بوركتblessed be طلعتُكyour countenance الغرّاءُradiant ياO
بوركت طلعتُك الغرّاءُ يا
قمراًa moon فيin فلكِthe firmament of العلياءِeminence مُفردpeerless
قمراً في فلكِ العلياءِ مُفرد
Blessed be your radiant countenance, O
Your radiant dawn was blessed, oh
moon, peerless in the firmament of eminence.
Unique moon in the orbit of the eminent
أنتyou ريحانةُa sprig of sweet basil فضلٍexcellence لاnot أرىI see
أنت ريحانةُ فضلٍ لا أرى
مثلَthe like of ريّاهاits fragrance بهذاin this العصرِage يوجدis found
مثلَ ريّاها بهذا العصرِ يوجد
You are excellence's sweet basil; I see no
You are the sweet basil of superior virtue, I do not
match for its fragrance to be found in this age.
See the like of its plentiful irrigatedness in this age exist
لكfor you ذكرٌrenown نشرُهits spreading يهديbestows شذاًfragrance
لك ذكرٌ نشرُه يهدي شذاً
فيهin it أنفاسُthe breaths of النسيمِthe breeze الغضِّfresh تشهدbear witness
فيه أنفاسُ النسيمِ الغضِّ تشهد
You have renown whose spreading bestows a fragrance,
For you is a mention, spreading it perfumes
in which the breaths of the fresh breeze bear witness;
In it the breaths of the soft breeze bear witness
ولسانٌand a tongue فيin القضاياdisputes ذَربٌincisive
ولسانٌ في القضايا ذَربٌ
ينطِقُpronounces الفصلَdecisive judgment إذاwhen الفصلُdecisive judgment تَردَّدwavers
ينطِقُ الفصلَ إذا الفصلُ تَردَّد
and a tongue, incisive in disputes,
And a tongue in matters a piercing blade
that pronounces judgment when judgment wavers;
That speaks the verdict when the verdict is pondered
وبيانٌand eloquence لوif يُجاريwere to rival سحرُهُits magic
وبيانٌ لو يُجاري سحرُهُ
سحرَthe magic of هاروتَHarut وماروتَand Marut لبلَّدwould render dull
سحرَ هاروتَ وماروتَ لبلَّد
and eloquence whose magic, were it to rival
And an eloquence, if it were to compete with its sorcery
the magic of Harut and Marut, would render it dull.
It would match the sorcery of Harut and Marut
عُقدُthe knots of الألبابِminds تنحلُّcome undone بهthrough it
عُقدُ الألبابِ تنحلُّ به
وبهand through it ينتظِمُfalls into order الأمرُthe matter فيُعقدand so is bound
وبه ينتظِمُ الأمرُ فيُعقد
The knots of minds come undone through it,
By it the knots of intellects are unraveled
and through it the matter falls into order and is bound fast.
And by it the matter is organized, so it is knotted
Sol 6.1