وَراغِبٍand one eager فيfor العُلومِknowledge مُجتَهِدٍstriving diligently
وَراغِبٍ في العُلومِ مُجتَهِدٍ
لَكِنَّهُbut he فيin القَبولِreceptiveness جُلمودُa block of stone
لَكِنَّهُ في القَبولِ جُلمودُ
And many a man eagerly strives for knowledge,
Yet he is a block of stone at taking it in.
فَهوَso he كَذيlike one with عُنَّةٍimpotence بِهِin him شَبَقُlust
فَهوَ كَذي عُنَّةٍ بِهِ شَبَقُ
أَوor مُشتَهٍone craving لِلأَكلِfor eating مَمعودُafflicted with a stomach ailment
أَو مُشتَهٍ لِلأَكلِ مَمعودُ
So he is like an impotent man possessed by lust,
Or one who craves food but has an ailing stomach.
Sol 6.1