حَازَwon الْفَخَارَglory التَّلِيدِيancestral
حَازَ الْفَخَارَ التَّلِيدِي
مِنْfrom طَارِفٍnewly acquired وَتَلِيدِand inherited
مِنْ طَارِفٍ وَتَلِيدِ
He won ancestral glory
The worthy one attained the esteemed relics
He has attained enduring glory,
From both the newly acquired and the inherited.
From precious and venerated lands
from both the newly acquired and the ancient.
أَبُوfather of الْمَحَاسِنِfine qualities أَحْسِنْhow excellent!
أَبُو الْمَحَاسِنِ أَحْسِنْ
فَمَاand what حَوَىhe gathered مِنْof فَرِيدِrare gems
فَمَا حَوَى مِنْ فَرِيدِ
Abu al-Mahasin—how excellent!
Oh most virtuous one do good
Abu al-Mahasin has truly excelled
And what rare gems he has gathered!
So what he contains is unmatched
in the unparalleled virtues he has gathered.
مَنْone who لَيْسَdoes not يُحْصِيenumerate ثَنَاءًpraise
مَنْ لَيْسَ يُحْصِي ثَنَاءً
عَلَيْهِof him شِعْرُpoetry لَبِيدِLabid
عَلَيْهِ شِعْرُ لَبِيدِ
One whose praises cannot be numbered
He whose praise cannot be quantified
He is one whose praises cannot be enumerated,
By the poetry of Labid.
Not even by the poetry of Labid
not even by the poetry of Labid.
مَنْwhoever زَارَvisited مِنْهُin him هُمَاماًa noble-hearted lord
مَنْ زَارَ مِنْهُ هُمَاماً
آوَىtook refuge لِرُكْنٍwith a pillar شَدِيدِmighty
آوَى لِرُكْنٍ شَدِيدِ
Whoever visits the noble-hearted lord in him
Whoever visited him in yearning
Whoever visits such a valiant hero
Takes refuge with a mighty pillar,
Found shelter in his formidable pillar
takes refuge in a mighty pillar,
وَنَالَand attained مَاwhat يَرْتَجِيهِhe hopes for it
وَنَالَ مَا يَرْتَجِيهِ
مِنْfrom رَبِّthe Lord of عَرْشٍa Throne مَجِيدِglorious
مِنْ رَبِّ عَرْشٍ مَجِيدِ
And gains what he hopes for
And attained what he aspires
and attains all that he hopes for
From the Lord of a glorious Throne.
From the Lord of the Majestic Throne
from the Lord of the Glorious Throne.
لاَno غَرْوَwonder إِنَّاindeed we قَطَعْنَاcrossed
لاَ غَرْوَ إِنَّا قَطَعْنَا
إِلَيْهِtoward him شُمَّخَlofty heights بِيدِdeserts
إِلَيْهِ شُمَّخَ بِيدِ
No wonder we have crossed
Without doubt we tread the path
It is no wonder that we have crossed
Toward him, towering desert heights,
To him barefoot in humility
towering, desolate deserts to reach him,
تَسْتَوْكِفُseeks showers of الْفَضْلَbounty فَضْbounty (first part)
تَسْتَوْكِفُ الْفَضْلَ فَضْ
لَbounty (final part) اللهِGod الْمُغْنِيthe Enricher الْحَمِيدِthe Praiseworthy
لَ اللهِ الْمُغْنِي الْحَمِيدِ
Seeking showers of bounty—the bounty
You suffice seeking virtue for
seeking the outpouring of grace, the grace
Of God, the Enricher, the Praiseworthy.
God is the Enricher, the Praiseworthy
of God, the Enricher, the Praiseworthy.
فَالْبَحْرَso the sea زُرْنَاwe visited وَلَكِنْand yet
فَالْبَحْرَ زُرْنَا وَلَكِنْ
بَحْرَa sea النَّوَالِbounty الْمُرِيدِthe willing one
بَحْرَ النَّوَالِ الْمُرِيدِ
So we visited the sea—and yet
So we visited the sea but
For it is the sea we have visited, but
A willing sea of bounty.
The sea of the devout aspirant
a sea of willing, sought-after bounty.
وَالْغَيْثُand the rain فَهُمْso they بِفَضْلٍwith bounty
وَالْغَيْثُ فَهُمْ بِفَضْلٍ
مَاthere is no بَعْدَهُbeyond it مِنْany مَزِيدِmore
مَا بَعْدَهُ مِنْ مَزِيدِ
And the rain—so they have bounty
And the rain so they are in bounty
And the abundant rain—so aspire to a grace
Beyond which there is no more.
Beyond that is no increase
beyond which there is no further increase.
Sol 6.1