نهنيكwe congratulate you بلrather إناindeed we نهنيwe congratulate مناصباًoffices of rank
نهنيك بل إنا نهني مناصباً
لشمسكon your sun يمحوeffaces عدلهاits justice كلّevery مظلمdark thing
لشمسك يمحو عدلها كلّ مظلم
We congratulate you—rather, we congratulate the offices
We congratulate you, rather we congratulate positions
on your sun, whose justice dispels every darkness.
For your sun, its justice erases all darkness
شكىcomplained of حزنهاits sorrow قومٌsome people وفضلكand your excellence منشدٌreciting
شكى حزنها قومٌ وفضلك منشدٌ
إذاwhen طلعتrises شمسthe sun النهارof day فسلّمthen submit
إذا طلعت شمس النهار فسلّم
Some people lamented its sorrow, while your excellence recites:
A people complained of her sorrow and your superiority is sought after
"When the sun of day rises, submit."
When the sun of day rises, so greet it
وماand not هيit إلاexcept طلعةa countenance قرشيةQurayshi
وما هي إلا طلعة قرشية
سيشتدwill grow stronger منfrom أخبارهاits tidings كلّevery مسلمMuslim
سيشتد من أخبارها كلّ مسلم
It is none other than a Qurayshi countenance,
It is but a Qurayshi rising
whose tidings will strengthen every Muslim.
Every Muslim will be intensified from its news
وأقسمand I swear لولاwere it not for أنتyou تردعrestrain معشراًa group of people
وأقسم لولا أنت تردع معشراً
تهونis of little account عليهمto them حالةthe plight المتألمof the sufferer
تهون عليهم حالة المتألم
And I swear: were you not restraining a people
And I swear, if it weren't for you holding back a group
who hold the sufferer's plight of little account,
The state of the sufferer becomes easy for them
لماwould not have نالreceived كفيmy palm منهمُfrom them نصفhalf a درهمdirham
لما نال كفي منهمُ نصف درهم
بلىindeed نالreceived قلبيmy heart منهمfrom them نصفhalf of درهمdirham (its latter Arabic half, hamm, means sorrow)
بلى نال قلبي منهم نصف درهم
my palm would not have received half a dirham from them.
My palm would not get from them half a dirham
Indeed, my heart received from them half of 'dirham'—hamm, sorrow.
Rather, my heart would get from them half a dirham
Sol 6.1