لاno غروَwonder إنif جئتُI came النسيبthe noble-born man بمدحةٍwith a panegyric
لا غروَ إن جئتُ النسيب بمدحةٍ
منfrom غيرِwithout ماany (emphatic) غَزَلٍlove verse وغيرand without نسيبan amatory prelude
من غيرِ ما غَزَلٍ وغير نسيب
No wonder if I brought the noble-born man a panegyric,
It is no wonder if I come to the beloved with praise
Without any love verse or amatory prelude.
Without any spinning or beloved
هزَّتit shook رؤوسheads السامعينthe listeners بوصفهby describing him
هزَّت رؤوس السامعين بوصفه
طرباًin delight فلمso did not تحتجneed إلىfor تشبيبan amorous introduction
طرباً فلم تحتج إلى تشبيب
It set the listeners’ heads swaying by describing him
It shook the heads of the listeners with its description
In delight, so it needed no amorous introduction.
Delightfully, so it had no need for prettification