وَأَبْيَضَand a white thing مِنْfrom 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 from the trees appears,
It has a cheek like a foreign woman's mirror.
وَرُبَّتَمَاand sometimes تَلَوَّنَbecame colored بِاحْمِرَارٍwith redness
وَرُبَّتَمَا تَلَوَّنَ بِاحْمِرَارٍ
لَهُit has قَانٍdeep crimson كَمُلْتَبِسٍlike one implicated بِرِيبَهْin suspicion
لَهُ قَانٍ كَمُلْتَبِسٍ بِرِيبَهْ
And sometimes it is tinged with redness,
Its hue deep crimson, like one under suspicion.
وَرُبَّتَمَاand sometimes يَكُونُthere is بِهِupon it مُصَلَّىa place of prayer
وَرُبَّتَمَا يَكُونُ بِهِ مُصَلَّى
تَرَىyou see الصُّفْرَthe yellow الْوُجُوهَfaces بِهِupon it مُنِيبَهْturning in repentance
تَرَى الصُّفْرَ الْوُجُوهَ بِهِ مُنِيبَهْ
And sometimes there is a place of prayer upon it,
You see the yellow faces there, turning in repentance.
يَبُثُّit imparts 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 imparts to you questions and meanings,
And if someone asks it, it will not answer him.
وَكَمْand how much ضَرْبٍbeating يُقَاسِيit endures كُلَّevery يَوْمٍday
وَكَمْ ضَرْبٍ يُقَاسِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ
إِذَاwhen ضُرِبَتْis imposed عَلَىupon قَوْمٍa people ضَرِيبَهْa tax
إِذَا ضُرِبَتْ عَلَى قَوْمٍ ضَرِيبَهْ
And how much beating it endures each day,
When a tax is imposed upon a people.
وَيَحْوِيand it contains النَّحْوَgrammar لاَno بَلْrather كُلَّall عِلْمٍknowledge
وَيَحْوِي النَّحْوَ لاَ بَلْ كُلَّ عِلْمٍ
وَيَرِوْيand it recites الشَّعْرَpoetry مِنْof مَدْحٍpraise وَغِيبَهْand backbiting
وَيَرِوْي الشَّعْرَ مِنْ مَدْحٍ وَغِيبَهْ
And it contains grammar—no, rather, all knowledge,
And it recites poetry of praise and backbiting.
Sol 6.1