إِنِّيindeed I لَمستَحيِam indeed ashamed عُلاَeminence
إِنِّي لَمستَحيِ عُلاَ
كَyour مِنَof ارتِجَالِimprovising القَولِspeech فِيهِabout it
كَ مِنَ ارتِجَالِ القَولِ فِيهِ
Indeed, I am ashamed before your eminence
I am too shy to improvise
of improvising words about it.
Words about one who cannot be attained through transmitted poetry -
مَنone who لَيسَis not يُدرَكُfathomed بِالرَّويthrough deliberation (word continues)
مَن لَيسَ يُدرَكُ بِالرَّوي
يَةِending of the preceding word, ‘deliberation’ كَيفَhow يُدرَكُfathomed بِالبِدِيهِthrough improvisation
يَةِ كَيفَ يُدرَكُ بِالبِدِيهِ
One who cannot be fathomed through deliberation—
How can he be attained through spontaneous poetry?
how can he be fathomed through improvisation?
Partial English translation: 3 of 4 Arabic lines translated.