إِذاwhen نَموذَجُa sample شِعريmy verse
إِذا نَموذَجُ شِعري
طَرَّزتُهُI embroidered it بِالمَعانيwith meanings
طَرَّزتُهُ بِالمَعاني
When a sample of my verse
If a poetic model
I embroider with meanings,
I embroider with meanings
تَحَيَّرَwere bewildered الناسُthe people مِمّاby what
تَحَيَّرَ الناسُ مِمّا
فيهِin it مِنَof الإِفتِنانِartistry
فيهِ مِنَ الإِفتِنانِ
people are bewildered by
People are confused by
the artistry it contains.
What it contains of charm
فَلاso do not تَكَنbe تَحتَunder شَكٍّdoubt
فَلا تَكَن تَحتَ شَكٍّ
مِنabout حُسنِهِits beauty الفَتّانِenchanting
مِن حُسنِهِ الفَتّانِ
So have no doubts
So do not doubt
about its enchanting beauty,
Its captivating beauty
فَلَستُfor I am not آتيكَbringing you مِنهُfrom it
فَلَستُ آتيكَ مِنهُ
إِلّاexcept بِسِحرِwith the magic of البَيانِeloquence
إِلّا بِسِحرِ البَيانِ
for I bring you nothing of it
I do not come to you with it
but the magic of eloquence.
Except with the magic of rhetoric