لاdo not تُنكِرَنَّobject (emphatic) إذاif أَهدَيْتُI offer as a gift نحوَكَto you مِنfrom
لا تُنكِرَنَّ إذا أَهدَيْتُ نحوَكَ مِن
علومِكَyour knowledge الغُرَّthe choice pieces أوor آدابِكyour literary lore النُّتَفاthe fragments
علومِكَ الغُرَّ أو آدابِك النُّتَفا
Do not reproach me if I offer back to you something of
Do not object if I offer you some
your radiant learning, or scattered fragments of your literary arts.
choice pieces of your knowledge or fragments of your literary lore.
فَقَيِّمُfor the keeper الباغِthe garden قدmay يُهديoffer as a gift لمالِكِهto its owner
فَقَيِّمُ الباغِ قد يُهدي لمالِكِه
برَسمِas a token of خِدمَتِهِhis service منfrom باغِهِhis garden التُّحَفاthe fine gifts
برَسمِ خِدمَتِهِ من باغِهِ التُّحَفا
For the keeper of a garden may present its owner
For a garden's keeper may offer its owner
as a token of his service, with choice gifts from the owner’s garden.
fine gifts from his garden as a token of his service.
