بنَقْلكwith your transfer يزهوshines الهناءjoy الجميلْbeautiful
بنَقْلك يزهو الهناء الجميلْ
وماand nothing لكfor you إلاّexcept المَقامَthe station الجليلْexalted
وما لك إلاّ المَقامَ الجليلْ
With your transfer, beautiful joy shines.
Through your transfer, glory and beauty flourish,
And yours is only an exalted station.
You deserve nothing but the highest station,
وماand nothing لكfor you إلاّexcept طريقthe path of الترقيّadvancement
وما لك إلاّ طريق الترقيّ
وحزمٌand prudence وعزمٌand resolve ورأيٌand judgment أصيلْsound
وحزمٌ وعزمٌ ورأيٌ أصيلْ
And yours is only the path of advancement,
You deserve nothing but the path of ascension,
And prudence, resolve, and sound judgment.
With wisdom, determination, and sound judgement.
وإنيand indeed I أهنيّI congratulate وباعيand my reach قصيرshort
وإني أهنيّ وباعي قصير
وكلُّand every كلامٍword لديَّat my disposal قليلْscant
وكلُّ كلامٍ لديَّ قليلْ
And indeed I offer congratulations, though my reach is short,
I congratulate, though my words fall short,
And all the words I have are scant.
For all speech from me is little.
فياso O بَيْكBey حفنيHafni وياand O ناصفاًNasif
فيا بَيْك حفني ويا ناصفاً
ليَfor me العجزinability عذرٌan excuse فكيفso how السبيلthe way
ليَ العجز عذرٌ فكيف السبيل
So, O Hafni Bey, and O Nasif,
O Bayk, embrace me, though I'm undeserving,
My inability is my excuse—so how am I to proceed?
For incapacity is my excuse, what else can I do?
ولكنand yet أنَبْتُI deputized لسانَthe tongue of المعاليlofty honors
ولكن أنَبْتُ لسانَ المعالي
لتلكfor those التهانيcongratulations لمجدٍfor glory أثيلْdeep-rooted
لتلك التهاني لمجدٍ أثيلْ
But I made the tongue of lofty honors my deputy,
Yet I summoned the tongue of praise,
For those congratulations on a deep-rooted glory.
For those congratulations to enduring glory,
فنادَىthen it called out وحيَّاand it greeted وقالand it said يؤرخْit marks the date
فنادَى وحيَّا وقال يؤرخْ
بأسيوطَin Asyut شرَّفتyou brought honor نعمَhow excellent الوكيلْthe deputy
بأسيوطَ شرَّفت نعمَ الوكيلْ
Then it called out, offered greetings, and said, marking the date:
So it called out, greeted, and chronicled:
In Asyut you brought honor—what an excellent deputy!
“Asyut, you have honored a noble deputy.”
Sol 6.1