ياO سميّnamesake الخَليلal-Khalil (the Friend) لاmay you not زلتyou cease تَرقىyou ascend
يا سميّ الخَليل لا زلت تَرقى
رُتَبranks العزhonor وَالبَهاand splendor وَالسِيادهْand authority
رُتَب العز وَالبَها وَالسِيادهْ
O namesake of al-Khalil, may you ever ascend
O summit of glory, you continue to rise
the ranks of honor, splendor, and authority.
Through ranks of might, prestige, and rule
طبتyou are noble أَصلاًin origin وَقَدand indeed غَدَوتyou have become جَديراًworthy
طبت أَصلاً وَقَد غَدَوت جَديراً
بِالمَقامof the station المُنيفlofty بَلrather وَزِيادهand more
بِالمَقام المُنيف بَل وَزِياده
Noble in origin, you have become worthy
You were born noble, and have now become worthy
of the lofty station—indeed, of yet more.
Of the lofty station - nay, even beyond
شهدhas testified الفَضلexcellence أَنthat عَقلكyour intellect فَردpeerless
شهد الفَضل أَن عَقلك فَرد
وَعَلَيهاand on it إِجماعconsensus أَهلmasters of الإِجادهexcellence
وَعَلَيها إِجماع أَهل الإِجاده
Excellence has testified that your intellect is peerless,
Merit itself attests your peerless mind
and the masters of excellence are unanimous on this.
On which the masters of eloquence agree
صَحis valid إِجماعهمtheir consensus فمنso whoever حادstrays مناamong us
صَح إِجماعهم فمن حاد منا
كانَwould be مثلlike المرتدan apostate بَعدafter الشَهادهthe profession of faith
كانَ مثل المرتد بَعد الشَهاده
Their consensus is valid; whoever among us strays
Their consensus is sound - whoever among us dissents
would be like an apostate after professing the faith.
Is like an apostate after professing faith
ياoh لَهُfor it منصباًa post تَفاخرit gloried لَماwhen
يا لَهُ منصباً تَفاخر لَما
صارَit became عَبداًa slave وَقَدand indeed مَلَكتyou possessed قِيادهits reins
صارَ عَبداً وَقَد مَلَكت قِياده
Oh, what a post! It gloried when
What a rank you take pride in since
it became your slave, and you took hold of its reins.
You became a servant, though you wield leadership
كَمhow many a بِهِthrough it ماجدnoble man تَكمّلhe became complete مَجداًin glory
كَم بِهِ ماجد تَكمّل مَجداً
إِذwhen رَقاهhe ascended it وَنالand attained مِنهُfrom it مرادهhis desire
إِذ رَقاه وَنال مِنهُ مراده
How many a noble man attained full glory through it,
How many a glorious one you perfect in glory
when he ascended it and gained from it his desire.
By raising him up and granting what he sought
أَنتَyou شرّفتهyou ennobled it وَقَدand indeed كانَit had been يَرجوhoping
أَنتَ شرّفته وَقَد كانَ يَرجو
قَبلbefore ذاthis الوَقتtime أَنthat تَكونyou would be عِمادهits pillar
قَبل ذا الوَقت أَن تَكون عِماده
You have ennobled it, and it had hoped,
You ennobled him, though before this time
before this time, that you would be its pillar.
He hoped you would be his pillar
رَأفةmercy اللَهGod أَنتَyou لَستَyou are not تُهَنّاyou are congratulated
رَأفة اللَه أَنتَ لَستَ تُهَنّا
بِالمَعاليon lofty honors وَقَدand indeed أَتَتthey have come منقادهsubmissively
بِالمَعالي وَقَد أَتَت منقاده
You are God's mercy; you are not congratulated
God's mercy, you are not disgraced
on lofty honors, which have come in submission.
By the heights, which now come obedient
بَلrather تُهَنّاare congratulated بَكَon you المَعاليlofty honors وَيَأبىand refuses الGod (first part of split word)
بَل تُهَنّا بَكَ المَعالي وَيَأبى ال
لَهُGod (remainder of split word) إِلّاexcept إتمامَfulfillment ماwhat قَدindeed أَرادهHe has willed it
لَهُ إِلّا إتمامَ ما قَد أَراده
Rather, lofty honors are congratulated on you, and God will have
Rather, the heights are disgraced by you, and refuse
nothing but the fulfillment of what He has willed.
Anything but fulfilling what you desired
لَيتَنيif only I أُحسنُI excel at المَدائحpanegyrics حَتّىso that
لَيتَني أُحسنُ المَدائح حَتّى
أَتَحلَّىI adorn myself بِمَدحby praising رَبthe lord of السَعادهfelicity
أَتَحلَّى بِمَدح رَب السَعاده
If only I excelled at panegyrics, so that
Would that I excel in praise, so that
I might adorn myself by praising the lord of felicity.
I may adorn myself in praising the Lord of joy
Sol 6.1