لِلَّهto God (expressing praise) مدرسةٌa school علاrose high بنيانُهاits edifice
لِلَّه مدرسةٌ علا بنيانُها
وَسَماand rose high علىabove فَرقthe crown of السماءheaven مكانُهاits station
وَسَما على فَرق السماء مكانُها
How splendid a school, whose edifice has risen high,
And whose station soars above the crown of heaven!
قدindeed شادهاhe built it ملكُthe king of المُلوكkings بهمَّةٍwith resolve
قد شادها ملكُ المُلوك بهمَّةٍ
عَلياmost lofty فأَصبحand so became فيin علوٍّexaltation شانُهاits standing
عَليا فأَصبح في علوٍّ شانُها
The king of kings built it with resolve
Most lofty, and thus its standing rose on high.
سلطانُSultan شاهِShah حسينٍHusayn الملكthe king الَّذيwho
سلطانُ شاهِ حسينٍ الملك الَّذي
طابَتgrew pleasant بهthrough him الدُنياthe world وطابand grew pleasant زَمانُهاits age
طابَت به الدُنيا وطاب زَمانُها
Sultan Shah Husayn, the king who
Made the world delightful, and its age delightful too.
فغدتso came to be تنافسهاrivaling it السَماواتthe heavens العُلىlofty
فغدت تنافسها السَماوات العُلى
إِذas زاحمتjostled أَفلاكهاtheir celestial spheres أَركانُهاits pillars
إِذ زاحمت أَفلاكها أَركانُها
So the lofty heavens came to rival it,
As its pillars jostled their celestial spheres.
آوىhe sheltered بهاin it كلَّall العلومthe sciences فأَصبحتand so it became
آوى بها كلَّ العلوم فأَصبحت
وَطناًa homeland لهاfor them إذwhen أَقفرتbecame desolate أَوطانُهاtheir homelands
وَطناً لها إذ أَقفرت أَوطانُها
He sheltered all the sciences there, and it became
A homeland for them when their homelands lay desolate.
فَلِذاand therefore أَتىcame تاريخُthe chronogram of عامِthe year of تمامهاits completion
فَلِذا أَتى تاريخُ عامِ تمامها
مغنىan abode هدىًguidance فحوىand so contained الهدىguidance بنيانُهاits edifice
مغنى هدىً فحوى الهدى بنيانُها
Thus came the chronogram for the year of its completion:
An abode of guidance—thus its edifice embraced guidance.
لاmay ... never زالَcease to be بانيهاits builder المَليكُthe sovereign مؤيَّداًsupported
لا زالَ بانيها المَليكُ مؤيَّداً
باللَهby God ماas long as أَحياrevives العلومَthe sciences بيانُهاtheir exposition
باللَه ما أَحيا العلومَ بيانُها
May its builder, the sovereign, ever be upheld
By God, so long as their exposition revives the sciences.
وعليٌّand Ali بنson of نظامٍNizam الداعيthe one praying لهfor him
وعليٌّ بن نظامٍ الداعي له
بدوامfor the continuance of دولتهhis reign السَعيدِauspicious قِرانُهاits conjunction
بدوام دولته السَعيدِ قِرانُها
And Ali ibn Nizam, who prays for him
For the endurance of his reign, auspicious in its conjunction,
هوhe ناظمcomposer of الأَبياتthe verses يُزريputs to shame نظمُهاtheir composition
هو ناظم الأَبيات يُزري نظمُها
بلآلئthe pearls of الجيدthe neck البهيِّsplendid جُمانُهاtheir pearls
بلآلئ الجيد البهيِّ جُمانُها
Is the composer of these verses; their composition puts to shame
The pearls of a splendid neck, with the verses' own pearls.
Sol 6.1