لمنfor whom الضريحthe tomb تضوعتwafted رياهits fragrance
لمن الضريح تضوعت رياه
فكأنso, as though نشرthe scent of المسكmusk نشرthe wafting of شذاهits perfume
فكأن نشر المسك نشر شذاه
Whose is the tomb whose fragrance has wafted abroad?
For whom did the perfume of its meadows spread,
So it is as though musk's scent were the perfume wafting from it.
As though musk was diffusing its fragrance?
قبرa grave تضمنheld منfrom سلالةthe lineage of أحمدAhmad
قبر تضمن من سلالة أحمد
بدراًa full moon جلاdispelled الظلماءthe darkness لمعthe gleam of سناهhis radiance
بدراً جلا الظلماء لمع سناه
A grave that held, from Ahmad's lineage,
It is a grave containing one from Ahmad's lineage,
A full moon whose gleaming radiance dispelled the darkness.
A full moon that illuminated the darkness and its brilliance shone.
وحوىand held خضمan ocean of فضائلvirtues وفواضلand benefactions
وحوى خضم فضائل وفواضل
يسترفدseeks replenishment from التيارthe torrent فيضthe overflow of نداهhis bounty
يسترفد التيار فيض نداه
And held an ocean of virtues and benefactions,
It contained virtues and merits in abundance,
The torrent seeks replenishment from the flood of his bounty.
With which its flowing stream was abundantly endowed.
قدindeed حازenclosed روحthe soul of العلمknowledge موضعthe repository of سرهits secret
قد حاز روح العلم موضع سره
نفسthe essence of التقىpiety لفظthe word of الندىbounty معناهits meaning
نفس التقى لفظ الندى معناه
It has enclosed the soul of knowledge, the repository of its secret,
The soul that attained the abode of its secret was the soul of knowledge,
The essence of piety, the word of bounty and its meaning.
Its pure self realized the meaning of its utterance.
فيهwithin it اقامresided الجوهرthe jewel الفردpeerless الذيwho
فيه اقام الجوهر الفرد الذي
قدindeed كانwas مفخرthe pride of عصرهhis age وعلاهand its glory
قد كان مفخر عصره وعلاه
Within it rests the peerless jewel who
In it resided the unique, singular essence,
Was the pride of his age and its glory.
Who was the pride of his time and its summit.
يأتىbrings القياسcomparison لهto him بكلwith every فضيلةvirtue
يأتى القياس له بكل فضيلة
انif قيستare compared النظراءthe peers والاشباهand the counterparts
ان قيست النظراء والاشباه
Comparison accords him every virtue,
If peers and similars were compared to him in virtue,
If peers and counterparts are compared.
The comparison would find in him every merit.
قدindeed كانwas سباقاًforemost in racing لكلfor every فضيلةvirtue
قد كان سباقاً لكل فضيلة
لاnot يدركreach المتسابقونthe racers مداهhis farthest mark
لا يدرك المتسابقون مداه
He was foremost in the race for every virtue;
He was foremost in every virtue,
The racers cannot reach his farthest mark.
Those striving along with him could not catch up to his extent.
فلblunted الردىdeath منهin him حساماa sword مرهفاfinely honed
فل الردى منه حساما مرهفا
عضباًkeen-edged يفلblunts الحادثاتcalamities شباهits edge
عضباً يفل الحادثات شباه
Death blunted in him a finely honed sword,
He unsheathed a sharp sword against degeneracy,
A keen blade whose edge blunted calamities.
With rage cutting off the causes of disgrace.
انif قيلit is asked منwho للمجدto glory كانwas سلسلهits scion (reading uncertain)
ان قيل من للمجد كان سلسله
واخاهand its brother غيرnot مدافعcontested وأباهand its father
واخاه غير مدافع وأباه
If it is asked who was glory's scion,
If it is said, "Who was the chain of glory?"
And its brother, beyond dispute, and its father—
"His brother, his defender, and his father."
ابقىpreserved لهfor him الذكرremembrance الجميلfair محامداًpraiseworthy deeds
ابقى له الذكر الجميل محامداً
تلتذهاdelight in them الأسماعears والأفواهand mouths
تلتذها الأسماع والأفواه
Fair remembrance has preserved for him deeds worthy of praise,
He left behind a beautiful, praised memory,
In which ears and mouths delight.
Delighting the ears and mouths.
منfrom كوثرKawthar الفردوسParadise يسقىis watered رمسهhis grave
من كوثر الفردوس يسقى رمسه
ماwhat is العارضthe raincloud المنهلpouring abundantly ماwhat is سقياهits watering
ما العارض المنهل ما سقياه
May his grave be watered from Paradise's Kawthar:
His symbol is given to drink from the Abundant Spring,
What is the pouring raincloud, and what is its watering worth?
Not what the temporary world gave him to drink.
Sol 6.1