أَتَى ابْنُ سُليْمَانٍ وَفِي الْفِكْرِ فَتْرَةٌ

أَتَى ابْنُ سُليْمَانٍ وَفِي الْفِكْرِ فَتْرَةٌ

يُخَبِّرُ أَنَّ الْعَقْلَ جِدُّ مُغَيَّبِ

يُخَبِّرُ أَنَّ الْعَقْلَ جِدُّ مُغَيَّبِ

Ibn Sulayman came while thought was in a lull,

reporting that reason was a grandfather hidden from sight.

فَقُلْتُ أَظُنُّ السَّيِّدَ اعْتَمَّ عِمَّةً

فَقُلْتُ أَظُنُّ السَّيِّدَ اعْتَمَّ عِمَّةً

وَلكِنَّهَا فِي الأَصْلِ مِنْ كُنْيَةِ الأَبِ

وَلكِنَّهَا فِي الأَصْلِ مِنْ كُنْيَةِ الأَبِ

So I said, “I suppose the gentleman has wrapped his head in a paternal aunt”—

yet she originally comes from the father’s kunya.