لاmay ... never زِلتَyou cease to be سَبّاقاًforemost إِلىin pursuit of المَكرُماتِnoble deeds
لا زِلتَ سَبّاقاً إِلى المَكرُماتِ
عاشَlived بِكَthrough you المَعروفُbenevolence وَالمُكرُماتand noble deeds
عاشَ بِكَ المَعروفُ وَالمُكرُمات
May you ever be foremost in noble deeds.
You still hasten to generosity
Through you, benevolence and noble deeds live on.
Good deeds and generosity live through you
أَنتَyou اِمرُؤٌa man مَعروفُهُhis benevolence ثابِتٌenduring
أَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ مَعروفُهُ ثابِتٌ
وَليسَand there is no لِلأَموالِfor wealth مِنهُfrom him ثَباتpermanence
وَليسَ لِلأَموالِ مِنهُ ثَبات
You are a man whose benevolence endures,
You are a man whose good name is steadfast
yet wealth has no permanence with him.
Wealth has no steadfastness from it
ماnever جَمَعَتgathered شَملَthe company العُلىof glories كَفُّهhis hand
ما جَمَعَت شَملَ العُلى كَفُّه
إِلّاexcept that تَداعىfell apart مالُهُhis wealth بِالشَتاتin dispersion
إِلّا تَداعى مالُهُ بِالشَتات
His hand never brings the glories together
What gathers cannot contain its palm’s height
without his wealth breaking apart and scattering.
Except its money scatters into pieces
Sol 6.1