صُغْتَyou fashioned الدّراريَthe shining stars أَمْor عِقْدٌa necklace مِنَof الدُّرَرِthe pearls
صُغْتَ الدّراريَ أَمْ عِقْدٌ مِنَ الدُّرَرِ
ياO واحِدَpeerless one العَصْرِthe age بَيْنَamong البَدْوِthe nomads والحَضَرِand the townsfolk
يا واحِدَ العَصْرِ بَيْنَ البَدْوِ والحَضَرِ
Have you fashioned the shining stars, or a necklace of pearls?
Were you molded from gems or a string of pearls?
O peerless one of the age, among nomads and townsfolk!
O paragon of the age, amidst nomads and townsfolk alike,
لاmay ... not زِلْتَyou cease تَرْقَىyou ascend بُرُوجاًtowers للكَمالِfor perfection وَلاَand not
لا زِلْتَ تَرْقَى بُرُوجاً للكَمالِ وَلاَ
بَرِحْتَyou cease تُطْرِبُyou delight سَمْعَthe ear الدّهْرِTime بالفِقَرِwith the literary passages
بَرِحْتَ تُطْرِبُ سَمْعَ الدّهْرِ بالفِقَرِ
May you ever ascend towers of perfection, and never
You continue to ascend to the heights of perfection, and never
cease delighting Time's ear with eloquent passages.
Cease to delight the ear of time with wondrous verse.
فالحالُso the state ماnot حَالَhas changed والعَهْدُand the pledge القَديمُold هُوَit الthe
فالحالُ ما حَالَ والعَهْدُ القَديمُ هُوَ ال
عَهْدُpledge القَدِيمُold ولاand no عَهْدٌa pledge لمُبْتكِرِfor an innovator
عَهْدُ القَدِيمُ ولا عَهْدٌ لمُبْتكِرِ
So the state has not changed, and the old pledge is the
What was is still, and the ancient covenant remains—
old pledge; there is no pledge for an innovator.
The ancient covenant endures, no modern agreement replaces it.
لاdo not تَحْسَبِsuppose الدَّرْسَthe lesson مَتْرُوكاًabandoned وأَنْتَand you عَلىat
لا تَحْسَبِ الدَّرْسَ مَتْرُوكاً وأَنْتَ عَلى
نِهايَةِthe utmost extent الحَدِّthe limit والتّحْصِيلِand attainment لِلْفِطَرِfor the innate faculties
نِهايَةِ الحَدِّ والتّحْصِيلِ لِلْفِطَرِ
Do not think the lesson abandoned, while you stand at
Do not think study neglected, while you stand
the utmost bounds of learning attainable by the innate faculties.
At the pinnacle of achievement and cultivation of talent.
منْone who كانَhas been غايَةَthe ultimate goal سُؤْلِيmy desire كَيْفَhow أمْنَعُهُI deprive him
منْ كانَ غايَةَ سُؤْلِي كَيْفَ أمْنَعُهُ
مِنْهاof it وأَحْجُبُand I withhold عَنْهُfrom him نُخْبَةَthe choicest part الفِكْرِthought
مِنْها وأَحْجُبُ عَنْهُ نُخْبَةَ الفِكْرِ
One who has been my utmost desire—how could I deprive him
He whose utmost desire I am, how can I prevent him
of it, and withhold from him the choicest thoughts?
From it and veil from him the elite of the mind?
ودُمْتَand may you continue تُحْيِيyou revive رُسُومَtraces العِلْمِlearning ماas long as صَدَحَتْsang
ودُمْتَ تُحْيِي رُسُومَ العِلْمِ ما صَدَحَتْ
وَرْقَاa gray dove عَلَىon فَنَنٍa bough لَدْنٍsupple منof الشَّجَرِthe trees
وَرْقَا عَلَى فَنَنٍ لَدْنٍ من الشَّجَرِ
And may you keep reviving learning's traces, as long as song rings out
You have kept alive the customs of knowledge for as long as
from a gray dove on a supple bough of a tree.
Leaves have rustled with arts from days of yore.
Sol 6.1