أَياO شيعَةَfollowers إِسماعيIsmail (beginning)
أَيا شيعَةَ إِسماعي
لَIsmail (ending) إِنَّindeed الصَبرَpatience قَدalready عيلاhas been exhausted
لَ إِنَّ الصَبرَ قَد عيلا
O followers of Ismai—
—l, patience has indeed been exhausted.
كَذاكَthus الدَهرُtime وَالأَيّاand the days (beginning)
كَذاكَ الدَهرُ وَالأَيّا
مُdays (ending) يَفعَلنَthey perform الأَفاعيلاdeeds
مُ يَفعَلنَ الأَفاعيلا
Thus do time and the day—
—s work their mischief.
أَرىI see الأَمصارَthe cities لاnot تَملِpossess (beginning)
أَرى الأَمصارَ لا تَملِ
كُpossess (ending) لِلحافِرِfor the hoof تَنعيلاshoeing
كُ لِلحافِرِ تَنعيلا
I see the cities cannot pro—
—vide shoeing for a hoof.
وَقَدand indeed غَيَّرَchanged مَعناهاtheir meaning
وَقَد غَيَّرَ مَعناها
أَذىًharm يَأتيcomes أَراعيلاin troops
أَذىً يَأتي أَراعيلا
And their meaning has been changed
by harm that comes in troops,
كَماjust as جُزِّئَwas divided بَيتُa line of verse الشِعthe poetry (beginning)
كَما جُزِّئَ بَيتُ الشِع
رِpoetry (ending) تَقطيعاًscansion وَتَفعيلاand division into metrical feet
رِ تَقطيعاً وَتَفعيلا
just as a line of poe—
—try is divided through scansion and division into metrical feet.
Sol 6.1