ماnot حطَّlowered قدرَهُمُtheir standing ولاnor أزرىdetracted بهمfrom them
ما حطَّ قدرَهُمُ ولا أزرى بهم
عزلٌa dismissal عجلتَyou hastened بهwith it وأنتَthough you are سديدُsound in judgment
عزلٌ عجلتَ به وأنتَ سديدُ
Their standing was not lowered, nor were they diminished,
by a dismissal you hastened, though your judgment is sound.
لكنbut بهthrough it ظهرتbecame apparent حقائقُthe realities of سعدهمtheir good fortune
لكن به ظهرت حقائقُ سعدهم
والسيفُand the sword يُبديreveals ماءَهُits luster التجريدُunsheathing
والسيفُ يُبدي ماءَهُ التجريدُ
Rather, through it their true good fortune was revealed,
and unsheathing reveals the sword's luster.
والأُسدُand the lions أولىmore entitled بالعرينto the lair فكمfor many a
والأُسدُ أولى بالعرين فكم
غداcame to يختالstrut فيin خِيسِthe thicket of الخِلافةthe caliphate سِيدُa wolf
غدا يختال في خِيسِ الخِلافة سِيدُ
And lions have the better claim to the lair, for many
a wolf has strutted in the caliphate's thicket.
وكذاand likewise سِرارُthe dark phase of البدرِthe full moon أصلthe source of كمالهِits fullness
وكذا سِرارُ البدرِ أصل كمالهِ
وبسوءِand through the harshness of فعلِthe action of النارِfire يُذكيreleases fragrance العودُthe aloeswood
وبسوءِ فعلِ النارِ يُذكي العودُ
Likewise, the full moon's dark phase is the source of its fullness,
and through the fire's harsh action, aloeswood releases its fragrance.
Sol 6.1