رَأَيتُI saw العُلاglory مَعمورَةًflourishing بِكَthrough you دارُهاits dwelling
رَأَيتُ العُلا مَعمورَةً بِكَ دارُها
إِذاwhen اِجتَمَعَتrallied جَأشاًin courage وَقَرَّand grew firm قَرارُهاits footing
إِذا اِجتَمَعَت جَأشاً وَقَرَّ قَرارُها
I saw glory's house flourishing through you,
I saw the heights inhabited because of you, its homes prosperous,
when it gathered its courage and its footing grew firm.
When they gather in fear and settle in their abode.
وَكَمand many a نَكبَةٍcalamity ظَلماءَdark تُحسَبُis deemed لَيلَةًa night
وَكَم نَكبَةٍ ظَلماءَ تُحسَبُ لَيلَةً
تَجَلّىshone forth لَناto us مِنfrom راحَتَيكَyour two palms نَهارُهاits daylight
تَجَلّى لَنا مِن راحَتَيكَ نَهارُها
And many a dark calamity, deemed a night—
And how many dark misfortunes are reckoned as a night,
its daylight shone forth to us from your two palms.
Their day shone upon us from your comfort.
فَلاso may ... not جارَكَyour neighbor العافيthe suppliant تَناوَلَtouched مَحلُهاits drought
فَلا جارَكَ العافي تَناوَلَ مَحلُها
وَلاnor عِرضَكَyour honor الوافيunimpaired تَناوَلَtouched عارُهاits disgrace
وَلا عِرضَكَ الوافي تَناوَلَ عارُها
So may its drought not touch your suppliant neighbor,
Neither did your righteous neighbor take his abode,
nor its shame touch your unimpaired honor.
Nor did your faithful honor take its shame.
فَلاso do not تُمكِنَنَّever empower المَطلَdelay مِنover ذِمَّةِthe pledge of النَدىgenerosity
فَلا تُمكِنَنَّ المَطلَ مِن ذِمَّةِ النَدى
فَبِئسَfor wretched is أَخوthe brother of الأَيديfavors الغِرارِscant وَجارُهاand their neighbor
فَبِئسَ أَخو الأَيدي الغِرارِ وَجارُها
So never give delay power over generosity's pledge,
So do not enable the importunate against the duty of benefaction,
for it is a wretched brother and neighbor to scant favors.
Evil is the brother of treacherous hands and its neighbor.
فَإِنَّfor indeed الأَياديfavors الصالِحاتِworthy كِبارُهاtheir great ones
فَإِنَّ الأَيادي الصالِحاتِ كِبارُها
إِذاwhen وَقَعَتfell تَحتَunder المِطالِdelay صِغارُهاtheir small ones
إِذا وَقَعَت تَحتَ المِطالِ صِغارُها
For even the great among worthy favors,
For righteous hands, their great ones,
when subjected to delay, become small.
When they fall under accusations, are their small ones.
وَماand what نَفعُbenefit مَنone who قَدalready ماتَdied بِالأَمسِyesterday صادِياًthirsty
وَما نَفعُ مَن قَد ماتَ بِالأَمسِ صادِياً
إِذاif ماemphasis سَماءُthe sky of اليَومِtoday طالَgrew long اِنهِمارُهاits downpour
إِذا ما سَماءُ اليَومِ طالَ اِنهِمارُها
And what good comes to one who died thirsty yesterday,
And no benefit to one who yesterday died striving
if today's sky pours rain for a long time?
If today's sky prolonged its downpour.
وَماand ... is not العُرفُkindness بِالتَسويفِwith postponement إِلّاexcept كَخُلَّةٍlike a friendship
وَما العُرفُ بِالتَسويفِ إِلّا كَخُلَّةٍ
تَسَلَّيتَyou found consolation عَنهاwithout it حينَwhen شَطَّgrew distant مَزارُهاits meeting-place
تَسَلَّيتَ عَنها حينَ شَطَّ مَزارُها
And kindness deferred is merely like a friendship
Customary deferment is nothing but an ulcer
you learned to do without when its meeting-place grew distant.
You turned away from when its bandage unraveled.
وَخَيرُand the best of عِداتِpromises of المَرءِa person مُختَصَراتُهاtheir briefest ones
وَخَيرُ عِداتِ المَرءِ مُختَصَراتُها
كَماjust as أَنَّthat خَيراتِthe finest of اللَياليthe nights قِصارُهاtheir short ones
كَما أَنَّ خَيراتِ اللَيالي قِصارُها
And a man's best promises are those with the shortest wait,
The best of a man's tools are his concise ones,
just as the finest nights are the shortest.
Just as the best of nights are their short ones.
Sol 6.1