أبلِغtell أَباAbu (father of) العبَّاسal-Abbas أحدُوثَةًa tale
أبلِغ أَبا العبَّاس أحدُوثَةً
ثَناؤهاits praise يعبقُwafts fragrantly منfrom عِرضِهِhis honor
ثَناؤها يعبقُ من عِرضِهِ
Tell Abu al-Abbas a tale
Convey to Abu Al-Abbas Ahmadutha
Whose praise wafts fragrantly from his honor.
Whose praise emits fragrance from its presentation
اليومtoday عوَّلتُI resolved علىon أنَّنيthat I
اليوم عوَّلتُ على أنَّني
أصرفُI spend بعضَpart of العيدEid فيon بَعضِهِpart of it
أصرفُ بعضَ العيد في بَعضِهِ
Today I resolved that I would
Today I relied on the fact that I
Spend one part of Eid on another part of it:
Will spend some Eid in part of it
أبيعُI sell ماwhat ألبسُI wear فيهduring it بِماin exchange for what
أبيعُ ما ألبسُ فيه بِما
أنفِقُI spend والدلالand the auctioneer فيin عرضِهِoffering it for sale
أنفِقُ والدلال في عرضِهِ
I sell what I wear during it in exchange for what
I sell what I wear in it for what
I spend, while the auctioneer offers it for sale.
I spend while the broker takes his fee
وذاكَand that رأيٌa plan حينَwhen أبرَمتُهI settled it
وذاكَ رأيٌ حينَ أبرَمتُه
جِئتُكَI came to you أستَفتيكَI seek your judgment فيon نَقضِهِundoing it
جِئتُكَ أستَفتيكَ في نَقضِهِ
And that was a plan; when I had settled it,
And that is a plan when I initiated it
I came to you to seek your judgment on undoing it.
I came to you to consult you on its annulment
فماso what تَرىyou think فيهof it وأنتَand you امرُؤٌa man
فما تَرى فيه وأنتَ امرُؤٌ
منamong خُلفاءِdeputies of الجودِgenerosity فيon أرضِهِits earth
من خُلفاءِ الجودِ في أرضِهِ
So what do you think of it, you who are a man
So what do you think of it, you who are a man
Among Generosity’s deputies on its earth?
Among the successors of generosity on its land
Sol 6.1