ياO إِمامَimam; leader الهُدىguidance أَباAbu ('father of') جَعفرَJa‘far المنal-Man- (part of al-Mansur, 'the victorious')
يا إِمامَ الهُدى أَبا جَعفرَ المن
صورَ-sur (completes al-Mansur) ياO مَنyou who لَهُto whom belongs الفَخارُglory الأَثيلُdeep-rooted; ancestral
صورَ يا مَن لَهُ الفَخارُ الأَثيلُ
O imam of guidance, Abu Ja‘far al-Man-
sur, O you whose glory is deep-rooted!
دَعوةًa prayer ياO خليفَةَcaliph; successor اللهِGod لاmay not نجاwithdrew (word continues next line)
دَعوةً يا خليفَةَ اللهِ لا نجا
بَcompletion of 'withdrew' عنfrom الخَلقِhumankind; creation مِنكَfrom you ظِلٌّa shade ظَليلُsheltering
بَ عن الخَلقِ مِنكَ ظِلٌّ ظَليلُ
A prayer, O caliph of God: may it never withdraw—
that sheltering shade of yours—from humankind.
ماnot جَرَىhappened; came to pass منfrom رسولِكَyour envoy الشَّيخِthe shaykh مُحيMuhyi ('reviver') الal- ('the'; name continues)
ما جَرَى من رسولِكَ الشَّيخِ مُحي ال
دِّينِDin ('religion'; completes the name) فيin هذهِthese البلادِthe lands القَليلُlittle; a small amount
دِّينِ في هذهِ البلادِ القَليلُ
No small thing was done by your envoy, Shaykh Muhyi al-
Din, in these lands.
جاءَhe came والأَرضُand the earth بالسَّلاطينِin the sultans تَزهوglories; takes pride
جاءَ والأَرضُ بالسَّلاطينِ تَزهو
وَمضَىand he departed والقُصورُand the palaces مِنهمof theirs طُلولُruins
وَمضَى والقُصورُ مِنهم طُلولُ
He came while the earth gloried in its sultans,
and departed while their palaces lay in ruins.
أَفقرَhe impoverished الرُّومَRum والشامَand Syria ومِصراًand Egypt
أَفقرَ الرُّومَ والشامَ ومِصراً
فِلِهذاso for this مُقَبلٌMuqbil وَرَسولُand Rasul
فِلِهذا مُقَبلٌ وَرَسولُ
He impoverished Rum, Syria, and Egypt;
so for this there are Muqbil and Rasul.
Sol 6.1