وَمُستَهِلّاتٍand pouring forth كَصَوبِlike the downpour of الحَياrain
وَمُستَهِلّاتٍ كَصَوبِ الحَيا
تَبقىendure وَأَقوالُand the sayings of الفَتىthe young man تَفنىperish
تَبقى وَأَقوالُ الفَتى تَفنى
And verses pouring forth like a shower of rain
Endure while a young man's words perish.
مُنتَصِباتٍstanding upright كَالقَناlike spears لاnot نَرىwe see
مُنتَصِباتٍ كَالقَنا لا نَرى
عَيّاًinarticulacy مِنَin القَولِspeech وَلاnor أَفناfolly
عَيّاً مِنَ القَولِ وَلا أَفنا
Standing upright like spears, we see
No faltering in speech, nor folly.
قَدindeed حَرَمَdeprived الناظِرَthe beholder مِنof حُسنِهاtheir beauty
قَد حَرَمَ الناظِرَ مِن حُسنِها
قائِلُهاtheir speaker ماwhat رَزَقَgranted الأُذناthe ear
قائِلُها ما رَزَقَ الأُذنا
Of their beauty, the beholder has been denied
What their speaker has granted the ear.
لاnot يَفضُلُis superior المَعنىthe meaning عَلىto لَفظِهِits wording
لا يَفضُلُ المَعنى عَلى لَفظِهِ
شَيئاًin the least وَلاnor اللَفظُthe wording عَلىto المَعنىthe meaning
شَيئاً وَلا اللَفظُ عَلى المَعنى
The meaning is not superior to its wording
In the least, nor is the wording superior to the meaning.
Sol 6.1