هذاthis البيانُthe eloquence ماnot شابَهُmingled with it لُغُزُa riddle
هذا البيانُ ما شابَهُ لُغُزُ
لمdid not تَعْدُهُpass it by فُرْصَةa chance الإِحسانِfor excellence والنُّهزُand opportunities
لم تَعْدُهُ فُرْصَة الإِحسانِ والنُّهزُ
No riddle clouds this eloquence.
This statement is an enigma
No chance for excellence, no opportunity, has passed it by.
Opportunity for benevolence and giving was not restored
بلاغةٌeloquence نَظَمَتْstrung فيهاin it فرائدَهاits peerless pearls
بلاغةٌ نَظَمَتْ فيها فرائدَها
يدُthe hand المعانيof meanings كماjust as قدmay تُنْظَمُbe strung الخَرَزthe beads
يدُ المعاني كما قد تُنْظَمُ الخَرَز
Eloquence in which its peerless pearls were strung
Eloquence arranged its gems in it
by the hand of meanings, as beads may be strung.
The hand of meaning is arranged like beads
تغنيsuffices for غناءَthe sufficiency of عتيدِready الزادِprovisions سامعَهاits hearer
تغني غناءَ عتيدِ الزادِ سامعَها
إنif فاتis lacking مُطْبَخٌcooked food منهfrom him وَمُخْتَبَزand baked food
إن فات مُطْبَخٌ منه وَمُخْتَبَز
It satisfies its hearer like provisions kept ready,
It sings the song of provisions to its listener
if cooked fare and baked fare should fail him.
In case it misses a kitchen or bakery from it
لمdid not يعدُgo beyond فيin الشعرِpoetry أعلىthe highest الشعرِof poetry منزلةًin rank
لم يعدُ في الشعرِ أعلى الشعرِ منزلةً
والصقرُand the falcon منamong صيدِهِits prey اليعفورُthe gazelle fawn والخُرَزand the hare (probable correction)
والصقرُ من صيدِهِ اليعفورُ والخُرَز
In poetry, it has kept to verse of the highest rank;
Poetry does not have a rank higher than the top poetry
and the falcon's prey includes the gazelle fawn and the hare.
And the hawk is not satisfied with hunting the francolin and beads
كشفرةًlike a blade فيin الحشاthe belly تَفْريcleaves جوانِبَهُits sides
كشفرةً في الحشا تَفْري جوانِبَهُ
فَرْيَthe cutting of الأديمِleather وإِشْفَاand an awl تحتهbeneath it يَخِزpricks
فَرْيَ الأديمِ وإِشْفَا تحته يَخِز
Like a blade in the belly, cleaving its sides,
Like a razor in the thickets dispersing its sides
as leather is cut, while an awl beneath it pricks.
The dispersal of leather and the healing underneath it engraved
أَخَذْتَyou took محتملاًsomething acceptable منfrom ظاهرْan exterior حَسَنٍfair
أَخَذْتَ محتملاً من ظاهرْ حَسَنٍ
ودونهand beneath it باطلٌfalsehood بالدّخْلِin deceit مُنْغَرِزembedded
ودونه باطلٌ بالدّخْلِ مُنْغَرِز
You took something acceptable from a fair exterior,
You have endured, pretending an outward beauty
and beneath it, falsehood lies embedded in deceit.
While falsehood with infiltration was ingrained
والمرُand a man تُبديreveals الذيwhat يُخْفيhe conceals شمائلُهُhis traits
والمرُ تُبدي الذي يُخْفي شمائلُهُ
كالشنِّlike a worn-out waterskin تُظْهِرُreveal ماwhat ضمَّنْتَهُyou put inside it الخُزَرthe stitch-holes (probable correction)
كالشنِّ تُظْهِرُ ما ضمَّنْتَهُ الخُزَر
And a man's traits reveal what he conceals,
And bitterness exposes what its traits conceal
like a worn-out waterskin whose stitch-holes reveal what you put inside it.
Like the bulb that reveals what greens it enclosed
أماas for الزيارةُthe visit فهيthen it is الفَرْضُthe duty ليسthere is no لمنfor one who
أما الزيارةُ فهي الفَرْضُ ليس لمن
رامsought احتجازاًwithdrawal عنfrom المفروضِthe prescribed duty مُحْتَجَزa refuge
رام احتجازاً عن المفروضِ مُحْتَجَز
As for visiting, it is a duty; no one who
As for visiting, it is an obligation not for one
seeks to evade what is required has any refuge.
Who sought abstinence from the enjoined, abstaining
وفيand in مبارزةِthe dueling of الكاساتِthe cups ليfor me أَرَبٌa desire
وفي مبارزةِ الكاساتِ لي أَرَبٌ
إِذاwhen الندامىthe drinking companions إلىtoward كاساتهاits cups برزواthey stepped forth
إِذا الندامى إلى كاساتها برزوا
And I long for the dueling of cups,
And in the competition of cups, I have a need
when the drinking companions step forth toward its cups.
When the repentant towards their cups come forth
Sol 6.1