جِئْتَyou came ياO ابنson of الفاروقal-Faruq منof معجزinimitable
جِئْتَ يا ابن الفاروق من معجز
القولspeech بماwith what لاnot تَفيmeasure up بهto it البُلَغاءُthe eloquent
القول بما لا تَفي به البُلَغاءُ
You have brought, O son of al-Faruq, a marvel
I came, O son of al-Farooq, with a miracle
of speech that the eloquent cannot match:
Of eloquence that surpasses what eloquent men can attain
منof بديعexquisite التَسْميطarranging verse in rhymed stanzas ماthat which هوis للأبfor the eyes (word continues)
من بديع التَسْميط ما هو للأب
صارcompletion of 'eyes' نورa light وللقلوبand for the hearts جلاءa cleansing
صار نور وللقلوب جلاء
exquisite stanzaic adornment, which is to the eyes
Of a unique embellishment that benefits fathers
a light, and to the hearts a cleansing;
And gives hearts illumination and clarity
منof قصيدverse حَلَتْgrew sweet غداةthe morning when تحلَّتْit adorned itself
من قصيد حَلَتْ غداة تحلَّتْ
فازدهَتْناso she dazzled us بحليهاwith her jewels الحسناءthe fair one
فازدهَتْنا بحليها الحسناء
of verse grown sweet the morning it adorned itself,
From a poem that dawned radiantly adorned
so the fair one dazzled us with her jewels.
Dazzling us with its beautiful adornment
سمّطتهاarranged it in rhymed stanzas منfrom قبلكbefore you النَّاسpeople لكنْbut
سمّطتها من قبلك النَّاس لكنْ
فاتَهاescaped them فيin قصورهاtheir shortcomings أشياءthings
فاتَها في قصورها أشياء
Others before you had arranged it in stanzas, but
People embellished it before you, yet
in their shortcomings, some things escaped them.
Some things eluded it in its palaces
أَنْتَyou وفّيتهاyou endowed it fully المحاسنthe beauties طرًّاall
أَنْتَ وفّيتها المحاسن طرًّا
إنَّماonly شيمةthe hallmark الكرامof the noble الوفاءfaithfulness
إنَّما شيمة الكرام الوفاء
You bestowed upon it every beauty;
You fulfilled its beauties completely
faithfulness is the very hallmark of the noble.
For it is the way of the generous to be faithful
ولقدand indeed خضتَyou ventured into فيin الحقيقةtruth بحراًa sea
ولقد خضتَ في الحقيقة بحراً
وقفتhalted عندat حدّهits edge الشعراءthe poets
وقفت عند حدّه الشعراء
And indeed, you have truly ventured into a sea
You ventured truly into a sea
at whose edge the poets halted:
Where poets stopped at its edge
منطقspeech مصقعeloquent ولفظand wording وجيزconcise
منطق مصقع ولفظ وجيز
وكلامand speech كأنَّهas though it were الصهباءtawny wine
وكلام كأنَّه الصهباء
eloquent speech and concise expression,
Logic ringing, and words succinct
and words like tawny wine.
And speech like plated armor
مثلlike روضa meadow الحزونof rugged uplands لاحshone عليهupon it
مثل روض الحزون لاح عليه
رونقٌradiance منfrom جمالهits beauty وبهاءand splendor
رونقٌ من جماله وبهاء
Like a meadow in rugged uplands, upon which gleam
Like the garden of the grieved shone on it
the radiance of its beauty and splendor.
A splendor from its beauty and radiance
فهيso it is الشهدhoney in the comb فيin الحلاوةsweetness لفظاًin wording
فهي الشهد في الحلاوة لفظاً
وهيand it is الماءwater رقةًin delicacy والهواءand air
وهي الماء رقةً والهواء
So, in the sweetness of its wording, it is honeycomb,
It is honey in sweetness of diction
and in delicacy, it is water and air.
Air in softness, and water in fluidity
فَلَكَso for you الأجرُthe reward والمثوبةand recompense فيهاfor it
فَلَكَ الأجرُ والمثوبة فيها
ولكand for you الحمدpraise بعدهاafter it والثناءand acclaim
ولك الحمد بعدها والثناء
So yours are the reward and recompense for it,
So yours is the reward and bounty for it
and yours thereafter are praise and acclaim.
And to you belongs praise after it and eulogy
Sol 6.1