أَكْرِمْhow noble! بِهَاwith it مِنْas a بِنَاءِbuilding بَانِيa builder
أَكْرِمْ بِهَا مِنْ بِنَاءِ بَانِي
أَرْسَخَmore firmly rooted فِيin الْفَخْرِglory مِنْthan أَبَانِAbān (a mountain)
أَرْسَخَ فِي الْفَخْرِ مِنْ أَبَانِ
How noble it is—a builder's edifice!
Honor it with a builder's structure
More firmly rooted in glory than Abān.
More firmly rooted in pride than Abaan
أَجْنَىinclined إِلَيْهَاtoward it الرِّضَىcontentment جَنَانِيmy heart
أَجْنَى إِلَيْهَا الرِّضَى جَنَانِي
مِنَfrom الْمَعَانِيmeanings جَنَىfruit جِنَانِيmy gardens
مِنَ الْمَعَانِي جَنَى جِنَانِي
Contentment inclined my heart toward it.
I have plucked consent's fruits for it
From meanings comes the fruit of my gardens.
From meanings I have plucked fruits for my soul
أَيُّwhat جَنىًfruit لِلأَكفِّto the hands دَانِيnear
أَيُّ جَنىً لِلأَكفِّ دَانِي
مَاnot لِلمُبَارَىfor the rival بِهِwith it يَدَانِtwo hands (strength)
مَا لِلمُبَارَى بِهِ يَدَانِ
What fruit, within the hands' reach!
What fruits for palms are more yielding
No rival has the strength to match it.
Than those for contention my hands can hold
أُقْسِمُI swear بِالذِّكْرِby the Remembrance وَالْمَثَانِيand the oft-repeated verses
أُقْسِمُ بِالذِّكْرِ وَالْمَثَانِي
مَاno لَكَfor you فِيمَاin what سَمِعْتُI have heard ثَانِيa second (equal)
مَا لَكَ فِيمَا سَمِعْتُ ثَانِي
I swear by the Remembrance and the oft-repeated verses:
I swear by mention and metaphors
In all I have heard, you have no equal.
You have in what I've heard no second say
مُدَامَةٌwine بَرَّةُkind to الأَوَانِيthe vessels
مُدَامَةٌ بَرَّةُ الأَوَانِي
تُنَشِّطُrouses لِلْقَوْلِto speech كُلَّevery وَانِيweary one
تُنَشِّطُ لِلْقَوْلِ كُلَّ وَانِي
A wine kind to its vessels,
A goblet smooth, well-wrought of vessels
It rouses every weary one to speak.
It quickens speech in every faint heart
تَقُولُsay أَوْضَاعُهَاits arrangements لِلْغَوَانِيto the beauties
تَقُولُ أَوْضَاعُهَا لِلْغَوَانِي
فَالْعِلْمُso knowledge عَنْapart from زِينَةِthe adornment الْغَوَانِيthe beauties
فَالْعِلْمُ عَنْ زِينَةِ الْغَوَانِي
Its arrangements say to the beauties:
It says to yearners its disposition
So knowledge stands apart from the beauties' adornment.
While knowledge from finery of yearners hides
يَارَبِّO my Lord بَارِكْbless لِمَنْfor the one who بَنَانِيbuilt me
يَارَبِّ بَارِكْ لِمَنْ بَنَانِي
فِيin الْفِكْرِthought والْقَلْبِand the heart والْبَيَانِand eloquence
فِي الْفِكْرِ والْقَلْبِ والْبَيَانِ
O Lord, bless the one who built me,
O Lord, bless whom built me
In thought, heart, and eloquence.
In thought, in heart, in eloquence
Sol 6.1