أهديI offer إليكَto you أخاO brother of الفخارglory تحيَّةًa greeting
أهدي إليكَ أخا الفخار تحيَّةً
رقَّتْwas delicate كرقَّةlike the delicacy of طبعكَyour nature الشفَّافِlimpid
رقَّتْ كرقَّة طبعكَ الشفَّافِ
I offer you, brother of glory, a greeting
As delicate as your own limpid nature.
وافتكَit came to you تحسبُyou would think أنَّهاthat it was داريةٌa perfumer
وافتكَ تحسبُ أنَّها داريةٌ
حملتْit carried شذاكَyour fragrance لأنفكto your nose المستافِscenting
حملتْ شذاكَ لأنفك المستافِ
It came to you—you would think it a perfumer—
Bringing your fragrance to your scenting nose.
وفدarrived السرورُjoy بهاwith it لتهنئةto congratulate العُلىeminence
وفد السرورُ بها لتهنئة العُلى
فيماconcerning what حبيتَyou were endowed بهwith it منof الألطافِgracious favors
فيما حبيتَ به من الألطافِ
Joy came with it to congratulate your high estate
On the gracious favors bestowed upon you.
أنتyou الذيthe one who عكفَabided devotedly الثناءُpraise بربعهat his abode
أنت الذي عكفَ الثناءُ بربعه
وأطافَand circled فيهwithin it الحمدُacclaim أيّwhat a مطافِcircling
وأطافَ فيه الحمدُ أيّ مطافِ
You are he at whose abode praise has lingered,
And there acclaim has circled in such wondrous rounds.
شهدتْbore witness لكfor you الفيحاءُal-Fayha أنَّكthat you زدتهاincreased her
شهدتْ لك الفيحاءُ أنَّك زدتها
شرفاًin honor لأنَّكbecause you are صفوةُthe choicest of الأشرافِthe noble
شرفاً لأنَّك صفوةُ الأشرافِ
Al-Fayha bears witness that you have increased her
In honor, for you are the choicest of the noble.
وبهاand in her لكto you انتهتultimately came الرياسةleadership كلُّهاall of it
وبها لك انتهت الرياسة كلُّها
فرفلتْso she swept proudly along فيin حبراتهاher striped robes الأفوافِfine-textured
فرفلتْ في حبراتها الأفوافِ
And in her all leadership has come to you,
So she swept proudly along in her fine, striped robes.
وبهاand in her قدمتَyou arrived فكانَso it was أيمنُthe most auspicious مقدمٍarrival
وبها قدمتَ فكانَ أيمنُ مقدمٍ
طرقَcame upon العداةthe foes بمرغمwith what grinds into dust الآنافِthe noses
طرقَ العداة بمرغم الآنافِ
And you came to her: yours was the most auspicious arrival,
That struck your foes, grinding their noses in the dust.
كانتthere were أمانيhopes أنفسٍsouls مكذوبةٍdeluded
كانت أماني أنفسٍ مكذوبةٍ
دعتdrove الحسودthe envious man لقلَّةto a lack of الأنصافِfairness
دعت الحسود لقلَّة الأنصافِ
There were hopes harbored by deluded souls
That drove the envious man to a lack of fairness.
Sol 6.1