أبَاO father of مُوسَىMusa شَهِدتَyou bore witness وَكُنتَand you were عَدلاًupright
أبَا مُوسَى شَهِدتَ وَكُنتَ عَدلاً
مُزَكَّىof attested integrity حَيثُwhere تَشتَجِرُcontend الخُصُومُthe adversaries
مُزَكَّى حَيثُ تَشتَجِرُ الخُصُومُ
O Abu Musa, you bore witness and were upright,
O Abaa Mousa, you were just when disputes arose
of attested integrity where adversaries contend.
Chosen as upright wherever opponents contend
فَإنَّكَfor you are أفحَلُthe most virile الشُّعَرَاءِof poets طَبعاًby natural talent
فَإنَّكَ أفحَلُ الشُّعَرَاءِ طَبعاً
إذَاwhen نَفَخَتinflate شَقَاشِقَهَاtheir throat-pouches القُرُومُthe camel stallions
إذَا نَفَخَت شَقَاشِقَهَا القُرُومُ
For you are by nature the most virile of poets,
You are the best poet by nature
when camel stallions inflate their throat-pouches.
When you blow on the flute its whispers
صِرَاطُكَyour path مُستَقِيمٌstraight وَهوَand it صَعبٌdifficult
صِرَاطُكَ مُستَقِيمٌ وَهوَ صَعبٌ
كَمَاjust as صَعُبَwas difficult الصِّرَادُthe path (probably intended: الصِّرَاطُ) المُستَقِيمُstraight
كَمَا صَعُبَ الصِّرَادُ المُستَقِيمُ
Your path is straight, and it is difficult,
Your path is straight though arduous
just as the straight path is difficult.
As an uphill road is difficult when straight
Sol 6.1