ياO أيهاyou (vocative) الملكthe king الذيwhose أيامُهُhis days
يا أيها الملك الذي أيامُهُ
غُرَرٌbright forehead-marks تلوحgleam بأوجهupon the faces of الأعصارِthe ages
غُرَرٌ تلوح بأوجه الأعصارِ
O king, whose days
O King whose days
Are bright forehead-marks gleaming on the faces of the ages.
Are deceptions that flash with the faces of storms
قدindeed زاركhas visited you العيدthe feast السعيدjoyous مبشْراًbearing glad tidings
قد زارك العيد السعيد مبشْراً
فاسمحso grant leave لألفto a thousand منهمof them بمزارِfor a visit
فاسمح لألف منهم بمزارِ
The joyous feast has visited you bearing glad tidings;
The happy Eid has visited you heralding
So grant a thousand of them leave to visit.
So allow a thousand of them the shrine
لماwhen ازدَهتهdelighted it عواطفٌfavors ألطفتهاyou graciously bestowed them
لما ازدَهته عواطفٌ ألطفتها
عطفmay show favor الإلهGod عليكtoward you عطفan encircling like سوارِa bracelet
عطف الإله عليك عطف سوارِ
When favors you graciously bestowed delighted it—
When tendencies of the most gentle affections gentled him
May God encircle you with favor like a bracelet—
The inclination of God inclined you with the inclination of a bracelet
فأتىso it came يؤممseeking منكfrom you هدْياًguidance صالحاًrighteous
فأتى يؤمم منك هدْياً صالحاً
كيso that يستمدْit may draw النورthe light بعدafter سرارِthe moon's dark phase
كي يستمدْ النور بعد سرارِ
It then came seeking righteous guidance from you,
So he came solemnizing from you a good offering
To draw light after the moon's dark phase.
That he may draw light after secrecy
وأتاكand it came to you بسحبby trailing ذيلthe hem of سُحبclouds أغدقتpoured abundantly
وأتاك بسحب ذيل سُحب أغدقت
تُغريurge جفونthe eyelids of المزنthe rain clouds باستعبارِto shed tears
تُغري جفون المزن باستعبارِ
And it came to you trailing the hem of clouds that poured abundantly,
And he came to you with clouds whose tails clouds poured down
Urging the rain clouds' eyelids to weep.
Tempting the eyelids of the belles to use kohl
جادتْgave generously بجاريwith flowing الدمعtears منfrom قطرdrops of الندىdew
جادتْ بجاري الدمع من قطر الندى
فرعىso honored الربيعspring لهاfor them حقوقthe rights of الجارِthe neighbor
فرعى الربيع لها حقوق الجارِ
They freely shed streaming tears in drops of dew;
The tears flowed with the runny nose
So spring honored their rights as neighbors.
So spring grazed its rights of the neighbor
فأعادso restored وَجْهthe face of الأرضthe earth طلقاًcheerful مشرقاًradiant
فأعاد وَجْه الأرض طلقاً مشرقاً
متضاحكاًlaughing بمباسمwith the smiling mouths of النوّارِthe blossoms
متضاحكاً بمباسم النوّارِ
And restored the earth's face to cheerfulness and radiance,
Thus it returned the face of the earth bright beaming
Laughing with the smiling mouths of blossoms.
Laughing with the smiles of lights
لماwhen دعاكit called you إلىto القيامobservance بسنةof a tradition
لما دعاك إلى القيام بسنة
حكَّمْتَyou appointed as judge داعيthe call of الجودgenerosity والإيثارِand selflessness
حكَّمْتَ داعي الجود والإيثارِ
When it called you to observe a tradition,
When it called you to establish a tradition
You made the call of generosity and selflessness your judge.
You judged the caller of generosity and altruism
فأقضتso you poured forth (probable correction) فيناamong us منfrom نداكyour bounty مَواهباًgifts
فأقضت فينا من نداك مَواهباً
حسنتwere pleasing مواقعهاtheir occasions of bestowal علىupon التكرارِrepetition
حسنت مواقعها على التكرارِ
So you poured forth among us gifts from your bounty,
So you dispensed from your hand gifts
Whose bestowal pleased us time and again.
That improved their positions with repetition
فاهنأso rejoice بعيدin a feast عادhas returned يشتملwraps itself in الرضىcontentment
فاهنأ بعيد عاد يشتمل الرضى
جذلانjubilant يرفلُwalks proudly in trailing robes فيin حلىthe finery of استبشارِgladness at good tidings
جذلان يرفلُ في حلى استبشارِ
So rejoice in a feast that has returned cloaked in contentment,
So congratulations on an Eid that returned including contentment
Jubilant, trailing its robes in the finery of gladness.
Fawns that strut in the finery of elation
Sol 6.1