وَأَبْيَضَand a white one مِنْfrom among ذَويthose belonging to الأَشْجَارِthe trees يَبْدُوappears
وَأَبْيَضَ مِنْ ذَوي الأَشْجَارِ يَبْدُو
لَهُit has خَدٌّa cheek كَمِرْآةِlike the mirror of الْغَرِيبَهْthe foreign woman
لَهُ خَدٌّ كَمِرْآةِ الْغَرِيبَهْ
And a white thing, of the tree-born kind, appears,
with a cheek like a foreign woman’s mirror.
وَرُبَّتَمَاand sometimes تَلَوَّنَtakes on color بِاحْمِرَارٍwith redness
وَرُبَّتَمَا تَلَوَّنَ بِاحْمِرَارٍ
لَهُits قَانٍdeep crimson كَمُلْتَبِسٍlike one entangled بِرِيبَهْin suspicion
لَهُ قَانٍ كَمُلْتَبِسٍ بِرِيبَهْ
And sometimes it takes on a red hue,
its crimson deep, like one entangled in suspicion.
وَرُبَّتَمَاand sometimes يَكُونُthere is بِهِupon it مُصَلَّىa place of prayer
وَرُبَّتَمَا يَكُونُ بِهِ مُصَلَّى
تَرَىyou see الصُّفْرَthe yellow الْوُجُوهَthe faces بِهِtherein مُنِيبَهْturning repentantly
تَرَى الصُّفْرَ الْوُجُوهَ بِهِ مُنِيبَهْ
And sometimes there is a place of prayer upon it;
there you see yellow-faced ones turning in repentance.
يَبُثُّdisseminates لَكَto you الْمَسَائِلَthe questions وَالْمَعَانِيand the meanings
يَبُثُّ لَكَ الْمَسَائِلَ وَالْمَعَانِي
وَإِنْand if يَسْأَلْهُasks it شَخْصٌsomeone لَنْwill not يُجِيبَهْanswer him
وَإِنْ يَسْأَلْهُ شَخْصٌ لَنْ يُجِيبَهْ
It unfolds for you questions and meanings,
yet if someone asks it, it will not answer him.
وَكَمْand how many a ضَرْبٍbeating يُقَاسِيit endures كُلَّevery يَوْمٍday
وَكَمْ ضَرْبٍ يُقَاسِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ
إِذَاwhen ضُرِبَتْis levied عَلَىupon قَوْمٍa people ضَرِيبَهْa tax
إِذَا ضُرِبَتْ عَلَى قَوْمٍ ضَرِيبَهْ
And how many a beating it endures each day,
when a tax is levied upon a people!
وَيَحْوِيand it contains النَّحْوَgrammar لاَno بَلْrather كُلَّevery عِلْمٍfield of knowledge
وَيَحْوِي النَّحْوَ لاَ بَلْ كُلَّ عِلْمٍ
وَيَرِوْيand recites الشَّعْرَpoetry مِنْof مَدْحٍpraise وَغِيبَهْand backbiting
وَيَرِوْي الشَّعْرَ مِنْ مَدْحٍ وَغِيبَهْ
And it contains grammar—no, rather, every field of knowledge—
and recites poetry of praise and backbiting.
Sol 6.1