مُسْتَقْبِلٌwelcoming خَائِفَهُthe one who fears him الصَّفْحُpardon
مُسْتَقْبِلٌ خَائِفَهُ الصَّفْحُ
مُسْتَقْبٍلٌwelcoming آمِنَهُthe one secure with him المنْحُgifts
مُسْتَقْبٍلٌ آمِنَهُ المنْحُ
Pardon greets the one who fears him;
The future's pages are fearful
gifts greet the one who feels safe with him.
The future's gifts are secure
خِرْقٌa generous nobleman إذاif استَنْجَدْتَyou seek aid from معروفهhis kindness
خِرْقٌ إذا استَنْجَدْتَ معروفه
جاءكcomes to you نصرُhelp اللهGod والفتحُand victory
جاءك نصرُ الله والفتحُ
A generous nobleman: if you call on his kindness,
A breach, if you seek help, its aid is known
God's help and victory come to you.
God's victory and opening come to you
شاركَjoined فيهin him الحُسْنُbeauty إحْسَانَهُhis beneficence
شاركَ فيه الحُسْنُ إحْسَانَهُ
وزالand departed عنهfrom him القُبْحُugliness والقَبْحُand reproach
وزال عنه القُبْحُ والقَبْحُ
In him, beauty joins his beneficence,
Beauty shared its benevolence
and ugliness and reproach have left him.
Evil and ugliness departed from it
شُؤبُوبُa cloudburst غيثٍrain مُصْعِقٍthunderous مُغْدِقٍcopious
شُؤبُوبُ غيثٍ مُصْعِقٍ مُغْدِقٍ
تهتانُهُhis downpour الوابِلُa deluge لاnot الرَشْحُa trickle
تهتانُهُ الوابِلُ لا الرَشْحُ
A cloudburst of thunderous, abundant rain,
The rain of a loud, pouring, thunderous cloud
his downpour is a deluge, not a trickle.
Pouring on it, not sprinkling
أُلهُوبُa blaze نارٍfire فاستِنرْso seek light واسْتَتِرْand shield yourself
أُلهُوبُ نارٍ فاستِنرْ واسْتَتِرْ
منهfrom him فقدfor indeed أنذركhas warned you اللَّفْحُthe scorching heat
منه فقد أنذرك اللَّفْحُ
A blaze of fire: take light, and shield yourself
The blaze of a fire, so take light and seek shelter
from him, for the scorching heat has warned you.
For the spark has warned you
فيin بَذْلِهhis giving وشْكٌswiftness وفيand in بطشهhis striking
في بَذْلِه وشْكٌ وفي بطشه
بُطءٌslowness ولكنْand yet أمْرُهُhis command لَمْحُa flash
بُطءٌ ولكنْ أمْرُهُ لَمْحُ
There is speed in his giving, and in his striking
In its generosity there is stint, and in its wrath
slowness; yet his command is a flash.
Slowness, but its affair is a blink
ليسis not تَأَنِّيهِhis deliberation وَنَىweakness فَتْرَةٍlanguor
ليس تَأَنِّيهِ وَنَى فَتْرَةٍ
كلاcertainly not ولاnor جِرْيَتُهُhis running جَمْحُunbridled rushing
كلا ولا جِرْيَتُهُ جَمْحُ
His deliberation is no weakness born of languor;
Its hesitation is not weakness or lethargy
no, nor is his running an unbridled rush.
No, its pace is not sluggish
الخيرُgood فيin مَرْضاتِهِhis approval كُلُّهُall of it
الخيرُ في مَرْضاتِهِ كُلُّهُ
وإنَّمَاand only سَخْطَتُهُhis displeasure بَرْحُtorment
وإنَّمَا سَخْطَتُهُ بَرْحُ
All good lies in his approval,
Good lies in all that pleases Him
and his displeasure is nothing but torment.
And only His anger brings harm
كالسَّيفlike a sword ذوpossessing لينgentleness لمنto whoever مسَّهtouches it
كالسَّيف ذو لين لمن مسَّه
صَفْحاًon the flat وفيand in شفرتهits cutting edge الذبْحُslaughter
صَفْحاً وفي شفرته الذبْحُ
Like a sword, gentle to whoever touches it
Like a sword, gentle to one it touches
on the flat, while its edge holds slaughter.
Lightly, yet its blade brings slaughter
فإنْso if قَدَحْتَyou strike النارَfire منfrom فِكْرِهِhis thought
فإنْ قَدَحْتَ النارَ من فِكْرِهِ
فيin ليلِthe night خَطْبٍcalamity أثْقَبَkindles a flame القَدْحُthe striking
في ليلِ خَطْبٍ أثْقَبَ القَدْحُ
If you strike fire from his thought
If you kindle its fire from His thoughts
in the night of calamity, the striking kindles a flame.
In a night of peril, the spark grows weighty
أصبحhe has become مِنْthrough حِلْمforbearance ومِنْand through عِزَّةmight
أصبح مِنْ حِلْم ومِنْ عِزَّة
لمnot يَخْلُhas been free منof هَيْبَتِهِawe of him كَشْحُa flank
لم يَخْلُ من هَيْبَتِهِ كَشْحُ
Such has he become through forbearance and might
It becomes, from forbearance and from might
that no flank is free of awe of him.
Its awe never lacks severity
كالطَّوْدِlike a mountain لاnot يَنْطِحُbutts لكنهbut he
كالطَّوْدِ لا يَنْطِحُ لكنه
يُوهِيweakens رُؤوساًheads شَأنُهاtheir habit النطحُbutting
يُوهِي رُؤوساً شَأنُها النطحُ
Like a mountain, he does not butt, yet he
Like an unyielding tree, it does not butt
weakens heads whose habit is butting.
Yet it terrifies heads inclined to butting
مَنْwho ذَاكَthat one ذَاكَthat one الوائليthe Wa'ili الذيwho
مَنْ ذَاكَ ذَاكَ الوائلي الذي
للشِّعْرfor poetry فيin أوصافهhis qualities سَبْحُroom to swim
للشِّعْر في أوصافه سَبْحُ
Who is that? That Wa'ili, whose
Who is he, that wailing man
qualities give poetry room to swim.
Poetry, in describing him, swims
تَبْجَحُboasts عدنانُAdnan بأيامهof his days
تَبْجَحُ عدنانُ بأيامه
طُرّاًall together وماand not مِنْof شأنِهِhis nature البجْحُboasting
طُرّاً وما مِنْ شأنِهِ البجْحُ
Adnan boasts of his days,
Glorying in his days, nobility circles
one and all—yet boasting is not his way.
Soaring, though its affair is not crowing
ممنone of those who إذاwhen قَرَّظَهُextols him مادحٌa praiser
ممن إذا قَرَّظَهُ مادحٌ
ساعدَهhelps him الإجْمالُsummary والشَّرْحُand detail
ساعدَه الإجْمالُ والشَّرْحُ
One whose praiser, when extolling him,
When a praiser recites his virtues
is helped by both summary and detail.
Succinctness and elaboration assist him
مرهوبُfeared by شَيْبَانَShayban ومأمُولُهاand its hope
مرهوبُ شَيْبَانَ ومأمُولُها
والجبلand the mountain الشَّامِخُtowering والسَّفْحُand the mountain's foot
والجبل الشَّامِخُ والسَّفْحُ
Shayban's dread and hope,
Feared by Sheiban, hoped for by it
the towering mountain and the mountain's foot.
The lofty mountain and the low ground
ذوpossessing الجودbounty والبأسِand might الذيwho باسمِهِat his name
ذو الجود والبأسِ الذي باسمِهِ
جادpoured abundantly الْحَيَاrain وانْتشرand spread out السَّرْحُthe grazing herds
جاد الْحَيَا وانْتشر السَّرْحُ
Possessed of bounty and might, at whose name
The generous and mighty one, by whose name
rain pours and the herds roam abroad.
Life flourished and cattle dispersed
ذوpossessing الرفْقgentleness واليُمْنِand blessing الذيwho باسمهat his name
ذو الرفْق واليُمْنِ الذي باسمه
فُلَّwere blunted الشَّبَاsharp points وانْدَمَلَand healed القَرْحُthe wound
فُلَّ الشَّبَا وانْدَمَلَ القَرْحُ
Possessed of gentleness and blessing, at whose name
The gentle and auspicious one, by whose name
sharp points are blunted and wounds heal.
Youth bloomed and wounds were bound
مَنْone who مَزْحُهُhis jesting جِدٌّearnestness بِمعرُوفِهِthrough his bounty
مَنْ مَزْحُهُ جِدٌّ بِمعرُوفِهِ
يَفْدِيهِmay ransom him قوْمٌpeople جِدُّهُمْtheir earnestness مَزْحٌjesting
يَفْدِيهِ قوْمٌ جِدُّهُمْ مَزْحٌ
One whose jest is earnest through his bounty—
Whose jesting is earnest, by his benevolence
may men whose earnestness is jest be his ransom.
A tribe ransomed, their earnestness jest
كمhow many a عائلٍneedy man ليستis not لهfor him ضيْعَةٌan estate
كم عائلٍ ليست له ضيْعَةٌ
ولاnor بِهِin him سعْيٌstriving ولاnor كدحُtoil
ولا بِهِ سعْيٌ ولا كدحُ
How many a needy man, with no estate
How many a family without land
and no labor or toil,
No striving or toil for them
أضحىhas become أبوAbu (father of) الصّقرal-Saqr (the falcon) لهfor him ضَيْعةًan estate
أضحى أبو الصّقر له ضَيْعةً
عُمْرَانُهاits cultivation التَّقْرِيظُeulogy والمدحُand praise
عُمْرَانُها التَّقْرِيظُ والمدحُ
has found in Abu al-Saqr an estate
Abu Al-Saqr has become for it land
whose cultivation is eulogy and praise!
Cultivated by praise and eulogy
لولاwere it not for نداهhis bounty هلكتْwould have perished أُمَّةٌa people
لولا نداه هلكتْ أُمَّةٌ
لكنْbut لهاfor them مِنْfrom رُوحِهِhis spirit نَفحُa breath
لكنْ لها مِنْ رُوحِهِ نَفحُ
Without his bounty, a people would have perished,
But for his support, a people would have perished
yet a breath from his spirit reaches them.
Yet from his spirit comes a breath for them
يُعْطِيhe gives ويُنْمِيand increases اللهGod أموالَهُhis wealth
يُعْطِي ويُنْمِي الله أموالَهُ
والبحْرُand the sea لاnot يُنْضِبْهُdrains it dry النَّزْحُdrawing water
والبحْرُ لا يُنْضِبْهُ النَّزْحُ
He gives, and God increases his wealth;
God increases his wealth and makes it grow
and drawing water does not drain the sea.
The sea, drawing from it cannot exhaust
لاmay ... never برحَتْcease to be آلاؤُهُhis favors فيamong الورىmankind
لا برحَتْ آلاؤُهُ في الورى
مَزْرُوعَةًsown ماas long as زُرعَis sown القمحُwheat
مَزْرُوعَةً ما زُرعَ القمحُ
May his favors among mankind remain
His bounties in the world remain
sown, as long as wheat is sown.
Sown, as long as wheat is sown
أصبحhe has become سَمْحاًgenerous باللُّهَاwith gifts فيin العُلاَhigh honor
أصبح سَمْحاً باللُّهَا في العُلاَ
فالشِّعْرُso poetry فيهabout him مِثْلُهُlike him سَمْحُgenerous
فالشِّعْرُ فيه مِثْلُهُ سَمْحُ
He has become generous with gifts in the heights of honor;
Becoming clement, sublime, so poetry about him
so poetry about him is generous like him.
Is just like him, clement
لَهhe has نَثاa good reputation ينْشُرspreads أرْواحَهُits fragrances
لَه نَثا ينْشُر أرْواحَهُ
مَدْحٌpraise لهof him فيin مَالِهِhis wealth مَتْحُdrawing water
مَدْحٌ له في مَالِهِ مَتْحُ
He has a reputation whose fragrances are spread
He has an offspring spreading his spirit
by praise of him that draws from his wealth.
Eulogy, on his wealth, a reward
كالمسْكِlike musk مَجَّspat الوردُthe rose منsome of مائِهِits water
كالمسْكِ مَجَّ الوردُ من مائِهِ
فيهinto it وأذكاهُand made it more fragrant بهwith it الجَدْعُcutting
فيه وأذكاهُ به الجَدْعُ
Like musk: the rose has spat some of its water
Like musk, the flowers soaked up his water
into it, and cutting has made it more fragrant thereby.
It, and the logs, made fragrant by it
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