أَيُّهاO you الناطِقونَthe speakers بِالضادin the tongue of ḍād (Arabic) هذاthis
أَيُّها الناطِقونَ بِالضاد هذا
مَنهَلٌa spring قدalready صَفاbecame clear لأَهلِfor the people of الضادِḍād (Arabic)
مَنهَلٌ قد صَفا لأَهلِ الضادِ
O you who speak the tongue of ḍād, this
O speakers of the emphatic dhad, this is
Is a spring that has grown clear for the people of ḍād.
A spring that has cleared for the people of the dhad.
ذاthis كتابa book تجاوَرتbecame neighbors كلماتٌwords
ذا كتاب تجاوَرت كلماتٌ
فيهِwithin it كانَتwere مِنfrom قَبلُbefore كَالأَضدادِlike opposites
فيهِ كانَت مِن قَبلُ كَالأَضدادِ
This is a book: words have become neighbors
Were once like opposites.
Within it, though once they were like opposites.
Bonds of meaning have united them,
أَلَّفَتunited بينَهاbetween them أَواصرُbonds معنىًmeaning
أَلَّفَت بينَها أَواصرُ معنىً
خَفيَتwere hidden أَعصُراfor ages علىfrom النُقادِthe critics
خَفيَت أَعصُرا على النُقادِ
They were united by bonds of meaning
Hidden for ages from critics.
That had lain hidden from critics for ages.
Coldness was treated, so it turned to affection,
جَفوةٌestrangement عولِجَتwas treated فعادَتand so became وِئاماharmony
جَفوةٌ عولِجَت فعادَت وِئاما
وَهوىًand love طَوعَat the bidding of خاطرٍa mind وَقّادِblazing
وَهوىً طَوعَ خاطرٍ وَقّادِ
Estrangement was healed and turned to harmony
And passion obeyed a will and guide.
And love, at the bidding of a blazing mind.
Partial English translation: 7 of 8 Arabic lines translated.