الكني إلَى المَعني بالنَّحوِ واللُّغَى

الكني إلَى المَعني بالنَّحوِ واللُّغَى

سَلاَماً يُحَاكِى طَعمَ صَهبَاءَ قَرقَفِ

سَلاَماً يُحَاكِى طَعمَ صَهبَاءَ قَرقَفِ

Convey from me to the one devoted to grammar and languages

He alludes to meaning through grammar and language

a greeting resembling the taste of tawny wine;

A greeting that resembles the taste of fresh dew

ويَحكِي أرِيجَ الرندِ والمِسكِ عَرفُهُ

ويَحكِي أرِيجَ الرندِ والمِسكِ عَرفُهُ

لِطِيبِ الشَّذَا إِن لاَحَ مِ الطِّيبِ يُعرَفِ

لِطِيبِ الشَّذَا إِن لاَحَ مِ الطِّيبِ يُعرَفِ

and its scent echoes the fragrance of laurel and musk;

And its fragrance tells of basil and musk

its sweet fragrance makes it known among perfumes if it appears.

From the goodness of aroma, if goodness shines through

فَمُوجِبُهُ أن التِّنَاوةَ دُجيَةٌ

فَمُوجِبُهُ أن التِّنَاوةَ دُجيَةٌ

تَرِينُ عَلَى نُورِ الحِجَا لَم تَكَشَّفِ

تَرِينُ عَلَى نُورِ الحِجَا لَم تَكَشَّفِ

What prompts it, then, is that dullness is a darkness

So its implication is that reciting Qu'ran is shady

that clouds the light of reason and has not lifted.

Shows light upon the hijab that has not been unveiled

وَقَد كَانَ في التَّمرِينِ مُدوِسُ رَيبها

وَقَد كَانَ في التَّمرِينِ مُدوِسُ رَيبها

مِرَاءَ الحِجَا تَصفُو بِهِ فَتُرِى الخفي

مِرَاءَ الحِجَا تَصفُو بِهِ فَتُرِى الخفي

And practice has served to scour away its doubts;

And there has been doubt gnawing in exercise

reason's mirror clears through it, revealing what is hidden.

The hijab's contention clears with it, so the hidden is revealed

فَمَا اسمٌ تَحَلَّى بِانصِرَافٍ وَضِدِّهِ

فَمَا اسمٌ تَحَلَّى بِانصِرَافٍ وَضِدِّهِ

ولَم يَكُ يَعلُو عَن ثَلاثَةِ أحرُفِ

ولَم يَكُ يَعلُو عَن ثَلاثَةِ أحرُفِ

What noun, then, is adorned with full declension and its opposite,

So no name graced with inflection and its opposite

yet does not exceed three letters,

Would be higher than three letters

عَلَى الفَتحِ قَد ضَمَّ البِنَاءَ مَعَ البِنَا

عَلَى الفَتحِ قَد ضَمَّ البِنَاءَ مَعَ البِنَا

عَلَى الضَّمّش وهو الأصلُ دُونَ تَوَقُّفِ

عَلَى الضَّمّش وهو الأصلُ دُونَ تَوَقُّفِ

combining a fixed fatḥa ending with an ending

On fathah it joined the structure with structure

fixed on ḍamma—the original form—without hesitation?

On dhummah which is the origin without hesitation

ابَنَّ بِنَاءَاهُ بِهِ مع صَرفِهِ

ابَنَّ بِنَاءَاهُ بِهِ مع صَرفِهِ

فَلَيسَ لِكُلٍّ سَاعَةٍ مِن تَخلٌّفِ

فَلَيسَ لِكُلٍّ سَاعَةٍ مِن تَخلٌّفِ

Explain how it takes its two fixed endings, alongside its full declension;

He structured its structure with it along with its derivation

for none of these is absent even for a moment.

So there is no moment of lagging for each

وَيُبدَلُ إبدَالاً رآهُ الأُلى مَضَوا

وَيُبدَلُ إبدَالاً رآهُ الأُلى مَضَوا

نُحَاةً ثَقِيلاً مَالَهُ مِن تَخفُّفِ

نُحَاةً ثَقِيلاً مَالَهُ مِن تَخفُّفِ

And it undergoes a substitution that those of old deemed—

And it is alternated an alternation the ancients deemed

grammarians—heavy, with no lightness in it.

A heavy grammar its lightness they refrained

ولَكِنَّ نُحَاةَ العَصرِ هَذَا يَرَونَهُ

ولَكِنَّ نُحَاةَ العَصرِ هَذَا يَرَونَهُ

خَفِيفاً لهُ أهلُ الفَصَاحَةِ تَصطفي

خَفِيفاً لهُ أهلُ الفَصَاحَةِ تَصطفي

Yet the grammarians of this age regard it

But the grammarians of this age see it

as light, and eloquent speakers favor it.

As light - for it the eloquent elite are selective

وقَد جَاءَ هَذَا في الظُّرُوفِ مَُخَبَّاً

وقَد جَاءَ هَذَا في الظُّرُوفِ مَُخَبَّاً

فَمَهمَا تُطَالِعهَا الجَنَى مِنهُ تقطِفِ

فَمَهمَا تُطَالِعهَا الجَنَى مِنهُ تقطِفِ

And this is found hidden among the adverbs;

And this came in circumstances obscured

so whenever you study them, you pluck fruit from it.

So whatever of its branches the soul samples, it harvests