لئنif indeed عذرَis excused الصاحبُthe patron المرتجىhoped-for
لئن عذرَ الصاحبُ المرتجى
لتأخيرِfor delaying معلوميَmy stipend الواجبdue
لتأخيرِ معلوميَ الواجب
If indeed the hoped-for patron is excused
If the hoped-for friend excuses
for delaying my rightful stipend,
The lateness of my obligated news,
فقدthen indeed رمَّhas mended حاليَmy condition تاجcrown العُلىof eminence
فقد رمَّ حاليَ تاج العُلى
ونابَand has stood in الصديقُthe friend عنin place of الصاحبthe patron
ونابَ الصديقُ عن الصاحب
then Tāj al-ʿUlā has indeed mended my fortunes,
Then he has cast my state from its high crown
and the friend has stood in for the patron.
And the friend has taken the place of the companion.
Sol 6.1