يُعابُis reproached لَهُfor his sake الزَمانُthe age وَذاكَand that أَولىmore fitting
يُعابُ لَهُ الزَمانُ وَذاكَ أَولى
بِهِfor him مِنthan أَنthat يُعابَbe reproached بِهِbecause of him الزَمانُthe age
بِهِ مِن أَن يُعابَ بِهِ الزَمانُ
The age is reproached for his sake, and that is more fitting
for him than that the age be reproached because of him.
يَقَرُّrests بِكَin you العَلاءُeminence فَأَنتَso you فيناamong us
يَقَرُّ بِكَ العَلاءُ فَأَنتَ فينا
كَذِكرِكَlike your renown ماnot اِستَقَرَّhas settled بِهِwith it مَكانُa place
كَذِكرِكَ ما اِستَقَرَّ بِهِ مَكانُ
Eminence rests in you; so among us you are
like your renown, which no place has held fast.
إِذاwhen سَفَرَتbecame unveiled وُجوهُهُمُtheir faces إِلَيكُمto you (plural)
إِذا سَفَرَت وُجوهُهُمُ إِلَيكُم
أَراكَshowed you القَلبُthe heart ماwhat جَحَدَdenied العِيانُsight
أَراكَ القَلبُ ما جَحَدَ العِيانُ
When their faces were unveiled to you,
the heart showed you what sight denied.
وَقُلناand we said اللَهُGod أَكبَرُgreatest وَهوَand he فَجرٌa dawn
وَقُلنا اللَهُ أَكبَرُ وَهوَ فَجرٌ
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle لاحَshone forth قَدindeed سُمِعَwas heard الأَذانُthe call to prayer
إِذا ما لاحَ قَد سُمِعَ الأَذانُ
And we said, “God is greatest!”—he is a dawn;
when it shines forth, the call to prayer is heard.
عُلىًlofty honors جَرَّتbrought لَهُfor him حالاًa state فَحالاًthen another state
عُلىً جَرَّت لَهُ حالاً فَحالاً
وَلَولاand were it not for الزُجُّthe spear’s butt-spike ماnot اِرتَفَعَrose السِنانُthe spearhead
وَلَولا الزُجُّ ما اِرتَفَعَ السِنانُ
Lofty honors brought him from one state to the next;
and without the spear’s butt-spike, the spearhead would not rise.
Sol 6.1