أياO مَنْone who لهhe has همّةٌan ambition فيin العُلىthe heights
أيا مَنْ له همّةٌ في العُلى
لذروتهاto their summit أَبداًforever فارِعَهْsoaring
لذروتها أَبداً فارِعَهْ
O you whose ambition, set on the heights,
forever soars to their summit;
ومَنand one who كفُّهhis hand ديمةٌa steady rain ماnot تزاceases (first part)
ومَن كفُّه ديمةٌ ما تزا
لُceases (last part) بالعرفِwith bounty هاميةٌpouring هامعَهْstreaming
لُ بالعرفِ هاميةٌ هامعَهْ
and you whose hand is a steady rain, never
ceasing to pour and stream with bounty;
وللفضلِand excellence has فيin سوقِthe market of أَفضالهِhis favors
وللفضلِ في سوقِ أَفضالهِ
بضائعٌwares نافقةٌselling briskly نافعَهْbeneficial
بضائعٌ نافقةٌ نافعَهْ
and excellence, in the market of his favors, has
wares that sell briskly and do good.
وهلand is there كابنِlike Ibn عَصْرونʿAsrun فيin عصرِناour age
وهل كابنِ عَصْرون في عصرِنا
إمامٌan imam أَدلّتُهُhis proofs قاطعَهْconclusive
إمامٌ أَدلّتُهُ قاطعَهْ
And is there anyone like Ibn ʿAsrun in our age—
an imam whose proofs are conclusive?
فخيرُfor the goodness of فوائدهِhis benefits جمّةٌabundant
فخيرُ فوائدهِ جمّةٌ
وبحرُand the sea of مواردهِhis resources واسعَهْvast
وبحرُ مواردهِ واسعَهْ
For the good he bestows is abundant,
and the sea of his resources is vast.
أَياO شرفَSharaf (honor of) الدِّينِal-Din (the faith) شَرَّفتنيyou honored me
أَيا شرفَ الدِّينِ شَرَّفتني
بإهداءِby presenting a gift رائقةٍexquisite رائعَهْwondrous
بإهداءِ رائقةٍ رائعَهْ
O Sharaf al-Din, you have honored me
with a gift both exquisite and wondrous.
أَطعتُI obeyed أَوامرَكَyour commands السّامياتِlofty
أَطعتُ أَوامرَكَ السّامياتِ
وماand not برحتْceased همّتيmy resolve طائعَهْobedient
وما برحتْ همّتي طائعَهْ
I obeyed your lofty commands,
and my resolve has remained obedient.
أَرىI see كلَّevery جارحةٍlimb ليof mine تودْwishes (first part)
أَرى كلَّ جارحةٍ لي تودْ
دُwishes (last part) لوif only أَنَّهاthat it were أُذنٌan ear سامعَهْlistening
دُ لو أَنَّها أُذنٌ سامعَهْ
I see every limb of mine wishing
that it were a listening ear.
وأَماand as for الشِّتاءُwinter وكافاتُهand its kāfs
وأَما الشِّتاءُ وكافاتُه
وكفُّكَand your holding back عنfrom كفِّهِits hand الرابعَهْthe fourth
وكفُّكَ عن كفِّهِ الرابعَهْ
As for winter and its kāfs,
and your holding back from its fourth hand—
فنفسيso my soul تُطيقُcan endure إذاif لمnot تكنْit is
فنفسي تُطيقُ إذا لم تكنْ
بميسورِwith the means available to سَيِّدِناour master قانعَهْcontent
بميسورِ سَيِّدِنا قانعَهْ
my soul can endure, if it is not
content with what our master can provide.
Sol 6.1