طلَعَrose الفجرُthe dawn لَعَمْريby my life
طلَعَ الفجرُ لَعَمْري
وأَخوand the brother of النَّومِsleep بنوْمِهْin his slumber
وأَخو النَّومِ بنوْمِهْ
Dawn has risen, by my life,
The dawn has risen, by my life,
And sleep’s brother is in his slumber.
And the brother of sleep with his slumber.
نبَّهوهُthey roused him أَيْقَظوهُthey awakened him
نبَّهوهُ أَيْقَظوهُ
راحَdeparted منهُfrom him فجرُthe dawn of يوْمِهْhis day
راحَ منهُ فجرُ يوْمِهْ
They roused him; they awakened him.
They woke him up, awakened him,
The dawn of his day has passed him by.
So the dawn of his day departed from him.
لوif رَآهُhe saw it لحَماهُwould have protected him
لو رَآهُ لحَماهُ
نورُهُits light منfrom طَمْسِblinding لومِهْhis reproach
نورُهُ من طَمْسِ لومِهْ
Had he seen it, he would have been protected
Had it seen him, it would have protected him
By its light from the blinding force of his reproach.
With its light from the blemish of blame.
وجَلاand revealed فيin مَعانيthe meanings of
وجَلا في مَعاني
حجِّهِhis pilgrimage حكْماًwisdom وصَومِهْand his fasting
حجِّهِ حكْماً وصَومِهْ
And it revealed, in the meanings
And it rose up in wise meanings
Of his pilgrimage and fasting, wisdom.
Pilgrimage and fasting.
كالنَّبيِّlike the Prophet الشَّيخُthe shaykh لوif حقَّfirst part of ‘you ascertained’
كالنَّبيِّ الشَّيخُ لو حقَّ
قْتَcompletion of ‘you ascertained’ ياO هذاyou there بقَومِهْamong his people
قْتَ يا هذا بقَومِهْ
The shaykh is like the Prophet, if you were to
Like the aged prophet, had you been true
Ascertain it, you there, among his people.
O this one, to your people.
Sol 6.1