أنكروهاthey condemned it غَوايةًfolly منfrom رشيدa wise man
أنكروها غَوايةً من رشيد
فغَدواso they began يهتفونcrying out بالتفنيدِwith reproach
فغَدوا يهتفون بالتفنيدِ
They condemned it as folly from a man of sound judgment,
They condemned it as folly in a wise man,
They denied her as an error from the righteous one
then went about clamoring in denunciation.
so they began clamoring in reproach.
So they began to proclaim the denial
ولقدand indeed صيِّرwas made الوفاءloyalty منa kind of الغدbeginning of 'treachery'
ولقد صيِّر الوفاء من الغد
رِcompletion of 'treachery' فكانso became الوفاءُloyalty غدرَa betrayal of الجودِgenerosity
رِ فكان الوفاءُ غدرَ الجودِ
Indeed, loyalty has been fashioned out of treach-
Indeed, loyalty was reckoned a kind of
And loyalty was certainly made from tomorrow
ery, until loyalty became generosity betrayed.
treachery; thus loyalty became a betrayal of generosity.
So loyalty became the betrayal of generosity
أيُّهاO you المرتقيthe one ascending إلىto ذِروةthe summit of الthe (article attached to 'glory' on the next line)
أيُّها المرتقي إلى ذِروة ال
مَجدglory بعزمٍwith resolve مستفرغexpending fully المجهودِthe utmost effort
مَجد بعزمٍ مستفرغ المجهودِ
O you who ascend toward the summit of glo-
O you who ascend to the summit of
O you who climbed to the peak of glory
ry, with a resolve exerting its utmost effort,
glory, with resolve that expends the utmost effort,
With determined effort that exhausted the effort
قفhalt فلمfor ... not يبقَremain منanyone who يُماريكcontends with you فيهاin it
قف فلم يبقَ من يُماريك فيها
حصلended up الصاعدونthe climbers تحتbeneath الصعيدِthe earth
حصل الصاعدون تحت الصعيدِ
halt—for no one remains to rival you there;
halt, for none remains to contend with you there:
Stop, for none remains to rival you in it
all who sought to climb now lie beneath the earth.
the climbers have ended up beneath the earth.
The climbers have reached below the ground
وتَماديتَand you went ever further فيin العلوِّloftiness ارتفاعاًrising
وتَماديتَ في العلوِّ ارتفاعاً
فادنُso draw near مناto us تنلكmay reach you أيديthe hands of القصيدِverse
فادنُ منا تنلك أيدي القصيدِ
You have persisted in soaring ever higher;
And you kept rising ever higher;
And you persisted in the elevation of the height
draw near to us, that the hands of verse may reach you.
so draw near us, that the hands of verse may reach you.
So come closer to us, you will attain the hands of the poem
قالspoke قومٌsome people بالعلمwith knowledge فيكabout you وقومٌand other people
قال قومٌ بالعلم فيك وقومٌ
تبِعوهمthey followed them فيin القولspeech بالتقليدِthrough imitation
تبِعوهم في القول بالتقليدِ
Some spoke of you from knowledge, while others
Some spoke of you with knowledge, and others
A people said about you in knowledge, and a people
followed them in what they said, merely imitating.
followed them in their words through imitation.
Followed them in words by imitation
يشهدbear witness الناسُthe people بعضهمsome of them عندbefore بعضٍothers
يشهد الناسُ بعضهم عند بعضٍ
كلّevery يومٍday بفضلكَto your excellence المشهودِattested
كلّ يومٍ بفضلكَ المشهودِ
People testify before one another
People bear witness before one another
People testify to each other every day
each day to your well-attested excellence.
every day to your well-attested excellence.
About your evident virtue
ولقدand indeed كانthere were فيin المكارمnoble deeds قومٌpeople
ولقد كان في المكارم قومٌ
أخذوهاthey took them بيضاًwhite وجاؤاand they came بسودِwith black ones
أخذوها بيضاً وجاؤا بسودِ
There were indeed some among the people of noble deeds
Indeed, there were people engaged in noble deeds,
And there were indeed some people in generosity
who received them white, yet came bearing black deeds.
who took them white and came bearing black ones,
Who took it white and brought it black
بعدafter ثقلٍa burden تحمَّلوهُthey bore it لكيso that تعbeginning of 'be thronged'
بعد ثقلٍ تحمَّلوهُ لكي تع
مُرَcompletion of 'be thronged' أبوابُهمtheir doorways بوفدwith the arrival of الوفودِdelegations
مُرَ أبوابُهم بوفد الوفودِ
After shouldering a heavy burden, so that throngs might fre-
after a burden they bore, so that
After bearing a heavy burden so that
quent their doors—with the delegation of delegations.
their doorways might be thronged with arriving delegations.
Their doors may be frequented by the delegations of delegations
Sol 6.1