عَلّامةgreat scholar الرومRum قاضيjudge of العسكرينthe two armies بِهاin it
عَلّامة الروم قاضي العسكرين بِها
مَنone who حُكمهُhis judgment فيin القَضاياdisputes تابعfollowing القَدرِdestiny
مَن حُكمهُ في القَضايا تابع القَدرِ
The great scholar of Rum, judge of the two armies there—
The great scholar of Rum, judge of the two armies there,
whose judgment in legal cases accords with Fate—
whose judgment in disputes follows destiny:
عَبدُAbd (servant of) الحَليمal-Halim (the Forbearing) أَخيAkhi (my brother) زادةَzada (son of) الَّذيwhose تُلِيَتwere recited
عَبدُ الحَليم أَخي زادةَ الَّذي تُلِيَت
فِيناamong us مَناقِبُهُhis virtues كَالآيِlike Qur'anic verses وَالسُورِand the surahs
فِينا مَناقِبُهُ كَالآيِ وَالسُورِ
ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Akhizade, whose virtues are recited
Abd al-Halim Akhi-zada, whose
among us like Qur’anic verses and suras;
virtues were recited among us like Qur'anic verses and surahs.
مُحمّدُpraised الإِسمthe name مَيمونُblessed النَقيبةthe disposition فيin
مُحمّدُ الإِسم مَيمونُ النَقيبة في
أسِرَّةِlineaments الوَجهthe face مِنهُof him طَلعةُthe rising appearance القَمَرِthe moon
أسِرَّةِ الوَجه مِنهُ طَلعةُ القَمَرِ
Muhammad in name, auspicious in character;
Praised in name, blessed in nature; in
from the radiant lines of his face rises the moon.
the lineaments of his face appears the rising moon.
لِلّهِfor God ماwhat فِقَرٌpassages فيon الطِرسِthe page تَحسبُهاyou deem them
لِلّهِ ما فِقَرٌ في الطِرسِ تَحسبُها
وَسطَamid البَياضthe whiteness سَوادَthe dark pupil العَينِthe eye وَالبَصَرِand sight
وَسطَ البَياض سَوادَ العَينِ وَالبَصَرِ
By God, what passages upon the page! You would take them,
By God, what passages on the page! You would deem them
amid the whiteness, for the eye’s black pupil and its very sight;
amid the whiteness, the eye's dark pupil and sight itself;
أَوor كَالرياضlike gardens كَستهاclothed them السُحبُthe clouds ساريَةًtravelling by night
أَو كَالرياض كَستها السُحبُ ساريَةً
مَطارفَcloaks الوَشيِbrocade أَوor موشيةembroidered الحبَرِstriped robes
مَطارفَ الوَشيِ أَو موشية الحبَرِ
or for gardens clothed by night-traveling clouds
or like gardens clothed by clouds roaming at night
in brocade mantles—or adorned by ink;
in cloaks of brocade or embroidered striped robes;
مِثلlike الكَواكبthe stars ليلاًby night قَدalready طَلعنthey rose عَلىabove
مِثل الكَواكب ليلاً قَد طَلعن عَلى
نَهرthe river of المَجرَّةthe Milky Way أَوor كَالرَوضlike the garden ذيpossessing الزَهَرِflowers
نَهر المَجرَّة أَو كَالرَوض ذي الزَهَرِ
like stars that have risen by night above
like stars that have risen by night above
the river of the Milky Way, or like a flower-filled meadow.
the river of the Milky Way, or like a flowering garden.
تَودُّshe longs لَوthat حَلَّتِshe unfastened الجَوزاءَOrion مِنout of شَغَفٍpassion
تَودُّ لَو حَلَّتِ الجَوزاءَ مِن شَغَفٍ
فيهاwithin them النِطاقthe girdle وَإِنand even if أَمسَتshe became عَلىin خَطَرِperil
فيها النِطاق وَإِن أَمسَت عَلى خَطَرِ
They wish that Orion, enamored of them, would
Orion longs, out of passion, to unfasten
loosen her belt among them, though she thereby risked peril.
her girdle within them, even if she should end in peril.
كَأَنَّas though دُرَّpearls يواقيتِrubies الحسانِthe beauties بِهِupon it
كَأَنَّ دُرَّ يواقيتِ الحسانِ بِهِ
قَدalready رُصِّعَتwere inlaid فيin الحَواشيthe margins مَوضعthe place of الظُفُرِthe fingernail
قَد رُصِّعَت في الحَواشي مَوضع الظُفُرِ
It is as though the pearls upon beauties’ ruby fingers
As though the pearls of beauties' rubies upon it
had been set along its margins where the fingernails lie.
had been inlaid in the margins, at the fingernail's place.
Sol 6.1