غَرُّبهاunclear as written; probably 'radiant men' ليلُnight; probably a misdivided fragment of 'noble chiefs' ساسواthey governed الدَهرَTime واِقتَدرواand they gained mastery
غَرُّبها ليلُ ساسوا الدَهرَ واِقتَدروا
عليهover it منfrom حيثُwhere ظِلُّthe shade of العَدلjustice مَمدودُoutspread
عليه من حيثُ ظِلُّ العَدل مَمدودُ
Radiant, noble chiefs ruled Time and held sway
over it, wherever the shade of justice lay outspread.
ماجَsurged الوَرىmankind معهمwith them فيin نِعمةٍa blessing حُبتwere cherished
ماجَ الوَرى معهم في نِعمةٍ حُبت
أَفياؤُهاits shades وَسَقىand watered أَفنانَهاits boughs الجودgenerosity
أَفياؤُها وَسَقى أَفنانَها الجود
Mankind surged with them amid a blessing; cherished
were its shades, and generosity watered its boughs.
فبعضُهمso some of them راتِعgrazing at ease فيin حالِthe state of غَفلتهhis heedlessness
فبعضُهم راتِع في حالِ غَفلته
وبعضُهمand some of them بينamong ذاكthat الدَوحgreat trees غِرّيدa sweet singer
وبعضُهم بين ذاك الدَوح غِرّيد
So some of them graze in heedless ease,
and others sing sweetly amid those great trees.
لاnot يَظهرstands out العيدُthe feast day فيin أَقطارهمtheir lands أبداًever
لا يَظهر العيدُ في أَقطارهم أبداً
إذsince كُلall أيامهمtheir days منbecause of حُسنهاtheir beauty عيدa feast
إذ كُل أيامهم من حُسنها عيد
No feast day ever stands out in their lands,
since all their days, in their beauty, are a feast.
المَدحُpraise عندهُمُin their eyes قُربىkinship وَقَصدُهُمand seeking them
المَدحُ عندهُمُ قُربى وَقَصدُهُم
يدٌa favor لديهمin their eyes وَأُفقand the horizon of الجودgenerosity مَقصودsought out
يدٌ لديهم وَأُفق الجود مَقصود
To them, praise is kinship, and seeking them
is a favor in their eyes; generosity's horizon is sought.
ماnot أَحسنواthey showed kindness أبداًever بَدءاًinitially إلىto أَحدanyone
ما أَحسنوا أبداً بَدءاً إلى أَحد
إلّاexcept that وقالَتand said لهمto them أحسابُهمtheir ancestral honor عودواdo it again
إلّا وقالَت لهم أحسابُهم عودوا
They never first showed kindness to anyone
without their ancestral honor telling them, 'Do it again.'
وَقُطبهمand their Qutb قُطبهمtheir pole فيin كلevery مَكرُمةnoble deed
وَقُطبهم قُطبهم في كل مَكرُمة
علىaround عُلاهhis eminence استدارrevolved العِترةُthe kindred الصيدproud and noble
على عُلاه استدار العِترةُ الصيد
And their Qutb is their pole in every noble deed;
around his eminence the proud kindred revolve.
Sol 6.1