ياO أيهاyou (vocative) الحافظُthe Hafiz (memorizer) الذيwho بسَناby the radiance of
يا أيها الحافظُ الذي بسَنا
طلعتِهhis countenance الدهرَforever يُطرَدُis driven away الحلَكُthe darkness
طلعتِه الدهرَ يُطرَدُ الحلَكُ
O Hafiz, by the radiance
O you, the protector, whose rising
of whose countenance darkness is forever driven away.
Has made time itself be driven away
مجلسُكyour assembly الآنnow قدindeed سماrose high فلِذاand therefore
مجلسُك الآن قد سما فلِذا
مجالسُassemblies الغيرِothers حازَهاhas claimed them الدّرَكُthe depths
مجالسُ الغيرِ حازَها الدّرَكُ
Your assembly has now risen high, and thus
Your gathering now has become sublime,
the depths have claimed the assemblies of others.
So gatherings of others are forsaken
حفّgathered بكaround you الطالبونَthe students فاستمعواand they listened
حفّ بك الطالبونَ فاستمعوا
لفظاًan utterance لألبابهمfor their minds هوit is الشّرَكُthe snare
لفظاً لألبابهم هو الشّرَكُ
The students gathered around you and listened
The seekers have surrounded you, listening
to an utterance that is a snare for their minds.
To words that are like a draught to their intellect
فهُمْso they نجومٌstars تلوحgleam زاهرةٌradiant
فهُمْ نجومٌ تلوح زاهرةٌ
وأنتand you بدرa full moon والمجلسُand the assembly الفلكُthe firmament
وأنت بدر والمجلسُ الفلكُ
So they are stars, gleaming bright,
They are shining stars appearing
and you are a full moon, and the assembly is the firmament.
While you're the full moon, and this gathering, the sky
Sol 6.1