لاno; not سِفرَa volume هَذاthis السفرthe volume إِنif; when صارَbecame ملكthe possession مَنof one who
لا سِفرَ هَذا السفر إِن صارَ ملك مَن
مَكارمُهhis noble qualities أَندىmore bountiful وَأَجدىand more beneficial مِنthan السُحبِthe clouds
مَكارمُه أَندى وَأَجدى مِن السُحبِ
This is no ordinary volume, now that it belongs to one
whose noble qualities are more bountiful and beneficial than the clouds.
وَتاهَand it strutted عَلىover الأَسفارِthe volumes زَهواًin pride وَنَخوَةًand haughtiness
وَتاهَ عَلى الأَسفارِ زَهواً وَنَخوَةً
وَانشرand proclaim زَهواًpride وَافتخاراًand glory عَلىover الكُتبِthe books
وَانشر زَهواً وَافتخاراً عَلى الكُتبِ
It strutted over other volumes in pride and hauteur;
and proclaim pride and glory over the books.
لَقَدindeed جَلَّgrew great قَدريmy worth إِذsince بَلَغتُI reached بِهمَّتيthrough my resolve
لَقَد جَلَّ قَدري إِذ بَلَغتُ بِهمَّتي
سَماءَthe heaven المَعاليof high honors وَاِنتَقَلتُand I passed إِلىto الشُهبِthe blazing stars
سَماءَ المَعالي وَاِنتَقَلتُ إِلى الشُهبِ
My worth has indeed grown great, since through my resolve I reached
the heaven of high honors and passed on to the blazing stars.
إِلىtoward العالَمthe world العُلويِّthe upper سَعديmy good fortune مُصعِّدascending
إِلى العالَم العُلويِّ سَعدي مُصعِّد
أُناجيI commune privately إِماماًwith a leader خَصَّنيhe singled me out مِنهُfrom him بِالقُربِwith nearness
أُناجي إِماماً خَصَّني مِنهُ بِالقُربِ
Toward the upper world my good fortune is ascending;
I commune with a leader who favored me with nearness to him.
تَفرَّستُI discerned أَنthat لَوif كانَhe lived فيin عَصرِهِhis age أَبوAbu
تَفرَّستُ أَن لَو كانَ في عَصرِهِ أَبو
فِراسٍFiras ثَنىwould turn شعريmy poetry إِلىtoward جُودِهِhis generosity الرَّحبِthe vast
فِراسٍ ثَنى شعري إِلى جُودِهِ الرَّحبِ
I discerned that, had Abu
Firas lived in his age, he would have turned my verse toward his vast generosity.
فَكانَthen شهابُShihab الدينِal-Din يُعليهِwould raise him رُتبةًin rank
فَكانَ شهابُ الدينِ يُعليهِ رُتبةً
يَصيرhe would become بِهاthrough it مَلكاًa king عَلىover جِنسِهِhis kind العُربِthe Arabs
يَصير بِها مَلكاً عَلى جِنسِهِ العُربِ
Then Shihab al-Din would have raised him to a rank
by which he would become a king over his kind, the Arabs.
وَإِنand though كانَhe was قَدalready أَودىperished فَإِنَّthen indeed بذكرهthrough mentioning him
وَإِن كانَ قَد أَودى فَإِنَّ بذكره
لَهُfor him شَرَفاًan honor يَبقىremains عَلىthroughout غابِرِthe remaining الحقبِages
لَهُ شَرَفاً يَبقى عَلى غابِرِ الحقبِ
And though he has perished, through mentioning him
an honor remains to him throughout the ages yet to come.
كَريمa generous man لَهُhe has فيin كُلevery قُطرٍland مَكارِمnoble deeds
كَريم لَهُ في كُل قُطرٍ مَكارِم
مِنfrom الفَضلbounty قَدindeed عَمَّتspread everywhere وَمرَّتand reached إِلىto الغَربِthe West
مِن الفَضل قَد عَمَّت وَمرَّت إِلى الغَربِ
A generous man, with noble deeds in every land,
born of bounty, that have spread everywhere and reached the West.
فَأَحيتand thus they revived أَباAbu حَيّانHayyan مِنfrom بَعدafter ميتَةٍa death
فَأَحيت أَبا حَيّان مِن بَعد ميتَةٍ
وَأَروَتهُand they quenched him ظَمآناًthirsty مِنwith الباردthe cool العَذبِthe sweet
وَأَروَتهُ ظَمآناً مِن البارد العَذبِ
Thus they revived Abu Hayyan after a death,
and quenched him, thirsty, with cool, sweet water.
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