لَمْdid not يَغْدُbecome شُكرُكَpraise of you فيamong الخَلائِقِhumankind مطلقاًunbound
لَمْ يَغْدُ شُكرُكَ في الخَلائِقِ مطلقاً
إِلاexcept ومالُكَand your wealth فيin النَّوالِgiving حَبيسُcaptive
إِلا ومالُكَ في النَّوالِ حَبيسُ
Never has praise of you gone free among humankind
Your gratitude among creatures was never
except while your wealth was held captive to giving.
Absolute, without your wealth being imprisoned in bestowal,
خَوَّلْتَناyou bestowed on us شَمْساًa sun وبَدْراًand a full moon أَشْرَقَتْgrew bright
خَوَّلْتَنا شَمْساً وبَدْراً أَشْرَقَتْ
بِهِماthrough them both لَدَيْناin our midst الظُّلْمَةُthe darkness الحِنْديسُpitch-black
بِهِما لَدَيْنا الظُّلْمَةُ الحِنْديسُ
You bestowed on us a sun and a full moon, brightening
You granted us a sun and a moon that shone
through them both the pitch-black darkness around us.
With them, the darkness for us became splendid,
رشأa gazelle fawn أَتاناcame to us وهوand he حسناًin beauty يُوسُفٌYusuf
رشأ أَتانا وهو حسناً يُوسُفٌ
وغَزَالَةٌand a female gazelle هيshe بَهْجَةًin splendor بلْقيسُBilqis
وغَزَالَةٌ هي بَهْجَةً بلْقيسُ
A gazelle fawn came to us, a Yusuf in beauty,
Joseph came to us beautiful
and a she-gazelle, a Bilqis in splendor.
And a doe that was Bahja of Bilqis
هَذاthis ولَمْand did not تَقْنَعْyou are content بِذاكَwith that one وهَذِهِand this one
هَذا ولَمْ تَقْنَعْ بِذاكَ وهَذِهِ
حَتَّىuntil بَعَثْتَyou sent المالَthe money وهُوَand it نَفيسُprecious
حَتَّى بَعَثْتَ المالَ وهُوَ نَفيسُ
All this, yet you were not content with him and her,
That wasn’t enough and these weren’t enough
until you sent money, and precious it was.
Until you sent wealth and it is precious
أَتَتِcame الوَصِيفَةُthe maidservant وهيand she تَحْمِلُshe carries بَدْرَةًa purse of coins
أَتَتِ الوَصِيفَةُ وهي تَحْمِلُ بَدْرَةً
وأَتىand came عَلىon ظَهْرِthe back of الوَصيفِthe boy-servant الكِيسُthe moneybag
وأَتى عَلى ظَهْرِ الوَصيفِ الكِيسُ
The maidservant came carrying a purse of coins,
The maid came carrying the full moon
and the moneybag came on the boy-servant's back.
And the purse came on the back of the messenger
وَكَسَوْتَناand you clothed us مِمّاfrom what أَجادَتْskillfully executed حَوْكَهُits weaving
وَكَسَوْتَنا مِمّا أَجادَتْ حَوْكَهُ
مِصْرٌEgypt وزَادَتْand increased حُسْنَهُits beauty تِنّيسُTinnis
مِصْرٌ وزَادَتْ حُسْنَهُ تِنّيسُ
And you clothed us in cloth expertly woven
You clothed us with what Egypt knitted perfectly
by Egypt, with Tinnis adding to its beauty.
And Tinnis increased its beauty
فَغَداso there came to be لَناfor us منfrom جودِكَyour generosity المَأْكُولُthe food والand the
فَغَدا لَنا من جودِكَ المَأْكُولُ وال
مَشْروبُdrink والمَنْكُوحُand the sexual partner والمَلْبوسُand the clothing
مَشْروبُ والمَنْكُوحُ والمَلْبوسُ
Thus, through your generosity, we had food and
So by your generosity, we had edibles, drinks
drink, sexual partners, and clothing.
Spouses and clothes
Sol 6.1