سمياa peer بوصفthrough the designation of الشعرpoetry يُثبتُhe establishes نفسهُhimself
سميا بوصف الشعر يُثبتُ نفسهُ
وذوand the possessor of الشّعرpoetry أمسىhas become نافياone who denies لثبوتهof his standing
وذو الشّعر أمسى نافيا لثبوته
He asserts himself a peer through the title of poet,
Poetry in description proves itself
Yet the poet has come to deny his standing.
And the poet has come to deny its permanence
تدُورُrevolve بُيوتverse-lines الشّعرpoetry منfrom نظمهhis composition علىaround
تدُورُ بُيوت الشّعر من نظمه على
ثلاثthree قوافrhymes عدّهنhe counted them لقوتهfor his sustenance
ثلاث قواف عدّهن لقوته
The lines of verse in his composition revolve around
The houses of poetry revolve around his prosody
Three rhymes he counted on for his sustenance.
On three rhymes he counted for its strength
زنتfornicated بمعانيwith the meanings of نظمهhis verse كلُّevery فكرةthought
زنت بمعاني نظمه كلُّ فكرة
قحابُwhores المعانيthe meanings كلّهاall of them فيin بُيوتهhis houses of verse
قحابُ المعاني كلّها في بُيوته
Every thought has fornicated with the meanings of his verse;
Every idea is weighted with the meanings of his verses
All the whores of meaning are in his houses of verse.
The dregs of meanings all in his houses
Sol 6.1