أتتarrived رقعةa note القاضيthe judge الجليلnoble فكشفتand so it dispelled
أتت رقعة القاضي الجليل فكشفت
وساوسanxieties محزونone sorrowful الفؤادat heart ملهفanguished
وساوس محزون الفؤاد ملهف
The noble judge's note arrived and dispelled
The noble judge's letter arrived, revealing
the anxieties of one sorrowful at heart and anguished.
The worries of my anguished, ardent heart
فاهدتand so it offered نظاماa string منof قريضverse كأنهas though it were
فاهدت نظاما من قريض كأنه
نظامa string لآلpearls اوكوشيor like brocade مفوفfinely striped
نظام لآل اوكوشي مفوف
It offered a string of verse that seemed
It brought order in verses as if they were
a string of pearls, or finely striped brocade.
The impeccable order of Ben Okushi's family
تكاملreached perfection فيهin it الظرفelegance والشكلand form مثلlike ماthe way that
تكامل فيه الظرف والشكل مثل ما
تكاملreached perfection فيin مهديهits giver كلall التظرفrefinement
تكامل في مهديه كل التظرف
Elegance and form reached perfection in it, just as
In it, style and form were perfectly combined
every refinement reached perfection in its giver.
As refinement itself was combined in its sender
حوىattained منتهىthe utmost الحسنىbeauty بأولwith the first خاطرinspiration
حوى منتهى الحسنى بأول خاطر
يكلفهit requires him فيin الشعرpoetry تركabandoning التكلفaffectation
يكلفه في الشعر ترك التكلف
He attained the height of beauty with his first inspiration,
It contained the height of beauty in its first idea
which requires him, in poetry, to abandon affectation.
Charging it in poetry to shun affectation