هاكهاtake it شينيةa shīn-rhymed poem ماno مثلهاits like
هاكها شينية ما مثلها
لأبيby Abū الشيصal-Shīṣ ولاnor المرقشal-Muraqqish
لأبي الشيص ولا المرقش
Here it is—an unmatched poem rhyming in shīn,
Take it—a shīn-rhymed poem, whose like
with no equal by Abū al-Shīṣ or al-Muraqqish.
neither Abū al-Shīṣ nor al-Muraqqish has.
هذبتهاrefined it فكرةa thought قدalready برقشتadorned
هذبتها فكرة قد برقشت
حسنهاits beauty فيon طرسهاits page المرقّشornamented
حسنها في طرسها المرقّش
A thought refined it and adorned it with varied color;
A thought refined it, having already adorned
its beauty lies upon its ornamented page.
its beauty on its ornamented page.
