أعربتyou made known ياO مقلتيmy eye الغافيهslumbering
أعربت يا مقلتي الغافيه
عنof زورةٍa visit كافيهsufficient شافيهhealing
عن زورةٍ كافيه شافيه
You have disclosed, O my concealed eye,
You have told, O my slumbering eye,
a visit sufficient and healing.
of a visit that suffices and heals.
طيفan apparition كرىslumber ماnot زالvanished إلاexcept غدتbecame
طيف كرى ما زال إلا غدت
ماmā (conditional 'whatever') الشرطconditionality للأحزانfor sorrows ماmā (negative 'not') النافيهthe negating one
ما الشرط للأحزان ما النافيه
A phantom of slumber had scarcely vanished when
A phantom of slumber: it vanished only when
conditional mā became, for sorrows, negating mā.
sorrow’s conditional 'mā' became the negating 'mā'.
كماjust as نفتdispelled وافرabundant خوفfear الورَىhumankind
كما نفت وافر خوف الورَى
عافيةwell-being منfrom سيِّديmy lord وافيهcomplete
عافية من سيِّدي وافيه
Just as the people’s abundant fear was dispelled
Just as humankind’s great fear was dispelled
by my master’s complete recovery.
by my lord’s full recovery.
قاضيjudge قضاةjudges الدِّينthe faith ماnot شهبهhis meteors
قاضي قضاة الدِّين ما شهبه
خائفةafraid القطعseverance ولاand not خافيهhidden
خائفة القطع ولا خافيه
The Chief Judge of the Faith—his white hairs
Chief judge of the faith—his meteors
neither fear being cut nor lie concealed.
fear no severance, nor are they hidden.
ذوpossessor of العلمlearning والجدوىand bounty التيwhich شردتdrove away
ذو العلم والجدوى التي شردت
محلاًdrought وجهلاًand ignorance عينهاits spring الصافيهclear
محلاً وجهلاً عينها الصافيه
Possessor of knowledge and generosity—whose limpid spring
Possessor of learning and bounty, whose
has driven drought and ignorance away.
clear spring drove away drought and ignorance.
ماذاwhat جرىflowed للخلقِfor humankind خوفاًin fear علىfor
ماذا جرى للخلقِ خوفاً على
مهجتهhis life منof أدمعٍtears طافيهoverflowing
مهجته من أدمعٍ طافيه
What flowed from the people, in fear for
How the people wept, fearing for
his life—such overflowing tears!
his life, with tears brimming over!
فالآنso now أحزانsorrows الورَىhumankind قدalready عفتfaded away
فالآن أحزان الورَى قد عفت
فالحمدso praise للهto God علىfor العافيهwell-being
فالحمد لله على العافيه
Now the people’s sorrows have vanished;
So now humankind’s sorrows have faded;
so praise be to God for restored well-being.
so praise be to God for well-being.
Sol 6.1