فِي
inبَيْتٍ
a houseقُبُوراً
gravesIn a house 'graves'
وَفِي
and inالْبَيْتِ
the houseالْآخَرِ
otherكَبِيراً
bigand in the other house 'big'
عَلَى
uponالْعَكْسِ
the contraryمِنَ
ofالشُّعَرَاءِ
the poetsالْعَجَمِ
non-Arabcontrary to the non-Arab poets.
وَهَكَذَا
and thusيَرَى
seesالشُّعَرَاءُ
the poetsالْعَرَبُ
ArabAnd thus the Arab poets see
أَنَّ
thatحَاصِلَ
resultدَاخِلٍ
enteringthat the result of 'entering'
وَنَازِلٍ
and descendingمِنْ
fromقِسْمٍ
partوَاحِدٍ
oneand 'descending' are from one part
بِخِلَافِ
unlikeالشُّعَرَاءِ
the poetsالْعَجَمِ
non-Arabunlike the non-Arab poets.
تَوْزِيعُ
distributionالْكَلِمَةِ
the wordالْوَاحِدَةِ
singleفِي
inشَطْرَيْ
two halvesالْبَيْتِ
of the verseDistribution of a single word in the two halves of the verse:
كَذَلِكَ
similarlyوُقُوعُ
occurrenceكَلِمَةٍ
wordوَاحِدَةٍ
singleبَيْنَ
betweenشَطْرَيْ
two halvesالْبَيْتِ
of the verseLikewise, the occurrence of a single word between the two halves of the verse
بِحَيْثُ
such thatيَكُونُ
isنِصْفُهَا
its halfفِي
inالشَّطْرِ
the halfالْأَوَّلِ
firstsuch that half of it is in the first half
وَالنِّصْفُ
and the halfالْآخَرُ
otherفِي
inالشَّطْرِ
the halfالثَّانِي
secondand the other half in the second half
صَحِيحٌ
correctعِنْدَ
withالْعَرَبِ
the Arabsخَطَأٌ
errorعِنْدَ
withالْعَجَمِ
the non-Arabsis correct for the Arabs, an error for the non-Arabs.
وَبِالْجُمْلَةِ
and in summaryفَإِنَّ
indeedالْأَمْرَ
the matterالْجَامِعَ
unifyingالْمُشْتَرَكَ
commonAnd in summary, the unifying common matter
هُوَ
isالتَّوَافُقُ
the harmonyالتَّقْرِيبِيُّ
approximateالتَّقْدِيرِيُّ
estimatedلَا
notالتَّوَافُقُ
the harmonyالْحَقِيقِيُّ
realis approximate estimated harmony, not real harmony.
أَوْزَانُ
metersالْهُنُودِ
of the Indians[Indian Meters]
وَقَدْ
and indeedوَضَعَ
laid downالْهُنُودُ
the Indiansأَوْزَانَ
metersشِعْرِهِمْ
of their poetryAnd the Indians have laid down their poetry meters
عَلَى
uponعَدَدِ
numberالْحُرُوفِ
of lettersمِنْ
fromدُونِ
withoutمُلَاحَظَةٍ
observingbased on the number of letters without observing
وَاعْتِبَارٍ
and consideringلِلْحَرَكَاتِ
the vowelsوَالسَّكَنَاتِ
and quiescencesand considering vowels and consonants.
وَهِيَ
and itكَذَلِكَ
similarlyتَمْنَحُ
grantsلَذَّةً
pleasureوَمُتْعَةً
and enjoymentفَنِّيَّةً
artisticAnd it likewise grants artistic pleasure and enjoyment.
أَلْحَانُ
melodiesالْقَرَوِيِّينَ
of the villagersVillagers' Melodies:
وَقَدْ
and indeedسَمِعْنَا
we have heardأَلْحَانَ
melodiesبَعْضِ
someالْقَرَوِيِّينَ
villagersالرِّيفِيِّينَ
ruralAnd we have heard the melodies of some rural villagers
الَّتِي
whichيُلَحِّنُونَ
they compose/singبِهَا
with itلِلْحُصُولِ
to obtainعَلَى
ofالْمُتْعَةِ
enjoymentوَالذَّوْقِ
and tastewhich they use for melodies to obtain enjoyment and taste,
وَهِيَ
and itفِي
inالْوَاقِعِ
realityتَشْتَمِلُ
includesعَلَى
uponتَوَافُقٍ
harmonyتَقْرِيبِيٍّ
approximateand it - in reality - includes approximate harmony
بَيْنَ
betweenأَجْزَاءِ
partsالْكَلَامِ
of speechأَوْ
orتَشْتَمِلُ
includesعَلَى
uponرَدِيفٍ
a refrainbetween parts of speech, or includes a refrain.