حصّلتُ علقا ماجنا شاعرا

حصّلتُ علقا ماجنا شاعرا

محركا في كل حالاته

محركا في كل حالاته

I obtained a beloved, a libertine, a poet,

I obtained an intelligent robot, a poet

provocative in all his moods.

Capable in all his states

ناولته شيئا فأزرى به

ناولته شيئا فأزرى به

وقال زدني ضعف وزناته

وقال زدني ضعف وزناته

I handed him something, and he scorned it,

I gave him something so he could excel

and said, “Give me twice its weight.”

And said, give me double his capabilities

فقلت مهر المثل في مذهبي

فقلت مهر المثل في مذهبي

عدل على أبعد غاياته

عدل على أبعد غاياته

I said, “The customary dower, in my view,

I said, the essence of morality in my doctrine

is fair at its utmost limit.

Is justice, to its furthest goals

وأنت لم تطلب فوق الذي

وأنت لم تطلب فوق الذي

يرضيك قل لي بعلاماته

يرضيك قل لي بعلاماته

And you have not asked for more than what

And you did not ask for more than what

satisfies you; tell me its distinguishing signs.”

Would satisfy you, tell me its signs

فقال من ذاتي أقول النهى

فقال من ذاتي أقول النهى

أنظم من شعري وأبياته

أنظم من شعري وأبياته

He said, “From my own self I speak wisdom;

So he said, of my own volition I refuse

I compose it from my poetry and its verses.”

I compose my own poetry and verses

فلم أزل أدفع في ذاته

فلم أزل أدفع في ذاته

من أجل ما يشعر من ذاته

من أجل ما يشعر من ذاته

So I kept thrusting into his body,

So I continued to instill in his essence

because of the poetry he composes from his own self.

Due to what his essence feels