نحويُّكمْ مِنْ شَعْرِهِ

نحويُّكمْ مِنْ شَعْرِهِ

وجبينِهِ أمسى وأضحى

وجبينِهِ أمسى وأضحى

Your grammarian—through his hair

Your grammarian, through his hair

and brow—became dusk and dawn;

and his brow, has become dusk and morning;

وبطرفِهِ وقوامِه

وبطرفِهِ وقوامِه

متقلِّداً سيفاً ورمحا

متقلِّداً سيفاً ورمحا

and through his glance and stature,

and through his glance and his stature,

he is girded with sword and spear.

is girded with a sword and a spear.