أباO father of القاسِمal-Qasim استعبَدتَyou have enslaved ودِّيmy affection بالِدٍwith past bounty (apparently بتالدٍ)
أبا القاسِم استعبَدتَ ودِّي بالِدٍ
تَلاهfollowed it بِلاwithout مَنِّreminders of favors لِبرِّكَof your kindness طارِفُfresh bounty
تَلاه بِلا مَنِّ لِبرِّكَ طارِفُ
O Abu al-Qasim, you have enslaved my affection with past bounty,
Followed by fresh kindness from you, without reminders of your favors.
وأضعَفْتَand you weakened شُكريmy thanks حينَwhen ضاعفْتَyou doubled أنغُماًfavors (apparently أنعُماً)
وأضعَفْتَ شُكري حينَ ضاعفْتَ أنغُماً
وقديضعفُand may weaken النبتَthe plants النَّدىthe dew المتضاعِفُever-increasing
وقديضعفُ النبتَ النَّدى المتضاعِفُ
And you weakened my thanks when you doubled your favors,
And ever-increasing dew may weaken plants.
أتانيcame to me كِتابٌa letter منكَfrom you فيهin it طرائفٌrare treasures
أتاني كِتابٌ منكَ فيه طرائفٌ
تُقَبَّلُare kissed منalong أطرافِهِنَّtheir edges الطرائِفُthe rare treasures
تُقَبَّلُ من أطرافِهِنَّ الطرائِفُ
A letter came to me from you, containing rare treasures,
Rare treasures whose very edges are kissed.
صحيفةُa page of إحْسانٍkindness تخرُّfall down لُحسنِهاbefore its beauty
صحيفةُ إحْسانٍ تخرُّ لُحسنِها
سجوداًin prostration إذاwhenever ماan emphatic particle لاحظَتْهاthey behold it الصَّحائفُthe pages
سجوداً إذا ما لاحظَتْها الصَّحائفُ
A page of kindness, before whose beauty fall
The other pages in prostration whenever they behold it.
فواصَلَنيso renewed its bond with me مِنهاfrom it شَبابٌyouth مساعِدٌsupportive
فواصَلَني مِنها شَبابٌ مساعِدٌ
وطالَعَنيand appeared before me مِنهاfrom it زَمانٌa time مساعِفُobliging
وطالَعَني مِنها زَمانٌ مساعِفُ
So through it, kindly youth renewed its bond with me,
And through it a favorable time dawned upon me.
وأصبحَand became دهريmy fate عادِلاًjust وthough هوit عاسِفٌoppressive
وأصبحَ دهري عادِلاً و هو عاسِفٌ
وعادَتْand became رٌخاءًgentle رِيحُهُits wind وهوthough it عاصِفُstormy
وعادَتْ رٌخاءً رِيحُهُ وهو عاصِفُ
And my fate became just, though it had been oppressive,
And its wind turned gentle, though it had been stormy.
Sol 6.1