تَخَيُّلٌa fancy مِنfrom بَنيthe children of الدُنياthis world غَداhas become عَجَباًa marvel
تَخَيُّلٌ مِن بَني الدُنيا غَدا عَجَباً
لِلمُفكِرينَto thinkers وَكُلُّand all الناسِthe people مَحسورُworn out
لِلمُفكِرينَ وَكُلُّ الناسِ مَحسورُ
A fancy of this world's children has become a marvel
To thinkers, while all mankind is worn out.
كَأَنَّas though إِعرابَthe grammatical inflection of أَغرابٍstrangers ثَوَواthey dwelt زَمَناًfor a time
كَأَنَّ إِعرابَ أَغرابٍ ثَوَوا زَمَناً
بِالدَوِّin the wilderness فيناamong us بِحُكمِunder the rule of النَحوِgrammar مَأسورُheld captive
بِالدَوِّ فينا بِحُكمِ النَحوِ مَأسورُ
As though the inflection of strangers who dwelt awhile
In the wilderness were captive among us under grammar's rule.
فَناطِقٌso a speaker يَسكُنُdwells in الأَمصارَthe cities مِنfrom among عَجَمٍnon-Arabs
فَناطِقٌ يَسكُنُ الأَمصارَ مِن عَجَمٍ
نُطقَthe speech of اِبنِa son of بَيداءَa desert لَمّاnot yet يَحوِهِencloses him سورُa wall
نُطقَ اِبنِ بَيداءَ لَمّا يَحوِهِ سورُ
So a non-Arab dwelling in cities speaks
Like a son of the desert whom no wall has yet enclosed.
وَناظِمٍand a versifier لِعَروضِfor the meters of الشِعرِpoetry عَنby عُرُضٍchance
وَناظِمٍ لِعَروضِ الشِعرِ عَن عُرُضٍ
وَماand not يُحِسُّhe perceives بِأَنَّof the fact that البَيتَthe verse مَكسورُmetrically broken
وَما يُحِسُّ بِأَنَّ البَيتَ مَكسورُ
And a versifier composing in poetic meters at random,
Who does not realize that the verse's meter is broken.
وَمُغتَدٍand one setting out at dawn بِحِبالِwith the cords of الصَيدِhunting يَنصِبُهاhe sets them
وَمُغتَدٍ بِحِبالِ الصَيدِ يَنصِبُها
كَيماso that يَفيءُmay return لَهُto him مِنfrom ذاكَthat مَيسورُsome gain
كَيما يَفيءُ لَهُ مِن ذاكَ مَيسورُ
And one who sets out at dawn with hunting snares, setting them,
So that some gain may return to him from that.
Translation model: Sol 6.1