لو نيل بالمجد في العلياء منزلة
لنال بالمجد أعنان السموات
If a station in the highest realms could be won through glory,
If glory resides in the highest places
through glory he would reach the utmost heights of heaven.
Then with glory I would grasp the edges of the heavens
يرمي الخطوب برأي يستضاء به
إذا دجا الرأي من أهل البصيرات
He assails calamities with judgment that gives light
It throws troubles with wisdom illuminated by it
when the judgment of discerning men is shrouded in darkness.
When the mind is obscured by people of insight
فليس تلقاه إلا عند عارفة
أو واقفاً في صدور السمهريات
You find him nowhere but engaged in an act of kindness,
So receiving it is only by one who knows
or standing amid the points of Samharian spears.
Or standing firm in the breasts of the honorable
يا من غدت أوجه الأيام مشرقة
بجوده مستهلات منيرات
O you through whose generosity the faces of the days have grown radiant,
O you who made the faces of days radiant
beaming and luminous,
With your generosity, beautiful, luminous
مالي بلا سبب غودرت مطرحاً
وقد حرمت عطاياك الجزيلات
Why, for no cause, have I been left cast aside
Why without cause have I become downcast
and denied your bountiful gifts?
When you have denied me your plentiful gifts?
ولي مدائح قدماً فيك سائرة
مستطرفات بألفاظ طريفات
Yet for ages I have had praises of you in circulation,
And I have praises walking before you
admired anew, expressed in rare and elegant words.
Captivating, with witty words
Sol 5.6