أَدامَmay He preserve الإلهGod لَكَfor you العافِيَهwell-being
أَدامَ الإله لَكَ العافِيَه
وَصَيَّرand may He make دُورَthe dwellings العداof the foes عافيَهdesolate
وَصَيَّر دُورَ العدا عافيَه
May God preserve your well-being,
and make the foes’ dwellings desolate.
إِذاwhen لاحَshines forth مِنfrom بَدرِكُمyour full moon نورُهits light
إِذا لاحَ مِن بَدرِكُم نورُه
فَكُلُّthen all النُجومِthe stars بِهِby it خافِيَهhidden
فَكُلُّ النُجومِ بِهِ خافِيَه
When the light of your full moon shines forth,
then all the stars are hidden by it.
تَخِذتَyou took كَلامَthe word الإِلهof God الدَواthe medicine
تَخِذتَ كَلامَ الإِله الدَوا
فَآياتُهُso His verses كانَتwere الشافيَهthe cure
فَآياتُهُ كانَت الشافيَه
You took God’s word as medicine,
so His verses were the cure.
تَشوَّفaspired ناسٌsome people لِمنصِبِكُمto your office
تَشوَّف ناسٌ لِمنصِبِكُم
وَرتبتُهُمand their standing للعُلاfor eminence نافيَهdisqualifying
وَرتبتُهُم للعُلا نافيَه
Some people have aspired to your office,
but their standing bars them from eminence.
فَأَينwhere, then العُلومُlearning وَأَينَand where الحُلومُforbearance
فَأَين العُلومُ وَأَينَ الحُلومُ
وَخُلقٌand a character مَوارِدُهits wellsprings صافِيَهpure
وَخُلقٌ مَوارِدُه صافِيَه
Where, then, is learning, and where is forbearance,
and a character whose wellsprings are pure?
هُمُthey عُصبَةٌa band لاnot تَنالُattains العُلاeminence
هُمُ عُصبَةٌ لا تَنالُ العُلا
وَلوand even if أَنهاthat it قَدindeed سَعَتhas striven حافِيَهbarefoot
وَلو أَنها قَد سَعَت حافِيَه
They are a band that cannot attain eminence,
even if it has striven barefoot.
إِذاwhen كانَthere is خَرقٌa tear تَدارَكتَهyou mend it
إِذا كانَ خَرقٌ تَدارَكتَه
وَلَيسَتand it is not لماof what مَزَّقتit has torn رافِيَهa mender
وَلَيسَت لما مَزَّقت رافِيَه
When there is a tear, you mend it,
yet that band cannot mend what it has torn.
فَإِنand if عَنَّarises خَطبٌa crisis ثَبَتّyou stand firm لَهُagainst it
فَإِن عَنَّ خَطبٌ ثَبَتّ لَهُ
وَآراؤُهُمand their judgments عِندهbefore it هافيَهfaltering
وَآراؤُهُم عِنده هافيَه
And if a crisis arises, you stand firm against it,
while their judgments falter before it.
سَجاياكyour innate qualities لِينٌgentleness وَرِفقٌand kindness بِناtoward us
سَجاياك لِينٌ وَرِفقٌ بِنا
وَأَخلاقُهُمand their dispositions كُلُّهاall of them جافِيَهharsh
وَأَخلاقُهُم كُلُّها جافِيَه
Your innate qualities are gentleness and kindness toward us,
while their dispositions are wholly harsh.
تصليyou pray عَلىover سَبعةٍseven مِنهُمof them
تصلي عَلى سَبعةٍ مِنهُم
وَثامِنُهُمand the eighth of them نَفسُهُhis soul طافيَهfloating lifeless
وَثامِنُهُم نَفسُهُ طافيَه
You pray over seven of them,
and the eighth’s soul floats lifeless.
يُقيمونthey dwell فيin تُربِهمtheir earth هُمَّداًlifeless
يُقيمون في تُربِهم هُمَّداً
وَتَسفيand blows dust عَلىover قَبرهمtheir grave سافِيَهa dust-bearing wind
وَتَسفي عَلى قَبرهم سافِيَه
They lie lifeless in their earth,
and a wind blows dust over their grave.
فَلاso never زِلتَmay you cease فيin صحةٍgood health دائِماًalways
فَلا زِلتَ في صحةٍ دائِماً
تجرyou trail ذُيولَthe hems السَنىradiance ضافيَهample
تجر ذُيولَ السَنى ضافيَه
So may you always remain in good health,
trailing the ample hems of radiance.
وَيوردكand may He bring you to اللَهُGod عَينَthe spring الحَياةof life
وَيوردك اللَهُ عَينَ الحَياة
فَتَحياso you live بِهاthrough it مائةًa hundred وافيَهfull
فَتَحيا بِها مائةً وافيَه
And may God bring you to the spring of life,
so that through it you live a full hundred years.
فَإِنand if زادَHe adds عَشراًten فَذاكَthen that المُنىwishes
فَإِن زادَ عَشراً فَذاكَ المُنى
وَعشرونَand twenty أَيضاًalso هِيَit الكافيَهenough
وَعشرونَ أَيضاً هِيَ الكافيَه
And if He adds ten, that is all one could wish;
and twenty, too, would be enough.
وَهذيand these القَوافيrhymes أَتَتhave come كُمَّلاًcomplete
وَهذي القَوافي أَتَت كُمَّلاً
فَلمso did not تَبقَremain ليfor me بَعدهاafter them قافيَهa rhyme
فَلم تَبقَ لي بَعدها قافيَه
And these rhymes have come in full,
so no rhyme was left for me after them.
Sol 6.1