أبىrefused الهمُّsorrow أنto يعتادvisit repeatedly صدريmy breast وناصريand my defender
أبى الهمُّ أن يعتاد صدري وناصري
علىagainst الهمِّsorrow صدرٌa breast لمnot يكنwas مثلهits like صدرُa breast
على الهمِّ صدرٌ لم يكن مثله صدرُ
Sorrow refused to haunt my breast, and my defender
The sorrows refused to grow accustomed to my heart and my defender
against sorrow is a breast no other breast has ever matched.
To sorrows, there is no heart like my heart
وذَّلتand were humbled صروفvicissitudes الدهرtime عنيaway from me وعصمتيand my protection
وذَّلت صروف الدهر عني وعصمتي
ببأسِthrough the valor وزيرٍa vizier فيهin whom يفْتخرُtakes pride الدهْرُtime
ببأسِ وزيرٍ فيه يفْتخرُ الدهْرُ
And time's vicissitudes shrank humbled from me; my protection
And the vicissitudes of fate were subdued from me and protected me
rests in the valor of a vizier in whom Time takes pride.
With the might of a minister, the ages take pride in him
ونادتand called out ليto me الآمالhopes طوعاًwillingly ومنُجديand my helper
ونادت لي الآمال طوعاً ومنُجدي
منfrom ابْنson عُبيدʿUbayd اللهِGod جيشan army عُلاًglories مجْرvast
من ابْن عُبيد اللهِ جيش عُلاً مجْر
And hopes called out to me willingly, and my helper
And hopes called out to me willingly and my glory
from Ibn ʿUbayd Allāh is a vast army of glories.
From the son of Ubayd Allah, an exalted army dressed in armor
وشيكُswift القِرىhospitality فيin عطفهhis bosom أريحيَّةٌgenerous ardor
وشيكُ القِرى في عطفه أريحيَّةٌ
يظلُّremains بهاthrough it نشْوانَintoxicated والكَرمُand generosity الخمرthe wine
يظلُّ بها نشْوانَ والكَرمُ الخمر
Swift in hospitality, he bears generous ardor in his bosom;
The villages are soon in his kindness a place of comfort
through it he stays intoxicated, and generosity is the wine.
In it the melody and generosity like wine
اذاwhen صابrained upon أرضَthe land المُعْتفينbounty-seekers بجودهِwith his generosity
اذا صاب أرضَ المُعْتفين بجودهِ
ونُعْماهُand his favors ماتdied المحْلُdrought وانهزمand was routed الفقرpoverty
ونُعْماهُ مات المحْلُ وانهزم الفقر
When he showers the land of bounty-seekers with his generosity
If he strikes the land of the protected with his generosity
and his favors, drought dies and poverty is routed.
And favors it, death dies and poverty flees
تُشدُّare tied حُباهُhis knee-wraps فيin النَّديِthe assembly براجحٍaround a judicious man
تُشدُّ حُباهُ في النَّديِ براجحٍ
حليمٍforbearing لهhe has فيin كلevery مُعْظمةٍgrave affair غَفْرُpardon
حليمٍ له في كل مُعْظمةٍ غَفْرُ
In the assembly his knee-wraps are tied around a man of sound judgment,
His affections strengthen love with an impartial one
forbearing, with pardon in every grave affair.
Clement, who has forgiveness in every honored one
كأنَّas though أحاديثَtales الوزيرِthe vizier وذِكرَهand mention of him
كأنَّ أحاديثَ الوزيرِ وذِكرَه
منابتُplant-beds روضِmeadows الحَزْنrugged upland باكرهاvisited them at dawn القطرrain
منابتُ روضِ الحَزْن باكرها القطر
It is as though tales of the vizier and mention of him
It is as if the words of the minister and his mention
were plant-beds in upland meadows, visited at dawn by rain.
Are the first drops of the meadow of sadness by the rain
Sol 6.1