سيدٌa lord عزمُهُhis resolve أحدُّsharper منthan السيthe sword (word continues)
سيدٌ عزمُهُ أحدُّ من السي
فcompletion of 'sword' وأمضىand more piercing منthan عاملthe point of المُرّانِashwood lances
ف وأمضى من عامل المُرّانِ
A lord whose resolve is sharper than the sword,
and more piercing than the point of an ashwood lance.
أشرقتْshone مصرناour Egypt بشمسwith the sun of علاهhis eminence
أشرقتْ مصرنا بشمس علاه
وتباهَتْand vaunted itself مجداًin glory علىabove البلدانthe lands
وتباهَتْ مجداً على البلدان
Our Egypt shone with the sun of his eminence,
and vaunted its glory above other lands.
ورثinherited المجدَglory عنfrom أبيهhis father وقدand indeed زاsurpassed (word continues)
ورث المجدَ عن أبيه وقد زا
دcompletion of 'surpassed' علىbeyond سابقيهhis predecessors بالإحسانin benevolence
د على سابقيه بالإحسان
He inherited glory from his father, and indeed surpassed
his predecessors in benevolence.
واستنارتand became illuminated بفكرهby his thought مدلهمّاdark complexities (word continues)
واستنارت بفكره مدلهمّا
تُcompletion of 'dark complexities' أمورٍaffairs أعيتْproved baffling لكلّto every معانيone who grappled with them
تُ أمورٍ أعيتْ لكلّ معاني
And his thought illuminated the dark complexities
of affairs that had baffled all who grappled with them.
Sol 6.1