وَلَقَدAnd indeed بَكَيتُI wept وَعَزَّand was grievous مَهلِكُthe death of جَعفَرٍJa‘far
وَلَقَد بَكَيتُ وَعَزَّ مَهلِكُ جَعفَرٍ
حُبَّthe beloved of النَبِيِّthe Prophet عَلىupon البَرِيَّةِhumankind كُلِّهاall of it
حُبَّ النَبِيِّ عَلى البَرِيَّةِ كُلِّها
And indeed I wept; grievous was the death of Ja‘far—
I wept and the death of Ja'far was momentous
the Prophet’s beloved—to all humankind.
Love of the Prophet over all the creation
وَلَقَدAnd indeed جَزِعتُI grieved deeply وَقُلتُand I said حينَwhen نُعيتَyour death was announced ليto me
وَلَقَد جَزِعتُ وَقُلتُ حينَ نُعيتَ لي
مَنWho لِلجَلادِfor sword-combat لَدىbeside العُقابِthe Eagle banner وَظِلِّهاand its shade
مَن لِلجَلادِ لَدى العُقابِ وَظِلِّها
And indeed I grieved deeply, and said when your death was announced to me:
And I was distraught when you were announced dead to me
Who will take up combat beside the Eagle banner and its shade,
Who can face the executioner and its shadows
بِالبيضِwith bright swords حينَwhen تُسَلُّthey are drawn مِنfrom أَغمادِهاtheir sheaths
بِالبيضِ حينَ تُسَلُّ مِن أَغمادِها
يَوماًon a day وَإِنهالِand giving a first drink to الرِماحِthe spears وَعَلِّهاand giving them a second drink
يَوماً وَإِنهالِ الرِماحِ وَعَلِّها
with bright swords when drawn from their sheaths,
With the swords when they are unsheathed from their scabbards
one day, and give the spears their first drink and their second,
A day when the spears collide and excel each other
بَعدَafter اِبنِthe son of فاطِمَةَFatimah المُبارَكِthe blessed جَعفَرٍJa‘far
بَعدَ اِبنِ فاطِمَةَ المُبارَكِ جَعفَرٍ
خَيرَthe best of البَرِيَّةِhumankind كُلِّهاall of it وَأَجَلِّهاand its greatest
خَيرَ البَرِيَّةِ كُلِّها وَأَجَلِّها
after blessed Ja‘far, the son of Fatimah—
After the son of Fatima the Blessed, Ja'far
the best of all humankind, and its greatest
The best of all creation and its most majestic
رُزءًas a loss وَأَكرَمِهاand the noblest of them جَميعاًall together مُحتِداًin lineage
رُزءً وَأَكرَمِها جَميعاً مُحتِداً
وَأَعَزِّهاand the mightiest of them مُتَظَلِّماًwhen seeking redress وَأَذَلَّهاand the humblest of them
وَأَعَزِّها مُتَظَلِّماً وَأَذَلَّها
loss; and the noblest of them all in lineage;
Derided and the most generous of them, united
and the mightiest when seeking redress, and the humblest
And the proudest, most wronged, and most humiliated
لِلحَقِّbefore what is right حينَwhen يَنوبُit arises غَيرَwithout تَنَحُّلٍlaying claim
لِلحَقِّ حينَ يَنوبُ غَيرَ تَنَحُّلٍ
كَذِباًfalsely وَأَغمَرِهاand the most bountiful of them يَداًof hand وَأَقَلَّهاand the least of them
كَذِباً وَأَغمَرِها يَداً وَأَقَلَّها
before what is right when it arises, without laying claim
For the truth when the untrustworthy take turns
falsely; and the most open-handed, and the least
Falsely and overwhelmingly and minimally
فُحشاًin indecency وَأَكثَرِهاand the most abundant of them إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle تُجتَدىis asked for gifts
فُحشاً وَأَكثَرِها إِذا ما تُجتَدى
فَضلاًin bounty وَأَبذَلِهاand the most liberal of them نَدىًin generosity وَأَدَلَّهاand the best guide among them
فَضلاً وَأَبذَلِها نَدىً وَأَدَلَّها
indecent; and the most abundant, when asked,
Obscenely and the most chaste when she is assaulted
in bounty; and the freest with largesse, and the best guide
With merit and who expends the most clouds and rain
عَالخَيرِto goodness بَعدَafter مُحَمَّدٍMuhammad لاno شِبهُهُhis equal
عَالخَيرِ بَعدَ مُحَمَّدٍ لا شِبهُهُ
بَشَرٌa mortal يُعَدُّis counted مِنَamong البَرِيَّةِhumankind جُلِّهاthe greater part of it
بَشَرٌ يُعَدُّ مِنَ البَرِيَّةِ جُلِّها
to goodness, after Muhammad; no equal of his
The best after Muhammad, no human resembles him
is counted among the great mass of humankind?
Considered from all the cream of creation
Sol 6.1