لَوْif يَعْبُدُworshipped النَّاسُthe people يَاO مَهْديُّMahdi أَفْضَلَهُمْthe best of them
لَوْ يَعْبُدُ النَّاسُ يَا مَهْديُّ أَفْضَلَهُمْ
مَاnot كانَwould be فِيamong النَّاسِthe people إِلاَّexcept أَنْتَyou مَعْبُودُworshipped
مَا كانَ فِي النَّاسِ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ مَعْبُودُ
If people worshipped their best, O Mahdi,
If people worshipped the best among them, O Mahdi
None among them but you would be worshipped.
None would be worshipped but you.
أضْحَتْhas become يَمِينُكَyour right hand مِنْfrom جُودٍgenerosity مُصَوَّرَةًfashioned
أضْحَتْ يَمِينُكَ مِنْ جُودٍ مُصَوَّرَةً
لاَno بَلْrather يَمِينُكَyour right hand مِنْهاfrom it صُوِّرَwas fashioned الجُودُgenerosity
لاَ بَلْ يَمِينُكَ مِنْها صُوِّرَ الجُودُ
Your right hand has taken form from generosity—
Your generosity has become legendary -
No—rather, generosity was fashioned from your right hand.
Nay, legend itself is modeled after your generosity.
مِنْthrough حُسْنِthe beauty of وَجْهِكَyour face تُضْحىbecomes الأرضُthe earth مُشْرِقَةًradiant
مِنْ حُسْنِ وَجْهِكَ تُضْحى الأرضُ مُشْرِقَةً
وَمِنْand from بَنَانِكَyour fingertips يَجْريflows المَاءُthe water فيin العُودِthe wood
وَمِنْ بَنَانِكَ يَجْري المَاءُ في العُودِ
Through the beauty of your face, the earth becomes radiant,
The earth glows radiant from the beauty of your face,
And from your fingertips water flows through the wood.
And water flows in rivers from your elegance.
لَوْif أَنَّthat مِنْof نُورِهِits light مِثْقَالَthe weight of خَرْدَلَةٍa mustard seed
لَوْ أَنَّ مِنْ نُورِهِ مِثْقَالَ خَرْدَلَةٍ
فِيin السُّودِblack people طُرّاًall إذاًthen لاَبْيَضَّتِwould turn white السُّودُblack people
فِي السُّودِ طُرّاً إذاً لاَبْيَضَّتِ السُّودُ
If a mustard seed's weight of your face's light
If but a mustard seed of your light
Were in all black people, then they would turn white.
Were cast upon the black, the black would whiten.
Sol 6.1