فدْيتُI would give my life for أباAbu (father of) نَصرٍNasr المُرتجىthe one looked to with hope
فدْيتُ أبا نَصرٍ المُرتجى
لِتفَريجِto dispel كُلِّevery ظلامٍdarkness يَظلُّlingers
لِتفَريجِ كُلِّ ظلامٍ يَظلُّ
I would give my life for Abu Nasr, to whom we look
to dispel every lingering darkness.
لهُhe has قَلَمٌa pen حدُّهُits edge لاnot يَكِلُّgrows dull
لهُ قَلَمٌ حدُّهُ لا يَكِلُّ
إذاwhen كانَis فيin الحَربِbattle سَيفٌa sword يَكِلُّgrows dull
إذا كانَ في الحَربِ سَيفٌ يَكِلُّ
He has a pen whose edge never dulls,
even when a sword grows dull in battle.
فيوجِزُso he is concise لكِنَّهُyet he لاnot يُخِلُّleaves anything wanting
فيوجِزُ لكِنَّهُ لا يُخِلُّ
ويُطنِبُand he writes at length لكِنَّهُyet he لاnot يُمِلُّbores
ويُطنِبُ لكِنَّهُ لا يُمِلُّ
He is concise, yet leaves nothing wanting,
and writes at length, yet never bores.
وكيفَand how يُمِلُّوتوفيقُhe bores, while the guidance of مَنْthe One who
وكيفَ يُمِلُّوتوفيقُ مَنْ
أفادَbestowed العُقولَintellects علَيهِto him يُمِلّdictates
أفادَ العُقولَ علَيهِ يُمِلّ
And how could he bore, when the guidance of Him
who bestowed intellects dictates to him?
تجودُgives generously قريحَتُهُhis innate genius بالبديعِwith wondrous eloquence
تجودُ قريحَتُهُ بالبديعِ
عَفْواًspontaneously كجُودِlike the bounty of القَراحِthe open field المُغِلُّyielding abundant crops
عَفْواً كجُودِ القَراحِ المُغِلُّ
His innate genius lavishes wondrous eloquence,
spontaneously, like the bounty of a fruitful field.
مُدِقٌّmaster of subtle matters مُجِلٌّmaster of great matters وأولىand most worthy الكُفاةِthe capable men
مُدِقٌّ مُجِلٌّ وأولى الكُفاةِ
بأعلىof the loftiest الصِّفاتِqualities مُدِقٌّmaster of subtle matters مُجِلُّmaster of great matters
بأعلى الصِّفاتِ مُدِقٌّ مُجِلُّ
He masters the subtle and the great; and among capable men,
most worthy of the loftiest qualities is one who masters the subtle and the great.
Sol 6.1