وأنيقةٍand a lovely meadow أنُفٍungrazed يُضَوِّعُwafts طِيبهاits fragrance
وأنيقةٍ أنُفٍ يُضَوِّعُ طِيبها
جُنْحin the depths of الدُّجىnight's darkness عمدُthe damp clods الترابof the soil وجعدهُand its clotted portions
جُنْح الدُّجى عمدُ التراب وجعدهُ
And many a lovely, ungrazed meadow, its fragrance wafted
through night's gloom by its damp and clotted soil,
جيدَتْwas rain-drenched منfrom الديمthe steady rainclouds السراعswift-moving بواكفٍby a downpour
جيدَتْ من الديم السراع بواكفٍ
بسمتْsmiled بوارقهُits lightning flashes وزمجرand roared رعْدهُits thunder
بسمتْ بوارقهُ وزمجر رعْدهُ
was drenched by a downpour from swift rainclouds,
whose lightning smiled and whose thunder roared.
فيon متْنan upland أملسsmooth نازحٍremote عنfrom طارقٍa night traveler
في متْن أملس نازحٍ عن طارقٍ
خاويdevoid of الصُّوىwaymarks ماnot فيهin it إلاexcept رُبْدهُits gray ostriches
خاوي الصُّوى ما فيه إلا رُبْدهُ
On a smooth upland, remote from any night traveler,
bare of waymarks, with nothing but its gray ostriches.
راحتit grew لهfor it معتلَّةًlanguid منfrom نسمةٍa breeze
راحت له معتلَّةً من نسمةٍ
تجريflowing فيحسدهُso envies it الكِباءُincense ونَدُّهُand its blended perfume
تجري فيحسدهُ الكِباءُ ونَدُّهُ
There it grew languid beneath a breeze
that flows, till incense and blended perfume envy its scent.
كأريجlike the fragrance of عرضthe honor of ابنthe son of الحسينal-Husayn وذكرهand his renown
كأريج عرض ابن الحسين وذكره
فيamong العَمِّthe multitude إذwhen تُتْلىare recounted عُلاهُhis eminence ومجدهُand his glory
في العَمِّ إذ تُتْلى عُلاهُ ومجدهُ
Like the fragrance of Ibn al-Husayn's honor and renown
among the multitude when his eminence and glory are recounted.
تَضِرُradiant (probably نَضِرُ) النعيمin luxurious ease لبيقُgraceful عطْفٍin bearing بالعُلىwith nobility
تَضِرُ النعيم لبيقُ عطْفٍ بالعُلى
تخشىare feared بوادرهُhis sudden outbursts ويُرْجىand is hoped for رِفْدهhis bounty
تخشى بوادرهُ ويُرْجى رِفْده
Radiant in ease, gracious in his noble bearing,
his outbursts are feared, his bounty hoped for.
يلويhe defers ويخلفُand leaves unfulfilled فيin الأمورhis dealings وعيدهُhis threats
يلوي ويخلفُ في الأمور وعيدهُ
كرماًout of generosity ويصدقُand fulfills فيin المكارمnoble deeds وعْدهُhis promise
كرماً ويصدقُ في المكارم وعْدهُ
He defers his threats and leaves them unfulfilled in his dealings,
out of generosity, but keeps his promise in noble deeds.
خِرْقٌa generous nobleman ذخائرهhis treasures إذاwhen ذخرstores up امرؤٌa man
خِرْقٌ ذخائره إذا ذخر امرؤٌ
مالاًwealth مناقبهhis virtues الفِخامُsplendid وحمْدهُand the praise he earns
مالاً مناقبه الفِخامُ وحمْدهُ
A generous lord whose treasures, when another stores up
wealth, are his splendid virtues and the praise he earns.
يستعذبhe finds sweet المُرَّthe bitter الأليمَthe painful بعزْمهِthrough his resolve
يستعذب المُرَّ الأليمَ بعزْمهِ
فكأنماso it is as though صابُthe bitter sap of المآثرnoble deeds شَهْدهُhis honey
فكأنما صابُ المآثر شَهْدهُ
Through his resolve he finds the bitter and painful sweet,
as though the bitter sap of noble deeds were his honey.
وتُطيعهُand obey him شُمسthe restive steeds الخطوبof calamity بقصدهِat his will
وتُطيعهُ شُمس الخطوب بقصدهِ
فكأنَّso it is as though أحْداثَthe vicissitudes اللياليof the nights جُنْدهُhis troops
فكأنَّ أحْداثَ الليالي جُنْدهُ
And the restive steeds of calamity obey his purpose,
as though the nights' vicissitudes were his troops.
ويقولand he speaks فيin الناديthe assembly فيحصرُso fall speechless دونهُbefore him
ويقول في النادي فيحصرُ دونهُ
حُمْسthe fiercest الجدالin debate إذاwhen يقولُhe speaks ولُدُّهُand his stubborn opponents
حُمْس الجدال إذا يقولُ ولُدُّهُ
He speaks in the assembly, and before him fall speechless
the fiercest debaters and his stubborn foes whenever he speaks.
ولنعمَand how excellent مأوىa refuge for الطَّارقينnight travelers عشيَّةًat dusk
ولنعمَ مأوى الطَّارقين عشيَّةً
وليلُand a night يلتهمdevours المواقدَthe hearth fires بَرْدهُits cold
وليلُ يلتهم المواقدَ بَرْدهُ
And what a fine refuge he is for night travelers at dusk,
while the night's cold devours the hearth fires!
حينwhen اشتدادthe intensifying of القُرِّbitter cold يجحدُdisowns عندهin its presence
حين اشتداد القُرِّ يجحدُ عنده
مُستودعthe stored reserve النارof fire الكمينةِhidden زنْدهُhis fire-stick
مُستودع النار الكمينةِ زنْدهُ
When the bitter cold grows fierce, his fire-stick disowns
the hidden store of fire entrusted to it.
فهناكso there ضيفُthe guest of الزَّيْنبيِّal-Zaynabi بغبْطةٍin delight
فهناك ضيفُ الزَّيْنبيِّ بغبْطةٍ
ثاوٍabiding وللخصبand to abundance المُحسَّدِmuch envied وفْدهُhis visitors
ثاوٍ وللخصب المُحسَّدِ وفْدهُ
There al-Zaynabi's guest, in delight,
abides, and his visitors enjoy enviable abundance.
منْof مُورديthose who bring to drink ماءthe water (blood) of النحورthroats جيادهمْtheir steeds
منْ مُوردي ماء النحور جيادهمْ
والقاعُwhile the plain يخْفيconceals بالعجاجةِwith dust وِرْدُهُits watering place
والقاعُ يخْفي بالعجاجةِ وِرْدُهُ
Of those who lead their steeds to drink the blood of throats,
while the plain hides its watering place in dust.
الناصرينَthose who champion الدينthe faith حالَbarred the way يَغُوثُهُits Yaghuth
الناصرينَ الدين حالَ يَغُوثُهُ
منfrom دونbefore طاعتهobedience to it وضلَّلand led astray وَدُّهُits Wadd
من دون طاعته وضلَّل وَدُّهُ
Who upheld the faith when Yaghuth stood
in the way of obedience to it, and Wadd led astray.
وإذاand when عُرىthe bonds of الأحسابancestral honor جاذبهاcontends for them الورىmankind
وإذا عُرى الأحساب جاذبها الورى
فلهمthen theirs is منof الحسبancestral honor المُكَرَّمennobled عِدُّهُits unfailing spring
فلهم من الحسب المُكَرَّم عِدُّهُ
And when people tug at the bonds of ancestral honor,
theirs is the unfailing wellspring of noble descent.
سيلٌa torrent منfrom العلياءِglory's heights سالَflowed ومِنْand from عُلىthe eminence of
سيلٌ من العلياءِ سالَ ومِنْ عُلى
قاضيthe Judge of القُضاةJudges أخيpossessor of المناقِبِnoble virtues مَدُّهُits swelling tide
قاضي القُضاة أخي المناقِبِ مَدُّهُ
A torrent has flowed from glory's heights, and from the eminence
of the Chief Judge, rich in noble deeds, comes its swelling tide.
Sol 6.1