لوif كنتI were معنىa poetic conceit بديعexquisite اللفظthe wording مخترعاnewly devised
لو كنت معنى بديع اللفظ مخترعا
لمdid not يقطعtraverse السيرtravel بيwith me فيin الأرضthe earth ماwhat قطعاit traversed
لم يقطع السير بي في الأرض ما قطعا
Had I been a meaning, exquisite in phrasing and newly coined,
Had I been a newly devised conceit, exquisitely worded,
travel would not have borne me across as much of the earth as it has.
Travel would not have carried me as far across the earth as it has.
