وَإِذاand when رَأَيتَyou see شَمائِلَqualities اِبنىthe two sons of صاعِدٍṢāʿid
وَإِذا رَأَيتَ شَمائِلَ اِبنى صاعِدٍ
أَدَّتconveyed إِلَيكَto you شَمائِلَqualities اِبنىthe two sons of مَخلَدِMakhlad
أَدَّت إِلَيكَ شَمائِلَ اِبنى مَخلَدِ
And when you see the qualities of Ṣāʿid’s two sons,
When you see the features of Ibn Saʿd’s son ascending,
They reveal to you the qualities of Makhlad’s two sons.
They bring to you the features of Ibn Makhlad.
كَالفَرقَدَينِlike the two Farqad stars إِذاwhen تَأَمَّلَlooked closely ناظِرٌan observer
كَالفَرقَدَينِ إِذا تَأَمَّلَ ناظِرٌ
لَمdid not يَعلُrise مَوضِعُposition فَرقَدٍa Farqad star عَنabove فَرقَدِa Farqad star
لَم يَعلُ مَوضِعُ فَرقَدٍ عَن فَرقَدِ
Like the two Farqad stars, when an observer looks closely,
Like two lynxes when an onlooker contemplates,
One Farqad’s position is no higher than the other’s.
He cannot distinguish one lynx from the other.
Sol 6.1