نَطَقَspoke الوُدُّaffection باللِّسانِwith the tongue الفَصِيْحِeloquent
نَطَقَ الوُدُّ باللِّسانِ الفَصِيْحِ
عنof صفاءْsincerity محْضِunalloyed وعَقْدٍand a bond صحيحِsound
عن صفاءْ محْضِ وعَقْدٍ صحيحِ
Affection spoke with an eloquent tongue
The affection spoke eloquently
of unalloyed sincerity and a sound bond.
Of pure simplicity and upright pact
ماnever شَكَرْتُI thanked الزَّمَانَTime شُكْريmy thanks يوماًa day
ما شَكَرْتُ الزَّمَانَ شُكْري يوماً
فُزْتُI gained فِيْهِon it بِقُرْبِwith closeness to عَبْدِAbd (servant; name element) المَسِيْحِal-Masih (the Messiah)
فُزْتُ فِيْهِ بِقُرْبِ عَبْدِ المَسِيْحِ
Never have I thanked Time as I did on the day
Never have I thanked time
I gained the company of Abd al-Masih,
As when gaining proximity of the Messiah's servant
بصديقٍwith a friend متىwhenever أباينُهُI am apart from him بالجِسْin the body (first part)
بصديقٍ متى أباينُهُ بالجِسْ
مِbody (completion) أَجِدْI find روحَهُhis soul تُلائِمُharmonizes with رُوحِيmy soul
مِ أَجِدْ روحَهُ تُلائِمُ رُوحِي
a friend: whenever I am apart from him in body,
With a friend - when we differ in physique
I find his soul in harmony with my own.
I find his soul conforming to my soul
وإذَاand when ماemphatic particle الأدِيْبُthe man of letters زُيِّنَis adorned بالتَّقْwith commendation (first part)
وإذَا ما الأدِيْبُ زُيِّنَ بالتَّقْ
رِيْظِcommendation (completion) والمَدْحِand praise فهوthen he زَيْنُthe adornment المدِيْحِpraise
رِيْظِ والمَدْحِ فهو زَيْنُ المدِيْحِ
And when a man of letters is adorned with commendation
And when the literary man is adorned with
and praise, he himself is the adornment of praise.
Subtlety and praise - he is the adornment of praise
كاتبٌa writer بارعٌaccomplished إذاwhen التبسَbecomes unclear الرأjudgment (first part)
كاتبٌ بارعٌ إذا التبسَ الرأ
يُjudgment (completion) بداbecomes apparent فيin كتابِهِhis writing المشروحِelucidated
يُ بدا في كتابِهِ المشروحِ
An accomplished writer: when judgment is unclear,
A gifted writer - when opinion becomes confused
it becomes clear in his lucid writing.
His lucid book appears
ومَصُونُand inviolate الأعْراضِhonor مُبْتَذِلُfreely bestowing المعfavors (first part)
ومَصُونُ الأعْراضِ مُبْتَذِلُ المع
روفfavors (completion) للمستَنِيْلِto one seeking bounty والمُسْتَميحِand one asking for gifts
روف للمستَنِيْلِ والمُسْتَميحِ
And with honor inviolate, he freely bestows favors
Modest yet familiar with favors
on those seeking bounty and those asking for gifts.
To the asking and hopeful
يقظٌvigilant يكبحُhe reins in الخُطُوبَcalamities بتدبيwith planning (first part)
يقظٌ يكبحُ الخُطُوبَ بتدبي
رِplanning (completion) مُذِلٍّsubduing لُكُلِّfor every خَطْبٍmisfortune جَمُوحِheadstrong
رِ مُذِلٍّ لُكُلِّ خَطْبٍ جَمُوحِ
Vigilant, he reins in calamities with planning
Awake, restraining calamities with
that subdues every headstrong misfortune.
Humiliating consideration for every ardent speech
وشبيهٌand similar بالرَّوْضِto a garden خُلْقاًin character وبالقَطْand to rain (first part)
وشبيهٌ بالرَّوْضِ خُلْقاً وبالقَطْ
رِrain (completion) نوالاًin bounty وراحةًand in the palm بالرّيحِto the wind
رِ نوالاً وراحةً بالرّيحِ
And he is like a garden in character, and like rain
And resembling a garden in manners and spring
in bounty, and his palm is like the wind.
In bounty and repose with the breeze
Sol 6.1