أَهلاًwelcome بِهاto them شُمطَgrizzled الذَوائِبِthe tresses وَالذُرىand the crests
أَهلاً بِها شُمطَ الذَوائِبِ وَالذُرى
تَعشوgropes إِلىtoward نيرانِهاtheir fires نارُthe fire القِرىof hospitality
تَعشو إِلى نيرانِها نارُ القِرى
Welcome to them, with grizzled tresses and crests!
The fire of hospitality gropes toward their fires.
شُهُباًmeteors إِذاwhen مَدَّspreads الظَلامُdarkness رِواقَهُits canopy
شُهُباً إِذا مَدَّ الظَلامُ رِواقَهُ
جَعَلَتturned ظَلامَthe darkness اللَيلِof night صُبحاًinto a dawn نَيِّراradiant
جَعَلَت ظَلامَ اللَيلِ صُبحاً نَيِّرا
Meteors—when darkness spreads its canopy,
they turn the darkness of night into a radiant dawn.
تُذكىare kindled لَدىbefore مَلِكٍa king يُرَجّىis hoped for جودُهُhis bounty
تُذكى لَدى مَلِكٍ يُرَجّى جودُهُ
وَتَخافُand fear مِنof سَطَواتِهِhis onslaughts أُسدُthe lions الشَرىof al-Shara
وَتَخافُ مِن سَطَواتِهِ أُسدُ الشَرى
They are kindled before a king whose bounty is hoped for,
and the lions of al-Shara fear his onslaughts.
الصالِحِal-Salih المَلِكِthe king الَّذيwho بِسَماحِهِthrough his generosity
الصالِحِ المَلِكِ الَّذي بِسَماحِهِ
أَمسىhas become الثَراwealth وَطأًeasy ground لِمَنfor whoever وَطِىءَtreads الثَرىthe earth
أَمسى الثَرا وَطأً لِمَن وَطِىءَ الثَرى
Al-Salih, the king through whose generosity
wealth has become easy ground for whoever treads the earth.
لاmay ... not زالَcease شَملُthe unity المُلكِof the realm مُنتَظِماًwell ordered بِهِthrough him
لا زالَ شَملُ المُلكِ مُنتَظِماً بِهِ
وَالعِزُّand glory مُمتَدُّoutstretched الرَواقِthe canopy كَماas تَرىyou see
وَالعِزُّ مُمتَدُّ الرَواقِ كَما تَرى
May the realm remain united through him,
and glory's canopy remain outstretched, as you see.
Sol 6.1