هَذاthis هِلالٌa crescent منfrom شهابٍa meteor نيِّرٍradiant
هَذا هِلالٌ من شهابٍ نيِّرٍ
بزغتrose اشعَّتهُits rays لدىbefore رائيهاtheir beholder
بزغت اشعَّتهُ لدى رائيها
This is a crescent sprung from a radiant meteor;
This crescent is a radiant meteor
Its rays have risen before the one who beholds them.
Its light shone for its beholders
منfrom معشرٍa clan ورثواthey inherited الامارةَprincely rule طارِفاًthe newer generation
من معشرٍ ورثوا الامارةَ طارِفاً
عنfrom تالدٍthe older generation وهُمُand they اجَلُّthe noblest ذَويهاits holders
عن تالدٍ وهُمُ اجَلُّ ذَويها
From a clan who inherited princely rule, the young
From a group who inherited glory generously
From the old, and who are its noblest holders.
Of ancestors, they are the noblest of its people
نجلُson الرشيدal-Rashid مؤَرَّخاًdated by a chronogram لِشهابهِfor his meteor
نجلُ الرشيد مؤَرَّخاً لِشهابهِ
لاno غروَwonder فيهِin him أَنthat يَكونhe should be نبيهاillustrious
لا غروَ فيهِ أَن يَكون نبيها
Al-Rashid’s son—with a chronogram for his meteor:
The son of Ar-Rashid dated its meteor
No wonder that he should be illustrious.
No wonder that it be its prophet
Sol 6.1