أَهلاًwelcome بِهِto it مِنas كِتابٍa letter بَعضُpart of واجِبِهِits due
أَهلاً بِهِ مِن كِتابٍ بَعضُ واجِبِهِ
تَقبيلُkissing تُربٍdust عَلَيهِupon it رِجلُthe foot of كاتِبِهِits writer
تَقبيلُ تُربٍ عَلَيهِ رِجلُ كاتِبِهِ
Welcome to this letter, part of whose due honor
Welcome, book, part of your duty
is to kiss the dust on which its writer’s foot rests.
Is to kiss the soil where your author's foot stood.
وارَحمَتيoh, my pity! لِغَليليfor my burning thirst عِندَupon مَورِدِهِits arrival
وارَحمَتي لِغَليلي عِندَ مَورِدِهِ
قَدindeed كانَit had been يَعنُفُtreating harshly بيwith me عُنفَthe harshness of الدَلالِcoyness بهtoward him
قَد كانَ يَعنُفُ بي عُنفَ الدَلالِ به
Oh, pity my burning thirst upon its arrival:
My mercy on the one in chains when he comes here;
it had treated me harshly, with the harshness of coyness toward him.
He was cruelly treated, and cruel his fear.
Sol 6.1