أتانيcame to me كتابa book الصديقthe friend العزيزdear
أتاني كتاب الصديق العزيز
عزيزاًprecious كصاحبهlike its author المعلمِthe teacher
عزيزاً كصاحبه المعلمِ
My dear friend's book came to me,
The letter of my dear friend has come to me
Precious, like its author, the teacher.
As dear as its owner, the teacher
وليسand is not التواضعhumility إلاanything but اعتزازاًpride
وليس التواضع إلا اعتزازاً
كماjust as هبطdescended اللحنthe melody للملهمِto the inspired one
كما هبط اللحن للملهمِ
And humility is nothing but pride,
And humility is nothing but dignity
As the melody descended to the inspired one.
Just as the melody descended for the inspired one
تنزهkept himself free عنof نزوةٍan impulse للغرورof conceit
تنزه عن نزوةٍ للغرور
تَنُّزهَpurity باسمةِthe smiling one الأنجمthe stars
تَنُّزهَ باسمةِ الأنجم
He rose above a whim of conceit,
Stay away from any whim of arrogance
With the purity of the smiling one among the stars.
Stay pure with the name of the stars
وأشرقand shone اخلاصُهhis sincerity بالحبورِwith joy
وأشرق اخلاصُه بالحبورِ
حُبوريmy joy الذيwhich صاغهhe fashioned it عنfrom فميmy mouth
حُبوري الذي صاغه عن فمي
And his sincerity shone with joy—
And his sincerity shone with ink
My joy, which he fashioned from my lips.
My ink which was molded by my mouth
فياso, O نعمةُNehme الحاجal-Hajj هذاthis وفائيmy loyalty
فيا نعمةُ الحاج هذا وفائي
وفاؤكyour loyalty أحفظهI safeguard it فيin دميmy blood
وفاؤك أحفظه في دمي
So, O Nehme al-Hajj, this is my loyalty:
O, the blessing of pilgrimage, this is my loyalty
Your loyalty I safeguard in my blood.
And your loyalty I will keep in my blood
أبادلكI reciprocate with you الحبlove والعيدُand the festival زاهٍradiant
أبادلك الحب والعيدُ زاهٍ
ألسناare we not الىto نورهits light ننتمىwe belong
ألسنا الى نوره ننتمى
I return your love, and the festival is radiant.
I exchange with you love and a glorious Eid
Do we not belong to its light?
Are we not belonging to its light?
وأقدرand I value ماwhat صُغتهُyou fashioned it للجمالfor beauty
وأقدر ما صُغتهُ للجمال
قرابينَofferings تسبحsing praises بالمغرمof the enamored one
قرابينَ تسبح بالمغرم
And I value what you have fashioned for beauty:
And I appreciate what was molded for beauty
Offerings that sing the praises of the enamored one,
Offerings that praise the passionately in love one
ويُصغيand listens إليهاto them الآلهُthe god الطروبenraptured
ويُصغي إليها الآلهُ الطروب
فَيجبلهاso it molds them الروحthe spirit فيwithin الآدمىthe human being
فَيجبلها الروح في الآدمى
And the enraptured god listens to them,
And the happy God listens to them
So the spirit molds them within the human being.
So He pours the spirit into the human
Sol 6.1