عِشْنَاwe lived زَمَاناًan age وَكَانَand was فِيهِin it إِلَىto
عِشْنَا زَمَاناً وَكَانَ فِيهِ إِلَى
أَحْمَدَAhmad تَيْمُورَTaymur يَنْتَهِيreaches its height العِظَمُgreatness
أَحْمَدَ تَيْمُورَ يَنْتَهِي العِظَمُ
We lived in an age when, in
Ahmad Taymur, greatness reached its height.
عِلْمٌlearning وَفَضْلٌand virtue وَسُؤْدَدٌand eminence وَحِجَىًand wisdom
عِلْمٌ وَفَضْلٌ وَسُؤْدَدٌ وَحِجَىً
أَكْبَرُهُاrevered them العَرَبُthe Arabs فِيهِin him وَالعَجَمُand non-Arabs
أَكْبَرُهُا العَرَبُ فِيهِ وَالعَجَمُ
Learning, virtue, eminence, and wisdom—
Arabs and non-Arabs revered them in him.
فَصَاحَةٌeloquence تَمْلأُfills النُّهَىminds طُرَفاًwith wonders
فَصَاحَةٌ تَمْلأُ النُّهَى طُرَفاً
فَكُلَّso every سَمْعٍear مَاwhatever اسْطَاعَit could يَغْتَنِمُseizes
فَكُلَّ سَمْعٍ مَا اسْطَاعَ يَغْتَنِمُ
Eloquence that fills minds with wonders,
So every ear seizes as much as it can.
مَاnot إِنْemphasizing the negation سَمَاهُsurpassed him فِيin عَصْرِهِhis age عَلَمٌan eminent man
مَا إِنْ سَمَاهُ فِي عَصْرِهِ عَلَمٌ
ثُمَّthen انْقَضَىpassed العَصْرُthe age وَانْطَوَىand was furled العَلَمُthe banner
ثُمَّ انْقَضَى العَصْرُ وَانْطَوَى العَلَمُ
No eminent man in his age surpassed him;
Then the age passed, and the banner was furled.
بَكَىwept بِهِfor him الحِلْمُforbearance خَيْرَthe finest of فِتْيَتِهِits young men
بَكَى بِهِ الحِلْمُ خَيْرَ فِتْيَتِهِ
وَافْتَقَدَتْهُand missed him الأَحْكَامُjudgments وَالحِكَمُand maxims
وَافْتَقَدَتْهُ الأَحْكَامُ وَالحِكَمُ
Forbearance wept for him, the finest of its youths,
And judgments and maxims felt his loss.
طَوَتْهُenfolded him أَرْضٌearth إِنْif تَعْلُit rises مِنْfrom ضعَةٍlowliness
طَوَتْهُ أَرْضٌ إِنْ تَعْلُ مِنْ ضعَةٍ
فَفِيthen in ثُرَاهَاits soil الإِبَاءُproud self-respect وَالشَّمَمُand lofty pride
فَفِي ثُرَاهَا الإِبَاءُ وَالشَّمَمُ
Earth enfolded him; if it rises from lowliness,
It is because its soil holds dignity and lofty pride.
ثَوَىhe rests وَفِيand in وُلدِهِhis children فَضَائِلُهُhis virtues
ثَوَى وَفِي وُلدِهِ فَضَائِلُهُ
ذُخْرٌa treasure مِنَof الصَّالِحَاتِgood deeds مُقْتَسِمُshared out
ذُخْرٌ مِنَ الصَّالِحَاتِ مُقْتَسِمُ
He rests, and his virtues live on in his children—
A shared treasure of good deeds.
مَحَمَّدُMuhammad بِكْرُهُمْtheir eldest نَمَاflourished وَلَهُand he had
مَحَمَّدُ بِكْرُهُمْ نَمَا وَلَهُ
علماًin learning وَفَناًand in art مكانُهhis station السَّنِمُlofty
علماً وَفَناً مكانُه السَّنِمُ
Muhammad, their eldest, flourished, and held
His lofty station in learning and art.
فِيin جِيلِهِhis generation كَانَhe was زَيْنَthe adornment of مَنْthose who عَمِلواthey acted
فِي جِيلِهِ كَانَ زَيْنَ مَنْ عَمِلوا
بِمَاon what أَفَادُواthey had learned وَزَيْنَand the adornment of مَنْthose who عَلِمُواthey knew
بِمَا أَفَادُوا وَزَيْنَ مَنْ عَلِمُوا
In his generation, he was the adornment of those who acted
On what they had learned, and the adornment of those who knew.
جَمَالُbeauty طَبْعٍof character يُضِيءُilluminates رَوْنَقُهُits radiance
جَمَالُ طَبْعٍ يُضِيءُ رَوْنَقُهُ
جَمَالَbeauty وَجْهِof a face كَالصبْحِlike dawn يَبْتَسِمُit smiles
جَمَالَ وَجْهِ كَالصبْحِ يَبْتَسِمُ
Beauty of character: its radiance illumines
The beauty of a face that smiles like dawn.
Sol 6.1