قَولٌspeech كأنَّas though فَرِيدَهُits choice pearl
قَولٌ كأنَّ فَرِيدَهُ
سِحْرٌmagic علىupon ذِهْنِthe mind of اللَّبيبْthe discerning person
سِحْرٌ على ذِهْنِ اللَّبيبْ
Speech, as though its choice pearl were
A saying as if its uniqueness
magic upon the discerning mind.
Is magic upon the mind of the intelligent
لاnot يَشْمَئِزُّgrates علىupon اللِّساthe tongue (beginning)
لا يَشْمَئِزُّ على اللِّسا
نِcompletes 'the tongue' وَلاand not يَشِذُّstrays عنِfrom القُلوبْthe hearts
نِ وَلا يَشِذُّ عنِ القُلوبْ
It does not grate upon the tongue,
It does not repulse the tongue
nor stray from hearts.
Nor stray from hearts
لَمdid not يَغْلُgo to excess فيin شنعِugly forms of اللُّغاthe languages (beginning)
لَم يَغْلُ في شنعِ اللُّغا
تِcompletes 'the languages' وَلاand not تَوَحَّشَgrew uncouth بالغريبْthrough obscure words
تِ وَلا تَوَحَّشَ بالغريبْ
It has not gone to excess in ugly forms of speech,
It has not been coarse in the ugliness of languages
nor grown uncouth through obscure words.
Nor become uncivilized by the strange
سَيْفٌa sword تَقَلَّدَgirded itself with مِثْلَهُits like
سَيْفٌ تَقَلَّدَ مِثْلَهُ
عَطْفَthe bending of القضيبِthe bough علىupon القَضِيبْthe bough
عَطْفَ القضيبِ على القَضِيبْ
A sword, girded with its like—
A sword which has been girded with its like
one bough bent upon another.
The bending of a rod upon a rod
هَذاthis one تُجَذُّare severed بهِwith it الرّقَاthe necks (beginning)
هَذا تُجَذُّ بهِ الرّقَا
بُcompletes 'the necks' وand ذاthat one تُجَذُّare cut away بهwith it الخُطوبْthe troubles
بُ و ذا تُجَذُّ به الخُطوبْ
With this, necks are severed,
With this softness is attracted
and with that, troubles are cut away.
And with this harshness difficulties are attracted
Sol 6.1