إِذاif أَحسَستَyou sense فيin خَطِّwriting فُتوراًslackening
إِذا أَحسَستَ في خَطِّ فُتوراً
وَحَظِّيَand my fortune وَالبَلاغَةِand eloquence وَالبَيانِand clear expression
وَحَظِّيَ وَالبَلاغَةِ وَالبَيانِ
If you sense a slackening in the writing,
When you sense languor in my verse
And in my fortune, eloquence, and expression,
In eloquence, rhetoric and expression
فَلاthen do not تَرتَبdoubt بِفَهميin my understanding إِنَّindeed رَقصيmy dance
فَلا تَرتَب بِفَهمي إِنَّ رَقصي
عَلىaccording to مِقدارِthe measure of إيقاعِthe rhythm of الزَمانِtime
عَلى مِقدارِ إيقاعِ الزَمانِ
Then do not doubt my understanding: indeed, my dance
Do not doubt my understanding, for my dance
Keeps to the measure of time's rhythm.
Moves to the rhythm of time