أَكِتابٌIs this a letter مِنfrom فاضِلٍa learned man
أَكِتابٌ مِن فاضِلٍ
قالَhe spoke قَولاًwords فَأَسهَباthen spoke at length
قالَ قَولاً فَأَسهَبا
Is this a letter from a learned man
A book from one virtuous
who spoke, then spoke at length,
He spoke words, so fluently
أَمor أَزاهِيرُblossoms رَوضَةٍof a garden
أَم أَزاهِيرُ رَوضَةٍ
فَتَّقَتهاopened them يَدُthe hand الصَباof the east wind
فَتَّقَتها يَدُ الصَبا
or blossoms of a garden
Or flowers of a garden
opened by the hand of the east wind?
Ruffled by the hand of the breeze
قُلتُI said لَمّاwhen رَأَيتُهُI saw it
قُلتُ لَمّا رَأَيتُهُ
مَرحَباًwelcome ثُمَّthen مَرحَباwelcome
مَرحَباً ثُمَّ مَرحَبا
When I saw it, I said,
When I saw it I said
“Welcome, then welcome again!”
Welcome, again welcome
ثُمَّthen لَمّاwhen قَرَأتُهُI read it
ثُمَّ لَمّا قَرَأتُهُ
هَزَّit stirred عِطفيmy side تَطَرُّباwith delight
هَزَّ عِطفي تَطَرُّبا
Then, when I read it,
Then when I read it
it set my body swaying with delight,
My shoulders swayed joyfully
وَتَوَهَّمتُand I imagined أَنَّهُthat it
وَتَوَهَّمتُ أَنَّهُ
رَدَّrestored ليto me رَيِّقَthe freshness of الصِباyouth
رَدَّ لي رَيِّقَ الصِبا
and I imagined that it
And I imagined that it
had restored to me the freshness of youth.
Returned to me the spirit of youth
Sol 6.1