هَذهthis الأَرضُthe earth قدindeed سقتهاhas watered it السَماءُthe sky
هَذه الأَرضُ قد سقتها السَماءُ
فاِسقِيانيso give me drink, you two سَقَتكماmay they water you both الأَنواءُthe rains
فاِسقِياني سَقَتكما الأَنواءُ
This earth has been watered by the sky;
So give me drink, you two—may the rains water you both—
بنتَdaughter of كَرمٍa vine قَدindeed هامَlost himself in love كُلُّevery كَريمnoble man
بنتَ كَرمٍ قَد هامَ كُلُّ كَريم
فيin هَواهاlove for her وَطابَand grew sweet منهاfrom her الهَواءُthe air
في هَواها وَطابَ منها الهَواءُ
The vine’s daughter: every noble man has lost himself
In love for her, and the air has grown sweet from her.
واِجلواهاand unveil her, you two عَذراءَa virgin تَحكيresembling عروساًa bride
واِجلواها عَذراءَ تَحكي عروساً
أَلبسَتهاhas clothed her in نطاقَهاher girdle الجَوزاءُal-Jawzāʾ (Orion)
أَلبسَتها نطاقَها الجَوزاءُ
And unveil her, a virgin resembling a bride
Whom al-Jawzāʾ has clothed in her own girdle.
وأَعيداand repeat, you two مَديحpraise of يحيىYahya ليحياso that he may live
وأَعيدا مَديح يحيى ليحيا
مَيتُone dead of هَجرٍseparation قدindeed عزَّhas proved elusive منهfrom it الشِفاءُthe cure
مَيتُ هَجرٍ قد عزَّ منه الشِفاءُ
And repeat Yahya’s praise, to bring back to life
One dead of separation, whose cure has proved elusive.
هُوَhe عَونيmy help عَلىin attaining العُلىthe heights وَرَجائيand my hope
هُوَ عَوني عَلى العُلى وَرَجائي
حبَّذاhow excellent! العَونُthe help فيin العُلىthe heights وَالرَجاءُand the hope
حبَّذا العَونُ في العُلى وَالرَجاءُ
He is my help toward the heights, and my hope;
How excellent the help toward the heights, and the hope!
وَهوَand he أنسيmy solace فيin وحشَتيmy loneliness وَسُروريand my joy
وَهوَ أنسي في وحشَتي وَسُروري
فيamid هُموميmy cares وَديمتيand my steady raincloud الوطفاءُheavy with rain
في هُمومي وَديمتي الوطفاءُ
And he is my solace in my loneliness, and my joy
Amid my cares, and my cloud of abundant, steady rain.
شملَembraced الخَلقَall creation فضلُهhis bounty فَأَقرَّتand so attested
شملَ الخَلقَ فضلُه فَأَقرَّت
بنداهُto his generosity الأَمواتُthe dead والأَحياءُand the living
بنداهُ الأَمواتُ والأَحياءُ
His bounty embraced all creation, so they attested
To his generosity—the dead and the living.
فَبِيَحيىso through Yahya لاnot يَبرحceases الفَضلُexcellence يحياlives
فَبِيَحيى لا يَبرح الفَضلُ يحيا
وَالمَعاليand high honors بهthrough him لهنَّfor them اِعتلاءُelevation
وَالمَعالي به لهنَّ اِعتلاءُ
So through Yahya, excellence never ceases to live,
And through him, high honors rise still higher.
أَحكَمmade firm الوُدّaffection منهfrom him عقدthe bond of إِخائيmy brotherhood
أَحكَم الوُدّ منه عقد إِخائي
هَكَذاthus هَكَذاthus يَكونُis الإِخاءُbrotherhood
هَكَذا هَكَذا يَكونُ الإِخاءُ
His affection has made firm my bond of brotherhood;
Thus, thus is brotherhood!
Sol 6.1