ياO حسنَbeauty of ثوبٍa robe للدُّجىto the darkness of night مشابهُresembling
يا حسنَ ثوبٍ للدُّجى مشابهُ
كأنماas though فصلَwas cut منfrom إهابهْits hide
كأنما فصلَ من إهابهْ
Oh, how beautiful a robe that resembles the darkness of night!
O beauty of clothing alike to darkness
As though it were cut from its hide.
As though it were made in its obscurity
يحسرُgrieves الشيخُthe old man علىover شبابهhis youth
يحسرُ الشيخُ على شبابه
أزهىI take pride بهِin it وكنتُand I used to لاnot أزهىtake pride بهْin it
أزهى بهِ وكنتُ لا أزهى بهْ
The old man grieves over his youth.
The old man laments his youth
I take pride in it, though once I took no pride in it.
It blossomed with him yet I did not blossom with it
كأننيas though I were المليكُthe king فيamong أصحابهْhis companions
كأنني المليكُ في أصحابهْ
منذُever since رأيتI saw الناسthe people منamong طلابهْits seekers
منذُ رأيت الناس من طلابهْ
As though I were the king among his companions,
As though I were a king among his companions
Ever since I saw people seeking it.
Since I saw people among his students
وكلهمand all of them منfrom among جاهلٍan ignorant person ونابهand a discerning person
وكلهم من جاهلٍ ونابه
يرونَthey see قدرَthe worth of المرءِa person فيin ثيابهْhis clothes
يرونَ قدرَ المرءِ في ثيابهْ
And all of them, ignorant and discerning alike,
Yet all of them from an ignorant and remorseful man
See a man's worth in his clothes.
They see the value of a man in his clothes
Sol 6.1