أياO شاغلَyou who divert الشُّكرِpraise عنfrom غيرِهanyone other than him
أيا شاغلَ الشُّكرِ عن غيرِه
بماthrough what ذاعَhas spread فيamong الناسthe people منof شُكرِهpraise of him
بما ذاعَ في الناس من شُكرِه
O you who turn praise away from all others
O you who distracts others from gratitude
through the praise of you spread among the people;
With how widespread his gratitude is among people
وياand O ناصرَdefender of الأدبِliterature المُستضامِthe wronged
ويا ناصرَ الأدبِ المُستضامِ
إذاwhen قعدَheld back النَّاسُthe people عنfrom نَصْرِهsupporting it
إذا قعدَ النَّاسُ عن نَصْرِه
and O defender of wronged literature,
And O supporter of wronged etiquette
when people hold back from defending it!
When people desist from supporting it
أرىI see خِلعةَrobe of honor العيدِEid قدalready أُغفِلَتْhas been overlooked
أرى خِلعةَ العيدِ قد أُغفِلَتْ
وكانتand it used to تَجئُcome علىon إثْرِهits heels
وكانت تَجئُ على إثْرِه
I see the Eid robe of honor has been overlooked,
I see the Eid robe has been neglected
though it used to come in the festival’s wake.
And it used to come right after it
فجُدْso be generous ليto me بحَمراءَwith a red one إنif فَاخَرَتْvied in splendor
فجُدْ لي بحَمراءَ إن فَاخَرَتْ
جَنىgathered blossoms الوردِof roses أزرَتْput to shame بمُحمَرِّهits red blossoms
جَنى الوردِ أزرَتْ بمُحمَرِّه
So grant me a red one: should it vie
So get me a red one if it competes
with picked roses, it would put their red to shame;
With the harvest of roses in its redness
وإمّاand alternatively بصفراءَwith a yellow one منسوبةٍrelated
وإمّا بصفراءَ منسوبةٍ
إلىto خالصِpure التِّبرِunworked gold فيin نَجْرهits nature
إلى خالصِ التِّبرِ في نَجْره
or else a yellow one, akin
Or a yellowish one attributed
to pure, unworked gold in its nature;
To the sincerity of gold in its radiance
وإمّاand alternatively ببيضاءَwith a white one مثلِlike اللُّجَينِsilver
وإمّا ببيضاءَ مثلِ اللُّجَينِ
تَزيدُexceeds بَياضاًin whiteness علىbeyond حُرِّهits purest kind
تَزيدُ بَياضاً على حُرِّه
or else a white one, like silver,
Or a whitish one like pearls
surpassing its purest kind in whiteness.
Whiter than its beads
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle أخوa man of الكِبْرِpride حَلَّىadorned بِهاwith it
إذا ما أخو الكِبْرِ حَلَّى بِها
سراويلَهhis trousers زادَincreased فيin كِبْرِهhis pride
سراويلَه زادَ في كِبْرِه
Whenever a proud man uses it to adorn
When the brother of old age adorns it
his trousers, he grows prouder still.
It increases his old age
وتَلحَقُand reach بالأرضِthe ground أطرافُهاits ends
وتَلحَقُ بالأرضِ أطرافُها
إذاwhen هيit دارَتْcircled علىaround خَصرِهhis waist
إذا هي دارَتْ على خَصرِه
And its ends reach the ground
And its edges touch the ground
when it is wrapped around his waist.
When it revolves around his waist
ويغريand incites القميصthe shirt بهاagainst it سترةconcealment
ويغري القميص بها سترة
فيظهرهاso reveals it الشكرgratitude منfrom سترهits cover
فيظهرها الشكر من ستره
And concealment sets the shirt against it,
And the gown covets it as a veil
but gratitude brings it out from its cover.
So gratitude uncovers it from its veil
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle الحسودُthe envious man رآهاsaw it رأىhe saw
إذا ما الحسودُ رآها رأى
وَميضَthe flash الخناجرِof daggers فيin نحرِهhis throat
وَميضَ الخناجرِ في نحرِه
Whenever the envious man sees it, he sees
When the envious one sees it, he sees
the flash of daggers at his throat.
The glint of daggers in his throat
فأنتfor you are الجوادthe generous one الذيwho لمnot تزلcease
فأنت الجواد الذي لم تزل
تميرdraw sustenance السحائبthe clouds منfrom بحرهhis sea
تمير السحائب من بحره
For you are the generous one: unceasingly
So you are the generous one who never ceased
the clouds draw sustenance from his sea.
To clear the clouds from its sea
فأنتَfor you are المُوحَّدُthe peerless one فيin جُودِهhis generosity
فأنتَ المُوحَّدُ في جُودِه
وأنتَand you are المُؤَمَّلُthe one looked to with hope فيin عصرِهhis age
وأنتَ المُؤَمَّلُ في عصرِه
For you are peerless in generosity,
You are the unifier in your generosity
and you are the hope of your age.
And you are the hoped for in your time
Sol 6.1