كيفhow أنساكَI forget you والعوارفُand the favors بيضٌwhite
كيف أنساكَ والعوارفُ بيضٌ
غُرَرٌbright blazes كالنُّجومlike stars فيin الظَّلْماءِthe darkness
غُرَرٌ كالنُّجوم في الظَّلْماءِ
How can I forget you, when the favors gleam white—
How can I forget you, while the virtuous ones
bright blazes like stars in the darkness?
Are errors like stars in the darkness
ساقهاhe brought them منْfrom مؤيدMu'ayyid الدينal-Din نحويtoward me
ساقها منْ مؤيد الدين نحوي
مُضْرَمُablaze البأسmartial might باردُcool النَّعماءِbounty
مُضْرَمُ البأس باردُ النَّعماءِ
From Mu'ayyid al-Din he brought them to me—
He brought them from Mu'ayyad al-Din al-Nawawi
ablaze in battle, cool in bounty.
The valiant one with cool blessings
فحِماهُso his protection وفيضُand the overflow جُودِgenerosity يديهِhis two hands
فحِماهُ وفيضُ جُودِ يديهِ
لمdid not يزالاcease (both) لنجْدةٍfor succor وعَطاءِand giving
لم يزالا لنجْدةٍ وعَطاءِ
So his protection and the flood of his hands' generosity
So his protection and the outpouring of his generosity
have never ceased to offer succor and gifts.
Have never ceased to bring aid and gifts
واضِحُbright الوجهthe face والمناسبِand lineage تلْقاهُyou meet him
واضِحُ الوجه والمناسبِ تلْقاهُ
كريمَnoble اللِّقاءthe welcome والآباءِand forebears
كريمَ اللِّقاء والآباءِ
Bright of face and lineage, you find him
His face is bright, and he meets circumstances suitably
gracious in welcome and noble in ancestry.
Generous in meeting and ancestry
رأيهُhis judgment واليراعُand the reed pen فيon الطِّرْسthe page فاقاboth surpassed
رأيهُ واليراعُ في الطِّرْس فاقا
قُضُبَblades الهِندِIndia والقناand the spears فيin المضاءِkeenness
قُضُبَ الهِندِ والقنا في المضاءِ
His judgment and the reed pen upon the page have surpassed
His view and stewardship surpassed
India's blades and spears in keenness.
Indian teak and cane in firmness
يفْضلُhe surpasses النارfire فيin الحفيظةِwrath لكنْyet
يفْضلُ النار في الحفيظةِ لكنْ
عندهُwith him فيin الودادaffection لُطْفُgentleness الماءِwater
عندهُ في الوداد لُطْفُ الماءِ
He surpasses fire in wrath, yet
Though fire excels in inflammability
in affection he has the gentleness of water.
With him, kindness has the gentleness of water
فعلىso upon المَرْزِبانِthe Marzban (frontier lord) منfrom كرمِgenerosity اللّGod (continued)
فعلى المَرْزِبانِ من كرمِ اللّ
هِ(completes 'God') وِقاءٌprotection بذودُby warding off شَرَّthe evil القضاءِfate
هِ وِقاءٌ بذودُ شَرَّ القضاءِ
So may the Marzban, through God's bounty,
So by the grace of God he is protected
have a shield that wards off the evil of fate.
From the evils of fate by its driving away
Sol 6.1