تاللهBy God ماnot كنتI was رفيقاa companion لهمto them
تالله ما كنت رفيقا لهم
ولاnor دعتنيcalled me للصباto youthful passion داعيهan impulse
ولا دعتني للصبا داعيه
By God, I was not their companion.
Nor did any impulse call me to youthful passion.
وانماand only بالشعرthrough poetry ذاكرتهمI conversed with them
وانما بالشعر ذاكرتهم
ومعهمand with them جرتنيdrew me along القافيهthe rhyme
ومعهم جرتني القافيه
Rather, I conversed with them only in verse,
And the rhyme drew me along with them.
Sol 6.1