أَيُّهَاO الْقَرْمُnoble chieftain الْهُمَامُvaliant الْمُرْتَضَىesteemed
أَيُّهَا الْقَرْمُ الْهُمَامُ الْمُرْتَضَى
مَنَwho حَوَىgained فِيin الْمَجْدِglory بُرْداًa mantle فَضْفَضَاample
مَنَ حَوَى فِي الْمَجْدِ بُرْداً فَضْفَضَا
O valiant, esteemed chieftain,
O noble tribe, O honored kin,
O noble, valiant, and chosen leader,
Who has won an ample mantle of glory,
Whose glory weaves a warming spell,
Who has gathered unto himself the vast, flowing cloak of glory,
لاَdo not تُوَاخِذْنِيhold me accountable بِجُرْمٍfor an offense قَدْalready مَضَىpassed
لاَ تُوَاخِذْنِي بِجُرْمٍ قَدْ مَضَى
عَنْout of قِلىًaversion أَسْلَفْتُهُI previously committed it لاَnot عَنْout of رِضَىcontentment
عَنْ قِلىً أَسْلَفْتُهُ لاَ عَنْ رِضَى
Do not hold me accountable for an offense now past,
Rebuke me not for sins long past,
Do not hold me to account for a past offense,
Which I committed out of aversion, not contentment.
That once my heart embraced, though ill.
Which I committed out of bitterness, not by willing choice,
وَأَزِلْand dispel عَتْبِيmy grievance بِعَتْبِيby reproving me فَلَقَدْfor indeed
وَأَزِلْ عَتْبِي بِعَتْبِي فَلَقَدْ
خَاضَplunged بِيwith me الْهَجْرُestrangement لَظَىthe blaze نَارِof the fire of الْغَضَىghada wood
خَاضَ بِي الْهَجْرُ لَظَى نَارِ الْغَضَى
And dispel my grievance by reproving me, for indeed
Absolve me of your censure due,
And dispel the blame upon me through my own repentance, for indeed
Estrangement has plunged me into the blaze of a ghada-wood fire.
For estrangement's fire burned me through.
Estrangement has plunged me into the fierce blaze of the ghada fire.
لاَmay ... not سُلِبَتَyou be stripped of الدَّهْرَthroughout time أَثْوَابَthe robes of الرِّضَىcontentment
لاَ سُلِبَتَ الدَّهْرَ أَثْوَابَ الرِّضَى
يَاO سَرِيّاًnoble one مُنْتَقَىthe choicest الْمَدْحِpraise اقْتَضَىmerited
يَا سَرِيّاً مُنْتَقَى الْمَدْحِ اقْتَضَى
May you never be stripped, through all time, of the robes of contentment,
Gone are the joys your grace once brought,
May you never be stripped, throughout time, of the garments of favor,
O noble one who merits the choicest praise.
O paragon of verse and praise.
O noble one who has commanded the most exquisite of praise,
وَسَلاَمُand peace اللهِof God أُهْدِيI offer عَاطِراًfragrant
وَسَلاَمُ اللهِ أُهْدِي عَاطِراً
لَكُمْto you مَاas long as عَضْبُthe keen blade of بَرْقٍlightning أَوْمَضَاflashes
لَكُمْ مَا عَضْبُ بَرْقٍ أَوْمَضَا
And I offer God's peace, fragrant,
With perfumed greetings I convey,
And I gift the peace of Allah, sweetly fragrant,
To you, as long as lightning's keen blade flashes.
Goodwill, though lightning-like your gaze.
Unto you, for as long as the sharp blade of lightning flashes.
Sol 6.1