أطْيِبْhow delightful بهit is يوماًa day تُزَوَّis wed (continued)
أطْيِبْ به يوماً تُزَوَّ
جُcompletion of 'is wed' فيهin it بالماءِto water العُقَارُthe wine
جُ فيه بالماءِ العُقَارُ
How delightful a day it is, when
The day he weds is so sweet
wine is wedded therein to water!
When water mixes with perfume
والرعدُand thunder يخطبُdelivers a sermon منfrom خلاamid (continued)
والرعدُ يخطبُ من خلا
لِcompletion of 'amid' الغيمِthe clouds والبَرَدُand hail النِّثارُthe scattered wedding gifts
لِ الغيمِ والبَرَدُ النِّثارُ
And thunder delivers a sermon from amid
And thunder preaches from the clouds' pulpit
the clouds, and hail is the wedding largesse.
To rain and hailstone homilist
فيin مجلسٍa gathering حَفَّsurrounded السروjoy (continued)
في مجلسٍ حَفَّ السرو
رُcompletion of 'joy' بهaround it وَغَشَّاهand enveloped it الدِّثارُthe mantle
رُ به وَغَشَّاه الدِّثارُ
In a gathering surrounded by joy
In a gathering where cypress tree
and enveloped by a mantle.
Shelters and shades with its cloak
حازَwon الفخارَglory أبوAbu (father of) الحسيal-Husayn (continued)
حازَ الفخارَ أبو الحسي
نِcompletion of 'al-Husayn' ومنهand from him يُقْتَبَسُis drawn الفخارُglory
نِ ومنه يُقْتَبَسُ الفخارُ
Abu al-Husayn has won glory,
Potter Abu Al-Husain prevailed
and from him glory is drawn.
And from him the pottery was ignited
أخلاقُهُhis virtues فيin المحلِdrought غَيْrain (continued)
أخلاقُهُ في المحلِ غَيْ
ثٌcompletion of 'rain' وهيand they فيin الظُّلَمِdarkness النَّهارdaylight
ثٌ وهي في الظُّلَمِ النَّهار
His virtues, in drought, are rain,
His morals in society are where
and in darkness they are daylight.
Light exists even in the darkest lair
مَنْone whose فَرْعُهُhis branch الفَرْعُthe bough النَّضيthe verdant (continued)
مَنْ فَرْعُهُ الفَرْعُ النَّضي
رُcompletion of 'verdant' وَعُودُهُand his wood العودُthe wood النُّضَارُpure gold
رُ وَعُودُهُ العودُ النُّضَارُ
He whose branch is a verdant bough,
A branch whose branch is so fresh
and whose wood is wood of pure gold.
And a stick that is ever erect
بحرُa sea الندىof bounty ذوpossessing راحةٍa palm
بحرُ الندى ذو راحةٍ
تَنْدَىis moist إذاwhen يَبِسَrun dry البِحارthe seas
تَنْدَى إذا يَبِسَ البِحار
A sea of bounty, with a palm
A sea of dew, comforting it is
that is moist when the seas run dry.
When oceans dry, it's still at ease
فيin دوحةٍa spreading tree منfrom هاشمٍHashim
في دوحةٍ من هاشمٍ
أيديthe hands الورىof humankind عنهاto reach it قِصارtoo short
أيدي الورى عنها قِصار
In a spreading tree sprung from Hashim,
In a grove of Hashim
the hands of humankind are too short to reach it.
Where people's hands cannot reach
منfrom حيثُwhere دُرْتُI turned بوصفهin describing him
من حيثُ دُرْتُ بوصفه
فكأَنَّهso it is as though he الفَلَكُthe celestial sphere المُدارset revolving
فكأَنَّه الفَلَكُ المُدار
Whichever way I turn in describing him,
In describing him, from where I began
he seems the celestial sphere set revolving.
He is like the revolving heavens
Sol 6.1