الخَتْمُthe seal يَحفَظُprotects مَضْنونَwhat is jealously guarded الكِتابِof the letter بهِwith it
الخَتْمُ يَحفَظُ مَضْنونَ الكِتابِ بهِ
وهْوَand it الدّليلُthe proof علَىof مَضمونِthe assurance عِزّتِهِof its dignity
وهْوَ الدّليلُ علَى مَضمونِ عِزّتِهِ
The seal protects the letter’s jealously guarded contents,
and is proof that its dignity is assured:
قُفْلٌa lock منَof الشّمْعِwax يَثْنيturns back العَيْنَthe eye هَيبَتُهُits imposing presence
قُفْلٌ منَ الشّمْعِ يَثْني العَيْنَ هَيبَتُهُ
فَضلاًlet alone عنِas for اليَدِthe hand أنْthat تَدْنُوit should approach لحَوْزَتِهِto its domain
فَضلاً عنِ اليَدِ أنْ تَدْنُو لحَوْزَتِهِ
a lock of wax whose imposing presence turns back the eye,
let alone the hand, from approaching its domain.
Sol 6.1