أُثنيI praise عَلىupon ابنَيthe two sons of رَسولِthe Messenger of اللَهِGod أَفضَلthe finest ماthat which
أُثني عَلى ابنَي رَسولِ اللَهِ أَفضَل ما
أَثنىpraised بِهِwith it أَحَدٌanyone يَوماًever عَلىupon أَحَدِanyone
أَثنى بِهِ أَحَدٌ يَوماً عَلى أَحَدِ
I praise the two sons of God's Messenger with the finest praise
I praise the two sons of Allah's Messenger with the best praise
that anyone has ever bestowed upon another:
With which anyone has ever praised anyone
السيّدَينِthe two lords الكَريمَيboth noble in كلِّevery مُنصَرفٍdirection of kinship
السيّدَينِ الكَريمَي كلِّ مُنصَرفٍ
مِنthrough والدَينِboth parents وَمِنand through صِهرٍkin by marriage وَمنand through وَلدِoffspring
مِن والدَينِ وَمِن صِهرٍ وَمن وَلدِ
the two lords, noble on every side,
The two noble masters, every affiliated one
through both parents, kin by marriage, and offspring.
From parents, in-laws, and children
ذُرِّيَّةٌdescendants بَعضُهاsome of them مِنfrom بَعضِهاsome of them عَمِرَتflourished
ذُرِّيَّةٌ بَعضُها مِن بَعضِها عَمِرَت
فيin أَصلِthe root of مجدٍglory رَفيعِlofty in السَمكِthe roof وَالعَمَدِand the pillars
في أَصلِ مجدٍ رَفيعِ السَمكِ وَالعَمَدِ
Descendants sprung one from another, who have flourished
A lineage, some of which from some of it lived
at the root of glory, lofty in roof and pillars.
In an origin of glorious high column and pillar
ماذاwhat بَنىbuilt لَهُمfor them مِنof صالِحٍgood حَسَنٌHasan
ماذا بَنى لَهُم مِن صالِحٍ حَسَنٌ
وَحَسنٌand Hasan وَعليّand Ali وَاِبتَنواand they built لِغَدِfor the morrow
وَحَسنٌ وَعليّ وَاِبتَنوا لِغَدِ
How much good was built for them by Hasan,
What good did the righteous Hasan build for them
and Hasan and Ali—and they built for the morrow!
And Hasan and Ali constructed for tomorrow
فَكَرَّمَso honored اللَهُGod ذاكَthat البَيتَthe house تَكرمةًan honor
فَكَرَّمَ اللَهُ ذاكَ البَيتَ تَكرمةً
تَبقىendures وَتَخلُدُand abides forever فيهِin it آخِرَto the end of الأَبَدِeternity
تَبقى وَتَخلُدُ فيهِ آخِرَ الأَبَدِ
So God honored that house with an honor
So Allah honored that house with an honor
that endures and abides there to eternity's end.
That remains and eternally endures in it
هُمthey السَدىthe dew وَالنَدىand bounty ماno فيin قَناتِهِمُtheir spear-shaft
هُم السَدى وَالنَدى ما في قَناتِهِمُ
إِذاwhen تَعَوَّجَتِgrow bent العيدانِthe shafts منany أَوَدِcrookedness
إِذا تَعَوَّجَتِ العيدانِ من أَوَدِ
They are dew and bounty; in their spear-shaft,
They are the breeze and dew, in their spears
when other shafts bend, there is no crookedness.
If the poles were bent from softness
مُهَذَّبونَrefined هِجانٌpure-bred أُمَّهاتُهُمُtheir mothers
مُهَذَّبونَ هِجانٌ أُمَّهاتُهُمُ
إِذاwhen نُسِبنtheir ancestry is traced زلالclear water of البارِقِthe lightning-bearing cloud البَرِدِcold
إِذا نُسِبن زلال البارِقِ البَرِدِ
Refined and pure-bred are they; their mothers,
Well-mannered, passionate, their mothers
when their ancestry is traced, are the clear water of a cold, lightning-bearing cloud.
When attributed to the flowing cool lightning
بَينَbetween الفَواطِمَthe Fatimas ماذاwhat ثَمَّthere مِنof كَرَمٍnobility
بَينَ الفَواطِمَ ماذا ثَمَّ مِن كَرَمٍ
إِلىto العَواتِكِthe Atikas مَجدٌglory غَيرُnot مُنتقدِopen to reproach
إِلى العَواتِكِ مَجدٌ غَيرُ مُنتقدِ
Between the Fatimas—what nobility lies there!—
Among Al-Fatima, what then is there from generosity
and the Atikas lies glory beyond reproach.
To Al-Awatik, glory other than that which is flawless
ماnot يَنتَهيculminates المَجدُglory إِلّاexcept فيin بَنيthe sons of حَسَنٍHasan
ما يَنتَهي المَجدُ إِلّا في بَني حَسَنٍ
وَماand not لَهُمfor them دونَهُapart from it مِنany دارِhouse of مُلتَحدِrefuge
وَما لَهُم دونَهُ مِن دارِ مُلتَحدِ
Glory culminates only in the sons of Hasan,
Glory does not end except in the sons of Hasan
and apart from it they have no house of refuge.
And they have no home besides it with connected land
Sol 6.1