والشِّعْرُand poetry لَيسَis not لِلابِسٍfor a wearer
والشِّعْرُ لَيسَ لِلابِسٍ
مِنfrom نَسْجهِits weaving يَوماًever شِعَارُan inner garment
مِن نَسْجهِ يَوماً شِعَارُ
And poetry affords no wearer
a garment ever woven from it.
يُلْقَىis cast aside فَلاso not يُهْدَىgiven as a gift كذاlikewise (first part)
يُلْقَى فَلا يُهْدَى كذا
لِكَ(completes 'likewise') لاnot يُباعُsold وَلاand not يُعَارُlent
لِكَ لا يُباعُ وَلا يُعَارُ
It is cast aside, not given as a gift;
likewise, it is neither sold nor lent.
وَأَرَىand I see الكِبارَthe great ones فيamong الهُمَوworries (first part)
وَأَرَى الكِبارَ في الهُمَو
مِ(completes 'worries') لِمَنfor whoever لهُhe has مِثليlike me صِغَارُlittle children
مِ لِمَن لهُ مِثلي صِغَارُ
And I see great worries
for anyone who, like me, has little ones.
وأَبوand the father of الهَنَاتِtroubles أبوthe father of البَناdaughters (first part)
وأَبو الهَنَاتِ أبو البَنا
تِ(completes 'daughters') وَمَنand whoever لهُhe has أىضاًalso حِمَارُa donkey
تِ وَمَن لهُ أىضاً حِمَارُ
And the father of troubles is the father of daughters,
and anyone who also has a donkey.
وَمَضَىand sped away الشَّعِيرُbarley فَليسَso not يُلis overtaken (first part)
وَمَضَى الشَّعِيرُ فَليسَ يُل
حَقُ(completes 'is overtaken') بالحَياةِin one's lifetime لهُits غُبارُdust
حَقُ بالحَياةِ لهُ غُبارُ
And barley has sped away; not even
its dust can be overtaken in a lifetime.
والقُرُطُand dried clover عَزَّhas grown dear فَقُرْطُso the earring of مارMāriya (first part)
والقُرُطُ عَزَّ فَقُرْطُ مار
يةٍ(completes 'Māriya') غداhas become مِنهُof it يُغَارُenvious
يةٍ غدا مِنهُ يُغَارُ
And dried clover has grown dear, so Māriya's earring
has come to envy it.
والقَمْحُand wheat جَلَّhas grown exalted عنِbeyond الحَدِيdiscussion (first part)
والقَمْحُ جَلَّ عنِ الحَدِي
ثِ(completes 'discussion') فَخَوْضُناso our discussion فيهof it فُشارُempty chatter
ثِ فَخَوْضُنا فيه فُشارُ
And wheat is too exalted to speak of;
so our talk of it is empty chatter.
Sol 6.1