أَيَاO مَلِكاًking تُزَفُّare led in bridal procession لهُto him القَوافيthe rhymes
أَيَا مَلِكاً تُزَفُّ لهُ القَوافي
عَرائِسَbrides مِنamong خَصَائِصِهاtheir distinctive qualities الزَّفَافُthe bridal procession
عَرائِسَ مِن خَصَائِصِها الزَّفَافُ
O king, to whom rhymes are led in bridal procession,
O king for whom rhymes are led like brides
As brides, whose special custom is the wedding procession.
With their distinctive traits of union
أَتَيتُكَI came to you والجَمالَwith al-Jamal بِمِدحَتَيْناwith our two poems of praise
أَتَيتُكَ والجَمالَ بِمِدحَتَيْنا
وَكانَand there was لناbetween us اختِلافٌdisagreement وأَتِلافُand concord
وَكانَ لنا اختِلافٌ وأَتِلافُ
I came to you with al-Jamal, bearing our two poems of praise.
I came to you with two praises of beauty
Between us there was both disagreement and concord.
Though we differed and came apart
وَكانَand there was علَىon الرَّوّيthe rhyme consonant لناbetween us اتِّفاقٌagreement
وَكانَ علَى الرَّوّي لنا اتِّفاقٌ
وَعِندَand as regards الوزنِthe meter كانَthere was لناbetween us اختِلافُdisagreement
وَعِندَ الوزنِ كانَ لنا اختِلافُ
And we agreed on the rhyme consonant,
On the rhyme we shared agreement
But in meter we differed.
Yet in meter we came to differ
Sol 6.1