تَرَى حِلَلَ الإِعْرَابِ فِي رُؤيَةِ العَيْنِ

تَرَى حِلَلَ الإِعْرَابِ فِي رُؤيَةِ العَيْنِ

إِذَا مَا لِتَشْبِيهٍ جَنَحْتَ بَلاَمَيْنِ

إِذَا مَا لِتَشْبِيهٍ جَنَحْتَ بَلاَمَيْنِ

You see the Bedouins’ robes before your eyes,

You see the adornments of grammar in the vision of the eye

if you turn to a simile, without falsehood,

When you incline to a simile without hesitation

نَسِيجَ شِبَاكِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ بِمَطْبَخٍ

نَسِيجَ شِبَاكِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ بِمَطْبَخٍ

وَالإَِّ فَكَالخُفَّاشِ مَدَّ الْجَنَاحَيْنِ

وَالإَِّ فَكَالخُفَّاشِ مَدَّ الْجَنَاحَيْنِ

as the weave of a spider’s webs in a kitchen;

A spider's web in a kitchen

or else as a bat that has spread both wings.

While "if" is like a bat extending its two wings