قفstand بالديارat the dwellings وقوفthe standing of زائرa visitor
قف بالديار وقوف زائر
وتأنand take your time إنكindeed, you غيرnot صاغرabased
وتأن إنك غير صاغر
Stand at the dwellings as a visitor stands,
Stand like a visitor at the abodes,
And linger: you are not abased.
And be gentle, for you are not lowly.
ماذاwhat عليكfor you منfrom الوقوthe standing (word continues)
ماذا عليك من الوقو
فيcompletion of 'standing' (irregular text) بهاat them مدextent (reading uncertain) الطللينthe two ruins داثرeffaced
في بها مد الطللين داثر
What harm is there for you in standing
What is upon you from standing
There, where the stretch of the two ruins is effaced?
Among the ruins of the departed?
درجتpassed عليكover you الغادياthe morning-going ones (word continues)
درجت عليك الغاديا
تcompletion of 'morning-going ones' الرائحاتthe evening-returning ones منamong الأعاصرthe whirlwinds
ت الرائحات من الأعاصر
Over you have passed the morning-going
The past has tread upon you -
And evening-returning whirlwinds.
The winds have blown fragrances from storms.
ياO مَسْلَمMaslam بنson of أبيAbu, father of الوليدal-Walid
يا مَسْلَم بن أبي الوليد
لميَّتٍfor a dead man إنif شئتyou wish ناشرa reviver
لميَّتٍ إن شئت ناشر
O Maslam, son of Abu al-Walid,
O Musallam ibn Abi al-Walid,
You can revive a dead man, if you wish.
If you wish, spread out a buried corpse.
علقتI hung حباليmy ropes منfrom حباropes (word continues)
علقت حبالي من حبا
لكyour (completes 'your ropes') ذمةa pledge of protection الجارthe neighbor المجاورliving nearby
لك ذمة الجار المجاور
I have hung my ropes from
I tied my ropes of love for you -
Yours, under the protection pledged to a close neighbor.
The neighbor's covenant is binding.
فالآنso now صرتI turned إلىto أميةUmayya
فالآن صرت إلى أمية
والأمورand affairs إلىto المصايرthe outcomes
والأمور إلى المصاير
So now I have turned to Umayya,
But now you have turned to Banu Umayya,
And affairs proceed to their outcomes.
And affairs tend toward destinies.
والآنand now كنتI became بهِin it المصيبthe one who is right
والآن كنت بهِ المصيب
كمهتدlike one rightly guided بالأمسyesterday حائرbewildered
كمهتد بالأمس حائر
And now, in this, I have chosen rightly,
And now you were, through them, fortunate,
Like one now guided, who yesterday was bewildered.
As yesterday you were lost and confused.
ياO بنson of العقائلthe noble women للعقاof noble women (word continues)
يا بن العقائل للعقا
ئلcompletion of 'noble women' والجحاجحةand the mighty chieftains الأخابرthe seasoned, knowledgeable ones
ئل والجحاجحة الأخابر
O son of noble women, born of noble
O son of principled men, for principles
Women and discerning, mighty chieftains,
And protection are the best informed.
منof عبدʿAbd, servant شمسShams, sun والأكاand the great ones (word continues)
من عبد شمس والأكا
برcompletion of 'great ones' منof أميةUmayya فالأكابرthen the great ones
بر من أمية فالأكابر
Of ʿAbd Shams and the great
From Abd Shams and the elders
Men of Umayya, great after great:
Of Umayya, then the greatest.
إنindeed الخلافةthe caliphate والألآand the companions (uncertain reading; word continues)
إن الخلافة والألآ
فcompletion of 'companions' برغمdespite ذيone possessing حسدenvy وواغرand one nursing rancor
ف برغم ذي حسد وواغر
Indeed, the caliphate and the companions,
Though the caliphate and banners -
Despite the envious and the rancorous,
Despite the envious and ungrateful -
دلفاًadvanced together (apparently a dual verb) منfrom الشرفnobility التليدancestral
دلفاً من الشرف التليد
إيكto you (text appears defective) بالرِّفدwith bounty الموافرabundant
إيك بالرِّفد الموافر
Have advanced from ancestral nobility
Are inherited from honored ancestors,
To you, bringing abundant bounty.
With plentiful, overflowing supply.
فحللتso you settled معتلجthe crowded heart of البطاthe valley flats (word continues)
فحللت معتلج البطا
حcompletion of 'valley flats' وحلَّand settled غيرُكsomeone other than you بالظواهرon the outskirts
ح وحلَّ غيرُك بالظواهر
So you settled in the crowded heart of the valley
So you untied a complex knot,
Flats, while another settled on the outskirts.
While others solved only superficialities.
كمhow often قالsaid قائلكمyour speaker لعاrecovery! (a wish after stumbling)
كم قال قائلكم لعا
لكto you عندat عثرتهhis stumble لعاثرto one who stumbles
لك عند عثرته لعاثر
How often has one of you said, 'May you recover!'
How often did your partisans say,
To one who stumbled, at his fall.
When they stumbled, to the stumbler:
وغفرتمand you forgave لذويfor those guilty of الذنوthe sins (word continues)
وغفرتم لذوي الذنو
بcompletion of 'sins' منamong الأكابرthe great والأصاغرand the small
ب من الأكابر والأصاغر
And you forgave those guilty of sins,
"You have forgiven those with sins,
Among the great and the small.
Small and great, elders and youth."
ابنيO sons أميةUmayya إنكمindeed, you
ابني أمية إنكم
أهلthe possessors of الوسائلmeans of approach and favor والأوامرand commands
أهل الوسائل والأوامر
O sons of Umayya, you are
My son of Umayya, you are
Masters of favor and command,
The people of means and commands.
ثقتيmy reliance لكلfor every ملمةcalamity
ثقتي لكل ملمة
وعشيرتيand my clan دونrather than العشائرthe clans
وعشيرتي دون العشائر
My reliance in every calamity,
My trust is to every resourceful man,
And my clan, rather than all other clans.
And my people, over all peoples.
الطيبوthose good in تربsoil المغارthe planting-grounds (word continues)
الطيبو ترب المغار
سcompletion of 'planting-grounds' والمنابتand the growing-places والمكاسرand the innate natures
س والمنابت والمكاسر
Pure in the soil of your planting-
Good are you - offspring of the brave -
Grounds, your growing-places, and your inner grain;
And plants and stone quarries.
والساحبونand those who trail their garments اللاحفوthose who cover (word continues)
والساحبون اللاحفو
نcompletion of 'those who cover' الأرضthe earth هُدَّابfringes المآزرthe waist-wraps
ن الأرض هُدَّاب المآزر
And those who trail their garments, clothing
You are the drawers - the pullers -
The earth in the fringes of their waist-wraps.
Of the earth, demolishers of fortresses.
أنتمyou معادنmines للخلاfor the caliphate (word continues)
أنتم معادن للخلا
فةcompletion of 'caliphate' كابراًa great man منfrom بعدafter كابرa great man
فة كابراً من بعد كابر
You are the mines of the caliphate,
You are the mines of the caliphate,
Great man after great man,
Great after each predecessor.
بالتسعةwith the nine المتتابعينsuccessive
بالتسعة المتتابعين
خلائفاًas caliphs وبخيرand with the best عاشرtenth
خلائفاً وبخير عاشر
With the nine who followed one another
With the nine successive caliphs,
As caliphs, and with the finest tenth.
Successors, and the best tenth.
Sol 6.1