أَياO شيعَةَfollowers of إِسماعيIsma‘il (first part)
أَيا شيعَةَ إِسماعي
لَ(completes Isma‘il) إِنَّindeed الصَبرَpatience قَدalready عيلاhas been exhausted
لَ إِنَّ الصَبرَ قَد عيلا
O followers of Isma‘il,
patience has indeed been exhausted.
كَذاكَthus الدَهرُtime وَالأَيّاand the days (first part)
كَذاكَ الدَهرُ وَالأَيّا
مُ(completes 'the days') يَفعَلنَthey perform الأَفاعيلاmischievous deeds
مُ يَفعَلنَ الأَفاعيلا
Thus do time and the days
work their mischief.
أَرىI see الأَمصارَthe cities لاnot تَملِpossess (first part)
أَرى الأَمصارَ لا تَملِ
كُ(completes 'possess') لِلحافِرِfor the hoof تَنعيلاshoeing
كُ لِلحافِرِ تَنعيلا
I see the cities lack the means
to shoe a hoof.
وَقَدand indeed غَيَّرَhas altered مَعناهاtheir meaning
وَقَد غَيَّرَ مَعناها
أَذىًharm يَأتيcomes أَراعيلاin successive bands
أَذىً يَأتي أَراعيلا
And their meaning has been altered
by harm arriving in successive bands,
كَماjust as جُزِّئَwas broken up بَيتُa verse الشِعpoetry (first part)
كَما جُزِّئَ بَيتُ الشِع
رِ(completes 'poetry') تَقطيعاًscansion وَتَفعيلاand division into metrical feet
رِ تَقطيعاً وَتَفعيلا
as a line of poetry is broken up
by scansion and division into metrical feet.
Translation model: Sol 6.1