ياOh حُسْنَهُits beauty منْas a مُلْزَمٍbound volume آثارُهُits impressions
يا حُسْنَهُ منْ مُلْزَمٍ آثارُهُ
بذَويupon practitioners of الوِراقَةِthe book arts أحسَنُfinest الآثارِthe impressions
بذَوي الوِراقَةِ أحسَنُ الآثارِ
How lovely this bound volume, whose impressions
Upon those who ply the book arts are the finest impressions!
وكأنّماand as though الكُرّاسُthe quire طِرْفٌa noble steed أشْهَبٌgrey
وكأنّما الكُرّاسُ طِرْفٌ أشْهَبٌ
شدّواthey fastened علىupon شفَتَيْهِits two lips عودَthe wooden rod of الزّيارِthe twitch (horse restraint)
شدّوا على شفَتَيْهِ عودَ الزّيارِ
And the quire is like a noble grey steed:
They have fastened the twitch’s wooden rod upon its lips.
وكأنّماand as though قلَمُthe pen of الكِتابِthe book بصَفْحِهِupon its flank
وكأنّما قلَمُ الكِتابِ بصَفْحِهِ
يكْويbrands وذاكَand that النّقْطُthe dotting نَقْطُdotting النّارِfire
يكْوي وذاكَ النّقْطُ نَقْطُ النّارِ
And the book’s pen seems, upon its flank,
To brand it, and those dots are dots of fire.
Translation model: Sol 6.1