ماnot مِثلُlike مَوضِعِكَyour place اِبنَO son of رِزقٍRizq مَوضِعُa place
ما مِثلُ مَوضِعِكَ اِبنَ رِزقٍ مَوضِعُ
رَوضٌa garden يَرِفُّshimmers وَجَدوَلٌand a stream يَتَدَفَّعُsurges
رَوضٌ يَرِفُّ وَجَدوَلٌ يَتَدَفَّعُ
No place is like your place, Ibn Rizq:
A garden shimmers, and a stream surges.
وَكَأَنَّماand as though هُوَit مِنfrom بَنانِكَyour fingertips صَفحَةٌa page
وَكَأَنَّما هُوَ مِن بَنانِكَ صَفحَةٌ
فَالحُسنُfor beauty يَنبُتُsprouts فيin ثَراهُits moist soil وَيُبدِعُand works wonders
فَالحُسنُ يَنبُتُ في ثَراهُ وَيُبدِعُ
And it seems a page from your fingertips,
For beauty sprouts in its moist soil and works wonders.
وَعَشِيَّةٍand an evening لَبِسَتdonned رِداءَthe cloak of شُحوبِهاits pallor
وَعَشِيَّةٍ لَبِسَت رِداءَ شُحوبِها
وَالجوُّand the sky بِالغَيمِin cloud الرَقيقِthin مُقَنَّعُveiled
وَالجوُّ بِالغَيمِ الرَقيقِ مُقَنَّعُ
And an evening, clad in its cloak of pallor,
While the sky was veiled in thin cloud,
بَلَغَتreached بِناwith us أَمَدَthe utmost bounds of السُرورِjoy تَأَلُّفاًin fellowship
بَلَغَت بِنا أَمَدَ السُرورِ تَأَلُّفاً
وَاللَيلُand night نَحوَtoward فِراقِناour parting يَتَطَلَّعُlooks eagerly
وَاللَيلُ نَحوَ فِراقِنا يَتَطَلَّعُ
Brought us, in fellowship, to the utmost bounds of joy,
While night looked eagerly toward our parting.
فَاِبلُلso moisten بِهاwith it رَمَقَthe last breath of الغَبوقِthe evening draught فَقَدfor already أَتىhas come
فَاِبلُل بِها رَمَقَ الغَبوقِ فَقَد أَتى
مِنfrom دونِbefore قُرصِthe disk of الشَمسِthe sun ماwhat يُتَوَقَّعُis expected
مِن دونِ قُرصِ الشَمسِ ما يُتَوَقَّعُ
So moisten with it the evening draught’s last breath, for there has come
Between us and the sun’s disk what was expected.
سَقَطَتit sank وَلَمand did not تَملِكhave power over يَمينُكَyour right hand رَدَّهاbringing it back
سَقَطَت وَلَم تَملِك يَمينُكَ رَدَّها
فَوَدِدتُso I wished ياO مُوسىMusa لَوَif only اَنَّكَthat you يُوشَعُJoshua
فَوَدِدتُ يا مُوسى لَوَ اَنَّكَ يُوشَعُ
It sank, and your right hand could not bring it back;
So I wished, O Musa, that you were Joshua.
Sol 6.1