وشاعرand a poet أَوْقَدkindled الطبعُnatural talent الذكاءَintelligence بهin him
وشاعر أَوْقَد الطبعُ الذكاءَ به
فكادso it nearly يَحْرِقُهُburn him منfrom فرطexcess إذكاءِkindling
فكاد يَحْرِقُهُ من فرط إذكاءِ
And a poet in whom natural talent kindled intelligence,
A poet whose innate gifts were fanned to flame,
Till it nearly burned him, so fiercely was it kindled.
The blaze well-nigh consumed him in its maw.
أقامhe continued يُجهِدُstraining أياماًfor days قريحَتَهُhis poetic gift
أقام يُجهِدُ أياماً قريحَتَهُ
وفسَّرand he explained الماءَwater بعدafter الجَهْدِthe effort بالماءِby water
وفسَّر الماءَ بعد الجَهْدِ بالماءِ
He kept straining his poetic gift for days,
Long days he strained his talents to the full,
And, after all that effort, explained water by water.
And, spent, could only explicate water with water.
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