وَلِسَانُهُand his tongue قَدْindeed كَلَّhas grown dull حَتَuntil (first fragment)
وَلِسَانُهُ قَدْ كَلَّ حَتَ
ىcompletion of 'until' قلَّwas diminished منهُby it كُلُّevery شَاحِذْsharpener
ى قلَّ منهُ كُلُّ شَاحِذْ
And his tongue has grown dull, until
His tongue had babbled until scarcely any sharp-witted man remained
every sharpener has been worn down by it.
With his excuse when he found no path for speech at all penetrating
وَبِعُذْرِهِand with his excuse إذْsince لَمْdid not يَجِدْfind
وَبِعُذْرِهِ إذْ لَمْ يَجِدْ
لِلقَوْلِfor speech نَهْجَاًa path قَطُّever نَافِذْleading through
لِلقَوْلِ نَهْجَاً قَطُّ نَافِذْ
And he has his excuse, since he did not find
By his right, yet he who has been accused fears the violent
a path for speech that ever led through.
Show me where I dared, where are the thorns of canes from the thorns of hedgehogs
وَبِحَقّهِand rightly for him وَهْوَand he is المُزَthe counterfeit (first fragment)
وَبِحَقّهِ وَهْوَ المُزَ
يَّفُcompletion of 'counterfeit' أَنْto يَخافَfear مِنfrom الجهَابِذْthe expert assayers
يَّفُ أَنْ يَخافَ مِن الجهَابِذْ
And he is right, being counter-
feit, to fear the expert assayers.
هَبْنيsuppose me أجْتَرأتُI dared فَأَينَthen where مِنin comparison with
هَبْني أجْتَرأتُ فَأَينَ مِن
شَوْكِthe thorns of القَنَاthe spears شَوْكُthe spines of القَنافِذْthe hedgehogs
شَوْكِ القَنَا شَوْكُ القَنافِذْ
Grant that I dared—where, beside
the thorns of spears, do hedgehog spines stand?
Partial English translation: 4 of 8 Arabic lines translated.