شاعرٌ باهرٌ بديعُ المعاني

شاعرٌ باهرٌ بديعُ المعاني

فهْوَ يزري على بديعِ الزمانِ

فهْوَ يزري على بديعِ الزمانِ

A dazzling poet, ingenious in his meanings—

A poet, dazzling, a marvel of meanings —

A dazzling poet, wondrous in meaning,

so he puts Badīʿ al-Zamān in the shade.

so he puts to shame the Marvel of the Age:

so he puts Badiʿ al-Zaman to shame.

برضابٍ عنِ المبرِّدِ يروي

برضابٍ عنِ المبرِّدِ يروي

ونهودٍ تروي عنِ الرمّانِ

ونهودٍ تروي عنِ الرمّانِ

With lips’ nectar he transmits from al-Mubarrad,

with cool sweet saliva that narrates from al-Mubarrad, the Chilled,

With nectar of the lips, he narrates from al-Mubarrid,

while budding breasts transmit from the pomegranate.

and breasts that narrate from al-Rummān, the Pomegranate.

and with breasts that narrate from pomegranates.