ياO أيهاyou (vocative) الحَبرُthe learned scholar الإماthe ima- (first part of 'imam')
يا أيها الحَبرُ الإما
مُ-m (completes 'imam') ومنand the one who بهthrough him فخرُpride اليراعْthe reed pen
مُ ومن به فخرُ اليراعْ
O you, learned scholar, imam,
O you the eminent Imam
and you in whom the reed pen takes pride!
The one with whom the agricultural land is proud
الصّبرُpatient endurance عنwithout رؤياكَseeing you ياO
الصّبرُ عن رؤياكَ يا
خيرَbest الورىhumankind لاnot يُستطاعْis possible
خيرَ الورى لا يُستطاعْ
To endure without seeing you, O
Patience from seeing you, O
best of humankind, is impossible.
The best of mortals, cannot be attained
أوor كيفhow يصبِرُcan one endure عنbeing apart from فتًىa young man
أو كيف يصبِرُ عن فتًى
هوhe أوحدُthe peerless one الدنياthe world المُطاعْthe one obeyed
هو أوحدُ الدنيا المُطاعْ
Or how can one bear to be apart from a young man
Or how can one be patient from a youth
who is peerless in the world and obeyed?
He is the incomparable one obeyed in the world
دانيnear at hand النّدىgenerosity عاليlofty المدىreach
داني النّدى عالي المدى
فلهُso he has انخفاضٌlowness وارتفاعْand height
فلهُ انخفاضٌ وارتفاعْ
Close at hand in bounty, lofty in reach,
With dew drawing near the high horizon
thus he is both low and high.
For it there is descent and ascent
كالشمسِlike the sun تبعُدُis distant موضِعاًin position
كالشمسِ تبعُدُ موضِعاً
ويعمُّناand reaches us all منهاfrom it الشُعاعْthe radiance
ويعمُّنا منها الشُعاعْ
Like the sun, distant in its place,
Like the sun moves away in location
yet its radiance reaches us all.
And its rays envelop us
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