بِالأَمسِyesterday أُمَّتُهُhis nation مِنْfrom بَيْتِهِhis home اتَّخَذَتْit made
بِالأَمسِ أُمَّتُهُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ اتَّخَذَتْ
بَيْتاًa house بِهِin it تَلْتَقِيit gathers آناًfor a while وَتَعْتَصِمُand seeks refuge
بَيْتاً بِهِ تَلْتَقِي آناً وَتَعْتَصِمُ
Yesterday his nation made of his home
A house where it gathers awhile and seeks refuge.
وَاليَوْمَand today شَادَتْit built لَهُfor him قَبْراًa tomb بِجَانِبِهِbeside it
وَاليَوْمَ شَادَتْ لَهُ قَبْراً بِجَانِبِهِ
فَجَاوَرَso stood beside الرَّوْضَةَthe garden القُدْسِيَّةَsacred الْحَرَمُthe sanctuary
فَجَاوَرَ الرَّوْضَةَ القُدْسِيَّةَ الْحَرَمُ
And today it built him a tomb beside it,
So the sanctuary stood beside the sacred garden.
تَنَافَسَvied with one another النَّابِغُونَthe gifted men القَائِمُونthose working بِهِon it
تَنَافَسَ النَّابِغُونَ القَائِمُون بِهِ
حَتَّىuntil ازْدَرَىscorned كُلَّevery صَرْحٍedifice ذَلِكَthat الرَّضَمُthe pile of stones
حَتَّى ازْدَرَى كُلَّ صَرْحٍ ذَلِكَ الرَّضَمُ
The gifted men overseeing it vied with one another,
Until that pile of stones scorned every edifice.
وَلَوْand if أَطَاعُواthey obeyed هَوَاهُمْtheir desire قِيin (likely intended في) تَجِلَّتِهِhonoring him
وَلَوْ أَطَاعُوا هَوَاهُمْ قِي تَجِلَّتِهِ
لَكَانَwould then be دُونَlower than الَّذِيwhat يَبْنُونَهُthey build it الْهَرَمُthe pyramid
لَكَانَ دُونَ الَّذِي يَبْنُونَهُ الْهَرَمُ
And had they followed their desire in honoring him,
The pyramid would be lower than what they would build.
هَيَهَاتَfar from possible يَبْلُغُreaches فِيin عَلْيَائِهِits lofty height عَلَمٌa mountain
هَيَهَاتَ يَبْلُغُ فِي عَلْيَائِهِ عَلَمٌ
صَرْحاًan edifice بِهِin it بَاتَcame to rest ذَاكَthat المُفْرَدُpeerless العَلَمُthe luminary
صَرْحاً بِهِ بَاتَ ذَاكَ المُفْرَدُ العَلَمُ
No mountain could ever attain the lofty height of
An edifice where that peerless luminary came to rest.
Sol 6.1