بِعَونِwith the aid of اللَهGod تَمَّwas completed الشَرحُthe commentary نظماًin verse
بِعَونِ اللَه تَمَّ الشَرحُ نظماً
وَنَثراًand in prose مخجِلاًputting to shame دُرَّpearls النِظامِof the necklace
وَنَثراً مخجِلاً دُرَّ النِظامِ
With God’s aid, the commentary was completed in verse,
With God's aid, the commentary was completed in verse,
and in prose, concisely gathering the poem’s pearls.
and in prose, putting strung pearls to shame.
وَمسكُand the musk خِتامهof its close مذonce طابَbecame sweet نشراًin fragrance
وَمسكُ خِتامه مذ طابَ نشراً
أَتىcame تاريخُهits date (chronogram) طيبُfragrance; sweetness الخِتامِof the close
أَتى تاريخُه طيبُ الخِتامِ
And since the musk of its close wafted sweetly,
And, once its fragrance grew sweet, the musk of its close
its chronogram came: “The Fragrance of the Close.”
came as its chronogram: 'A fragrant close.'
Sol 6.1