ذُو راحةٍ لم تدَع له نَشَباً

ذُو راحةٍ لم تدَع له نَشَباً

يُعرفُ مِنه بَذلٌ وحِرمانُ

يُعرفُ مِنه بَذلٌ وحِرمانُ

A man whose open hand has left him no wealth;

A man with a palm that has left him no wealth;

A man of leisure who had no youth

from him both giving and deprivation are known—

Giving and deprivation are known of him;

Known for his generosity and self-denial

وهمَّةٍ خيَّلت لقاصِدِه

وهمَّةٍ خيَّلت لقاصِدِه

لمَّا عَلا في العُلى له شانُ

لمَّا عَلا في العُلى له شانُ

and an ambition that made one who sought him imagine,

And an ambition that made one seeking him imagine—

And an ambition that made its seeker imagine

when his stature rose among the heights,

When his stature rose amid the heights—

When he rose high with glory

أنَّ سُلَيمانَها يَقِرُّ لَه

أنَّ سُلَيمانَها يَقِرُّ لَه

بالمُلكِ في ملكِه سُلَيمانُ

بالمُلكِ في ملكِه سُلَيمانُ

that to their own Solomon would concede

That its Solomon is acknowledged

That Solomon in his own kingdom

kingship, within his own kingdom—Solomon.

As sovereign in his kingdom by Solomon.

Would acknowledge his sovereignty, Solomon himself