Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

ببناتِ فكر صائبِ

English translation:

by a good brainchild/by original thought

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Arabic term

إن لم تَبُن ببناتِ فكر صائبِ

Arabic to English Art/Literary Linguistics
Appreciate if you can help me with translating this:
إن لم تَبُن ببناتِ فكر صائبِ
زُبرَ الحديث يُمده ببيان
فأصمت فأن الصمت خير جُنةً
من ان تكون مَطية لفلان.
Change log

May 25, 2021 22:02: Murad AWAD changed "Term asked" from "The whole 4 verses please" to "إن لم تَبُن ببناتِ فكر صائبِ" , "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (write-in)" from "Verses" to "(none)"

Jun 3, 2021 11:07: Z-Translations Translator Created KOG entry

Discussion

Nesrine Echroudi May 25, 2021:
You can at least post every verse by itself.
Yassine El Bouknify May 25, 2021:
This is against the rules of ProZ Please read the rules before posting a "question".

Proposed translations

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Arabic term (edited): ببناتِ فكر صائبِ
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by a good brainchild/by original thought

unless it is not built by a good brainchild

إن لم = unless; except if; except when
https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-en/إن-لم/

بنات الفكر= brainchild
بنات الافكار = brainchildren

صائب = right, good, correct , reasonable etc

The whole verse can be summarized in "be yourself", "be creative", "have your own thought"


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