وَنَحْوِىٍّ لَهُ نَغَمٌ

وَنَحْوِىٍّ لَهُ نَغَمٌ

يَحَارُ بوَصْفِه الذِّهْنُ

يَحَارُ بوَصْفِه الذِّهْنُ

And a grammarian has a melody;

His melody confounds the mind that would depict it;

The mind is bewildered when describing it.

So my God! Such a melody—

فَيَا لِلَّهِ نَحْويّ

فَيَا لِلَّهِ نَحْويّ

جَميعُ حَديثهِ لَحْنُ

جَميعُ حَديثهِ لَحْنُ

So, by God, what a grammarian!

All his words are but song.

All his speech is melody—and grammatical error.