بحمدكby praising you لاnot بحمدby praising الناسother people أضحيI become
بحمدك لا بحمد الناس أضحي
وكيليmy steward ليسdoes not يكفيهsuffice him وكيلُa steward
وكيلي ليس يكفيه وكيلُ
By praising you, not other people, I have come to this:
With Your praise, not the people's praise, I rise
My steward cannot make do with a single steward.
My trustee cannot suffice for me
وكانواand they used to كلّماwhenever كالواthey measured out وزناwe weighed
وكانوا كلّما كالوا وزنا
فصرناso we became كلماwhenever وزنواthey weighed نكيلُwe measure out
فصرنا كلما وزنوا نكيلُ
And whenever they measured out, we weighed;
Whenever they weigh, they weigh little
now, whenever they weigh, we measure out.
While we, whenever weighing, weigh plenty
وزدتand I increased منof العيالthe dependents وذاكand that أنّيbecause I
وزدت من العيال وذاك أنّي
كتبتI wrote down علىupon لقائكmeeting you منthose whom أعولُI support
كتبت على لقائك من أعولُ
And I took on more dependents, because I
My dependents increased, that is because
listed those I support upon meeting you.
I planned for meeting You as their provider
وعشتand I lived وناقصٌwhile diminished رزقيmy livelihood فأضحىthen it became
وعشت وناقصٌ رزقي فأضحى
مفاعلتنmufāʿalatun (a metrical foot) مفاعلتنmufāʿalatun (a metrical foot) فعولُfaʿūl (a metrical foot)
مفاعلتن مفاعلتن فعولُ
And I lived with my livelihood scant; then it became
I lived in diminished provision, so it became
Mufāʿalatun, mufāʿalatun, faʿūl.
Mefa'ilun Mefa'ilun Fa'ul
وكنتand I used to أبيعsell منsome of سقطthe scraps القوافيthe rhymes
وكنت أبيع من سقط القوافي
وأحجرand I withhold ماwhat تضمنتcontained الحمولُthe laden beasts
وأحجر ما تضمنت الحمولُ
And I used to sell some scraps of rhyme,
I used to sell the rhyming ends
and withhold what the laden beasts carried,
And collect what the camels carried
وأكتمand I conceal منthose whom أبايعI trade with دِقَّthe fine grade of بَزّيmy cloth
وأكتم من أبايع دِقَّ بَزّي
ففاضthen overflowed عليهupon it نائلكyour bounty الجزيلُabundant
ففاض عليه نائلك الجزيلُ
and hide my fine cloth from those I traded with;
I concealed from those I do business with my fine silk
then your abundant bounty overflowed upon it.
So Your abundant gifts overflowed upon it
Sol 6.1