الكني إلَى المَعني بالنَّحوِ واللُّغَى

سَلاَماً يُحَاكِى طَعمَ صَهبَاءَ قَرقَفِ

He alludes to meaning through grammar and language

A greeting that resembles the taste of fresh dew

ويَحكِي أرِيجَ الرندِ والمِسكِ عَرفُهُ

لِطِيبِ الشَّذَا إِن لاَحَ مِ الطِّيبِ يُعرَفِ

And its fragrance tells of basil and musk

From the goodness of aroma, if goodness shines through

فَمُوجِبُهُ أن التِّنَاوةَ دُجيَةٌ

تَرِينُ عَلَى نُورِ الحِجَا لَم تَكَشَّفِ

So its implication is that reciting Qu'ran is shady

Shows light upon the hijab that has not been unveiled

وَقَد كَانَ في التَّمرِينِ مُدوِسُ رَيبها

مِرَاءَ الحِجَا تَصفُو بِهِ فَتُرِى الخفي

And there has been doubt gnawing in exercise

The hijab's contention clears with it, so the hidden is revealed

فَمَا اسمٌ تَحَلَّى بِانصِرَافٍ وَضِدِّهِ

ولَم يَكُ يَعلُو عَن ثَلاثَةِ أحرُفِ

So no name graced with inflection and its opposite

Would be higher than three letters

عَلَى الفَتحِ قَد ضَمَّ البِنَاءَ مَعَ البِنَا

عَلَى الضَّمّش وهو الأصلُ دُونَ تَوَقُّفِ

On fathah it joined the structure with structure

On dhummah which is the origin without hesitation

ابَنَّ بِنَاءَاهُ بِهِ مع صَرفِهِ

فَلَيسَ لِكُلٍّ سَاعَةٍ مِن تَخلٌّفِ

He structured its structure with it along with its derivation

So there is no moment of lagging for each

وَيُبدَلُ إبدَالاً رآهُ الأُلى مَضَوا

نُحَاةً ثَقِيلاً مَالَهُ مِن تَخفُّفِ

And it is alternated an alternation the ancients deemed

A heavy grammar its lightness they refrained

ولَكِنَّ نُحَاةَ العَصرِ هَذَا يَرَونَهُ

خَفِيفاً لهُ أهلُ الفَصَاحَةِ تَصطفي

But the grammarians of this age see it

As light - for it the eloquent elite are selective

وقَد جَاءَ هَذَا في الظُّرُوفِ مَُخَبَّاً

فَمَهمَا تُطَالِعهَا الجَنَى مِنهُ تقطِفِ

And this came in circumstances obscured

So whatever of its branches the soul samples, it harvests