أَياO عالِماًscholar فاقَsurpassed الأَنامَhumankind بِعِلمِهِthrough his knowledge
أَيا عالِماً فاقَ الأَنامَ بِعِلمِهِ
وَأَبدىand revealed خَفِيّاتِhidden meanings الرُموزِthe symbols بِفهمِهِthrough his understanding
وَأَبدى خَفِيّاتِ الرُموزِ بِفهمِهِ
O scholar who surpassed humankind through his knowledge,
O scholar, surpassing people with his knowledge,
And unveiled the hidden meanings of symbols through his understanding,
Revealing the hidden meanings of symbols with his understanding,
أَبِنexplain لِيَto me ماwhat اسمٌname لَيتَwould that ليfor me يُمنَgood fortune مَنone who بِهِby it
أَبِن لِيَ ما اسمٌ لَيتَ لي يُمنَ مَن بِهِ
تَسَمّىwas named وَلَوeven if يَوماًa day مِنَof الدَهرِtime بِاسمِهِby its name
تَسَمّى وَلَو يَوماً مِنَ الدَهرِ بِاسمِهِ
Tell me: what is the name? Would that I had the good fortune of one
Tell me, what is a name I wish I could be named, even for a day, after him
Who bore it as his name, even for a single day in the course of time.
By transposing your second letter and omitting your third,
بِتَصحيفِكَby your altering the dots الثانيthe second letter وَحَذفِكَand your deleting ثالِثاًa third letter
بِتَصحيفِكَ الثاني وَحَذفِكَ ثالِثاً
يَصيرُit becomes حَيّاًa living thing يُحييrevives البِلادَthe lands بِسِجمِهِwith its downpour
يَصيرُ حَيّاً يُحيي البِلادَ بِسِجمِهِ
By your altering the dots of its second letter and deleting its third,
It becomes alive, bringing the country to life with its body,
It becomes a living thing that revives the lands with its downpour.
If you omit the letter that is first,
فَإِنthen if تَحذِفِyou delete الحَرفَthe letter الَّذيthat هُوَit أَوَّلٌfirst
فَإِن تَحذِفِ الحَرفَ الَّذي هُوَ أَوَّلٌ
تُصادِفyou find لَهُto it عِشرينَtwenty شبهاًcounterparts بِجِسمِهِin his body
تُصادِف لَهُ عِشرينَ شبهاً بِجِسمِهِ
Then, if you delete the letter that is first,
You will find twenty likenesses to its body.
You will find twenty counterparts to it in his body.
Partial English translation: 7 of 8 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1