منwho ذاthis one يقولُsays بأنthat قلheart (first fragment)
من ذا يقولُ بأن قل
بَكyour heart (completion) ياO شجاعShujāʿ الىtoward انقلابِchange
بَك يا شجاع الى انقلابِ
Who says that your heart,
O Shujāʿ, is prone to change?
خوّلْتَناyou bestowed on us ماwhat ردّturned away ناfang (first fragment)
خوّلْتَنا ما ردّ نا
بَfang (completion) الدهرِfate عناaway from us وهْوand it نابِharsh
بَ الدهرِ عنا وهْو نابِ
You bestowed on us what turned
fate’s fang away from us, though fate was harsh.
وكسوتَناand you clothed us ماthat which الصّمْتُsilence يُنْmakes speak (first fragment)
وكسوتَنا ما الصّمْتُ يُنْ
طِقُmakes speak (completion) فيهin it ألسنةَtongues الثيابِgarments
طِقُ فيه ألسنةَ الثيابِ
And you clothed us in that through which silence
makes the tongues of garments speak.
وسواكَand anyone but you سعيُeffort المادحيthe praisers (continued)
وسواكَ سعيُ المادحي
نَplural ending of ‘praisers’ لديهin his presence سعيٌeffort فيin تَبابِruin
نَ لديه سعيٌ في تَبابِ
With anyone but you, the panegyrists’ labor
is labor spent in vain.
وأتيتَand you brought ماwhat للعامليfor the workers (continued)
وأتيتَ ما للعاملي
نَplural ending of ‘workers’ علىupon يديكَyour two hands منof الثوابِreward
نَ على يديكَ من الثوابِ
And you gave those who work
under your hands their due reward.
ياO معشرَcompany of الحُسّادِthe enviers لسْare not (continued)
يا معشرَ الحُسّادِ لسْ
ناwe (completes ‘we are not’) فيin جَنابprecinct الإجْتِنابِshunning
نا في جَناب الإجْتِنابِ
O company of enviers, we are not
in the realm of being shunned.
Sol 6.1