أحبُّI love منamong الإخوانِthe friends كُلَّevery مُهَذَّبٍwell-mannered man
أحبُّ من الإخوانِ كُلَّ مُهَذَّبٍ
ظريفِgraceful السَّجاياcharacter traits طيَّبِsweet العَرْفِscent والنَّشْرِand fragrance
ظريفِ السَّجايا طيَّبِ العَرْفِ والنَّشْرِ
Among friends, I love every well-mannered man,
I love every refined brother,
graceful in character, sweet in scent and fragrance.
Of pleasant character and good repute.
إذاwhen جئتَهُyou come to him لاحظْتَyou notice منfrom شَمسِthe sun نفسِهِhis soul
إذا جئتَهُ لاحظْتَ من شَمسِ نفسِهِ
علىupon وَجهِهِhis face نوراًa light يُلقَّبُis called بالبِشْرِby the name ‘cheerfulness’
على وَجهِهِ نوراً يُلقَّبُ بالبِشْرِ
When you come to him, you glimpse, from the sun of his soul,
When you come to him, you see
upon his face a light called cheerfulness.
The light of his soul shining on his face.
ترىyou see جودَهُhis generosity يُزجيadvances الرَّجاءhope بجودِهِthrough his bounty
ترى جودَهُ يُزجي الرَّجاء بجودِهِ
ويُبدلهُand gives it instead فيin الوِرْدِwatering رِفْهاًdaily watering منin place of العِشْرِwatering once every ten days
ويُبدلهُ في الوِرْدِ رِفْهاً من العِشْرِ
You see his generosity advance hope through his bounty,
You see his generosity dispensing hope,
and replace its ten-day watering with daily drinking.
And exchanging tenderness for fragrance.
علىalthough أنَّthat ماwhat عددْتُهُI have counted it منamong صفاتهِhis qualities
على أنَّ ما عددْتُهُ من صفاتهِ
وحَقِّby the sanctity of اللّياليthe nights العَشْرِten لمdid not يَفِmeasure up بالعُشْرِto a tenth
وحَقِّ اللّيالي العَشْرِ لم يَفِ بالعُشْرِ
Yet what I have counted among his qualities—
Yet the virtues I recounted of him
by the sanctity of the ten nights—has not amounted to a tenth.
Scarcely do justice, like ten nights to a decade.
Sol 6.1