إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle اِنقَضىends مَجلِسٌa gathering لِلوَزيرof the vizier
إِذا ما اِنقَضى مَجلِسٌ لِلوَزير
شَهدناwe attest بِأَنthat لاnot نَرىwe see مِثلَهits like
شَهدنا بِأَن لا نَرى مِثلَه
Whenever a gathering of the vizier ends,
When the vizier's council is adjourned
We attest that we see nothing like it.
We bear witness that its like will not be seen
فَإِنbut if عادَhe returns أَبدَعَhe devises فيin فِعلِهhis deeds
فَإِن عادَ أَبدَعَ في فِعلِه
بَدائِعَmarvels تُنسيmake one forget الَّذيthat which قَبلَهbefore it
بَدائِعَ تُنسي الَّذي قَبلَه
But if he returns, he creates in his deeds
Should it convene again, his deeds therein
Marvels that make one forget what came before it.
Will bring forth novelties that put the past in the shade