مَجرىcourse القَوافيthe rhymes فيin حُروفٍletters سَتَّةٍsix
مَجرى القَوافي في حُروفٍ سَتَّةٍ
كَالشَمسِlike the sun تَجريcourses فيin عُلُوِّthe heights of بُروجِهاits zodiacal signs
كَالشَمسِ تَجري في عُلُوِّ بُروجِها
Rhymes run their course through six letters,
The course of rhymes in six letters
like the sun coursing high through its zodiacal signs:
Like the sun courses through the heights of its mansions
تَأسيسُهاtheir foundation alif وَدَخيلُهاand their intervening letter مَعwith رِدفِهاtheir pre-rhyme vowel or glide
تَأسيسُها وَدَخيلُها مَع رِدفِها
وَرَوِيُّهاand their rhyme-letter مَعwith وَصلِهاtheir linking letter وَخُروجِهاand their final long vowel
وَرَوِيُّها مَع وَصلِها وَخُروجِها
their foundation alif and intervening letter, with their preceding vowel or glide,
Its fundamentals and borrowed parts with its redundancy
and their rhyme-letter, with their linking letter and final long vowel.
And its rhyme with its connection and departures