تهنrejoice بأعيادin festivals غداhas become بكthrough you فخرهاtheir glory
تهن بأعياد غدا بك فخرها
وسارand traveled مسيرthe course of النجمthe star باسمكin your name ذكرهاtheir fame
وسار مسير النجم باسمك ذكرها
Rejoice in festivals that now owe their glory to you,
Its days rejoice tomorrow in your pride,
and whose fame has traveled the star's course in your name.
And your name's mention has proceeded like a star's course.
فلوso if يستطيعcould الدهرTime جاءwould come مهنئاًoffering congratulations
فلو يستطيع الدهر جاء مهنئاً
بأيامon days سعدgood fortune أعقبfollowed الصومthe fast فطرهاtheir breaking of the fast
بأيام سعد أعقب الصوم فطرها
If Time could, it would come offering congratulations
If time could, it would come congratulating
on days of good fortune whose feast has followed the fast.
The happy days of Eid that broke its fast.
تولتhave passed لياليthe nights of الصومfasting يثنيpraises لسانهاtheir tongue
تولت ليالي الصوم يثني لسانها
عليكupon you بأعمالfor deeds يسركdelights you أجرهاtheir reward
عليك بأعمال يسرك أجرها
The nights of fasting have passed, their tongue praising
The nights of fasting turned their tongues
you for deeds whose reward delights you.
To praise you for acts that made your reward easy.
وأشرقand shone فيهاwithin them منfrom صباحهits morning light وجهكyour face الthe (word fragment)
وأشرق فيها من صباحه وجهك ال
كريمnoble صباحa dawn نابstood in إذwhen غابwas absent فجرهاtheir daybreak
كريم صباح ناب إذ غاب فجرها
And in them your face shone with its morning light—the
And your generous face shone in them
noble dawn that stood in when their daybreak was absent.
Like the dawn's sun when its light rose.
فماso no ليلةnight منهاamong them يحيقovertakes محاقهاits moonless phase
فما ليلة منها يحيق محاقها
ببدرupon the full moon الدجىdarkness إلاexcept that ووجهكand your face بدرهاits full moon
ببدر الدجى إلا ووجهك بدرها
So there is no night among them whose waning overtakes
No night advanced its darkness
the full moon of darkness without your face being its full moon.
With the full moon except your face was its moon.
ألمhave you not ترهseen it يدعىis called بنعتكby your epithet كلماwhenever
ألم تره يدعى بنعتك كلما
مضتhave passed أربعfour منهاof them تقدمpreceded عشرهاten of them
مضت أربع منها تقدم عشرها
Have you not seen it called by your epithet whenever
Did you not see it called with your attributes whenever
four of those nights have passed, preceded by ten?
Four of them passed and ten preceded them?
ولوand if أنthat أيامthe days of الأهلةthe crescents أوتيتwere granted
ولو أن أيام الأهلة أوتيت
كماas لكfor you لمwould not يختصbe singled out بالنقصfor waning شطرهاhalf of them
كما لك لم يختص بالنقص شطرها
And had the days of the crescents been endowed
Had the crescent days been given me
as you are, half of them would not be singled out for waning.
As you have, their halves would know no deficit.
وناسبتand you matched بالإحسانwith beneficence حسنكyour beauty فاستوتso they became equal
وناسبت بالإحسان حسنك فاستوت
لناfor us منكfrom you أخبارreports of المعاليlofty deeds وخبرهاand experience of them
لنا منك أخبار المعالي وخبرها
You matched your beauty with beneficence, so these became alike:
And matched your beauty good deeds, so there resulted
for us, reports of your lofty deeds and firsthand experience of them.
For us your sublime news and its reports.
وفيand in كلeach تُجتلىis revealed منكof yours شيمةa character trait
وفي كل تُجتلى منك شيمة
يبشرbrings glad tidings to آمالthe hopes of الورىhumankind منكfrom you يسرهاits ease
يبشر آمال الورى منك يسرها
And at every turn a trait of yours is revealed,
In each is revealed a trait of yours
whose ease brings humankind's hopes glad tidings from you.
That gives hope to the hopes of creation through your ease.
لئنif indeed كانthere were للأيامbelonging to the days ذنبa sin نعدهwe reckon it
لئن كان للأيام ذنب نعده
فأيامكthen your days الحسنىthe fairest منfor الذنبthe sin عذرهاtheir excuse
فأيامك الحسنى من الذنب عذرها
If indeed the days have a sin that we reckon against them,
If the days have a fault that we reckon,
then your fair days are their excuse for that sin.
Your good days have from the fault an excuse.
وقدand indeed كانhad been ملقاهاtheir greeting عبوساًsullen فأصبحتthen they became
وقد كان ملقاها عبوساً فأصبحت
يهشbeams محياهاtheir countenance ويبسمand smiles ثغرهاtheir mouth
يهش محياها ويبسم ثغرها
And their greeting was once sullen; now
Meeting them was frowning, but they became
their face beams and their mouth smiles.
Laughing in welcome, smiling of face.
كفلتyou secured لهاfor them ياO بنson of الكفيلal-Kafil (the guarantor) بصولةwith might
كفلت لها يا بن الكفيل بصولة
يدينsubmits لهاto it سهلthe smooth part of الخطوبthe trials ووعرهاand their rugged part
يدين لها سهل الخطوب ووعرها
You have secured them, O son of al-Kafil, with power
You guaranteed for them, O son of guarantors, with firmness
to which trials, smooth and rugged alike, submit.
That the smooth and rough roads would be indebted to them.
وقدand indeed علمتhas learned أمthe mother of الوزارةthe vizierate والعلىand high rank
وقد علمت أم الوزارة والعلى
علىdespite كثرةthe multitude of الأبناءthe sons أنكthat you are بكرهاher firstborn
على كثرة الأبناء أنك بكرها
And the mother of the vizierate and high rank knows,
The ministry and the high station knew,
despite her many sons, that you are her firstborn,
Despite the many sons, that you are her first‐born,
وأنand that اسمكyour name المشتقderived منfrom شدstrengthening أزرهاher back
وأن اسمك المشتق من شد أزرها
إذاwhen اشتقis derived منfrom أسماءthe names of غيركothers than you وزرهاher burden
إذا اشتق من أسماء غيرك وزرها
and that your name derives from strengthening her back,
That your name derived from helping its loins,
while her burden derives from the names of others.
If derived from other names besides yours, would shame them.
Sol 6.1