محَلَّكَyour station بالدُّنْياin this world وبالدّينِand in religion معْمورُflourishing
محَلَّكَ بالدُّنْيا وبالدّينِ معْمورُ
فشانِيكَso one who hates you مخْذولٌforsaken وراجيكَand one who hopes in you منْصورُgranted victory
فشانِيكَ مخْذولٌ وراجيكَ منْصورُ
Your station in this world and in religion flourishes;
So whoever hates you is forsaken, and whoever hopes in you is granted victory.
إليْكَto you تَناهىhas culminated حمْدُthe praise كلِّevery فَضيلَةٍvirtue
إليْكَ تَناهى حمْدُ كلِّ فَضيلَةٍ
فَهاso behold هوَit ممْدودٌextended عليْكَover you ومقْصورُand confined
فَها هوَ ممْدودٌ عليْكَ ومقْصورُ
In you the praise of every virtue has reached its height;
So here it is, extended over you and confined to you.
كأنّas though مَحاميدَpraiseworthy deeds الزّمانِof the age دَفاتِرٌregisters
كأنّ مَحاميدَ الزّمانِ دَفاتِرٌ
وحمْدُكَand praise of you تَصْحيحٌcorrection عليْهاupon them وتطْريرُand marginal ornamentation
وحمْدُكَ تَصْحيحٌ عليْها وتطْريرُ
As though the glories of the age were registers,
And praise of you their correction and marginal ornament.
تَحوطُsafeguards أمورَthe affairs المُلْكِof the realm منْكَfrom you سياسَةٌstatecraft
تَحوطُ أمورَ المُلْكِ منْكَ سياسَةٌ
حَباهاhas endowed it منَfrom اللّطْفِgrace الإلاهيِّdivine تدْبيرُa dispensation
حَباها منَ اللّطْفِ الإلاهيِّ تدْبيرُ
Your statecraft safeguards the affairs of the realm;
A dispensation of divine grace has endowed it
بمائِسِwith a swaying one غُصْنِbranch العِطْفِthe flank غضٍّtender شَبابُهُits youth
بمائِسِ غُصْنِ العِطْفِ غضٍّ شَبابُهُ
أثيرٍfavored لهُit has فيin عالَمِthe world الكوْنِof existence تأثيرُinfluence
أثيرٍ لهُ في عالَمِ الكوْنِ تأثيرُ
With a swaying, branchlike frame, tender in its youth,
A favored one, with influence in the world of being.
يَفوهُspeaks بفَصْلِwith the final decision الحُكْمِof judgment غرْبُthe sharp tip لِسانِهِof its tongue
يَفوهُ بفَصْلِ الحُكْمِ غرْبُ لِسانِهِ
فيُفْصِحُso it speaks clearly فيin تِبْيانِهِits exposition وهْوَthough it is مبْتورُsevered
فيُفْصِحُ في تِبْيانِهِ وهْوَ مبْتورُ
Its tongue's sharp tip pronounces decisive judgment,
And speaks clearly in its exposition, though it is severed.
عَميمُall-embracing النّدىgenerosity حتّىeven بماءِwith the water شَبابِهِof its youth
عَميمُ النّدى حتّى بماءِ شَبابِهِ
كَريمٌgenerous بأفْواهِby the mouths المَواهِبِof gifts مَشْكورُthanked
كَريمٌ بأفْواهِ المَواهِبِ مَشْكورُ
All-embracing in bounty, even with the water of its youth,
Generous, thanked by the mouths of gifts.
يَفوهُspeaks إذاwhen يَرْويdrinks its fill ويَصْمُتُand is silent فيin الظَّماthirst
يَفوهُ إذا يَرْوي ويَصْمُتُ في الظَّما
وفيand in حالَتَيْهِits two states مُسْتَغاثٌsought for aid ومحْذورُand feared
وفي حالَتَيْهِ مُسْتَغاثٌ ومحْذورُ
It speaks when it drinks its fill, and is silent in thirst;
And in both its states, it is sought for aid and feared.
تُغادِرُleave behind أبْطالَthe champions الكَتائِبِof the battalions كُتْبُهُits writings
تُغادِرُ أبْطالَ الكَتائِبِ كُتْبُهُ
وأعْناقُهاand their necks مِيلٌbent وأعْيُنُهاand their eyes صُورُturned aside
وأعْناقُها مِيلٌ وأعْيُنُها صُورُ
Its writings leave the champions of the battalions
With their necks bowed and their eyes turned aside.
ويرْغَبُand longs فيfor نُعْماهُits bounty كلَّevery مؤمّلٍhopeful person
ويرْغَبُ في نُعْماهُ كلَّ مؤمّلٍ
ويَرْهَبُand fears بؤساهُthe misery it brings أميرٌa ruler ومأمورُand one under orders
ويَرْهَبُ بؤساهُ أميرٌ ومأمورُ
And every hopeful soul longs for its bounty,
And ruler and ruled fear the misery it brings.
ومنْand among عجَبwonders أنْthat يُسْتَنالَis obtained نوالُهُits bounty
ومنْ عجَب أنْ يُسْتَنالَ نوالُهُ
فيعْذُبُso it is sweet شُهْداًas honey وهْوَthough it is فيin الشّكْلِshape زُنْبورُa wasp
فيعْذُبُ شُهْداً وهْوَ في الشّكْلِ زُنْبورُ
And it is a wonder that its bounty can be won,
So it tastes sweet as honey, though in shape it is a wasp.
كأنّas though لسانَthe tongue الدّهْرِof time نفْثُthe breath يَراعِهِof its reed pen
كأنّ لسانَ الدّهْرِ نفْثُ يَراعِهِ
يتَرْجِمُinterprets عمّاabout what أضْمرتْهُhave concealed it المَقاديرُthe decrees of fate
يتَرْجِمُ عمّا أضْمرتْهُ المَقاديرُ
As though the tongue of time were the breath of its reed,
Interpreting what the decrees of fate have concealed.
إذاwhen اهْتزّsways فيin روْضِthe garden المَهارِقِof parchments غُصْنُهُits branch
إذا اهْتزّ في روْضِ المَهارِقِ غُصْنُهُ
تَساقَطَshower down منْظومُverse البَيانِof eloquence ومنثورُand prose
تَساقَطَ منْظومُ البَيانِ ومنثورُ
When its branch sways in the garden of parchments,
The verse and prose of eloquence shower down.
تخالُyou would think صَباحَthe dawn الطِّرْسِof the page يُرْقَمُis inscribed بالدُّجىwith night's darkness
تخالُ صَباحَ الطِّرْسِ يُرْقَمُ بالدُّجى
ويُرْقَشُand is patterned بالمسْكِwith musk المفَتَّقِopened to release fragrance كافورُcamphor
ويُرْقَشُ بالمسْكِ المفَتَّقِ كافورُ
You would think the page's dawn were inscribed with night's darkness,
And camphor is patterned with musk whose fragrance is released.
Sol 6.1