سلامٌa greeting برقَّتهin its tenderness قدindeed حكىmirrored
سلامٌ برقَّته قد حكى
ونفسكby your soul رقَّةgentleness أخلاقِهاits character
ونفسك رقَّة أخلاقِها
A greeting that, in its tenderness, has mirrored—
His greeting's tenderness has told tales,
by your soul!—the gentleness of its character.
And your soul's tenderness, its morals.
حباكbestowed upon you بهwith it مغرمٌan enamored one أحكمتmade firm
حباك به مغرمٌ أحكمت
مودَّتهhis affection صدقthe sincerity of ميثاقِهاits pledge
مودَّته صدق ميثاقِها
An enamored one bestowed it on you; made firm
Love for him has made you fall passionately,
by his affection was the sincerity of its pledge.
His affection's sincerity, its covenant.
ترفُّflutter بمهجتهwithin his heart دائماًalways
ترفُّ بمهجته دائماً
إليكtoward you نوازعstirrings of أشواقِهاits longings
إليك نوازع أشواقِها
Forever flutter within his heart
With his love you're always graced,
toward you the stirrings of its longings.
To you, the longings of his passions.
رآكَhe saw you تفرَّعتyou had branched منfrom دوحةٍa spreading tree
رآكَ تفرَّعت من دوحةٍ
زكاflourished فيin العُلىthe heights of glory طيبthe nobility of أعراقِهاits roots
زكا في العُلى طيب أعراقِها
He saw that you had branched from a spreading tree,
He saw you flourishing from a palm tree,
whose noble roots flourished in the heights of glory.
Ripe in the heights, your ancestry noble.
وأيكةand the grove مجدكَyour glory قدindeed غرَّدتْwarbled
وأيكة مجدكَ قد غرَّدتْ
حمامُdoves الثناءpraise علىupon ساقِهاits trunk
حمامُ الثناء على ساقِها
And in the grove of your glory have warbled
And your glory's nest has sung melodiously,
the doves of praise upon its trunk.
The pigeon of praise on its branch.
وغرُّand the radiant مساعيكَyour endeavors فيin المكرماتnoble deeds
وغرُّ مساعيكَ في المكرمات
تطولstand tall بزينةwith the adornment of أعناقِهاtheir necks
تطول بزينة أعناقِها
And your radiant endeavors in noble deeds
And the striving of your endeavors in generosity,
stand tall with adornment about their necks.
Lengthens with the adornment of its necks.
وفخركand your glory لمdid not تحكmatch شمسُthe sun of السماthe sky
وفخرك لم تحك شمسُ السما
سناهits radiance بباهرwith the brilliance of إشراقِهاits shining
سناه بباهر إشراقِها
And your glory—the sun in the sky has not matched
And your pride, the sun of the sky has not told,
its radiance with its dazzling brilliance.
Its radiance with brilliant rising.
فأهديso I offer كأخلاقكlike your virtues الزاهراتthe radiant ones
فأهدي كأخلاقك الزاهرات
إليكto you تحيَّةa greeting مشتاقِهاone who longs for them
إليك تحيَّة مشتاقِها
So I offer, like your radiant virtues,
So I present to you, like your blooming morals,
to you a greeting from one who longs for them.
A greeting from one who longs.
Sol 6.1