حَسبيenough for me ضَجِرتُI grew weary مِنَof الأَدَبliterary learning
حَسبي ضَجِرتُ مِنَ الأَدَب
وَرَأَيَّتُهُand I saw it سَبَبَcause of العَطَبruin
وَرَأَيَّتُهُ سَبَبَ العَطَب
Enough! I have grown weary of literary learning,
and I saw it as a cause of ruin.
وَهَجَرتُand I abandoned إِعرابَgrammatical parsing of الكَلاspeech (first part)
وَهَجَرتُ إِعرابَ الكَلا
مِcompletion of ‘speech’ وَماand what حَفِظتُI memorized مِنَof الخُطَبorations
مِ وَما حَفِظتُ مِنَ الخُطَب
And I abandoned the grammatical parsing of speech—
and the orations I had memorized.
وَرَفَضتُand I rejected تَفسيرَexplanation of الغَريبِobscure words
وَرَفَضتُ تَفسيرَ الغَريبِ
وَعِلمَand knowledge of أَشعارِpoems of العَرَبthe Arabs
وَعِلمَ أَشعارِ العَرَب
And I rejected explanations of obscure words,
and knowledge of the Arabs’ poetry.
وَشَنِئتُand I loathed أَخبارَaccounts of الزُبَيرِal-Zubayr
وَشَنِئتُ أَخبارَ الزُبَيرِ
وَماand what رَواهُhe related it مِنَconcerning النَسَبgenealogy
وَما رَواهُ مِنَ النَسَب
And I loathed al-Zubayr’s accounts,
and what he related concerning genealogy.
وَرَهَنتُand I pawned ديوانَpoetry collection of النَقاpoetic rejoinders (first part of Naqāʾiḍ)
وَرَهَنتُ ديوانَ النَقا
ئِضِcompletion of Naqāʾiḍ (‘poetic rejoinders’) وَاِستَرَحتُand I found relief مِنَfrom التَعَبtoil
ئِضِ وَاِستَرَحتُ مِنَ التَعَب
And I pawned the Naqāʾiḍ poetry collection—
and found relief from toil.
Sol 6.1