يُحَقُّis warranted كَسادُlack of demand for الشِعرِpoetry فيin كُلِّevery مَوطِنٍplace
يُحَقُّ كَسادُ الشِعرِ في كُلِّ مَوطِنٍ
إِذاwhen نَفَقَتsell readily هَذيthese العُروضُwares الكَواسِدُunsaleable
إِذا نَفَقَت هَذي العُروضُ الكَواسِدُ
Poetry deserves to go unsold in every place
It is right that poetry decays in every homeland
when these unsaleable wares find buyers.
When these ample measures have depleted
عُفاةُsupplicants القَوافيof verse كَالَّذيlike 'who' (the relative pronoun) وَلُماتِهاand its fellows
عُفاةُ القَوافي كَالَّذي وَلُماتِها
إِذاif هُنَّthey لَمnot يوصَلنَare rewarded or joined to clauses فَاللَفظُthen the wording فاسِدُis unsound
إِذا هُنَّ لَم يوصَلنَ فَاللَفظُ فاسِدُ
The supplicants of verse are like 'who' and its fellow pronouns:
Uncultured rhymes are like those whose gatherings
if they are not rewarded—or joined to clauses—the wording is unsound.
When they congregate are unsound in wording
وَمَنand whoever عاشَlives بَينَamong الناسِpeople لَمdoes not يَخلُremain free مِنfrom أَذاًharm
وَمَن عاشَ بَينَ الناسِ لَم يَخلُ مِن أَذاً
بِماbecause of what قالَsaid واشٍa slanderer أَوor تَكَلَّمَuttered حاسِدُan envious person
بِما قالَ واشٍ أَو تَكَلَّمَ حاسِدُ
And whoever lives among people is never free from harm
And he who lives amongst the people will not lack harm
through what a slanderer says or an envious person utters.
From the speech of a slanderer or an envious defamer
وَلَيسَand is not جِسادٌsaffron dye فيon تَرائِبِthe upper chest of كاعِبٍa budding-breasted maiden
وَلَيسَ جِسادٌ في تَرائِبِ كاعِبٍ
كَأَحمَرَlike a red substance مِنهُfrom it مَضرَبُthe striking edge of السَيفِthe sword جاسِدُis caked with blood
كَأَحمَرَ مِنهُ مَضرَبُ السَيفِ جاسِدُ
And saffron dye upon a budding maiden's breast is not
And no body in the shrouds of a mourner
like the red with which a sword's striking edge is encrusted.
Is redder than the strike of the sword that rends flesh
Sol 6.1