حدِّثْTell عنِabout الكُدْيَةِal-Kudya (the knoll) مَنْwhomever شِئْتَهُyou choose him
حدِّثْ عنِ الكُدْيَةِ مَنْ شِئْتَهُ
يظُنّhe thinks أخْبارَكَyour accounts تصْحيفَاmiscopying
يظُنّ أخْبارَكَ تصْحيفَا
Tell whomever you choose about al-Kudya;
Tell whoever you wish about Kudya
he will take your accounts for scribal errors.
They will think your stories are falsehoods
ماnot العقْلُthe mind بالمُعْتادِwith the familiar مُستأنِسٌat ease
ما العقْلُ بالمُعْتادِ مُستأنِسٌ
إنْif ذكرَmentions الواصِفُthe describer موصوفَاsomething described
إنْ ذكرَ الواصِفُ موصوفَا
The mind is not at ease with the familiar
Reason is not accustomed to the extraordinary
when the describer speaks of what he describes.
When the describer mentions the described
والحقُّand the truth فيabout أوْصافِهاher qualities أنّهاthat she
والحقُّ في أوْصافِها أنّها
خَرْقاءُa clumsy woman حُسْنٍbeauty وجدَتْshe found صُوفاwool
خَرْقاءُ حُسْنٍ وجدَتْ صُوفا
And the truth about her qualities is that she
The truth in its attributes is that it
is a clumsy beauty who has found wool.
Is a patchwork of beauty that found wool
Sol 6.1