شرحت مقالاً في الفرائض محكماً
دقيق المعاني مضمراً أي اضمار
I composed a precise article on inheritance
Refined in meaning, profound in implications
يتيه فؤاد الطب فيه تحيراً
إذا خاضه ينآى على كل فسار
The heart of the talented gets lost wandering in it
Should one dive in, he escapes all comprehenders
خدلجة كالشمس طاف خيالها
علي بليل في حليّ واعطار
Khadija shines like the sun, her imagination hovered
Around me at night in beauty and perfume
لها ثلث ثلثي ثلث ودّى وثلثه
ومن ودها لي تسع قيراط معشار
For her is a third, two thirds its third, and a third
Of my love for her is nine carats and some
فلو كان لي من ودها نصف سدسه
وثلثاً سديسيه إذا طفت بالدار
If I had half of a sixth of her love
And two thirds of its sixth when she passes the house
مررت بها يوماً فقامت وأقبلت
تسائل عن ارث لها في تبختار
I passed by her one day, she stood up and walked over
Asking about an inheritance in Tubukhtar
توفي أخو خال ابن عم ابن اختها
وخلفها مع أربع يا ابن سيار
The brother of the uncle of her cousin’s son died
Leaving her and four others, Oh Ibn Sayyar
بنات بني خال ابن عمة نجله
وعمة عم ابن خال أخي الضار
The daughters of the uncle of the son of the aunt’s son
And aunt of the uncle of the son of the uncle, my enemy
فحصة احدى الفردتين تسيعه
وربع تسيعيه به قد قضى الباري
So one of the two individuals gets one ninth of it
And a quarter of its ninth which the Creator has ordained
ونصف خميسي ثلث ما قد بقي إلى
سديسي خميسيه لاحداهما جار
And half of its fifth, a third of what remains
To a sixth of its fifth for one of them comes
كذلك للغيداء ثلث تسيعه
وثلثاً سديسه إِلى الثلث ياقار
Just like that, for the chubby one, a third of a ninth
And a third of a sixth up to a third, Oh soft one
ففسر لنا من مات أو من وراءه
وكم ماله أجزا هديت إِلى السار
Explain to us who passed away and who remains
How much was his money? You have guided the poetic to the peak
وتسع جميع الارث مع ثلث سدسه
وسدس وثلث للثلاث فكن دار
And nine sums the inheritance with its third of a sixth
And a sixth and a third for the three so be a home