جرىflowed دمعيmy tears إلىtoward والديmy father وأهليand my family
جرى دمعي إلى والدي وأهلي
فقالتthen she said مصرُEgypt نيليmy Nile فيin الزيادةincrease
فقالت مصرُ نيلي في الزيادة
My tears flowed toward my father and my family.
My tears flowed to my parents and family
Then Egypt said, “My Nile is rising,
Egypt, my Nile, said I have more than enough
فكفّso restrain دموعtears عينكyour eye عنaway from بلاديmy land
فكفّ دموع عينك عن بلادي
وإلاّand otherwise كنbe فتًىa young man يمضيgoes بلادهhis homeland
وإلاّ كن فتًى يمضي بلاده
so keep your eye’s tears away from my land;
So stop your tears for my country
otherwise, be a young man who goes to his homeland.”
Or else be a young man who leaves his country
فقلتso I said أريدI want تسفيراًpassage وزاداًand provisions
فقلت أريد تسفيراً وزاداً
فقالتthen she said ليto me بزائدهاof her surplus وزادهand his provisions
فقالت لي بزائدها وزاده
I said, “I want passage and provisions.”
I said I want travel provisions and supplies
She spoke to me of her surplus and his provisions:
She said with her surplus provisions
أليسَhas not علاءʿAlāʾ (exaltation) دينreligion اللهAllāh (God) أعطىgiven
أليسَ علاء دين الله أعطى
فقلتso I said وصبحةand in the morning يعطيhe gives وعادهand repeated it
فقلت وصبحة يعطي وعاده
“Has not ʿAlāʾ Dīn Allāh given?”
Isn't the pride of God's religion enough
I replied, “And in the morning he gives, and does so again—
I said, and the morning will provide and repeat
وجاهاًand honor فاتحاًopening بابيmy door مزيدfurther increase
وجاهاً فاتحاً بابي مزيد
سرىflowed ومجاوراًand dwelling beside بابthe gate of السعادةhappiness
سرى ومجاوراً باب السعادة
and honor, opening my door; further bounty
Status, opening my gate for more
has flowed, and I dwell beside the Gate of Happiness.”
Flowing, and lodging at the gate of happiness
بفضلكthrough your bounty ياO ابنson of فضلFaḍl (bounty) اللهAllāh (God) عادتit returned
بفضلك يا ابن فضل الله عادت
وعادand resumed حديثهاits tale أهلthe people of السيادةeminence
وعاد حديثها أهل السيادة
Through your bounty, O Ibn Faḍl Allāh, it returned,
Through your grace, O son of God's grace, returned
and the people of eminence resumed its tale.
And the talk of her people of sovereignty returned
روتhas narrated عنfrom قرَّةٍQurrah (delight) عينٌan eye تراكمbeholds you all
روت عن قرَّةٍ عينٌ تراكم
وعينand the eye of الضدthe adversary ترويnarrates عنfrom قتادهQatādah (thorn tree)
وعين الضد تروي عن قتاده
An eye beholding you all has narrated from Qurrah—delight;
A delighted eye narrates accumulations
and the foe’s eye narrates from Qatādah—the thorn tree.
While the eye of the enemy narrates lies
Sol 6.1