عَرَصَاتُcourtyards دَارِكَof your home لِلضِّيَافِfor guests مَبَارِكُresting places
عَرَصَاتُ دَارِكَ لِلضِّيَافِ مَبَارِكُ
وَبِضَوْءِand by the light of نَارِthe fire of قِراكَyour hospitality يُهْدَىis guided السَّالِكُthe traveler
وَبِضَوْءِ نَارِ قِراكَ يُهْدَى السَّالِكُ
The courtyards of your home are resting places for guests,
and the traveler is guided by the firelight of your hospitality.
وَنوَالُكَand your bounty الْمَبْذُولُfreely bestowed قَدْindeed شَمَلَhas encompassed الْوَرَىhumankind
وَنوَالُكَ الْمَبْذُولُ قَدْ شَمَلَ الْوَرَى
طُرّاًall without exception وَفَضْلُكَand your excellence لَيْسَthere is not فِيهِin it مُشَارِكُa peer
طُرّاً وَفَضْلُكَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ مُشَارِكُ
And your freely bestowed bounty has encompassed humankind,
all without exception; and your excellence has no peer.
قُلْsay لِلَّذِيto the one who قَالَsaid الْوُجُودexistence قَدِalready انْطَوَىhas folded away
قُلْ لِلَّذِي قَالَ الْوُجُود قَدِ انْطَوَى
وَالْبَأَسُand valor لَيْسَthere is not لَهُfor it حُسَامٌa keen sword فَاتِكُdeadly
وَالْبَأَسُ لَيْسَ لَهُ حُسَامٌ فَاتِكُ
Say to him who said, “The world has been folded away,
and valor has no deadly sword,
وَالْجُودُand generosity لَيْسَthere is not لَهُfor it غَمَامٌa raincloud هَاطِلٌpouring
وَالْجُودُ لَيْسَ لَهُ غَمَامٌ هَاطِلٌ
وَالْمَجْدُand glory لَيْسَthere is not لَهُfor it سَنَامٌa pinnacle بَاتِكُsharp
وَالْمَجْدُ لَيْسَ لَهُ سَنَامٌ بَاتِكُ
and generosity has no pouring raincloud,
and glory has no sharp summit”:
جَمَعَhas united السَّجَاحَةَgentleness وَالرَّجَاجَةَand sound judgment (reading الرَّجَاحَة) وَالنَّدَىand generosity
جَمَعَ السَّجَاحَةَ وَالرَّجَاجَةَ وَالنَّدَى
وَالْبَأَسَand valor وَالرَّأَيَand counsel الأَصِيلَwell-founded مُبَارَكُMubarak ('blessed')
وَالْبَأَسَ وَالرَّأَيَ الأَصِيلَ مُبَارَكُ
He has united gentleness, sound judgment, and generosity,
with valor and well-founded counsel—Mubarak,
لِلدِّينِfor faith وَالدُّنْيَاand the world وَلِلشِّيَمand for virtues الْعُلَىlofty
لِلدِّينِ وَالدُّنْيَا وَلِلشِّيَم الْعُلَى
وَالْجُودِand generosity إِنْif شَحَّis stingy الْغَمَامُthe raincloud السَّافِكpouring forth
وَالْجُودِ إِنْ شَحَّ الْغَمَامُ السَّافِك
a blessing to faith, the world, and lofty virtues,
and to generosity, if the rain-spilling cloud grows stingy.
عِنْدَamid الْهِيَاجbattle's turmoil رَبِيعةُRabiʿa بْنُson of مُكَدَّمٍMukaddam
عِنْدَ الْهِيَاج رَبِيعةُ بْنُ مُكَدَّمٍ
فِيin الْفَضْلِvirtue وَالتَّقْوَىand piety الْفُضَيْلُal-Fudayl وَمَالِكand Malik
فِي الْفَضْلِ وَالتَّقْوَى الْفُضَيْلُ وَمَالِك
In battle's turmoil, he is Rabiʿa ibn Mukaddam;
in virtue and piety, he is al-Fudayl and Malik.
وَرِثَinherited الْجَلاَلَةَmajesty عَنْfrom أَبِيهِhis father وَجَدِّهِand his grandfather
وَرِثَ الْجَلاَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَجَدِّهِ
فَكَأَنَّهُمْso it is as though they مَاnot غَابَhas departed مِنْهُمْfrom among them هَالِكُone who has died
فَكَأَنَّهُمْ مَا غَابَ مِنْهُمْ هَالِكُ
He inherited majesty from his father and grandfather,
so it is as though none of their dead had departed.
فَجِيَادُهُso his noble steeds لِلآمِلِينَfor the hopeful مَرَاكِبُmounts
فَجِيَادُهُ لِلآمِلِينَ مَرَاكِبُ
وَخِيَامُهُand his tents لِلْقَاصِدينَfor those seeking him أَرَائِكُcouches
وَخِيَامُهُ لِلْقَاصِدينَ أَرَائِكُ
So his noble steeds are mounts for the hopeful,
and his tents are couches for those who seek him.
فَإِذَاso if الْمَعَالِيlofty honors أَصْبَحَتْhave become مَمْلُوكَةًowned
فَإِذَا الْمَعَالِي أَصْبَحَتْ مَمْلُوكَةً
أَعْنَاقُهَاtheir necks بِالْحَقِّby right فَهْوَthen he is الْمَالِكُthe owner
أَعْنَاقُهَا بِالْحَقِّ فَهْوَ الْمَالِكُ
So if lofty honors come to be owned,
their necks are his by right: he is the master.
يَاO فَارسَknight of الْعَرَبِthe Arabs الَّذِيwho مِنْfrom بَيْتِهِhis house
يَا فَارسَ الْعَرَبِ الَّذِي مِنْ بَيْتِهِ
حَرَمٌa sanctuary لَهَاfor them حَجٌّpilgrimage بِهِin it وَمَنَاسِكُand sacred rites
حَرَمٌ لَهَا حَجٌّ بِهِ وَمَنَاسِكُ
O knight of the Arabs, from whose house
comes a sanctuary for them, with pilgrimage and sacred rites.
يَاO مَنْyou who يُبَشِّرُannounces glad tidings بِاسْمِهِwith his name قُصَّادُهُhis visitors
يَا مَنْ يُبَشِّرُ بِاسْمِهِ قُصَّادُهُ
فَلَهُمْso for them إِلَيْهِto him مَسَارِبٌpaths وَمَسَالِكُand roads
فَلَهُمْ إِلَيْهِ مَسَارِبٌ وَمَسَالِكُ
O you whose visitors proclaim glad tidings with your name,
so they have paths and roads that lead to you.
أَنْتَyou الَّذِيthe one who اسْتَأَثَرْتُI have reserved for myself فِيكَin you بِغِبْطَتِيmy delight
أَنْتَ الَّذِي اسْتَأَثَرْتُ فِيكَ بِغِبْطَتِي
وَسِوَاكَand anyone besides you فِيهِin him مَآخِذُfaults وَمَتَارِكُand things to shun
وَسِوَاكَ فِيهِ مَآخِذُ وَمَتَارِكُ
You are the one in whom I have reserved all my delight,
whereas others have faults and things to shun.
لاَزِلْتَmay you ever remain نُوراًa light يُهْتَدىone is guided بِضِيائِهِby its radiance
لاَزِلْتَ نُوراً يُهْتَدى بِضِيائِهِ
مَنْwhoever جَنّهُhas shrouded him لِلرَّوْعِin terror لَيْلٌa night حَالِكُpitch-black
مَنْ جَنّهُ لِلرَّوْعِ لَيْلٌ حَالِكُ
May you ever remain a light whose radiance guides
whoever is shrouded in terror's pitch-black night.
وَيَخُصُّand singles out مَجْدَكَyour glory مِنْfrom سَلاَمِيmy greetings عَاطِرٌfragrant
وَيَخُصُّ مَجْدَكَ مِنْ سَلاَمِي عَاطِرٌ
كَالْمِسْكَlike musk صَاكَhas ground بِهِwith it الْغَوَالِيprecious perfumes صَائِكُa perfumer
كَالْمِسْكَ صَاكَ بِهِ الْغَوَالِي صَائِكُ
And a fragrant greeting of mine is reserved for your glory,
like musk ground into precious perfumes by a perfumer.
Sol 6.1