نُهَنِيءُwe congratulate أُسْتَاذَنَاour teacher عَادِلاًAdil
نُهَنِيءُ أُسْتَاذَنَا عَادِلاً
ونَقْضِيand we fulfill بإِكْرَامِهِby honoring him مَاwhat وَجَبْwas due
ونَقْضِي بإِكْرَامِهِ مَا وَجَبْ
We congratulate our teacher Adil,
We congratulate our honored teacher
And by honoring him, fulfill what is due.
And fulfill what he deserves through generosity
تَفَرَّدَhe stood unrivaled بَيْنَamong بَنيthe sons of عَصْرِهِhis age
تَفَرَّدَ بَيْنَ بَني عَصْرِهِ
بِفَضْلٍwith excellence أَعَزَّennobled لِسَانَthe tongue of الْعَرَبْthe Arabs
بِفَضْلٍ أَعَزَّ لِسَانَ الْعَرَبْ
He stood unrivaled among the sons of his age,
He excelled amongst the sons of his time
With excellence that ennobled the tongue of the Arabs.
With virtue that honored the Arab tongue
وكَانَand he was كَفِيّاًa match بِمَنْظُومِهِthrough his verse
وكَانَ كَفِيّاً بِمَنْظُومِهِ
وَمَنْثُورِهِand his prose لِفُحولِfor the masters of الأَدَبْliterature
وَمَنْثُورِهِ لِفُحولِ الأَدَبْ
And he was a match, in his verse
He was sufficient with his poetry
And his prose, for the masters of letters.
And prose for the masters of literature
فَجَاءَthus he became بَدِيعَBadiʿ (wonder of) الزَّمَانِthe age وَحَسْبَand enough for
فَجَاءَ بَدِيعَ الزَّمَانِ وَحَسْبَ
الْبَدِيعُal-Badiʿ (the wondrous one) إِذَاif مَاemphatic particle إِلَيْهِto him انْتَسَبْhe claimed kinship
الْبَدِيعُ إِذَا مَا إِلَيْهِ انْتَسَبْ
Thus he became Badiʿ al-Zaman—the Wonder of the Age—and it is enough for
So he came, the uniqueness of time and lineage
Al-Badiʿ, should he claim kinship with him.
The excellent one when to him one attributes
Sol 6.1