يمّمseek ندىbounty غيثrain الكرامthe noble ones العليthe exalted
يمّم ندى غيث الكرام العلي
فالغيثfor the rain لاnot يهميpours down سوىexcept منfrom عليAli
فالغيث لا يهمي سوى من علي
Seek the bounty of the noble ones' exalted rain;
The generous rain's dew nourished Ali's nobility
For rain pours down from none but Ali.
For the rain benefits none but Ali
تراهyou see him بحراًa sea كاملاًperfect وافراًabundant
تراه بحراً كاملاً وافراً
مفصّلاًexpounding in detail للأدبfor literature المجملthe condensed
مفصّلاً للأدب المجمل
You see him as a sea, perfect and abundant,
You see him as a perfect, abundant sea
Expounding in detail what is condensed in literature.
Articulate in explicating the concise literature
رُدْcome to وِردَهhis water العذبthe sweet الفراتthe refreshing الّذيwhich
رُدْ وِردَه العذب الفرات الّذي
روىrelayed لناto us الفيضthe overflow عنfrom المنهلthe spring
روى لنا الفيض عن المنهل
Come to his sweet, refreshing water, which
Return the sweet, Euphrates-like elixir that
The overflow has relayed to us from the spring.
Quenched our thirst from the spring
ذوpossessing همّةٍresolve كالسيفlike a sword قطعاًin cutting power ولمand has not
ذو همّةٍ كالسيف قطعاً ولم
تحتجneeded مدىthroughout الدهرtime إلىto صيقلa polisher
تحتج مدى الدهر إلى صيقل
He has resolve keen as a sword, and it has never
With determination like a sword, cutting
Needed a polisher through the ages.
Needing no polishing throughout time
منfrom دونهاbelow it أوجthe zenith السماكينthe two Simāk stars فيin
من دونها أوج السماكين في
سماthe sky العلاglory الرامحthe Spear-bearer والأعزلand the Unarmed
سما العلا الرامح والأعزل
Below it lies the zenith of the two Simāk stars in
Without it, the highest of the lofty in the
The sky of glory—the Spear-bearer and the Unarmed.
Sky of sublime, lance-bearing honor
وفطنةٍand insight تكشفreveals ماwhat يختفيlies hidden
وفطنةٍ تكشف ما يختفي
منof عارضٍa complication فيin الحادثthe occurrence المشكلthe perplexing
من عارضٍ في الحادث المشكل
And insight that reveals what lies hidden
And discernment that reveals the hidden
Of complications in a perplexing affair.
In perplexing events
كمhow many عقدةًa knot حلّتit untied فحلّتthus it sweetened لناfor us
كم عقدةً حلّت فحلّت لنا
أمراًa matter بناfor us قدalready مرّgrew bitter كالحنظلlike colocynth
أمراً بنا قد مرّ كالحنظل
How many a knot it has untied, thus sweetening for us
How many knots were untied, untying for us
A matter that had grown bitter for us as colocynth.
A matter that had passed as tangled
فهوthus he الّذيthe one who قدindeed باتhas come to be فيin عصرناour age
فهو الّذي قد بات في عصرنا
منof الطرازthe kind السابقthe foremost الأوّلthe first
من الطراز السابق الأوّل
Thus he is the one who, in our age, belongs
He is the one who has become in our time
To the original, foremost kind.
Of the foremost, precedented class
أمُّthe mother المعاليglories أنجبتهshe bore him لناfor us
أمُّ المعالي أنجبته لنا
وبعدهand after him حالتbecame barren ولمand did not تحملconceive
وبعده حالت ولم تحمل
The mother of glories bore him for us,
Mother of Glory bore him for us
And after him grew barren and conceived no more.
And after him labored and did not carry
قدindeed بذرتهshe sowed him للعلاfor glory حبّةًa grain
قد بذرته للعلا حبّةً
فأنبتتso it brought forth سبعاًseven منof السنبلears of grain
فأنبتت سبعاً من السنبل
She sowed him as a grain for glory,
She sowed him as a seed of sublimity
So it brought forth seven ears of grain.
And grew seven stalks of grain
ونخلتهand she sifted him منfrom دقيقthe flour المنىhopes
ونخلته من دقيق المنى
وغيرهand others besides him يرمَىis cast out منfrom المنخلthe sieve
وغيره يرمَى من المنخل
And she sifted him from the flour of hopes,
And extracted him from the choicest wish
While anyone else is cast out of the sieve,
While others are sifted through the sieve
لاno نفعbenefit فيهin him كامرءٍlike a man ساقطlaid low
لا نفع فيه كامرءٍ ساقط
يعديinfects الورىhumankind منwith دائهhis disease المعضلthe intractable
يعدي الورى من دائه المعضل
Of no use, like a man laid low,
No benefit in one fallen
Who infects humankind with his intractable disease.
Afflicting the world with his tangled plight
Sol 6.1