رُويدكtake your time أيهاO الرجلُthe man المُناديcalling out
رُويدك أيها الرجلُ المُنادي
أباAbu (father of) عيسىIsa أُتيحَwas granted لكto you الغِياثُaid
أبا عيسى أُتيحَ لك الغِياثُ
Take your time, O man calling out
To Abu Isa: help has been granted you.
لقدindeed أسمعتَyou made yourself heard إذwhen ناديتَyou called حياًa living man
لقد أسمعتَ إذ ناديتَ حياً
لهُhe has تِلقَاءَtoward داعيهِhis caller انبعاثُa springing into action
لهُ تِلقَاءَ داعيهِ انبعاثُ
You surely made yourself heard when you called to a living man,
Who springs into action toward his caller.
أبوAbu (father of) عيسىIsa العلاءُal-Ala فتىa young man المعاليlofty virtues
أبو عيسى العلاءُ فتى المعالي
فداهُmay they ransom him كلُّall منwhom ولدَbore الإناثُwomen
فداهُ كلُّ من ولدَ الإناثُ
Abu Isa al-Ala is a young man of lofty virtues;
May all whom women have borne be his ransom.
فتىًa young man لاnot يُستراثُis deemed tardy لهof his فَعالٌa deed
فتىً لا يُستراثُ له فَعالٌ
وشاكِرُهُand the one who thanks him يَجُدُّstrives hard ويستراثُand is deemed slow
وشاكِرُهُ يَجُدُّ ويستراثُ
A young man whose deeds are never deemed tardy,
And the one who thanks him strives hard, yet is deemed slow.
إذاwhen أولَىhe bestows أياديَهُhis favors أُناساًpeople
إذا أولَى أياديَهُ أُناساً
فأُولاهاthen their first لأخراهاto their last احتثاثُa spur to haste
فأُولاها لأخراها احتثاثُ
When he bestows his favors on people,
Their first is a spur to their last.
حكيمٌa wise man لاnot مَعاقدُهُhis bonds ضِعافٌweak
حكيمٌ لا مَعاقدُهُ ضِعافٌ
تُذَمُّare censured ولاnor معاهدُهُhis covenants رِثاثُthreadbare
تُذَمُّ ولا معاهدُهُ رِثاثُ
A wise man whose bonds are not so weak
As to be censured, nor are his covenants threadbare.
فليسso there is no لهfor him انتكافٌturning away عنfrom ثناءٍpraise
فليس له انتكافٌ عن ثناءٍ
ولاnor كَرمٍgenerosity إذاwhen خيفis feared انتكاثُunraveling
ولا كَرمٍ إذا خيف انتكاثُ
So he never turns away from praise,
Nor from generosity, when unraveling is feared.
فتىًa young man صَلُحتْwas set right بهthrough him الدنياthe world وكانتand it had been
فتىً صَلُحتْ به الدنيا وكانت
وحالاهاand its two states اضطرابٌturmoil والتياثُand confusion
وحالاها اضطرابٌ والتياثُ
A young man through whom the world was set right, though once
Its two states were turmoil and confusion.
أقامhe set upright بعَدْلِهِthrough his justice الطرفينthe two ends منهاof it
أقام بعَدْلِهِ الطرفين منها
وليسand he is not كمعشرٍlike a group جارواthey acted unjustly وعاثواand they wrought havoc
وليس كمعشرٍ جاروا وعاثوا
He set its two ends upright through his justice,
And he is not like those who acted unjustly and wrought havoc.
وفيand in العدلjustice اجتناءُgathering جَنىًfruit وبُقياand sparing
وفي العدل اجتناءُ جَنىً وبُقيا
علىupon مَجنىًa fruit-bearing tree وفيand in الجورinjustice اجتثاثُuprooting
على مَجنىً وفي الجور اجتثاثُ
And in justice lie the gathering of fruit and the sparing
Of a fruit-bearing tree; in injustice lies uprooting.
Sol 6.1