مِنamong صِفاتِqualities الكَرِيمِthe noble man سِتْرُcovering; protecting الحَريِمِthe womenfolk
مِن صِفاتِ الكَرِيمِ سِتْرُ الحَريِمِ
فَلَكَso, for you اللَّهُGod مِنas a جَوادٍgenerous giver كَريمِnoble
فَلَكَ اللَّهُ مِن جَوادٍ كَريمِ
Among a noble man's virtues is covering the womenfolk.
A noble man's trait is to guard the inviolable
God be with you—what a generous, noble giver!
So may Allah reward you, O generous soul
شَدَّstrengthened أَزْرِيmy back وَصانَand protected أَهليmy family إزارٌa wrap
شَدَّ أَزْرِي وَصانَ أَهلي إزارٌ
كَسَجاياكَlike your innate qualities رَقَّwas soft أَوor كالنَّسيمِlike the breeze
كَسَجاياكَ رَقَّ أَو كالنَّسيمِ
A wrap strengthened my back and sheltered my family,
You have strengthened my resolve and protected my family's honor
soft as your nature, or as the breeze.
With qualities as delicate as silk or a gentle breeze
أَرسلْتُهُI sent it (context indicates: your hands sent it) إليَّto me بِيضُwhite أَيادِيhands; favors
أَرسلْتُهُ إليَّ بِيضُ أَيادِي
كَyour (suffix completing 'your hands') فَجَلَّىand so dispelled سَوادَdarkness حَظّيmy lot البَهِيمِpitch-black
كَ فَجَلَّى سَوادَ حَظّي البَهِيمِ
It was sent to me by the white hands
You have sent to me with hands white as pearls
of yours, and dispelled the pitch-black darkness of my lot.
Dispelling the darkness of my wretched fortune
وَأَتانيand it came to me وَماand not سَأَلْتُI asked ولاnor استَسْقَsought rain (word continues)
وَأَتاني وَما سَأَلْتُ ولا استَسْقَ
يْتُI (ending completing 'I sought rain') جُوداًbounty هذِيthese صِفاتُqualities الغُيُومِthe clouds
يْتُ جُوداً هذِي صِفاتُ الغُيُومِ
And it came to me, though I had neither asked nor sought
You have come to me unbidden, neither asking nor seeking
a rain of bounty—such are the qualities of clouds.
Such generosity, these are the traits of rain clouds
Sol 6.1