سلاَمٌpeace علىupon الأدبِrefinement المُنتَقَىthe choicest
سلاَمٌ على الأدبِ المُنتَقَى
سلاَمٌpeace علىupon مَنthe one who سَماrose high خُلُقاin character
سلاَمٌ على مَن سَما خُلُقا
Peace upon the choicest refinement.
Peace upon him who rose high in character.
علىupon عُمدةِthe mainstay of المَلكِthe king مَنthe one who مُلكُناour realm
على عُمدةِ المَلكِ مَن مُلكُنا
بهthrough him قدindeed زَهَاflourished وازدَهىand grew splendid وارتَقَىand rose high
به قد زَهَا وازدَهى وارتَقَى
Upon the king’s mainstay, through whom our realm
Has flourished, grown splendid, and risen high.
وفصلُand the season of الرَّبيعِspring علَىupon خلقِهِhis character
وفصلُ الرَّبيعِ علَى خلقِهِ
زُهُورthe blossoms of الريَاضِthe gardens شذاًfragrance فَتَقَاopened
زُهُور الريَاضِ شذاً فَتَقَا
And springtime, upon his character,
Opened the gardens’ blossoms, releasing fragrance.
نزَاهتُهhis integrity واستِقَامَتُهand his uprightness
نزَاهتُه واستِقَامَتُه
وهِمَّتُهand his resolve الأصلُlineage ثمthen التُّقَىpiety
وهِمَّتُه الأصلُ ثم التُّقَى
His integrity and his uprightness,
And his resolve, his lineage, then piety—
بتُربَةin the soil of مَجدٍglory نَماgrew غُصنُهhis branch
بتُربَة مَجدٍ نَما غُصنُه
ومِنand from سَلبِيلSalsabil, a sweet-flowing spring العلُومthe sciences استقَىdrew water
ومِن سَلبِيل العلُوم استقَى
In the soil of glory his branch grew,
And from the Salsabil spring of learning he drew water—
جَعلنَthey made مُعَمَّرناour Muʿammar سيِّداa leader
جَعلنَ مُعَمَّرنا سيِّدا
وكُنand they were لِرتبتِهto his rank مُرتَقَىa means of ascent
وكُن لِرتبتِه مُرتَقَى
Made our Muʿammar a leader,
And were a means of ascent to his rank.
Sol 6.1