الناسُthe people تَحتَكَbeneath you أَقدامٌfeet وَأَنتَand you لَهُمto them
الناسُ تَحتَكَ أَقدامٌ وَأَنتَ لَهُم
رَأسٌa head فَكَيفَso how يُسَوّىis made equal الرَأسُthe head وَالقَدَمُand the foot
رَأسٌ فَكَيفَ يُسَوّى الرَأسُ وَالقَدَمُ
The people beneath you are feet, and you are their
head—how, then, can head and foot be made equal?
إِنّاindeed we لَنَعلَمُwe surely know أَنّاthat we ماas long as بَقيتَyou remain لَناfor us
إِنّا لَنَعلَمُ أَنّا ما بَقيتَ لَنا
فيناamong us السَماحُgenerosity وَفيناand among us الجودُbounty وَالكَرَمُand nobility
فينا السَماحُ وَفينا الجودُ وَالكَرَمُ
We surely know that, as long as you remain with us,
generosity is among us, and among us are bounty and nobility.
وَحَسبُناand sufficient for us مِنof ثَناءِthe praise المادِحينَthose who praise إِذاwhen
وَحَسبُنا مِن ثَناءِ المادِحينَ إِذا
أَثنَواthey praise عَلَيكَupon you بِأَنin that يُثنواthey praise بِماfor what عَلِمواthey know
أَثنَوا عَلَيكَ بِأَن يُثنوا بِما عَلِموا
And of the praise of praisers, it is enough for us, when
they praise you, that they praise you for what they know.
Sol 6.1