ياO أيهاyou (vocative) الملكthe king المصنورal-Maṣnūr (likely al-Manṣūr, 'the victorious') منfrom يمنYemen
يا أيها الملك المصنور من يمن
والمبتنيand the builder نسباa lineage غيرother than الذيthe one انتسباhe traced his descent to
والمبتني نسبا غير الذي انتسبا
O king al-Maṣnūr, from Yemen,
O King adorned with arrows from Yemen
And builder of a lineage other than your ancestral one,
And built with lineage unlike what you claimed
بغزوةthrough a foray فيin قلوبthe hearts of الشركidolatry راتعةgrazing freely
بغزوة في قلوب الشرك راتعة
بينamid المناياdeaths تناغيcooing to السمرthe tawny spears والقضباand the swords
بين المنايا تناغي السمر والقضبا
Through a foray grazing freely in the hearts of idolatry,
With a raid in hearts of polytheism raging
Amid deaths, cooing to tawny spears and swords.
Between deaths the night and morning contend
أماdo you not ترىyou see العينthe spring تجريflows فوقover مرمرهاits marble
أما ترى العين تجري فوق مرمرها
زهواproudly فتجريso it makes flow علىover أحسائهاits water-holding hollows الطرباdelight
زهوا فتجري على أحسائها الطربا
Do you not see the spring flowing over its marble,
Do you not see the spring flowing over its marble
Proudly, sending delight flowing over its pools?
With glory thus it flows over its meadows blithe
أجرَيتَهَاyou made it flow فطماso surged الزاهيal-Zāhī ('the radiant one') بجريتهاwith its flow
أجرَيتَهَا فطما الزاهي بجريتها
كماjust as طَمَوتَyou surged فَسُدتَso you became lord of العُجمَthe non-Arabs والعَرَباand the Arabs
كما طَمَوتَ فَسُدتَ العُجمَ والعَرَبا
You made it flow, and al-Zāhī surged with its current,
You let it flow so the blooming spring in its course
Just as you surged and became lord of non-Arabs and Arabs.
As you have plugged you corrupted non-Arabs and Arabs alike
Sol 6.1