ياO هماماًnoble man لفضلِهto his excellence
يا هماماً لفضلِه
يشهدُbears witness السمعhearing والبصرand sight
يشهدُ السمع والبصر
O noble man, to whose excellence
O source of nobility
hearing and sight bear witness.
Hearing and sight testify
كلُّevery معنًىquality مهذَّبٌrefined
كلُّ معنًى مهذَّبٌ
منamong معانيكyour qualities مبتكرoriginal
من معانيك مبتكر
Every refined quality
Each refined meaning
among your qualities is original.
Is innovated from your meanings
أنتَyou للفضلِfor excellence روحُهits soul
أنتَ للفضلِ روحُه
وجميعُand all الورىhumankind صورforms
وجميعُ الورى صور
You are the soul of excellence,
You are the soul of virtue
and all humankind are forms.
And the forms of all creation
وكذاand likewise أنتَyou للزماfor Time (word continues)
وكذا أنتَ للزما
نcompletes the Arabic word for Time مقيلٌone who lifts it up إذاwhen عثرit stumbles
ن مقيلٌ إذا عثر
And likewise, you are for Time
And so you are for time
one who lifts it up when it stumbles.
A support when it stumbles
فاقبلنَso do accept عذرَthe excuse منone who أساdid wrong
فاقبلنَ عذرَ من أسا
ماnot مسيءٌa wrongdoer منone who اعتذرapologized
ما مسيءٌ من اعتذر
So do accept the excuse of one who has done wrong;
So accept the apology of one who has
one who apologizes is no wrongdoer.
Wronged, when he apologizes
Sol 6.1