سيّدmaster الرسلِthe messengers خيرُthe best منof those who قدindeed تحلاّadorned himself
سيّد الرسلِ خيرُ من قد تحلاّ
بصفاتِwith the qualities of الكمالperfection قَوْلاًin word وفِعْلاand in deed
بصفاتِ الكمال قَوْلاً وفِعْلا
The master of the messengers is the best ever adorned
with the qualities of perfection, in word and deed.
ليلةُthe night of المولدِthe birth الشريفnoble منamong الدهtime (initial fragment)
ليلةُ المولدِ الشريف من الده
رtime (final fragment) ضياءٌlight لمِنfor whoever دعيwas called ليسَis not إِلاّexcept
ر ضياءٌ لمِن دعي ليسَ إِلاّ
The night of the noble birth, amid the ages,
is light for whoever is called—nothing else.
خرّhe fell down للهِto God ساجداًprostrating ثمthen سنّىhe raised
خرّ للهِ ساجداً ثم سنّى
طرفَهhis gaze للسماءِtoward the sky حينwhen استهلاّhe gave his first cry
طرفَه للسماءِ حين استهلاّ
He fell prostrate before God, then lifted
his gaze toward the sky when he gave his first cry.
وتدانتand drew near منهto him النجومُthe stars وماand not كاwere (initial fragment)
وتدانت منه النجومُ وما كا
نتْwere (final fragment) لغيرfor anyone other than النبيِّthe Prophet أنْto تتدلّىhang low
نتْ لغير النبيِّ أنْ تتدلّى
And the stars drew near him; they would not
hang low for anyone but the Prophet.
فتراءَتْthen appeared قصورُpalaces بُصْرَىBusra منfrom أرضthe land of الthe (article of al-Sham)
فتراءَتْ قصورُ بُصْرَى من أرض ال
شامِSham; the Levant منfrom نورthe light of ذاتهِhis being مُذْsince تَجلّىhe shone forth
شامِ من نور ذاتهِ مُذْ تَجلّى
Then the palaces of Busra appeared in the land of
al-Sham, through the light of his being when he shone forth.
وتداعىand collapsed الإِيوانُthe palace hall إِيوانthe hall of كسرىKhosrow
وتداعى الإِيوانُ إِيوان كسرى
فاغتدىso it became صاغراًabject هناكthere وذَلاّand was humbled
فاغتدى صاغراً هناك وذَلاّ
And the palace hall collapsed—the hall of Khosrow—
and there it became abject and humbled.
ولكمand how many آيةٍa sign بهاwith it خصَّةُsingled him out (reading خصّه) اللّGod (initial fragment)
ولكم آيةٍ بها خصَّةُ اللّ
هُGod (final fragment) وفضلand bounty حباهُHe bestowed on him عزَّHe is mighty وجَلاّand exalted
هُ وفضل حباهُ عزَّ وجَلاّ
And how many a sign God specially granted him,
and favors He bestowed on him—mighty and exalted is He!
Sol 6.1