ياO أيهاyou (vocative) العالمthe scholar الفردthe peerless one الوزيرthe vizier ومنand the one
يا أيها العالم الفرد الوزير ومن
أرجوI hope for نداهhis bounty إذاwhen جافانيَdeserts me الأملhope
أرجو نداه إذا جافانيَ الأمل
O peerless scholar, vizier, and you whose
O you the singular wise minister and from whom
bounty I hope for when hope deserts me,
I hope for help when hope has abandoned me
وعاقنيand hindered me عنfrom نداكyour bounty الصاحبيّvizierly وعنand from
وعاقني عن نداك الصاحبيّ وعن
رسميmy customary due منfrom العيدthe festival وحلٌmud ليسnot يحتملcan be endured
رسمي من العيد وحلٌ ليس يحتمل
And what kept me from your vizierly bounty and from
And my companion and my position at the feast have kept me
my customary festival gift was mud too much to bear.
From your help, though my state cannot be endured,
وفاتنيand passed me by صحنa dish حلوsweets والشواءand the roast فلاso no
وفاتني صحن حلو والشواء فلا
شمسsun لمطلعfor the dawn of آماليmy hopes ولاnor حملlamb; Aries
شمس لمطلع آمالي ولا حمل
And I missed a dish of sweets and the roast, so there is no
The aroma of sweet meadows has escaped me, so there is
sun at the dawn of my hopes, nor any lamb.
No sunrise for the hopes I carry nor stars to guide
عشlive on للمفصّلfor the detailed منof حمدٍpraise يقالit is said إذاwhen
عش للمفصّل من حمدٍ يقال إذا
بداit appears علىon مثلthe likes of هذاthis تنفقare spent الجملthe sums
بدا على مثل هذا تنفق الجمل
Long may you live for detailed praise, of which it is said, when
Live for the separated one whose praises are told when
it appears: ‘For the likes of this, sums are spent.’
Over the likes of this the camels are set loose.
Sol 6.1