محَلَّكَyour station بالدُّنْياin worldly life وبالدّينِand in faith معْمورُflourishing
محَلَّكَ بالدُّنْيا وبالدّينِ معْمورُ
فشانِيكَso your hater مخْذولٌforsaken وراجيكَand whoever hopes in you منْصورُgranted victory
فشانِيكَ مخْذولٌ وراجيكَ منْصورُ
Your station in worldly life and in faith is flourishing;
So your hater is forsaken, and whoever hopes in you is granted victory.
إليْكَto you تَناهىhas culminated حمْدُthe praise of كلِّevery فَضيلَةٍvirtue
إليْكَ تَناهى حمْدُ كلِّ فَضيلَةٍ
فَهاso here هوَit ممْدودٌextended عليْكَover you ومقْصورُand confined
فَها هوَ ممْدودٌ عليْكَ ومقْصورُ
In you the praise of every virtue culminates;
So here it is, extended over you and confined to you.
كأنّas though مَحاميدَthe glories of الزّمانِthe age دَفاتِرٌledgers
كأنّ مَحاميدَ الزّمانِ دَفاتِرٌ
وحمْدُكَand praise of you تَصْحيحٌcorrection عليْهاupon them وتطْريرُand marginal annotation
وحمْدُكَ تَصْحيحٌ عليْها وتطْريرُ
As though the age's glories were ledgers,
And praise of you corrects and annotates them.
تَحوطُsafeguards أمورَthe affairs of المُلْكِkingship منْكَfrom you سياسَةٌstatecraft
تَحوطُ أمورَ المُلْكِ منْكَ سياسَةٌ
حَباهاhas endowed it منَfrom اللّطْفِgrace الإلاهيِّdivine تدْبيرُa design
حَباها منَ اللّطْفِ الإلاهيِّ تدْبيرُ
Your statecraft safeguards the affairs of kingship;
A design born of divine grace has endowed it
بمائِسِwith one that sways غُصْنِbough of العِطْفِthe flank غضٍّtender شَبابُهُits youth
بمائِسِ غُصْنِ العِطْفِ غضٍّ شَبابُهُ
أثيرٍfavored لهُit has فيin عالَمِthe world of الكوْنِexistence تأثيرُinfluence
أثيرٍ لهُ في عالَمِ الكوْنِ تأثيرُ
With one whose branchlike body sways, its youth still tender,
A favored one, with influence in the world of being.
يَفوهُutters بفَصْلِwith the decision of الحُكْمِjudgment غرْبُthe sharp edge of لِسانِهِits tongue
يَفوهُ بفَصْلِ الحُكْمِ غرْبُ لِسانِهِ
فيُفْصِحُand so speaks clearly فيin تِبْيانِهِits exposition وهْوَthough it is مبْتورُcut short
فيُفْصِحُ في تِبْيانِهِ وهْوَ مبْتورُ
The sharp edge of its tongue utters decisive judgment,
And speaks plainly in its exposition, though it is cut short.
عَميمُall-embracing النّدىbounty حتّىeven بماءِwith the water of شَبابِهِits youth
عَميمُ النّدى حتّى بماءِ شَبابِهِ
كَريمٌgenerous بأفْواهِby the mouths of المَواهِبِgifts مَشْكورُthanked
كَريمٌ بأفْواهِ المَواهِبِ مَشْكورُ
All-embracing in bounty, even with the water of its youth,
Generous, thanked by the mouths of its gifts.
يَفوهُspeaks إذاwhen يَرْويdrinks its fill ويَصْمُتُand falls 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 falls silent in thirst;
And in both its states, it is sought for aid and feared.
تُغادِرُleave أبْطالَthe champions of الكَتائِبِthe 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 bent and their eyes turned aside.
ويرْغَبُand longs فيfor نُعْماهُits bounty كلَّevery مؤمّلٍhopeful seeker
ويرْغَبُ في نُعْماهُ كلَّ مؤمّلٍ
ويَرْهَبُand fears بؤساهُthe misery it brings أميرٌa commander ومأمورُand one commanded
ويَرْهَبُ بؤساهُ أميرٌ ومأمورُ
And every hopeful seeker longs for its bounty,
And commander and commanded dread the misery it brings.
ومنْand among عجَبmarvels أنْthat يُسْتَنالَis obtained نوالُهُits bounty
ومنْ عجَب أنْ يُسْتَنالَ نوالُهُ
فيعْذُبُand so tastes sweet شُهْداًas honey وهْوَthough it is فيin الشّكْلِshape زُنْبورُa hornet
فيعْذُبُ شُهْداً وهْوَ في الشّكْلِ زُنْبورُ
And it is a marvel that its bounty can be won,
So it tastes sweet as honey, though in shape it is a hornet.
كأنّas though لسانَthe tongue of الدّهْرِTime نفْثُthe breath of يَراعِهِhis reed-pen
كأنّ لسانَ الدّهْرِ نفْثُ يَراعِهِ
يتَرْجِمُinterprets عمّاabout what أضْمرتْهُthey have concealed it المَقاديرُthe decrees of fate
يتَرْجِمُ عمّا أضْمرتْهُ المَقاديرُ
As though Time's tongue were the breath of his reed-pen,
Interpreting what the decrees of fate have kept concealed.
إذاwhen اهْتزّsways فيin روْضِthe garden of المَهارِقِwriting sheets غُصْنُهُits bough
إذا اهْتزّ في روْضِ المَهارِقِ غُصْنُهُ
تَساقَطَfalls in succession منْظومُthe verse of البَيانِeloquence ومنثورُand prose
تَساقَطَ منْظومُ البَيانِ ومنثورُ
When its bough sways in the garden of pages,
Down falls eloquence, in verse and prose.
تخالُyou would think صَباحَthe morning of الطِّرْسِthe page يُرْقَمُis inscribed بالدُّجىwith 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 morning inscribed with darkness,
And camphor patterned with musk whose scent is released.
Sol 6.1