ياO أَيُّهاyou (vocative) الصاحِبُthe minister الصَدرُthe eminent chief الَّذيwho شَهِدَتbore witness
يا أَيُّها الصاحِبُ الصَدرُ الَّذي شَهِدَت
بِفَضلِهِto his excellence وَنَداهُand his generosity البَدوُdesert dwellers وَالحَضَرُand townsfolk
بِفَضلِهِ وَنَداهُ البَدوُ وَالحَضَرُ
O eminent minister, whose
O generous friend, whose excellence and nobility
excellence and generosity desert dwellers and townsfolk have attested.
Are known to nomad and townsman alike,
عَساكَmay you تَقبَلُaccept شَيئاًsomething قَدalready بَعَثتُI sent بِهِwith it
عَساكَ تَقبَلُ شَيئاً قَد بَعَثتُ بِهِ
نَزراًa trifle فَإِنّيfor I إِلىto عَلياكَyour exalted station أَعتَذِرُI apologize
نَزراً فَإِنّي إِلى عَلياكَ أَعتَذِرُ
May you accept something I have sent,
May you accept this meager gift I've sent -
a trifle; I offer my apologies to your exalted self.
I can but humbly apologize that it's not as grand as you.
وَلَوand if بَعَثتُI sent عَلىin proportion to مِقدارِthe measure of فَضلِكَyour excellence أَرbeginning of 'I sent'
وَلَو بَعَثتُ عَلى مِقدارِ فَضلِكَ أَر
سَلتُcompletion of 'I sent' الكَواكِبَthe stars فيهاamong them الشَمسُthe sun وَالقَمَرُand the moon
سَلتُ الكَواكِبَ فيها الشَمسُ وَالقَمَرُ
Had I sent in proportion to your excellence, I would have
Had I gifts equal to your merit to impart,
sent the stars, with the sun and moon among them.
I'd send a caravan of stars, with sun and moon as vanguard.
Sol 6.1