أبْلَجُbright-faced ماno فيin بُرْدِهِhis mantle مَعابُa fault
أبْلَجُ ما في بُرْدِهِ مَعابُ
يُكْرمُis honored منهُfrom him الظَّعْنُdeparture والإِيابُand return
يُكْرمُ منهُ الظَّعْنُ والإِيابُ
Bright-faced, with no blemish beneath his mantle.
The refreshing cold is bountiful
Departure and return are honored by him.
It nurtures the meager and the ample
دُنُوُّهُhis nearness الإِعْشابُgreen growth والإخصابُand fertility
دُنُوُّهُ الإِعْشابُ والإخصابُ
وبُعْدُهُand his distance الإِمحالُdrought والإِجْدابand barrenness
وبُعْدُهُ الإِمحالُ والإِجْداب
His nearness brings green growth and fertility,
Vegetation and fertility draw near to it
And his distance brings drought and barrenness.
While the impossible and acquisitiveness remain distant
سَحٌّa downpour إذاwhen ماemphatic particle بخِلَgrew miserly السَّحابُthe clouds
سَحٌّ إذا ما بخِلَ السَّحابُ
ماضٍkeen-edged إذاwhen لمdid not يقطعِcut القِرْضابُthe keen sword
ماضٍ إذا لم يقطعِ القِرْضابُ
A downpour when the clouds grow miserly;
A torrent when the clouds are not miserly
Keen-edged when the sharp sword fails to cut;
Decisive when the wolves do not obstruct
قاضٍan arbiter إذاwhen ماemphatic particle اخْلَوَّجَwent awry الصَّوابُsound judgment
قاضٍ إذا ما اخْلَوَّجَ الصَّوابُ
أزْهَرُradiant لاno بُخْلٌstinginess ولاand no حِجابُa barrier to access
أزْهَرُ لا بُخْلٌ ولا حِجابُ
An arbiter when sound judgment goes awry;
Dispensing justice when rightness opens candidly
Radiant, with neither stinginess nor barriers to access.
More flourishing without stinginess or barriers
تحْمَدُهُpraise him الضِّيفانُthe guests والصِّحابُand the companions
تحْمَدُهُ الضِّيفانُ والصِّحابُ
إذاwhen دَناdrew near محْلٌdrought أوor احْتِرابُwarfare
إذا دَنا محْلٌ أو احْتِرابُ
Guests and companions praise him
Guest and companion praise it
When drought or warfare draws near;
When an abode draws near or is aloof
شكاcomplained of ظُباهُhis blade-edges بَطَلٌa warrior ونابُand an aged she-camel
شكا ظُباهُ بَطَلٌ ونابُ
تاجُcrown المُلوكِof kings البطلُthe champion الغَلاَّبُthe ever-victorious one
تاجُ المُلوكِ البطلُ الغَلاَّبُ
A warrior and an aged she-camel complain of his blades.
A hero complained of his separation and turned back
The crown of kings, the ever-victorious champion;
The crown of kings, the prevailing hero
بحْرُa sea نَوالٍof bounty كُلُّهُall of it عُبابُsurging waters
بحْرُ نَوالٍ كُلُّهُ عُبابُ
طوْدُa mountain اِحْتمالٍof forbearance لاصَفاًnot smooth stone ولابُand lava rock
طوْدُ اِحْتمالٍ لاصَفاً ولابُ
A sea of bounty, all surging waters;
An ocean of generosity, entirely overflowing
A mountain of forbearance, not of smooth stone or lava rock.
A towering patience, no depleted or exiguous
قدindeed أذْعَنَsubmitted الأبطالُthe champions والكُتَّابُand the scribes
قد أذْعَنَ الأبطالُ والكُتَّابُ
وشَهِدَand testified المزراقُthe javelin والكِتابُand the book
وشَهِدَ المزراقُ والكِتابُ
Champions and scribes have indeed submitted,
The heroes and writers have acquiesced
And the javelin and the book have borne witness
The ships and books have witnessed
بأنَّهُthat he is المِقْدامُthe intrepid one لاnot يَهابُfears
بأنَّهُ المِقْدامُ لا يَهابُ
وأنَّهُand that he is البَليغُthe eloquent one لاnot يُعابُis faulted
وأنَّهُ البَليغُ لا يُعابُ
That he is intrepid, knowing no fear,
That he is the bold, unafraid
And that he is eloquent, beyond reproach.
He is the eloquent, faultless
كَفُّthe palm الوزيرِof the vizier أحمدَAhmad الرَّبابُthe clouds
كَفُّ الوزيرِ أحمدَ الرَّبابُ
ليسthere is no لهاfor it فيin جَوْدِهاits abundant rain اِغْبابُintermittence
ليس لها في جَوْدِها اِغْبابُ
The vizier Ahmad's palm is a bank of clouds;
The hand of minister Ahmed Rabab
Its downpour knows no interruption.
Nothing clouded in his generosity
جَمُّabundant القِرىhospitality أوْطانُهُhis dwellings رِحابُspacious
جَمُّ القِرى أوْطانُهُ رِحابُ
يُثْنيspeaks in praise عليهof him الرَّكْبُthe caravan riders والرِكابُand the riding camels
يُثْني عليه الرَّكْبُ والرِكابُ
Lavish in hospitality; his dwellings are spacious.
The expanse of towns, his habitations spacious
Caravan riders and riding camels praise him,
Caravan and riders extol him
فَغُنْمهُso his gain الثَّناءُpraise والثَّوابُand reward
فَغُنْمهُ الثَّناءُ والثَّوابُ
So his gain is praise and reward.
His gain, praise and reward
Sol 6.1