كتابُكَyour letter سَعدٌgood fortune بالمَسَرّاتِwith joys طالِعٌrising
كتابُكَ سَعدٌ بالمَسَرّاتِ طالِعٌ
وفَضلٌand bounty بأنواعِwith varieties of المبَرَّداتِrefreshments وارِدُarriving
وفَضلٌ بأنواعِ المبَرَّداتِ وارِدُ
Your letter is good fortune rising with joys,
Your book is blessed with pleasures unfolding
And bounty arriving with every kind of refreshment.
And graced with all kinds of gems pouring in
ولكنَّنيbut I صادَّفْتُهُI found it مُعجِزَoverwhelming القُوىone’s powers
ولكنَّني صادَّفْتُهُ مُعجِزَ القُوى
وإنْand although عُدِمتْare absent مِنهُfrom it لِصادٍfor a thirsty person موارِدُwatering places
وإنْ عُدِمتْ مِنهُ لِصادٍ موارِدُ
But I found it beyond my powers,
But I found it beyond my power to grasp
Though the thirsty find no watering places in it.
Though it offers much to those seeking within
فلاso do not تَنتظِرْexpect عَنْهُin response to it جَواباًa reply فماfor there is no بِهِfor it
فلا تَنتظِرْ عَنْهُ جَواباً فما بِهِ
يدٌability ليfor me ولوand even if أملىdictated عليَّto me عُطارِدُMercury
يدٌ لي ولو أملى عليَّ عُطارِدُ
So expect no reply to it, for I have no
So expect no response from me regarding it
Power, even if Mercury were to dictate to me.
For even if prompts assail me, I've no hand to pen
Sol 6.1