درستُI studied الفقهَjurisprudence علماًas a science والأُصولاand the legal principles
درستُ الفقهَ علماً والأُصولا
وعلمَand the science of بلاغةٍrhetoric دَرساًa study جَميلاfine
وعلمَ بلاغةٍ دَرساً جَميلا
I studied jurisprudence as a science, and its principles,
And made a fine study of the science of rhetoric.
وبعدَand after المنطقِlogic التوحيدُtheology of divine unity صِرفٌmorphology (contextual reading)
وبعدَ المنطقِ التوحيدُ صِرفٌ
ونحوٌand grammar لمnot أكُنI was منهof it مَلولاweary
ونحوٌ لم أكُن منه مَلولا
And after logic came theology and morphology,
And grammar, of which I never grew weary.
حسابٌarithmetic سِيرَةٌbiography أدَبٌliterature وعِلمُand the science of الthe
حسابٌ سِيرَةٌ أدَبٌ وعِلمُ ال
فرائِضِinheritance shares لاnot أُرَىI am regarded فيin ذاthis كَسولاlazy
فرائِضِ لا أُرَى في ذا كَسولا
Arithmetic, biography, literature, and the science of
Inheritance shares—in this I am not considered lazy.
وللتَّاريخِand for history والتَّوقيتشand timekeeping (apparent typo) وقُتٌtime
وللتَّاريخِ والتَّوقيتش وقُتٌ
وهندسةٌand geometry قرأتُI read بهاin it قَليلاa little
وهندسةٌ قرأتُ بها قَليلا
And for history and timekeeping there was time,
And geometry, in which I did a little reading.
كذاكlikewise مبادىءُrudiments التَّفسيرِQur’anic exegesis بعدَafter الthe
كذاك مبادىءُ التَّفسيرِ بعدَ ال
حَديثِHadith لغيرهاto others besides them كانتthey were مَثيلاcomparable
حَديثِ لغيرها كانت مَثيلا
Likewise, the rudiments of exegesis, after the
Hadith, were on a par with the other subjects.
فبعضٌas for some لمnot أزَلI ceased فيهin it مُجِداًّdiligent
فبعضٌ لم أزَل فيه مُجِداًّ
وجُلٌّand most قدalready شَفيتُI quenched بهwith it الغَليلاthe burning thirst
وجُلٌّ قد شَفيتُ به الغَليلا
In some I have never ceased working diligently,
And in most I have quenched my burning thirst.
وهذيand this ليfor me الشَّهادةُthe certificate مِنfrom شًيوخٍteachers
وهذي لي الشَّهادةُ مِن شًيوخٍ
علىof قَوليmy statement وصِحََّتِهand its truth دَليلاas proof
على قَولي وصِحََّتِه دَليلا
And this certificate I have from my teachers
Is proof of my statement and its truth.
وكمand how often قدindeed أرهَقونيthey exhausted me فيin امتحانٍan examination
وكم قد أرهَقوني في امتحانٍ
وماand not وجَدواthey found لإخفاقيfor my failure سَبيلاa way
وما وجَدوا لإخفاقي سَبيلا
And how often they put me through grueling examinations,
Yet they found no way to make me fail.
Sol 6.1