أَفديI would ransom بِروحيwith my soul ابنَthe son ابنيof my son إِنَّهُindeed, he is قَمَرٌa moon
أَفدي بِروحي ابنَ ابني إِنَّهُ قَمَرٌ
لَهُfor him مِنof الحُسنِbeauty تَكوينformation وَتَصويرُand shaping
لَهُ مِن الحُسنِ تَكوين وَتَصويرُ
I would ransom my grandson with my very soul: he is a moon.
I would ransom my son's son with my soul; he is a moon.
He possesses beauty of form and feature.
He is formed and fashioned of beauty.
سَرىflowed لَهُto him الحُسنُbeauty مِنfrom شَمسٍa sun لَهُfor him وَلَدَتshe bore
سَرى لَهُ الحُسنُ مِن شَمسٍ لَهُ وَلَدَت
بَدراًa full moon لَهُfor him فيin سَماءِthe sky المَجدِof glory تَنويرُillumination
بَدراً لَهُ في سَماءِ المَجدِ تَنويرُ
Beauty flowed to him from a sun that bore him
Beauty flowed to him from a sun that bore him,
a full moon, radiant in glory’s sky.
A full moon, radiant in the sky of glory.
فيهِin him حَلاوةُsweetness أمٍّof a mother وَاعتِزازُand pride أَبٍof a father
فيهِ حَلاوةُ أمٍّ وَاعتِزازُ أَبٍ
فَخَلقُهُso his form فيهِin it تَيسيرٌease وَتَفسيرُand explanation
فَخَلقُهُ فيهِ تَيسيرٌ وَتَفسيرُ
In him are a mother’s sweetness and a father’s pride;
In him are a mother's sweetness and a father's pride.
thus his very form renders both easy to discern and clear.
His form thus holds ease and explanation.
سَمَّوهُthey named him بِاسمِwith the name of نَبيٍّa prophet لاno نَظيرَequal لَهُto him
سَمَّوهُ بِاسمِ نَبيٍّ لا نَظيرَ لَهُ
فيamong الأَنبياءِthe prophets فَمَحمودٌso he is praised وَمَشكورُand thanked
في الأَنبياءِ فَمَحمودٌ وَمَشكورُ
They named him after a prophet who has no peer
They named him after a prophet who has no equal
among the prophets—so he is praised and thanked.
Among the prophets; thus he is praised and thanked.
Sol 6.1