غرستyou planted قديماًlong ago للفنونfor the arts حدائقاًgardens
غرست قديماً للفنون حدائقاً
وواليتهاand you tended them حتىuntil غدتthey became ذاتpossessing أفنانِbranches
وواليتها حتى غدت ذات أفنانِ
Long ago you planted gardens for the arts,
I planted gardens for the arts long ago
and tended them until they grew rich in branches.
And cared for them until they bore blossoms
وماand not أنتyou فيin تدبيرهاtheir management بمقلدٍan imitator at all
وما أنت في تدبيرها بمقلدٍ
بلىindeed فهيfor they are آراءٌjudgments بِوزنٍwith weighing وحسبانِand reckoning
بلى فهي آراءٌ بِوزنٍ وحسبانِ
And you are no imitator in managing them;
You are no imitator in managing them
indeed, they are judgments based on weighing and reckoning.
But have sound views, proportion and reason
حقائقtruths لاnot تعدوoverstep الصوابwhat is right ودونهاand beneath them
حقائق لا تعدو الصواب ودونها
ذكاءintelligence إياسIyas فيin فصاحةeloquence سبحانِSubhan
ذكاء إياس في فصاحة سبحانِ
Truths that never stray from what is right; beneath them lies
Truths that do not go beyond right and wrong
Iyas’s intelligence combined with Subhan’s eloquence.
Wisdom of Luqman in eloquence of the Quran
فهلso is there مكتبٌa primary school فيin مصرEgypt غيركanyone but you شادهbuilt it
فهل مكتبٌ في مصر غيرك شاده
ومدرسةٌand a school ماnot كنتyou were أنتyou لهاfor it البانيthe builder
ومدرسةٌ ما كنت أنت لها الباني
So is there a primary school in Egypt built by anyone but you,
Is there in Egypt a school but yours thriving?
or a school whose builder you were not?
Were you not the builder of this edifice?
إذاwhenever ذكرis mentioned العلمlearning أدُّكِرتَyou are remembered فأنتماfor you two
إذا ذكر العلم أدُّكِرتَ فأنتما
تلازمتماyou two have become inseparable ذهناًin the mind كروحٍlike a soul وجثمانِand a body
تلازمتما ذهناً كروحٍ وجثمانِ
Whenever learning is mentioned, you are remembered; for you two
When knowledge is recalled, you are recalled
have become inseparable in the mind, like soul and body.
For you two are bound, like spirit and flesh
Sol 6.1