مولايmy lord لاmay not هدَّتbring down اللياليthe nights
مولاي لا هدَّت الليالي
كثيبsand dune علياكمُyour eminence عماداa pillar
كثيب علياكمُ عمادا
My lord, may the nights never topple
My Master, neither have the nights turned
a pillar of your eminence’s sand dune;
A sand hill down upon you as a pillar,
ولاand may not طلبناwe sought ربيعspring برّkindness
ولا طلبنا ربيع برّ
وكانand was جودكمyour generosity جمادىJumada (a month-name evoking freezing)
وكان جودكم جمادى
nor may we seek a spring of kindness
Nor have we sought the coming of spring rain,
and find your generosity to be Jumada.
Yet your generosity flowed as in Jumada.
Sol 6.1