أَبوAbu (father of) إِسحاقَIshaq إِبراهيمُIbrahim مِمَّنamong those who
أَبو إِسحاقَ إِبراهيمُ مِمَّن
تَحامُلُهُhis hostility عَلىagainst شِعريmy verse قَديمُlong-standing
تَحامُلُهُ عَلى شِعري قَديمُ
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim is one of those
Ibrahim, who criticizes my old poetry
whose hostility toward my verse is long-standing.
Does he not fear the hell my ideas ignite
أَماdoes … not? يَخشىhe fears زَبانِيَةَhell's wardens القَوافيthe rhymes
أَما يَخشى زَبانِيَةَ القَوافي
إِذاwhen وَقَدَتblazes لِأَفكاريfor my thoughts جَحيمُhellfire
إِذا وَقَدَت لِأَفكاري جَحيمُ
Does he not fear the infernal wardens of rhyme
When the rhyme schemes flare up
when hellfire blazes for my thoughts?
Leave alone the devil of his gossip and my verse
فَدَعso leave شَيطانَthe demon غَيبَتِهِhis backbiting (reading غِيبَتِهِ) وَشِعريand my verse
فَدَع شَيطانَ غَيبَتِهِ وَشِعري
فَإشنَّfor indeed (reading فَإِنَّ) سَماءَهُits sky فيهاin it الرُجومُthe missiles
فَإشنَّ سَماءَهُ فيها الرُجومُ
So leave the demon of his backbiting with my verse:
For its sky rains stones upon him
for its sky holds missiles.
Partial English translation: 5 of 6 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1