حَظُّthe share الكريمِof the noble man وَإِنand even if تطاولَgrows long عُمرُهhis life
حَظُّ الكريمِ وَإِن تطاولَ عُمرُه
ذِكرٌrenown يَفُوزُhe wins بهِthrough it معwith الأَيّامِthe days
ذِكرٌ يَفُوزُ بهِ مع الأَيّامِ
The noble man's share, however long his life may be,
is renown he wins with the passing days.
يَبقىit endures مَعَwith التَّقوىpiety وَيَخلُدُand lives forever بَعدَهُafter him
يَبقى مَعَ التَّقوى وَيَخلُدُ بَعدَهُ
وَحَياتُهand his life حُلُمٌa dream مِنَamong الأَحلامِdreams
وَحَياتُه حُلُمٌ مِنَ الأَحلامِ
It endures with piety and lives on forever after him,
while his life is a dream among dreams.
وَلئِنand even if تَجانَفَتِturned away العُلاglory عنfrom مَعشَرٍa people
وَلئِن تَجانَفَتِ العُلا عن مَعشَرٍ
فَلَشدَّthen how strongly ماan emphatic particle جَنَحتit inclined إِلىtoward ابنِson of هِشامِHisham
فَلَشدَّ ما جَنَحت إِلى ابنِ هِشامِ
And though glory has turned away from a people,
yet how strongly it has inclined toward Ibn Hisham!
أَلقىimparted إليهِto him العِلمُknowledge مِنfrom أَفلاذِهِits choicest portions
أَلقى إليهِ العِلمُ مِن أَفلاذِهِ
ماwhat صانَهُkept it hidden عَنfrom عَلمِthe knowledge of كُلِّevery إِمامِmaster
ما صانَهُ عَن عَلمِ كُلِّ إِمامِ
Knowledge has imparted to him, from its choicest treasures,
what it kept hidden from every master's knowledge.
Sol 6.1