وتقبلand accept خدمةَthe service العبدthe servant الذيwho
وتقبل خدمةَ العبد الذي
لمhas not يزلceased فيin مدحكمpraising you طلقfluent اللسانthe tongue
لم يزل في مدحكم طلق اللسان
And accept the service of the servant who
And accept the service of a servant who
has ever been eloquent in praising you,
Has always been eloquent in your praise
قطعَspent العمرَthe lifetime الطويلاَlong ناظِماًcomposing verse
قطعَ العمرَ الطويلاَ ناظِماً
مِدَحاpraises تحكيresemble النسيجthe woven fabric الخسروانKhusrawian
مِدَحا تحكي النسيج الخسروان
who spent his long life composing
Who spent a long life composing
praises resembling Khusrawian cloth;
Poems that recount the finest weaving
لمdid not توفِّfulfill حَقَّthe due ماwhat أوليتمُyou bestowed
لم توفِّ حَقَّ ما أوليتمُ
منof يدٍa bounty عُظمىmighty يَداهاits two hands ثَرّتانboth overflowing
من يدٍ عُظمى يَداها ثَرّتان
they have not done justice to what you bestowed
You have not given what is deserved
of mighty bounty, whose two hands overflow.
For the great hand whose two palms overflow
Sol 6.1