وروضةٍand a garden زاهرةٍblooming
وروضةٍ زاهرةٍ
منَof اللُّجَيْنِsilver والذَّهبْand gold
منَ اللُّجَيْنِ والذَّهبْ
And a garden in bloom,
A garden blooming
of silver and gold—
With pearls and gold
لكنَّهاbut it ماnot نبتتْsprouted
لكنَّها ما نبتتْ
فيin الأصلthe beginning إلاexcept باللَّهبْthrough flame
في الأصل إلا باللَّهبْ
yet it did not sprout
Yet it was born
in the beginning except through flame.
Only by fire's mold
انظرlook إلىat صنعتهاits craftsmanship
انظر إلى صنعتها
فكلُّfor everything ماthat فيهاis in it عَجَبis a marvel
فكلُّ ما فيها عَجَب
Look at its craftsmanship:
Look at its making
for everything in it is a marvel.
Each part a wonder
كأنماas though عُطارِدٌMercury
كأنما عُطارِدٌ
أَحْكَمperfected فيهاin it ماwhat ضَرَبhe stamped
أَحْكَم فيها ما ضَرَب
As though Mercury
As if a hunter
had perfected what he stamped upon it;
Set every feature
كأنماas though ابنُIbn (son of) مُقْلةٍMuqla
كأنما ابنُ مُقْلةٍ
حَرَّرcarefully penned فيهاupon it ماwhat كَتَبْhe wrote
حَرَّر فيها ما كَتَبْ
as though Ibn Muqla
As if Ibn Muqla's son
had carefully penned upon it what he wrote.
Inscribed all its scripture
أوْدَعهاplaced within it نَقّاشُهاits engraver
أوْدَعها نَقّاشُها
لكلِّfor every عينeye ماwhat تُحِبّit loves
لكلِّ عين ما تُحِبّ
Its engraver placed within it
Its artisan placed
what every eye loves.
For every eye what it covets
فهْيَfor it is كوجهٍlike a face حَسَنٍbeautiful
فهْيَ كوجهٍ حَسَنٍ
إذاwhen تَبَدَّىit appears لُمحِبّto a lover
إذا تَبَدَّى لُمحِبّ
For it is like a beautiful face
It's like a lovely face
when it appears to a lover,
When displayed for its lover
منfrom بعدِafter صَدٍّrebuff واجتناand avoidance (first part)
من بعدِ صَدٍّ واجتنا
بcompletion of 'avoidance' وافتراقٍand separation وغضبْand anger
ب وافتراقٍ وغضبْ
after rebuff and avoidance,
After estrangement and quarrel
and separation and anger.
Parting and rage
منسوبةٌattributed للصينِto China لbut (first part)
منسوبةٌ للصينِ ل
كنْcompletion of 'but' نُتِجتwas produced بينamong العربthe Arabs
كنْ نُتِجت بين العرب
Attributed to China, but
Though said to be Chinese
produced among the Arabs.
It was made among Arabs
أخْلَصهاpurified it السَّبْكُcasting فماso no
أخْلَصها السَّبْكُ فما
فيهاin it منof الغشadulteration نَدَبblemish
فيها من الغش نَدَب
Casting purified it; there is no
Its metalwork's sincerity
blemish of adulteration in it.
Has no flaw or dross
مثلُlike غَديرٍa pool قدalready صَفاbecame clear
مثلُ غَديرٍ قد صَفا
وراقand became lovely ماlocative particle بينbetween الكُثُبthe dunes
وراق ما بين الكُثُب
Like a pool that has grown clear
Like a pool that's cleared
and lovely amid the dunes.
Flowing between the rocks
جاءتْcame بهاwith it سعادةgood fortune الal- (the)
جاءتْ بها سعادة ال
أفضلِAfdal (most excellent) حَسْبَaccording to ماwhat طلبhe requested
أفضلِ حَسْبَ ما طلب
It was brought by the good fortune of al-
It came with the fortune
Afdal, just as he requested.
Of one of the best lineage
لوif لمnot يَصُغْهاfashioned it صائغa goldsmith
لو لم يَصُغْها صائغ
تكَّونتْit would have taken shape بلاwithout تَعَبtoil
تكَّونتْ بلا تَعَب
Had no goldsmith fashioned it,
Had a smith not cast it
it would have taken shape without toil.
It would be made with no toil
Sol 6.1