إنَّindeed الخطوبَcalamities علىupon عداكَyour enemies مخوفُهاtheir terrors
إنَّ الخطوبَ على عداكَ مخوفُها
وكذاand likewise اللياليthe nights سالمتكَhave made peace with you صُروفُهاtheir vicissitudes
وكذا الليالي سالمتكَ صُروفُها
Indeed, calamities' terrors fall upon your foes;
The perils save you are frightful ones
and likewise, the nights' vicissitudes have made peace with you.
And likewise the nights - your safety regulates their turns
وقضىand decreed القضاءُfate برتبةٍwith a rank لكَfor you فيin العُلىthe heights
وقضى القضاءُ برتبةٍ لكَ في العُلى
شمّاءَlofty لمnot يُفْرَعْhas been scaled إليكَto you مُنيفُهاits towering summit
شمّاءَ لم يُفْرَعْ إليكَ مُنيفُها
And fate decreed for you a rank on high,
And fate's decree ranks you highly
lofty—none has scaled its towering summit to reach you.
A summit no lower branch reaches unto
وأَتتكَand came to you أَقدارُthe decrees السّماءِof heaven أَتتكَcame to you منfrom
وأَتتكَ أَقدارُ السّماءِ أَتتكَ من
خيراتهاits blessings أَنواعُهاtheir kinds وصُنوفُهاand their varieties
خيراتها أَنواعُها وصُنوفُها
And heaven's decrees have come to you; there have come to you, from
The fortunes of heaven have come your way
its blessings, their kinds and varieties.
With their blessings - kinds and sorts
وتحمّليand bear ريحَwind الشمالِthe north تحيّةًa greeting
وتحمّلي ريحَ الشمالِ تحيّةً
عنِّيfrom me حَكاكِresembled you رقيقُهاits tenderness ولطيفُهاand its gentleness
عنِّي حَكاكِ رقيقُها ولطيفُها
And bear, O north wind, a greeting
I bid the north wind bear my greetings
from me—its tenderness and gentleness resemble you.
To lightly caress and gently kiss you
ليَعُودَso it may return فيin ريحwind الجَنُوبِthe south جوابُهاits reply
ليَعُودَ في ريح الجَنُوبِ جوابُها
إنif كانis يحتملُable to carry القويَّthe strong ضعيفُهاits weak one
إن كان يحتملُ القويَّ ضعيفُها
so its reply may return upon the south wind,
May the south wind in its return bear their reply
if its weak breeze can carry what is strong.
If the strong can bear the weak's burden
وصفِand describe الحسينَal-Husayn تجدْyou will find وراهbehind him محاسناًvirtues
وصفِ الحسينَ تجدْ وراه محاسناً
ياO صاحِfriend يُكْرَمُis honored ضيفُهاtheir guest ومُضيفُهاand their host
يا صاحِ يُكْرَمُ ضيفُها ومُضيفُها
And describe al-Husayn: you will find virtues in his wake,
Describe Al-Hussein and you'll find he has beauties
O friend, in which guest and host alike are honored.
That honor their guest and host equally
مَنْone who هَمُّهُhis ambition فيin المكرماتِnoble deeds حريصُهاeager for them
مَنْ هَمُّهُ في المكرماتِ حريصُها
مَنْone who نفسُهُhis soul فيin المخزياتِshameful acts عَيُوفُهاaverse to them
مَنْ نفسُهُ في المخزياتِ عَيُوفُها
One whose ambition eagerly seeks noble deeds,
He whose passion is generosity
one whose soul recoils from shameful acts.
He whose soul spurns disgrace
وإذاand if حوىpossesses عشراتِtens of آدابٍaccomplishments فتىًa youth
وإذا حوى عشراتِ آدابٍ فتىً
فلهthen he has علىin رُغْمِspite of الحسودِthe envious one أُلُوفُهاthousands of them
فله على رُغْمِ الحسودِ أُلُوفُها
And if a youth possesses tens of accomplishments,
And if a young man encompasses manifold etiquette
his are thousands of them, despite the envious.
Despite the envious he has thousands of fans
كنbe ياO ابنَson of حرّازٍHarraz لودِّيfor my love مُحرِزاًa keeper
كن يا ابنَ حرّازٍ لودِّي مُحرِزاً
لكyours فيamong العهودِthe pledges تَليدُهاtheir longstanding ones وطريفُهاand their new ones
لك في العهودِ تَليدُها وطريفُها
Be, O son of Harraz, a keeper of my love;
Be, O Ibn Hirraz, the treasure house of my affection
yours, among pledges, are both the old and the new.
Yours are its traditions and subtleties in perpetuity
أَناI أَحنفٌan Ahnaf فيin الحلمِforbearance عنtoward أَمثالهمtheir like
أَنا أَحنفٌ في الحلمِ عن أَمثالهم
وشريعتيand my creed ماas long as عشتُI live فيهin it حنيفُهاits upright one
وشريعتي ما عشتُ فيه حنيفُها
I am an Ahnaf in forbearance toward their like,
I am forebearing in my clemency beyond the like of them
and my creed in this, while I live, is the upright one.
My way shall I ever follow tolerantly
ليI have همّةٌa resolve تأْبىspurns الدَّناياbase deeds قدindeed سمتْhas risen high
لي همّةٌ تأْبى الدَّنايا قد سمتْ
وأَعزَّand ennobled نفسيmy soul بأسُهاits strength وعُزوفُهاand its disdain
وأَعزَّ نفسي بأسُها وعُزوفُها
Mine is a resolve that spurns baseness and has risen high,
My ambition spurns this lowly world
and its strength and disdain have ennobled my soul.
I vaunt my soul in its ferocity and aloofness
ولكمand how often عرانيbeset me حادثٌa misfortune ثمthen انجلىcleared away
ولكم عراني حادثٌ ثم انجلى
عنِّيfrom me كماjust as يعروbesets البدورَthe full moons خُسوفُهاtheir eclipses
عنِّي كما يعرو البدورَ خُسوفُها
And how often a misfortune has beset me, then lifted
And for all the joys that have left me then returned
from me, as eclipses come upon the full moons.
Like an eclipse does the full moon obscure
أَهدىbestowed السّقامَsickness إلىto النّحافةِthinness بُعْدُكمyour absence
أَهدى السّقامَ إلى النّحافةِ بُعْدُكم
والسُّمرُand the tawny spears يُحسَدُis envied فيin الطِّعانِspear-fighting نحيفُهاtheir slender one
والسُّمرُ يُحسَدُ في الطِّعانِ نحيفُها
Your absence has bestowed sickness on my thin frame;
Without you sickness turns to emaciation
and among tawny spears, the slender one is envied in spear-fighting.
The wakeful eyed by the slanderer are deemed too thin
ماذاwhat تَسُرُّbrings joy ولايةٌa governorship عُمّالُهاits officials
ماذا تَسُرُّ ولايةٌ عُمّالُها
فيin ذلّةhumiliation وعزيزُهاand its honored one مصروفُهاthe one dismissed from it
في ذلّة وعزيزُها مصروفُها
What joy can a governorship bring, when its officials
What pleasure is there in an office whose governors
are abased, and its honored man is the one dismissed from it?
Are abased while the dear one is turned away
فيin الحظِfortune منصرَفٌa dismissed man حكىresembled مُتصرِّفاًan administrator
في الحظِ منصرَفٌ حكى مُتصرِّفاً
هيit لفظةٌa word وبنقطةٍand with a dot تصحيفُهاits misreading
هي لفظةٌ وبنقطةٍ تصحيفُها
In fortune, a dismissed man resembles an administrator:
Whose fortune is disposed by a fickle turn
it is one word; a single dot causes its misreading.
A word, and a dot's misplacement can distort its meaning
Sol 6.1