عطفتَyou showed kindness وأنتَand you ذوpossessor of الحسبlineage النبيلnoble
عطفتَ وأنتَ ذو الحسب النبيل
علىto الشُّعراءthe poets فيin شخصperson الوكيلal-Wakil
على الشُّعراء في شخص الوكيل
You showed kindness, you of noble lineage,
You have shown kindness, O noble one
to the poets in the person of al-Wakil.
To the poets in the person of the deputy
لقدindeed كرَّمتyou honored أصغرهمthe least of them مقامًاin standing
لقد كرَّمت أصغرهم مقامًا
لتُظهرto show للورىto humankind قدرworth الفحولthe master poets
لتُظهر للورى قدر الفحول
You have indeed honored the least of them in standing,
You have honored the least of them
to show humankind the worth of the master poets.
To show the people the worth of the chivalrous
جميلٌgood ماwhat أتيتyou brought بهwith it، ولكنand yet
جميلٌ ما أتيت به، ولكن
جميلُكyour good deed ليسis not فيin شخصٍa person جميلgood
جميلُك ليس في شخصٍ جميل
What you have done is good, and yet
Beautiful is what you have done
your good deed has not gone to a good man.
But your beauty is not in a beautiful person
Sol 6.1