وَصَلarrived الكتابُthe letter فكانand so was موقعُthe effect of قُرْبِهits nearness
وَصَل الكتابُ فكان موقعُ قُرْبِه
منيon me مواقعَthe effects of أَوْجُهِthe faces of الأحبابِthe loved ones
مني مواقعَ أَوْجُهِ الأحبابِ
The letter arrived, and the effect of its nearness
On me was like that of loved ones’ faces.
فكأنهso it was as though it أهدىbestowed أَجلَّthe greatest of مآربيmy wishes
فكأنه أهدى أَجلَّ مآربي
حتىeven لقاءَكmeeting you ثمthen عصرَthe days of شبابيmy youth
حتى لقاءَك ثم عصرَ شبابي
So it was as though it granted my greatest wishes—
Even meeting you, and then the days of my youth.
وقرأتُهand I read it وفهمتُand I understood ماwhat فيهin it فياand O
وقرأتُه وفهمتُ ما فيه فيا
للهto God (in wonder) ماwhat يَحْوِيهِit contains it منof آدابliterary graces
لله ما يَحْوِيهِ من آداب
And I read it and understood what was in it—O
God, what literary graces it contains!
فجزالةُfor the forceful eloquence of العلماءِthe scholars فيin أثنائهits contents
فجزالةُ العلماءِ في أثنائه
ممزوجةٌmingled بحلاوةِwith the sweetness of الكتّابthe writers
ممزوجةٌ بحلاوةِ الكتّاب
For the scholars’ forceful eloquence within it
Is mingled with the sweetness of writers.
Sol 6.1