مِنfrom كُلِّevery قافِيَةٍa rhyme تَحتَلُّtakes up residence ثاوِيَةًabiding
مِن كُلِّ قافِيَةٍ تَحتَلُّ ثاوِيَةً
فيin صَدرِthe breast of رِوايَةٍa narrative أَوor كَفِّthe palm of وَرّاقِa copyist
في صَدرِ رِوايَةٍ أَو كَفِّ وَرّاقِ
From every rhyme that settles and abides
From every rhyme that occupies a dwelling
In a narrative's heart or a copyist's palm,
In the heart of a novel or a palm and paper
خَوابِرٌwell-informed بِأُمورِabout the affairs of الناسِpeople تُخبِرُناtell us
خَوابِرٌ بِأُمورِ الناسِ تُخبِرُنا
عَنof لُؤمِbaseness قَومٍa people وَعَنand of مَجدٍglory بِتَصداقِwith truthfulness
عَن لُؤمِ قَومٍ وَعَن مَجدٍ بِتَصداقِ
Well versed in people's affairs, they tell us
Ruins that tell us of people's affairs
Of a people's baseness and of glory, truthfully.
Of a nation's villainy and of glory in honesty
Sol 6.1