ياO إماماًimam; leader فيin مدحpraise of علياهhis lofty eminence صدقٌtruth
يا إماماً في مدح علياه صدقٌ
قدindeed محاerased كذبfalsehood غيرother than مدحكpraise of you ماحeffacing
قد محا كذب غير مدحك ماح
O imam, whose lofty eminence is praised with truth—
O Imam, truthfully praising Ali
truth that has erased the falsehood of all praise but yours.
Your praise has erased the lies of others' praises
إنَّindeed أرجوزتيmy rajaz poem بدارِat the house of حديثHadith الthe (prefix of al-Sham)
إنَّ أرجوزتي بدارِ حديث ال
شامSham تمليdictates عواليَlofty heights of الأمداحthe praises
شام تملي عواليَ الأمداح
Indeed, my rajaz poem, at the House of Hadith of al-
My poem in Damascus' center of hadith
Sham, dictates the loftiest praises.
Dictates the heights of praises
وكتابand the book of الصحاحal-Sihah (the sound ones) أوتيwas bestowed فماso not ينfirst part of 'ceases'
وكتاب الصحاح أوتي فما ين
فكrest of 'ceases' يروىis narrated عنكمon your authority (plural) كتابthe book of الصحاحal-Sihah (the sound ones)
فك يروى عنكم كتاب الصحاح
And the book al-Sihah was bestowed; thus it never
The book of correctness was granted me
ceases to be narrated on your authority—the book al-Sihah.
Yet no book matches what's narrated of you
لمdid not يضعْget lost غيرexcept نشرهاits dissemination إنماonly غاfirst part of 'vanished'
لم يضعْ غير نشرها إنما غا
بتrest of 'vanished' وعادتand it returned للبابto the door ذاthis مفتاحa key
بت وعادت للباب ذا مفتاح
Nothing was lost but its dissemination; it merely
It only spread them, they were hidden
vanished and returned to the door—this is a key.
And returned to the door with a key
كلماwhenever أذْبلَwithered الزمانُtime نباتيmy plants
كلما أذْبلَ الزمانُ نباتي
جاءنيcame to me منكموfrom you (plural) بسحبٍwith clouds سحاحpouring abundantly
جاءني منكمو بسحبٍ سحاح
Whenever time withered my plants,
Whenever time wilted my plants
it came to me from you with clouds pouring rain.
Refreshment reached me from you like pouring rain
Sol 6.1