جَلمٌa pair of shears منbecause of صفاهُits polish كادalmost بأنto يَخbe hidden (first fragment)
جَلمٌ من صفاهُ كاد بأن يَخ
فىbe hidden (final fragment) فلوso if أنَّهit were اصطِبارٌpatience لعيلاit would surely be exhausted
فى فلو أنَّه اصطِبارٌ لعيلا
A pair of shears, so polished it nearly disap—
A pair of shears whose polish nearly makes them
—pears; were it patience itself, it would surely be spent.
invisible; were they patience, they would be exhausted.
قاطِعٌcutting فيin اِنطِباقِهِits closing كَانطِباقِlike the closing of الثthe (fragment)
قاطِعٌ في اِنطِباقِهِ كَانطِباقِ الث
ثغرmouth فيin العَضِّbiting مُبطِئاًslowly وَعَجُولاand swiftly
ثغر في العَضِّ مُبطِئاً وَعَجُولا
Cutting as it closes, like the closing of the—
Cutting as they close, like the closing of the
—mouth in a bite, whether slowly or swiftly.
mouth in biting, slowly and swiftly.
