هَذاthis الفُراقُthe parting وَكُنتُand I used to أَفرَقُهُfear it
هَذا الفُراقُ وَكُنتُ أَفرَقُهُ
قَدalready قُرِّبَتhave been brought forward لِلبَينِfor departure أَينُقُهُhis she-camels
قَد قُرِّبَت لِلبَينِ أَينُقُهُ
This is the parting I had feared.
His she-camels have been brought forward for departure.
وَأَكُفُّand I restrain دَمعَthe tears العَينِof the eye مِنout of حَذَرٍfear
وَأَكُفُّ دَمعَ العَينِ مِن حَذَرٍ
وَالدَمعُand the tears يَسبُقُنيoutrun me وَأَلحَقُهُand I catch up with them
وَالدَمعُ يَسبُقُني وَأَلحَقُهُ
And I hold back my eye's tears out of fear,
yet tears outrun me, and I catch up with them.
يَجريflows دَميmy blood دَمعاًas tears عَلَيكَfor you وَكَمand how often
يَجري دَمي دَمعاً عَلَيكَ وَكَم
يَبدوappears بُكاthe weeping of عَينيmy eye وَأَسرِقُهُand I steal it away
يَبدو بُكا عَيني وَأَسرِقُهُ
My blood flows as tears for you; how often
my eye's weeping shows, and I steal it away!
رَشأٌa young gazelle كَساهُclothed him الحُسنُbeauty خِلعَتَهُits robe of honor
رَشأٌ كَساهُ الحُسنُ خِلعَتَهُ
وَجَرىand flowed عَلىacross خَدَّيهِhis two cheeks رَونَقُهُits radiance
وَجَرى عَلى خَدَّيهِ رَونَقُهُ
A young gazelle whom beauty clothed in its robe of honor,
and its radiance flowed across his cheeks.
أَهلاًwelcome وَسَهلاًand welcome بِالإِمامِto the Imam فَقَدfor indeed
أَهلاً وَسَهلاً بِالإِمامِ فَقَد
جَلّىdispelled الدُجىthe darkness وَأَنارَand illuminated مَشرِقَهُhis rising-place
جَلّى الدُجى وَأَنارَ مَشرِقَهُ
Welcome, welcome to the Imam, for he has
dispelled the darkness and lit the place of his rising.
بَدرٌa full moon تَنَزَّلَdescended فيinto مَنازِلِهِhis mansions
بَدرٌ تَنَزَّلَ في مَنازِلِهِ
سَعدٌgood fortune يُصَبِّحُهُgreets him in the morning وَيَطرُقُهُand visits him by night
سَعدٌ يُصَبِّحُهُ وَيَطرُقُهُ
A full moon descended into his mansions;
good fortune greets him at dawn and visits him by night.
فَرِحَتrejoiced بِهِin him دارُthe abode المُلوكِof kings فَقَدfor indeed
فَرِحَت بِهِ دارُ المُلوكِ فَقَد
كادَتalmost إِلىto لُقياهُmeeting him تَسبُقُهُraces ahead of him
كادَت إِلى لُقياهُ تَسبُقُهُ
The abode of kings rejoiced in him, for it
almost raced ahead of him to meet him.
وَلِذاكَand for that reason قَدindeed كانَتhad been مَنازِلُهُhis dwellings
وَلِذاكَ قَد كانَت مَنازِلُهُ
تَنبوare inhospitable بِساكِنِهاto their inhabitant وَتُقلِقُهُand unsettle him
تَنبو بِساكِنِها وَتُقلِقُهُ
And for that reason his dwellings had been
spurning their inhabitant and unsettling him.
ياO خَيرَbest مَنof those تُزجىare driven المَطيُّthe riding-camels لَهُto him
يا خَيرَ مَن تُزجى المَطيُّ لَهُ
وَيُمِرُّand twists tight حَبلَthe cord العَهدِof the covenant مَوثِقُهُhis binding pledge
وَيُمِرُّ حَبلَ العَهدِ مَوثِقُهُ
O best of those toward whom riding-camels are driven,
and whose pledge twists tight the covenant's cord.
أَضحىhas become عِنانُthe rein المُلكِof kingship مُنتَشِراًloose
أَضحى عِنانُ المُلكِ مُنتَشِراً
بِيَدَيكَin your two hands تَحبِسُهُyou restrain it وَتَطلِقُهُand you release it
بِيَدَيكَ تَحبِسُهُ وَتَطلِقُهُ
The rein of kingship now lies loose
in your hands: you restrain it and release it.
فَاِحكُمso rule لَكَyours الدُنياthe world وَساكِنُهاand its inhabitants
فَاِحكُم لَكَ الدُنيا وَساكِنُها
ماnot طاشَwent astray سَهمٌan arrow أَنتَyou تَرشُقُهُyou shoot it
ما طاشَ سَهمٌ أَنتَ تَرشُقُهُ
So rule: the world and its inhabitants are yours.
No arrow you shoot has gone astray.
مُتَفَرِّدٌpeerless يُمليdictates الصَوابَwhat is right عَلىto
مُتَفَرِّدٌ يُملي الصَوابَ عَلى
آرائِهِhis judgments رَبٌّa Lord يُوَفِّقُهُgrants him success
آرائِهِ رَبٌّ يُوَفِّقُهُ
Peerless—what is right is dictated to
his judgments by a Lord who grants him success.
قَرَّgrew steady السَريرُthe throne وَكانَand it had been مُضطَرِباًunsteady
قَرَّ السَريرُ وَكانَ مُضطَرِباً
وَأَقَلَّand bore aloft تاجَthe crown المُلكِof kingship مَفرِقُهُthe crown of his head
وَأَقَلَّ تاجَ المُلكِ مَفرِقُهُ
The throne stands firm, though once it trembled,
and his head bears aloft the crown of kingship.
Sol 6.1