ياO حليةornament الآدابletters فيin
يا حلية الآداب في
شعرpoetry ابنson of تركTurk باهيtake pride
شعر ابن ترك باهي
O ornament of letters, in
Gentle beauty of literature
Ibn Turk’s poetry take pride!
In the splendid verse of Ibn Turk
بلغattained المحامدpraises والثناand acclaim
بلغ المحامد والثنا
منfrom غرthe choicest ماwhat استشباهlikening (unclear here)
من غر ما استشباه
He attained praises and acclaim
Reaching the heights of praise and glory
from the choicest likenesses [wording unclear].
With peerless eloquence
وروىand recounted نقولاNicola عنof سناradiance
وروى نقولا عن سنا
آدبmost refined نظمverse زاهيresplendent
آدب نظم زاهي
And Nicola told of the radiance
And narrating graceful words
of the most refined, resplendent verse.
Of refined, radiant composition
ولذاكand for that reason لماwhen فاقhe surpassed فيin
ولذاك لما فاق في
الأوصافqualities كلevery مضاهيrival
الأوصاف كل مضاهي
And so, when he surpassed, in
Thus when he surpassed
qualities, every rival,
All other descripters
كتبinscribed العذارcheek-down مؤرخاgiving a chronogram
كتب العذار مؤرخا
سطراa line لفضلfor merit باهيresplendent
سطرا لفضل باهي
the down on his cheeks inscribed, as a chronogram,
Al-Udhari recorded
a line for resplendent merit.
A line extolling his sublime merit
Sol 6.1