نعمyes ليَfor me وقفةa pause لاnot للدموعfor the tears
نعم ليَ وقفة لا للدموع
علىat تلكthose المنازلthe dwellings والرّبوعand the abodes
على تلك المنازل والرّبوع
Yes, I pause—but my tears do not—
Yes, I have paused, no more tears
At those dwellings and abodes.
For those homes and meadows
لجيرانfor the dwellers of العقيقal-Aqiq أفضتI poured out دمعيmy tears
لجيران العقيق أفضت دمعي
مناسبةmatching بمحمرّwith the crimson of النجيعblood
مناسبة بمحمرّ النجيع
For the dwellers of al-Aqiq, I poured out my tears,
To my opal neighbors I shed a tear
Matching the crimson of blood.
A chance with the reddening wound
وفيand in praise of تاجcrown الزمانthe age نظمتI strung درّاًpearls
وفي تاج الزمان نظمت درّاً
فياso, O للهto God منof عقدٍa necklace بديعwondrous
فيا لله من عقدٍ بديع
And in praise of Taj al-Zaman, the Crown of the Age, I strung pearls;
And in the crown of time I composed a pearl
So, by God, what a wondrous necklace!
Oh God, what a wonderful creation
كريمnoble الوصفin character والأنسابand the lineages قالتsaid
كريم الوصف والأنساب قالت
أضفadd لسناto the radiance of الأصولthe roots سناthe radiance of الفروعthe branches
أضف لسنا الأصول سنا الفروع
Noble in character—and his ancestry declared:
Noble in description and ancestry she said
“Add to the roots’ radiance the radiance of the branches.”
Add that we are not the roots but the branches
كذاthus قاضيjudge of القضاةthe judges مداthroughout اللياليthe nights
كذا قاضي القضاة مدا الليالي
محلّىadorned التاجthe crown بالنظمwith verse الرفيعlofty
محلّى التاج بالنظم الرفيع
Such is the Chief Judge, throughout the nights,
Thus the Judge of Judges stretched the nights
His crown adorned with lofty verse.
Adorning the crown with sublime prose
لقدindeed طلعتrose عليناover us منfrom سناهhis radiance
لقد طلعت علينا من سناه
نجومُstars of اليمنgood fortune بالخصبwith fertility المريعabundant
نجومُ اليمن بالخصب المريع
Indeed, from his radiance there have risen over us
Upon us from his brilliance arose
The stars of good fortune, with abundant fertility.
The stars of Yemen in abundant fertility
نداهhis bounty وفصلناand our season والشهرand the month فيهwithin it
نداه وفصلنا والشهر فيه
ربيعٌspring فيwithin ربيعٍspring فيwithin ربيعspring
ربيعٌ في ربيعٍ في ربيع
His bounty, our season, and the month within it:
He called us, so we separated, and the month therein
Spring within spring within spring.
Was spring in spring in spring
Sol 6.1