أَلاtake heed إِنماindeed الآلاتinstrument nouns تكسرis vowelled with kasra (i) ميمهاtheir mīm
أَلا إِنما الآلات تكسر ميمها
إِذاwhen ابتدأتcomes at the beginning والميمand mīm فيهنin them أَولfirst
إِذا ابتدأت والميم فيهن أَول
Take heed: instrument nouns have kasra (i) on their mīm,
Behold, tools break their meem
when it comes at the beginning and mīm is their first letter,
When beginning with meem comes first
سوىexcept ستsix آلاتinstrument nouns فيرفعso is vowelled with ḍamma (u) ميمهاtheir mīm
سوى ست آلات فيرفع ميمها
فدونكهاso here they are for you معلومةmade known ليسnot تجهلyou are ignorant of
فدونكها معلومة ليس تجهل
except for six instrument nouns, whose mīm takes ḍamma (u).
Except six tools raise their meem
So here they are for you, made known and not unknown:
So remember them, do not be ignorant
مدقa pestle صليبsturdy مسعطa nasal-medicine applicator ثمthen مدهنan oil-pot
مدق صليب مسعط ثم مدهن
ومُكحلةand a kohl-pot بلmoreover منخلa sieve ثمthen منصلa sword
ومُكحلة بل منخل ثم منصل
a sturdy pestle, a nasal-medicine applicator, then an oil-pot,
A peg, a broom, then a sieve
and a kohl-pot, moreover a sieve, then a sword.
And kohl, also a sifter, then a cleaver
وأَماand as for التيthose whose بالفتحwith fatḥa (a) والكسرand kasra (i) ميمهاtheir mīm
وأَما التي بالفتح والكسر ميمها
فمرقاةthus, a ladder أَوor مسقاةa watering-vessel قومa people تؤجلare granted respite
فمرقاة أَو مسقاة قوم تؤجل
As for those whose mīm takes either fatḥa (a) or kasra,
As for those with fatha and kasra in meem
they are a ladder or a watering-vessel for a people granted respite.
Like a shovel or watering can, some delay
فبالكسرthus, with kasra (i) آلاتinstrument nouns وبالفتحand with fatḥa (a) عندهمin their view
فبالكسر آلات وبالفتح عندهم
علىaccording to ماwhat بهconcerning it أَفتواthey ruled مواضعplaces تجعلare taken to be
على ما به أَفتوا مواضع تجعل
With kasra they are instruments; with fatḥa, in their view,
With kasra are tools, and with fatha
according to the ruling they gave, they are taken to denote places.
In places they put, as they decreed
وأَماand as for الَّتيthose whose بالكسرwith kasra (i) ميمmīm وعينهand its middle root-letter (ʿayn)
وأَما الَّتي بالكسر ميم وعينه
إِذاwhen قيلit is said عندat اللفظpronunciation فيin الوزنthe morphological pattern مفعلmifʿil
إِذا قيل عند اللفظ في الوزن مفعل
As for those with kasra on the mīm and the middle root-letter,
And those whose meem and ain is kasra
when their pronounced pattern is called mifʿil,
When uttered, in meter maf'al
فشيئانthus, two items قالواthey said منحرa slaughtering place ثمthen منتنfoul-smelling
فشيئان قالوا منحر ثم منتن
فدونكso take for yourself نظماًverse بَذَّoutdid ماwhat قالsaid جَروَلJarwal
فدونك نظماً بَذَّ ما قال جَروَل
there are two, they said: a slaughtering place, then ‘foul-smelling’.
Two they said, a saw and a sharpener
So take this verse, which outdid what Jarwal said.
So here is a poem, spoke what Jarwal
Sol 6.1