مُبارَكُMubarak ماnot قدّمْتُI gave precedence to سُفْيانَSufyan رَغْبَةًout of desire
مُبارَكُ ما قدّمْتُ سُفْيانَ رَغْبَةً
ولاnor خوْفَfear of تَقْصيرٍfalling short ولاnor سوءَill سِيرَهْconduct
ولا خوْفَ تَقْصيرٍ ولا سوءَ سِيرَهْ
Mubarak, I did not give Sufyan precedence out of desire,
nor from fear of falling short, nor from ill conduct.
وماand no نظْرَةٌglance منّيfrom me إليْكَtoward you أعُدُّهاI count it
وما نظْرَةٌ منّي إليْكَ أعُدُّها
سوَىother than نعْمَةٍa blessing للّهِfrom God فيَّupon me كَبيرَهْgreat
سوَى نعْمَةٍ للّهِ فيَّ كَبيرَهْ
And no glance I cast toward you do I count
as anything but a great blessing from God upon me.
وإنْand though كانَwere مَنْthose whom لاقَيْتُI met دونَكَother than you أنْجُماstars
وإنْ كانَ مَنْ لاقَيْتُ دونَكَ أنْجُما
فأنْتَthen you علىin التّحْقيقِtruth شمْسٌa sun مُنيرَهْradiant
فأنْتَ على التّحْقيقِ شمْسٌ مُنيرَهْ
And though the others I met were stars,
you are, in truth, a radiant sun.
ورُبَّand many a صَلاةٍprayer قُدِّمَwas offered first النّفْلُthe voluntary prayer قبْلَهاbefore it
ورُبَّ صَلاةٍ قُدِّمَ النّفْلُ قبْلَها
وتُشْرَبُand is drunk منْfrom قبْلِbefore الثّريدِtharid (bread-and-meat stew) حَريرَهْharira (flour soup)
وتُشْرَبُ منْ قبْلِ الثّريدِ حَريرَهْ
And many a prayer is preceded by a voluntary prayer,
and harira soup is drunk before tharid.
Sol 6.1