أُفَضِّلُI prefer الوَردَthe rose عَلىover النَرجِسِthe narcissus
أُفَضِّلُ الوَردَ عَلى النَرجِسِ
لاnot أَجعَلُI make الأَنجُمَthe stars كَالأَشمُسِlike the suns
لا أَجعَلُ الأَنجُمَ كَالأَشمُسِ
I prefer the rose to the narcissus;
I prefer the rose to the narcissus
I do not equate the stars with the suns.
I do not make the stars like the sun
لَيسَis not الَّذيthe one who يَقعُدُsits فيin مَجلِسٍan assembly
لَيسَ الَّذي يَقعُدُ في مَجلِسٍ
مِثلَlike الَّذيthe one who يَمثُلُstands فيin المَجلِسِthe assembly
مِثلَ الَّذي يَمثُلُ في المَجلِسِ
The one who sits in an assembly is not
Not the same is he who sits in an assembly
like the one who stands in the assembly.
As he who plays a role in the assembly