نِظامٌ يُحاكِي الدُّرَّ أَهْدَتْهُ نَحْوَنا

قَريحَةُ مَنْ يُروِي الفُهُومَ بِما يَرْوي

A system that emulates pearls, its gift towards us

The talent of one who nurtures minds with what it nurtures

وفي طَيِّهِ بَحْثٌ يَدِقُّ بَيانُهُ

إذا رامَهُ فِكْرُ البَيانِيِّ والنَّحْوِي

And in its folding is research that precise in its rhetoric

When the mind of the rhetorician and the grammarian desires it

وَرُبَّتَما قالَ البَيَانِيُّ مَنْصِبي

أُكَشِّفُ أَسْرارَ الَكلامِ ولا أطْوِي

And many a time the rhetorician attributes to me

I reveal the secrets of speech and do not fold

ومَنْ قَدَّمَ التّالي فذلِكَ مَهْيَعٌ

لَهُ مَنْهَجُ القانُونِ مِنْ نَحْوِنا يَحْوي

And whoever puts the following this is confused

For him is the approach of law from our grammar it contains

وما تَرْكِيَ التَّقْدِيرَ إلاّ لأَنّني

إلى غَيْرِ مَحْضِ اللّفْظِ في مَقْصِدي آوِي

And I only left the interpretation because I

Incline to other than the mere word in my purpose shelter

وقَدْ قَدَّرَ النَّحْوِيْ وذلِكَ فَنُّهُ

وأَمَّا فُنُوني فَهْيَ عَنْ مِثْلِهِ تَلْوِي

And the grammarian interpreted and that is his art

As for my arts they shy away from the like of it

عَلَى أَنَّ أَهْلَ النَّحْوِ يَذْهَبُ بَعْضُهُمْ

إلى أَنَّهُ نَفْسُ الجَزاءِ بلا سَهْوِ

Given that the people of grammar some of them go

To that it is the very retribution without lapse

فَقَدْ قالَ أَهْلُ الكُوفَةِ الكُلُّ رُتْبَةُ ال

حَزاءُ قبيل الشرط في كل ما تروي

So the people of Kufa, the whole group, the position of

Retribution before the condition in all that it nurtures

وقالوا جميعاً والمبرد إنه ال

جزاء مَعَ التَّقْدِيمِ لَيْسَ الذي يَنْوِي

And they all said, and Al-Mubarrid, that it is not

Retribution with the advancement, it is not what intends

وخالَفَهُمْ جُمْهُورُ سُكّانِ بَصْرَةٍ

فَقالوا دَليلٌ للجَزَا وَهُوَ الْمَطْوِي

And the majority of residents of Basra opposed them

So they said an indication of retribution and it is the folded

ولا شَكَّ أَنَّ الأَصْلَ يَأْبَى مَقالَهُمْ

ومَنْ خالَفَ التَّأصيلَ عَنْ راجِحٍ يَهْوِي

And there is no doubt that the origin refuses their saying

And whoever opposed tracing from a preponderant plunges

وما قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ الجَزاءُ مُقَدَّرٌ

بِضَعْفِ مَقالٍ للمُخالِفِ في الْمَنْوِي

And whoever said the retribution is interpreted

With the weakness of saying to the opponent in the intended

وقَدْ قالَ سَعْدُ الدِّينِ في الضَّعْفِ إنَّهُ

بِمَنْعٍ لَهُ قالَ الجَماهيرُ في النَّحْوِ

And Saad Al-Deen said in the weakness that it

Is by preventing it, the masses said in grammar

وما مَنَعُوا الْمَسْؤُولَ عَنْهُ وإنَّما

تَفاوَتَ في التَّقْدِيرِ قَوْلُهُمُ الْمَرْوِي

And they did not prevent the questioned about it, but

There was a difference in interpretation, their speech nurtures

وَدُمْ في نَعيمٍ ما بَقيتَ وسُؤْدُدٍ

تُرَوِّحُ أَرْواحُ العُلومِ بما تَحْوي

And stay in bliss as long as you remain and consolation

The spirits of sciences nurture what you contain

وحَرْفُ الرَّوِي ما ذَلَّ يَوْماً لِرائِضٍ

ولَكِنَّهُ يَطْوِي إذا طالَ أَوْ يُقْوِي

And the letter of the composer never weakened for a lead

But it folds when prolonged or strengthens