عَلَيَّincumbent on me نَحتُcarving القَوافيthe rhymes حينَwhen أَنظِمُهاI compose them
عَلَيَّ نَحتُ القَوافي حينَ أَنظِمُها
وَإِنّهاand indeed they لاnot تُضاهيrival نظمَهاtheir arrangement الدُّرَرُthe pearls
وَإِنّها لا تُضاهي نظمَها الدُّرَرُ
It falls to me to carve the rhymes when I compose them.
The rhyming rests on me when I compose it
And indeed, pearls cannot rival their arrangement.
Yet it is unmatched by pearls’ patterning
وَلَستُand I am not أخلقI create فَهماًunderstanding للغَبيِّfor the fool بِهاthrough them
وَلَستُ أخلق فَهماً للغَبيِّ بِها
وَماand what عَليَّupon me إِذاif لَمnot تَفهَمِunderstand البقَرُthe cattle
وَما عَليَّ إِذا لَم تَفهَمِ البقَرُ
And I do not create understanding in the fool through them.
I do not create in it sense for the fool
And what blame is mine if the cattle do not understand?
I am not to blame if cows do not comprehend
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