أيُّهاO الدارُthe house لقدindeed نلتyou have attained الحبوراjoy
أيُّها الدارُ لقد نلت الحبورا
وبَلَغْتِand you have reached اليومtoday مقداراًstature كبيراgreat
وبَلَغْتِ اليوم مقداراً كبيرا
O house, you have indeed attained delight,
O house, you have indeed attained joy,
O abode, you have attained splendor,
And today you have risen to lofty stature.
And today you have reached great stature.
And reached today a great extent,
ياO عرينlair المجدglory ياO ركنpillar العلىeminence
يا عرين المجد يا ركن العلى
قدindeed حوىhas harbored غابكyour thicket ضرغاماًa lion هصوراfierce
قد حوى غابك ضرغاماً هصورا
O lair of glory, O pillar of eminence,
O lair of glory, O pillar of eminence,
O nest of glory, O pillar of the sublime,
Your forest now shelters a fierce, mighty lion.
Your thicket has indeed harbored a fierce lion.
Your forest has contained a roaring lion.
تستفيدgain الوفدthe visiting delegations منfrom أفضالهhis favors
تستفيد الوفد من أفضاله
جوهرthe jewel الإفضالbeneficence والجودand generosity الغزيراabundant
جوهر الإفضال والجود الغزيرا
Visiting delegations benefit from his munificence—
The visiting delegations gain from his favors
The delegation benefits from his virtues,
The very essence of beneficence and abundant generosity.
The jewel of beneficence and abundant generosity.
The essence of generosity and abundant kindness.
إنif يكنْthere were للدهرfor Time جدوىbounty كفِّهِof his hand
إن يكنْ للدهر جدوى كفِّهِ
ماnot رأتsaw عينٌan eye علىon الأرضthe earth فقيراa poor person
ما رأت عينٌ على الأرض فقيرا
If Fate but allowed his hand’s bounty full effect,
If Time had the bounty of his hand,
If the days hold any use for grasping hands,
No eye on earth would ever see a poor man.
No eye would see a poor person on earth.
No eye has seen a needy person on earth.
فسقاكso may He water you اللهGod ياO ساحاتهاits courtyards
فسقاك الله يا ساحاتها
منfrom ندىthe dew راحتهhis palm غيثاًrain مطيراpouring
من ندى راحته غيثاً مطيرا
May God water your courtyards
So may God water you, O courtyards of this house,
May God water your plains, O its yards,
With a pouring rain from the dew of his palm.
With pouring rain from the dew of his palm.
With the dew of His comfort, a pouring rain.
فهوfor he الفردthe peerless one وأمَّاand as for فَضْلُهhis bounty
فهو الفرد وأمَّا فَضْلُه
كانَwas للمعروفfor kindness والحسنىand goodness كثيراabundant
كانَ للمعروف والحسنى كثيرا
For he is peerless; and as for his bounty,
For he is peerless; and as for his bounty,
For He is the Unique, and as for His grace,
It has been lavish in kindness and good works.
It has been abundant in kindness and goodness.
It was abundant for good and beauty.
لمdid not يزلcease يغمرناenvelop us نائِلُهhis bounty
لم يزل يغمرنا نائِلُه
ومحيَّاهand his countenance لناfor us يشرقshines نوراlight
ومحيَّاه لنا يشرق نورا
His gifts have never ceased to engulf us,
His bounty has never ceased to envelop us,
Its attainment has continued to immerse us,
And his countenance shines upon us with light.
And his countenance shines with light for us.
And its life-givingness rises upon us shining bright.
مشكلاتdifficult questions العلمlearning فيهin him اتَّضَحَتْhave become clear
مشكلات العلم فيه اتَّضَحَتْ
بخفاياin the secrets العلمlearning تلقاهyou find him خبيراexpert
بخفايا العلم تلقاه خبيرا
Through him, the perplexities of learning have become clear;
In him, the difficult questions of learning have become clear;
The problems of knowledge through it became clear,
In learning’s hidden mysteries, you find him an expert.
You find him expert in the secrets of learning.
With the subtleties of knowledge, he met as an expert.
أيّany دارٍhouse حلَّهاhe settled in it أرَّخْتُهاI dated it
أيّ دارٍ حلَّها أرَّخْتُها
حازتhas attained الدارthe house بمحمودthrough Mahmoud السروراjoy
حازت الدار بمحمود السرورا
Whatever house he entered, I dated it with this chronogram:
Any house he settles in, I record its date:
What abode that he lodged, I dated it,
“Through Mahmoud, the house attained delight.”
"The house has attained joy through Mahmoud."
The house won blessed happiness.
Sol 6.1