رتبranks العزglory وعزand glory الرُتَبِthe ranks
رتب العز وعز الرُتَبِ
هممaspirations العلياeminence وعلياand the loftiest الهممthe aspirations
همم العليا وعليا الهمم
The ranks of glory and the glory of ranks
Rank honor and honor rank,
The aspirations of eminence and the loftiest aspirations
High aspirations and lofty aims,
أدبُrefinement العلمِknowledge وعلمُand knowledge الأدبrefinement
أدبُ العلمِ وعلمُ الأدب
مغنمgain الربحprofit وربحُand profit المغنمِthe gain
مغنم الربح وربحُ المغنمِ
The refinement of knowledge and the knowledge of refinement
Knowledge's discipline and discipline's knowledge,
The gain of profit and the profit of gain
Profit's gain and gain’s profit,
أربُaspiration الفردthe peerless one الفريدunique الأربِin aspiration
أربُ الفرد الفريد الأربِ
محكمُwell-founded العلمِknowledge وعلمُand knowledge المحكمِwhat is well-founded
محكمُ العلمِ وعلمُ المحكمِ
The aspiration of the peerless one, unique in aspiration
Luck of the unique individual and the individual's luck,
Well-founded knowledge and knowledge of what is well-founded
Wisdom of science and science of wisdom,
واتباعُand following الجهلِignorance للمرءِfor a person عمىblindness
واتباعُ الجهلِ للمرءِ عمى
فلسُbankruptcy النفسِthe soul ونفسُand the very essence الفلسِbankruptcy
فلسُ النفسِ ونفسُ الفلسِ
And following ignorance is blindness for a person
And to follow ignorance is blindness to man,
The soul's bankruptcy and the very essence of bankruptcy
Soul's bankruptcy and bankruptcy's soul,
وأخوand the man of العلمlearning تراهyou see him مكرماًhonored
وأخو العلم تراه مكرماً
وهوand he فيin المجلسthe gathering صدرُthe head of المجلسِthe gathering
وهو في المجلس صدرُ المجلسِ
And the man of learning—you see him honored
And knowledge's brother you see honored,
And in the gathering he is the head of the gathering
And he is in the gathering, the chief of the gathering,
تلفُruin النفسthe soul ونفسُand the very essence التلفِruin
تلفُ النفس ونفسُ التلفِ
أملُhope الحبlove وحبand love الأملِhope
أملُ الحب وحب الأملِ
The soul's ruin and the very essence of ruin
Soul's demise and demise's soul,
The hope of love and the love of hope
Love's hope and hope's love,
شرفُnobility الأصلorigin واصلand the origin الشرفnobility
شرفُ الأصل واصل الشرف
عملwork البرrighteousness وبرُّand righteousness العملِwork
عمل البر وبرُّ العملِ
The nobility of origin and the origin of nobility
Origin's nobility and nobility's origin,
The work of righteousness and the righteousness of work
Good deed and deed's goodness,
أيهاO الباشاPasha التهاميal-Tihami المقتفيwho follows
أيها الباشا التهامي المقتفي
سبلَpaths الخيرgoodness وخيرَand the best السبلِthe paths
سبلَ الخير وخيرَ السبلِ
O Pasha al-Tihami, who follows
Oh Pasha ambitious and emulative,
The paths of goodness and the best of paths
The paths of good and good paths,
علمbanner الهدىguidance واهدىand the most guiding علمٍbanner
علم الهدى واهدى علمٍ
قبسُa flame النورِlight ونورُand light القبسِthe flame
قبسُ النورِ ونورُ القبسِ
The banner of guidance and the most guiding banner
Guidance’s knowledge and the most guiding knowledge,
A flame of light and the light of the flame
Ray's gleam and gleam's ray,
منتميa scion of الفخرglory وفخرand the glory المنتمىlineage
منتمي الفخر وفخر المنتمى
نفسthe spirit of الشمِّthe high-minded وشمُّand high-minded النفسِin spirit
نفس الشمِّ وشمُّ النفسِ
A scion of glory and the glory of lineage
Boasting's affiliation and affiliation's boasting,
The spirit of the high-minded, and high-minded in spirit
Scent of breath and breath's scent,
إجتناءُharvesting العلمِknowledge فيin هذاthis الزمانِage
إجتناءُ العلمِ في هذا الزمانِ
واجبُa duty العينِeach individual وعينُand the very essence الواجبِduty
واجبُ العينِ وعينُ الواجبِ
Harvesting knowledge in this age
Seeking knowledge in this time,
Is an individual duty and the very essence of duty
A duty of the eye and the eye's duty,
كادalmost أنto يدخلenter فيinto أخبارaccounts كانَذwas (text unclear)
كاد أن يدخل في أخبار كانَذ
ساكبُweeping الجفنِthe eyelid بجفنٍwith an eyelid ساكبِweeping
ساكبُ الجفنِ بجفنٍ ساكبِ
It nearly passed into the annals of what once was
It almost entered into news of the past,
One with a weeping eyelid, with an eyelid that weeps
Spiller of eyelids with spilling eyelids,
فتداركتهso you rescued it منfrom غيرِwithout توانٍdelay
فتداركته من غيرِ توانٍ
ملغياًsetting aside قولthe words of الجهولthe ignoramus العاتبِreproachful
ملغياً قول الجهول العاتبِ
So you rescued it without delay
So I saved it without hesitation,
Setting aside the reproachful ignoramus's words
Deleting the saying of the blaming ignorant,
وبذلتand you expended الجهدَeffort فيin ذاكthat وماand what
وبذلت الجهدَ في ذاك وما
بهthrough it حاتمُHatim طيئٍof Tayy قدalready نسيhas been forgotten
به حاتمُ طيئٍ قد نسي
And you devoted effort to that, and offered what
And I made effort in that and what
Has caused Hatim of Tayy to be forgotten
Hatem Al-Tai did forget,
حينماwhen الجهلُignorance لناfor us قدhad نمنماembroidered
حينما الجهلُ لنا قد نمنما
ملبسَgarb الذلhumiliation وذلand humiliation الملبسthe garb
ملبسَ الذل وذل الملبس
When ignorance had embroidered for us
When ignorance whispered to us,
The garb of humiliation and the humiliation of garb
Garment of humiliation and humiliation's garment,
لتجازِيso that you may repay الخيرgoodness ياO منone who هوhe is فيin
لتجازِي الخير يا من هو في
عملِdeeds الأفرادindividuals فردpeerless العملِin deed
عملِ الأفراد فرد العملِ
To repay goodness, O you who are, in
To reward good, O you who are in
Individuals' deeds, peerless in deed
The deed of individuals, unique in deed,
هاكهاtake it ضمتit gathered لبابthe essence of القولspeech فيin
هاكها ضمت لباب القول في
جملٍsentences قلتwere few ولماand have not yet تطلِgrown long
جملٍ قلت ولما تطلِ
Take it: it has gathered the essence of speech into
Phrases I said but did not extend,
Sentences that are few and have not grown long
Where publishing gathered the length of pages
حيثwhere ضمembraced النشرunfolding طولthe length of الصحفthe pages
حيث ضم النشر طول الصحف
مثلماjust as ضمit embraced فحققso examine مثليmy comparison
مثلما ضم فحقق مثلي
Where unfolding embraced the length of the pages
As it gathered, so it verified my like,
Just as it embraced—so examine my comparison—
Oyster’s pearl and pearl’s oyster,
صدفshells الدرpearls ودرand pearls الصدفthe shells
صدف الدر ودر الصدف
رملsand البحرthe sea وبحرُand the sea الرملِsand
رمل البحر وبحرُ الرملِ
The shells of pearls and the pearls of shells
Sea's sand and sand's sea,
The sand of the sea and the sea of sand
A smile adorned her, if it smiled,
غادةٌa graceful maiden قدindeed زانهاadorned her إنif تبسماit smiled
غادةٌ قد زانها إن تبسما
لعسdusky tint الثغرthe lips وثغرُand lips اللعسdusky tint
لعس الثغر وثغرُ اللعس
A maiden adorned, if her mouth smiles, by
The mouth’s dimple and dimple's mouth,
The dusky tint of lips and lips of dusky tint
Her words negated spell of slumber,
أبطلتdispelled ألفاظهاher words سحرthe spell of الدمىdoll-like beauties
أبطلت ألفاظها سحر الدمى
نعسlanguor الدعجdark eyes ودعجand darkness النعسlanguid eyes
نعس الدعج ودعج النعس
Her words dispelled the spell of doll-like beauties
Drowsiness’ sleepiness and sleepiness’ drowsiness.
The languor of dark eyes and the darkness of languid eyes
Partial English translation: 41 of 42 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1