انشاestablished العليّthe Most High بفضلهby his grace دارabode العلىeminence
انشا العليّ بفضله دار العلى
وبمجدهand with his glory وبنصرهand with his aid حلّاهاadorned it
وبمجده وبنصره حلّاها
The Most High, in His grace, built the abode of loftiness,
The Most High, by his grace, established the abode of eminence.
and with His glory and His victory adorned it.
And adorned it with his glory and his aid.
لاno غروwonder انthat هيit جنةgarden المأوىthe refuge التيwhich
لا غرو ان هي جنة المأوى التي
بعليthrough Ali أسعدهاmade it fortunate العليthe Most High هناهاgladdened it
بعلي أسعدها العلي هناها
No wonder if it is the Garden of Refuge, which
No wonder it is the Garden of Refuge, which
the Most High, through ʿAlī, made fortunate and blessed.
The Most High made fortunate through Ali and gladdened.
وببابهاand at its gate بسمتsmiled معالمsigns جودهhis generosity
وببابها بسمت معالم جوده
كرماgenerously وحازتand gained بالبهاthrough splendor مرقاهاits lofty station
كرما وحازت بالبها مرقاها
At its gate, the tokens of his generosity smiled,
And at its gate the signs of his generosity smiled
munificently; through splendor it attained its stairway.
Generously; and through splendor it gained its lofty station.
هيّcome! ادخلواenter (you plural) لادارinto the house المقدسةthe sacred التيwhich
هيّ ادخلوا لادار المقدسة التي
خيرblessing الورىhumankind اضحتit became وماand not سواهاanything besides it
خير الورى اضحت وما سواها
Come, enter the sacred abode, which
Come, enter the sacred house, which
became the home of the best of creation, and of none besides.
Has become humankind's blessing, as no other has.
لاmay ... not زالتcease العلياءeminence تخدمهاserve it ولاnor
لا زالت العلياء تخدمها ولا
زالcease السرورjoy يسيرwalks فيin حجراهاits chambers
زال السرور يسير في حجراها
May exalted glory never cease to serve it, nor
May eminence never cease to serve it, nor
may joy cease to walk through its chambers.
May joy cease to walk within its chambers.
وبداand appeared بمشرقat the dawn سعدهاits good fortune التاريخthe date فيin
وبدا بمشرق سعدها التاريخ في
بيتينtwo couplets منof شعرpoetry حلاgrew sweet مسراهاits passage
بيتين من شعر حلا مسراها
From the rising-place of its fortune, the date appeared in
And at the dawn of its good fortune the date appeared in
two verses of poetry, sweet in their night-course.
Two couplets of poetry; its passage grew sweet.
فيin كلeach شطرhalf-line منهماof the two تاريخهاits date
في كل شطر منهما تاريخها
وبمعجمand in dotted letters وبمهملand in undotted letters يتباهىit glories
وبمعجم وبمهمل يتباهى
In every hemistich of the two lies its date,
In each half-line of the two lies its date,
and it boasts in letters dotted and undotted.
And it glories in dotted and undotted letters.
ثانيهماthe second of the two بالعزّin glory وافىcame ناطقاdeclaring
ثانيهما بالعزّ وافى ناطقا
شرفاan honor لهاto it انthat العليthe Most High انشاهاestablished it
شرفا لها ان العلي انشاها
The second of them came in glory, proclaiming:
The second of the two came in glory, declaring:
“What an honor for it that the Most High built it.”
It is an honor to it that the Most High established it.
دارhouse الهناbliss منthrough عزهاits glory راساhead سمتrose high
دار الهنا من عزها راسا سمت
فرجاًin gladness رقتit ascended أفلحhas prospered منwhoever زكاهاpurified it
فرجاً رقت أفلح من زكاها
An abode of bliss—from its glory it rose, head held high;
The house of bliss, through its glory, raised its head high.
then, in hope, it ascended—fortunate is whoever made it flourish.
In gladness it ascended; he who purified it has prospered.
سمmark عصرthe era الفone thousand ومائتينand two hundred وسابعand the seventh
سم عصر الف ومائتين وسابع
عشرينtwenty فيin فرجjoy الندىbounty مبناهاits edifice
عشرين في فرج الندى مبناها
Mark its era: one thousand, two hundred, and seven—
Mark the era: one thousand two hundred and seven-
and twenty; its building is dated by “Faraj al-Nadā”—“the opening of bounty.”
and-twenty—its edifice amid the joy of bounty.
Sol 6.1