ياO مغرماًenamored بالصرفof morphology
يا مغرماً بالصرف
والنحوِand syntax يكفيit suffices يكفيit suffices
والنحوِ يكفي يكفي
O you enamored of morphology,
O you who are obsessed with grammar
and syntax—enough, enough!
And syntax, enough, enough
حسبكenough for you خذtake ماwhatever تشتهيyou desire
حسبك خذ ما تشتهي
منfrom ظرفwit هذاthis الظرفِal-Ẓarf (Wit)
من ظرف هذا الظرفِ
Enough for you: take whatever you desire
Take what you desire
from the wit of this al-Ẓarf.
From the elegance of this elegance
ظهورهits appearance يغنيكspares you the need عنfor
ظهوره يغنيك عن
ماwhat فيin بطونِthe depths of الصحفِthe pages
ما في بطونِ الصحفِ
Its appearance spares you the need for
Its appearance will suffice you
what lies in the depths of the pages.
From what is in the cores of books
فوائدٌuseful insights مجموعهاtheir collected whole
فوائدٌ مجموعها
منفردٌunique فيin الوصفِcharacter
منفردٌ في الوصفِ
Useful insights, whose collected whole
Benefits gathered
is unique in its character.
Singular in description
ألفيةٌa collection of a thousand لكنهاbut it
ألفيةٌ لكنها
تفوقit surpasses ألفa thousand ألفِthousand
تفوق ألف ألفِ
A collection of a thousand, yet it
A thousand yet
surpasses a thousand thousand.
Exceeding a thousand thousand
كمhow much أحرزتit secured إفادةًbenefit
كم أحرزت إفادةً
وكمand how many حوتit contained منof كشفِdiscovery
وكم حوت من كشفِ
How much benefit it has secured,
How much benefit you gained
and how many discoveries it contains!
And how much it contained of discovery
صنْعhandiwork يدthe hand of النجارal-Najjar منfrom
صنْع يد النجار من
غصونboughs روضthe garden of اللطفِgrace
غصون روض اللطفِ
The handiwork of al-Najjar, from
The work of the carpenter's hand from
the boughs of the garden of grace.
Branches of the garden of subtlety
فماso not عكفhe devoted himself عليهاto it وارتشفand sipped
فما عكف عليها وارتشف
بالظرفwith wit أحلىthe sweetest رشفِdraught
بالظرف أحلى رشفِ
So he did not pore over it and sip
So he did not rest upon it and sipped
the sweetest draught of wit.
The sweetest sip with elegance
ورُضand train بهاwith it النفسَthe soul إذاwhen
ورُض بها النفسَ إذا
أجلتyou let roam طرِفgaze الطرفِthe eye
أجلت طرِف الطرفِ
And train the soul with it when
And the soul was pleased with it when
you let the eye’s gaze roam.
It glanced at the edge of elegance
بالفعلin fact زاهيsplendid طبعهاits printing
بالفعل زاهي طبعها
بداappeared بأسميin the finest حرفِlettering
بدا بأسمي حرفِ
Indeed, its splendid printing
Indeed, its nature is radiant
appeared in the finest lettering.
It began with my finest letter
فقلتso I said فيconcerning تاريخهِits date
فقلت في تاريخهِ
أبهجhow delightful بطبعat the printing of الظرفِal-Ẓarf (Wit)
أبهج بطبع الظرفِ
So I said, to mark its date:
So I said in its date
“How delightful is the printing of al-Ẓarf!”
It delights with the nature of elegance
Sol 6.1