fath al-Din
أعوزتني الفواكه الفتحيه
Ah, what an exile in the land of Damascus!
Oh, how strange in the land of Damascus
I lacked the fruits of Fath al-Din.
I missed the Fatihi fruits
Sol 6.1