ياO مَنone who عَلاrose شَرَفاًin honor عَلىabove كيوانِKaywān (Saturn)
يا مَن عَلا شَرَفاً عَلى كيوانِ
وَرَقىand he ascended مَحَلّاًto a station دونَهُbeneath him القَمَرانِthe two luminaries
وَرَقى مَحَلّاً دونَهُ القَمَرانِ
O you who in honor rose above Kaywān (Saturn),
and ascended to a station beneath which stand the two luminaries;
وَقَضىand he judged بِحَقٍّwith justice فيamong الرَعيّةِthe subjects سالِكاًproceeding
وَقَضى بِحَقٍّ في الرَعيّةِ سالِكاً
بِهِمُwith them طَريقاًa path سَنّهاlaid it down العُمرانِthe two ʿUmars
بِهِمُ طَريقاً سَنّها العُمرانِ
who judged the subjects with justice, taking
them along a path laid down by the two ʿUmars.
شِيَمُthe traits الكِرامof the noble كماas عَلِمتُI knew إِذاwhen جَنىcommitted a wrong
شِيَمُ الكِرام كما عَلِمتُ إِذا جَنى
عَبدٌa servant لَهُمagainst them الأَخذُthe response بِالغُفرانِwith forgiveness
عَبدٌ لَهُم الأَخذُ بِالغُفرانِ
The ways of the noble, as I have known, are that when
a servant wrongs them, they respond with forgiveness.
كُلٌّeverything يَهونbecomes bearable سِوىexcept شَماتَةِthe gloating حُسَّديof my enviers
كُلٌّ يَهون سِوى شَماتَةِ حُسَّدي
لَمّاwhen فُلانٌSo-and-so يَلتَقيmeets بِفُلانِwith So-and-so
لَمّا فُلانٌ يَلتَقي بِفُلانِ
Everything is bearable except the gloating of my enviers,
when one So-and-so meets another So-and-so.
هُمthey سَوَّدُواblackened حَسَداًout of envy بَياضَthe whiteness صَحيفَتيof my record
هُم سَوَّدُوا حَسَداً بَياضَ صَحيفَتي
بِزَخارِفِwith embellishments الأَقوالِof words وَالبُهتانِand falsehood
بِزَخارِفِ الأَقوالِ وَالبُهتانِ
Out of envy, they blackened the whiteness of my record
with ornate words and falsehood.
هَلّاwill you not كَفَيتَنِيَshield me العِداfrom the foes مُتَذَكِّراًremembering
هَلّا كَفَيتَنِيَ العِدا مُتَذَكِّراً
قَولَthe saying الأَديبof the man of letters عَصابةʿIṣāba الجَرجانيal-Jurjānī
قَولَ الأَديب عَصابة الجَرجاني
Will you not shield me from the foes, remembering
the saying of the man of letters, ʿIṣāba al-Jurjānī:
وَنقَضتand you dismantled مِنّيof mine بِنيَتيmy structure وَبنَيتَنِيand you built me
وَنقَضت مِنّي بِنيَتي وَبنَيتَنِي
بِيَدَيكَwith your own hands أَحسنthe finest بنيَةform البُنيانِof construction
بِيَدَيكَ أَحسن بنيَة البُنيانِ
“You tore down my structure and rebuilt me
with your own hands, in the finest form of construction.
فَعَلَيكَso it falls to you تَقويميto straighten me إِذاwhen ماever مالَinclined بيwith me
فَعَلَيكَ تَقويمي إِذا ما مالَ بي
أَوَدٌa crookedness لِأَنَّكَbecause you أَنتَyou yourself كُنتَwere البانيthe builder
أَوَدٌ لِأَنَّكَ أَنتَ كُنتَ الباني
So it falls to you to straighten me whenever I am bent by
some crookedness, for you yourself were the builder.”
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