صاحَO friend قُلsay ليto me ماwhat هذِهِthese الانوارthe lights
صاحَ قُل لي ما هذِهِ الانوار
أَشموسare they suns? هاتيكَthose أَمor أَقمارmoons
أَشموس هاتيكَ أَم أَقمار
Friend, tell me: what are these lights?
My friend, tell me, what are these lights?
Are those suns, or moons?
Are they suns, or are they moons?
أَمor كُنوزtreasures مَملوءَةfilled بِلآلwith pearls
أَم كُنوز مَملوءَة بِلآل
أَمرُموزor symbols فيin ضمنهاtheir midst أَسرارsecrets
أَمرُموز في ضمنها أَسرار
Or treasures filled with pearls?
Or treasures filled with pearls?
Or symbols holding secrets within?
Or mysteries in which secrets are concealed?
أَمor نَسيمa breeze الصِباyouth تَمشيwafting سَحيراshortly before dawn
أَم نَسيم الصِبا تَمشي سَحيرا
تَرَكتُI left behind عِندupon نَشرِهِits spreading الاِسحارenchantments
تَرَكتُ عِند نَشرِهِ الاِسحار
Or the breeze of youth, wafting shortly before dawn?
Or is it the morning breeze walking enchanted
I left enchantments behind when it spread.
Leaving behind it the spreading dawn?
ياO بَنيsons of العَيدَروسal-Aydarus طِبتُمyou are noble نَجاراin lineage
يا بَني العَيدَروس طِبتُم نَجارا
حَبذاhow splendid اِنتَموyou وَذاكَand that النَجّارlineage
حَبذا اِنتَمو وَذاكَ النَجّار
O sons of al-Aydarus, noble is your lineage!
O people of Eidarous, you were excellent carpenters
How splendid you are, and splendid that lineage!
How wonderful you and that carpenter were!
أَنتُمyou القَومthe people لاnot يُضامis mistreated نزيلa guest
أَنتُم القَوم لا يُضام نزيل
فيin حاكمa ruler (likely intended: your protection) وَلَيسَand not يظلمis wronged جارa neighbor
في حاكم وَلَيسَ يظلم جار
You are the people: no guest is mistreated
You are a people whose guest is not wronged
Within [your protection], nor is any neighbor wronged.
By a ruler, and who does not oppress a neighbor
أَنتُمyou القَومthe people جَدّكمyour forefather أَشرَفthe noblest of الرُسthe messengers (word continues)
أَنتُم القَوم جَدّكم أَشرَف الرُس
لcompletion of 'messengers' وَأَنتُمand you مِنfrom بَعدِهِafter him الاخبارthe tidings (likely intended: the virtuous)
ل وَأَنتُم مِن بَعدِهِ الاخبار
You are the people whose forefather is the noblest of messengers,
You are a people whose grandfather was the noblest of messengers
And after him you are [the virtuous].
And you, after him, are the best people
ياO بَنيsons of العَيدَروسal-Aydarus ياO آلfamily of طهTa-Ha
يا بَني العَيدَروس يا آل طه
فَضلكُمyour excellence ماthere is no لِوَصفِهِfor describing it مِقدارmeasure
فَضلكُم ما لِوَصفِهِ مِقدار
O sons of al-Aydarus, O family of Ta-Ha!
O people of Eidarous, O family of Taha
There is no measure for describing your excellence.
Your virtue has no limit to be described
شَرّفhas honored اللَهGod مصرناour Egypt اليَومtoday مِنكُمfrom among you
شَرّف اللَه مصرنا اليَوم مِنكُم
بِشَريفwith a nobleman لَهُfor him الكَمالperfection شِعارan emblem
بِشَريف لَهُ الكَمال شِعار
God has honored our Egypt today, from among you,
God has honored Egypt today through you
With a nobleman whose emblem is perfection.
With a noble one whose banner is perfection
هُوَhe عَبدُservant of الرَحمنthe All-Merciful قَطبspiritual pole ذَويthose possessing العرgnosis (word continues)
هُوَ عَبدُ الرَحمن قَطب ذَوي العر
فانcompletion of 'gnosis' منthe one who أَشرَقتshone بِهِthrough him الأَمصارthe cities
فان من أَشرَقت بِهِ الأَمصار
He is Abd al-Rahman, the spiritual pole of those possessing gnosis,
He is Abdel Rahman, the pole of nobility
The one through whom the cities shone.
For the regions have shone through him
قُلتI said يَوماًone day لِمادِحيهto those praising him أَفيقواcome to your senses!
قُلت يَوماً لِمادِحيه أَفيقوا
فَضلهhis excellence لاnot تقلهencompass it الاِشعارpoetry
فَضله لا تقله الاِشعار
I once told those praising him: Come to your senses!
One day I said to his eulogists: be conscious
Poetry cannot encompass his excellence.
His merit cannot be fully told in poetry
Sol 6.1