أَنْتَyou المُبَشَّرُthe one given glad tidings بِالرِّضْوَانِof divine approval يَاO عُمَرُUmar
أَنْتَ المُبَشَّرُ بِالرِّضْوَانِ يَا عُمَرُ
مَاnot كُنْتَyou were بَيْنَamong الوَرَىhumankind فِيin ذَاكَthat تَفْتَخِرُyou boast
مَا كُنْتَ بَيْنَ الوَرَى فِي ذَاكَ تَفْتَخِرُ
You are the one given glad tidings of divine approval, O Umar.
You never boasted of that among humankind.
فَرَّقْتَyou separated فِيin العَلَنِpublic الضِّدَّيْنِthe two opposites فَافْتَرَقَاso they both parted
فَرَّقْتَ فِي العَلَنِ الضِّدَّيْنِ فَافْتَرَقَا
فَالحَقُّso the truth غَشَّىcovered العُلَاthe heights وَand الكُفْرُdisbelief يَنْدَحِرُis driven back
فَالحَقُّ غَشَّى العُلَا وَ الكُفْرُ يَنْدَحِرُ
You openly separated the two opposites, so they parted.
So truth overspread the heights, while disbelief is driven back.
مَاتَdied الرَّسُولُthe Messenger فَمَنْso whom يَسْتَخْلِفُونَthey appoint as successor لَهُfor him
مَاتَ الرَّسُولُ فَمَنْ يَسْتَخْلِفُونَ لَهُ
لَوْلَاكَbut for you ... ذِيthis فِتْنَةٌstrife كَانَتْwas سَتَسْتَعِرُgoing to flare up
لَوْلَاكَ ... ذِي فِتْنَةٌ كَانَتْ سَتَسْتَعِرُ
The Messenger died—whom would they appoint to succeed him?
But for you... this strife would have flared up.
مَدَدْتَyou extended كَفَّكَyour palm لِلصِّدِّيقِto al-Siddiq تُعْلِنُهَاyou proclaim it
مَدَدْتَ كَفَّكَ لِلصِّدِّيقِ تُعْلِنُهَا
خِلَافَةًa caliphate فَانْطَوَىso subsided فِيin البَيْعَةِthe pledge of allegiance الكَدَرُunease
خِلَافَةً فَانْطَوَى فِي البَيْعَةِ الكَدَرُ
You extended your palm to al-Siddiq, proclaiming it
a caliphate; with the pledge of allegiance, unease thus subsided.
أَحْشَاؤُكُمْyour innards قَرْقَرَتْrumbled عَامَyear of الرَّمَادَةِAshes (al-Ramadah) إِذْwhen
أَحْشَاؤُكُمْ قَرْقَرَتْ عَامَ الرَّمَادَةِ إِذْ
أَعْطَيْتَyou gave حَظَّكَyour share لِلْجَوْعَىto the hungry وَمَنْand those who فَقَرُواwere poor
أَعْطَيْتَ حَظَّكَ لِلْجَوْعَى وَمَنْ فَقَرُوا
Your innards rumbled in the Year of Ashes, when
you gave your share to the hungry and those who were poor.
يَاO فَاتِحَconqueror of المَسْجِدِthe mosque الأَقْصَىal-Aqsa لِغَيْرِكَto anyone but you لَمْnot
يَا فَاتِحَ المَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى لِغَيْرِكَ لَمْ
يُعْطُواthey give مَفَاتِحَهُits keys فِيabout ذَاthis أَتَىcame الخَبَرُthe report
يُعْطُوا مَفَاتِحَهُ فِي ذَا أَتَى الخَبَرُ
O conqueror of al-Aqsa Mosque, to no one else
did they give its keys—so the account has come down.
وَفِيand in التَّرَاوِيحِthe Tarawih prayers وَحَّدْتَyou united الصُّفُوفَthe rows وَذِيand this
وَفِي التَّرَاوِيحِ وَحَّدْتَ الصُّفُوفَ وَذِي
هِيَit التَّرَاوِيحُthe Tarawih prayers حَتَّىuntil الآنَnow تَزْدَهِرُflourishes
هِيَ التَّرَاوِيحُ حَتَّى الآنَ تَزْدَهِرُ
And in Tarawih prayers you united the rows, and this
is Tarawih, flourishing to this day.
وَand النِّيلُthe Nile مِنْfrom بَعْدِمَاafter غَاصَتْsank رِسَالَتُكُمْyour letter
وَ النِّيلُ مِنْ بَعْدِمَا غَاصَتْ رِسَالَتُكُمْ
فِيin قَاعِهِits bed فَرَّfled مِنْهُfrom it الذُّعْرُterror وَand الخَطَرُdanger
فِي قَاعِهِ فَرَّ مِنْهُ الذُّعْرُ وَ الخَطَرُ
And the Nile: after your letter sank
to its bed, terror and danger fled from it.
يَاO أَوَّلَfirst of الأُمَرَاthe commanders نِلْتَyou attained الشَّهَادَةَmartyrdom فِيin
يَا أَوَّلَ الأُمَرَا نِلْتَ الشَّهَادَةَ فِي
بَيْتِthe house of الإِلَهِGod ، وَand أَيْمُI swear by اللهِGod ذَاthis الظَّفَرُtriumph
بَيْتِ الإِلَهِ ، وَ أَيْمُ اللهِ ذَا الظَّفَرُ
O first of the commanders, you attained martyrdom in
the house of God—and, by God, this is triumph.
تَعْلُوsoars above السَّمَاكَيْنِthe two Simak stars وَand الأَفْلَاكِthe celestial spheres سِيَرَتُكُمْyour life story
تَعْلُو السَّمَاكَيْنِ وَ الأَفْلَاكِ سِيَرَتُكُمْ
هَذِيthis الَّتِيwhich قَسَمًاI swear لَمْnot تَعْلُهَاsurpass it سِيَرُlife stories
هَذِي الَّتِي قَسَمًا لَمْ تَعْلُهَا سِيَرُ
Your life story soars above the two Simak stars and the celestial spheres—
this one, which, I swear, no other life stories have surpassed.
Sol 6.1