نقدتcriticized قريضيmy verse ثلةa group
نقدت قريضي ثلة
لاnot تعرفknows الأدبliterature اللباباpure and refined
لا تعرف الأدب اللبابا
A group criticized my verse,
A group criticized my poem
Knowing nothing of pure, refined literature.
They know nothing of literature
فرفعتso I raised مذودتيmy fly-whisk أذبI drive away
فرفعت مذودتي أذب
بcompletion of the preceding verb, 'I drive away' بهاwith it عنaway from الأدبliterature الذباباthe flies
ب بها عن الأدب الذبابا
So I raised my fly-whisk to drive
So I raised my inkwell and wrote
The flies away from literature with it.
To defend literature from pests
Sol 6.1