وَمُدّعي الوَزن في الأَقوالِ يَزعمها

وَمُدّعي الوَزن في الأَقوالِ يَزعمها

سَليمَةَ اللَّفظِ مِن عَيبٍ وَأَخطاءِ

سَليمَةَ اللَّفظِ مِن عَيبٍ وَأَخطاءِ

And he who claims his words are metrical declares them

The one who claims precise meter in speech

sound in wording, free from flaws and errors.

Words free of flaws and mistakes

كَلامُهُ إِنْ يَكُن وَاللّهِ قافِيَةً

كَلامُهُ إِنْ يَكُن وَاللّهِ قافِيَةً

فَإِنّها ذات إِصرافٍ وَإِقواءِ

فَإِنّها ذات إِصرافٍ وَإِقواءِ

If his speech is a rhyme, by God,

If his words, by God, rhyme

then it suffers from rhyme-vowel discord—iṣrāf and iqwāʾ.

Then it is a forced rhyme