كانَتْwere سُطُورُكَyour lines تِرْيَاقاًan antidote لَقِيتُI faced بِهاwith them
كانَتْ سُطُورُكَ تِرْيَاقاً لَقِيتُ بِها
ذاكَthat الشُّجاعَserpent فَعَادَand became السُّمُthe poison ليfor me شُهُداhoney
ذاكَ الشُّجاعَ فَعَادَ السُّمُ لي شُهُدا
Your lines were an antidote; with them I faced
that serpent, and the poison turned to honey for me.
وَكانَand was غَايتُهاtheir utmost aim أَرجُوهُI hoped for it كَفَّwithholding أَذًىharm
وَكانَ غَايتُها أَرجُوهُ كَفَّ أَذًى
فَأَتْبَعَthen he followed الكَفَّthe restraint بالإحسانِwith kindness مِنهُfrom him يَداa hand; a favor
فَأَتْبَعَ الكَفَّ بالإحسانِ مِنهُ يَدا
And the most I hoped they would achieve was to avert harm;
then he followed restraint with a kindly hand of his own.
Sol 6.1