قرمَa noble lord إذاwhen أنشدتهI recited to him
قرمَ إذا أنشدته
شعريmy poetry البديعwondrous تهللاًbeaming with delight
شعري البديع تهللاً
A noble lord—whenever I recited to him
A noble lord, whenever I recited to him
my exquisite verse—would beam with delight.
my wondrous poetry, beamed with delight.
فحسبتso I thought أنthat أباAbu (father of) عباUba- (first part of Ubadah)
فحسبت أن أبا عبا
دة-dah (rest of Ubadah) يمدحpraises المتوكلاal-Mutawakkil
دة يمدح المتوكلا
Then I fancied that Abū ʿUbā—
So I thought that Abu Uba-
da was praising al-Mutawakkil.
dah was praising al-Mutawakkil.
Sol 6.1