إِنَّindeed القَوافيthe rhymes عِندَناin our reckoning حَرَكاتُهاtheir vowel movements
إِنَّ القَوافي عِندَنا حَرَكاتُها
سِتٌّsix عَلىin نَسَقٍan ordered sequence بِهِنَّto them يُلاذُrecourse is had
سِتٌّ عَلى نَسَقٍ بِهِنَّ يُلاذُ
Indeed, our rhymes have their vowel-movements—
Indeed, the rhymes’ vowel movements, in our reckoning,
six in ordered sequence, to which one turns for refuge:
Are six in ordered sequence; to them one has recourse:
رَسٌّrass: vowel before the founding alif وَإِشباعٌand ishbāʿ: the intervening consonant’s vowel وَحَذوٌand ḥadhw: vowel before the ridf ثُمَّthen تَوtaw-: first part of tawjīh
رَسٌّ وَإِشباعٌ وَحَذوٌ ثُمَّ تَو
جيهٌ-jīh: completes tawjīh, the vowel before an unvowelled rhyme consonant وَمَجرىand majrā: the rhyme consonant’s vowel بَعدَهُafter it وَنَفاذُand nafādh: the linking hāʾ’s vowel
جيهٌ وَمَجرى بَعدَهُ وَنَفاذُ
rass, ishbāʿ, ḥadhw, and then taw-
Rass, and ishbāʿ, and ḥadhw, then taw-
jīh; after it, majrā, and nafādh.
jīh, and majrā after it, and nafādh.
Sol 6.1