إنَّindeed عبدَAbd (servant) العَزيزِal-Aziz (the Mighty) شَيْخٌan elder
إنَّ عبدَ العَزيزِ شَيْخٌ
بِهِthrough him يُكشَفُis dispelled الشَّبَهْambiguity
بِهِ يُكشَفُ الشَّبَهْ
Indeed, Abd al-Aziz is an elder
Through whom ambiguity is dispelled.
وترىand you see للخَليلِto al-Khalil فيهِin him
وترى للخَليلِ فيهِ
وأقرانِهِand his peers شَبَهْa likeness
وأقرانِهِ شَبَهْ
And in him you see al-Khalil's
And his peers' likeness.
وهْوَand he لاشَكَّwithout doubt شاهِدٌa witness
وهْوَ لاشَكَّ شاهِدٌ
أنَّthat إبريقَناour ewer شَبَهْbrass
أنَّ إبريقَنا شَبَهْ
And he is, without doubt, a witness
That our ewer is brass.
ياO مَنْyou who تواضُعُهُhis humility عَوْنٌa help وسؤدُدُهْand his nobility
يا مَنْ تواضُعُهُ عَوْنٌ وسؤدُدُهْ
نَجْدٌa highland وهِمَّتُهُand his aspiration التَّفريجُrelief للِكُرَبِfor afflictions
نَجْدٌ وهِمَّتُهُ التَّفريجُ للِكُرَبِ
O you whose humility is a help, and whose nobility
Is a highland, and whose aspiration is to relieve distress,
أَوصِinstruct الزَّمانَTime بحِفظيto protect me مِنfrom نَوائِبِهits calamities
أَوصِ الزَّمانَ بحِفظي مِن نَوائِبِه
فإنfor indeed أحداثَهُنَّtheir events السُّودَthe dark تلعَبُplay بيwith me
فإن أحداثَهُنَّ السُّودَ تلعَبُ بي
Bid Time protect me from its calamities,
For their dark vicissitudes toy with me.
Sol 6.1