نَحنُwe الَّذينَthose who غَدَتhas become رَحىmillstone أَحسابِهِمtheir ancestral honor
نَحنُ الَّذينَ غَدَت رَحى أَحسابِهِم
وَلَهاand it has عَلىupon قُطبِaxis الفَخارِglory مَدارُa course of rotation
وَلَها عَلى قُطبِ الفَخارِ مَدارُ
We are those whose millstone of ancestral honor now turns,
We are the ones whose accounts have become
With its course around the axis of glory.
Like the rotation of a millstone.
قَومٌa people لِغُصنِfor the bough نَداهُمُtheir generosity مِنfrom رِفدِهِمtheir gifts
قَومٌ لِغُصنِ نَداهُمُ مِن رِفدِهِم
وَرَقٌleaves وَمِنand from مَعروفِهِمtheir kindness أَثمارُfruits
وَرَقٌ وَمِن مَعروفِهِم أَثمارُ
A people whose bough of generosity bears, from their gifts,
A people whose branches are sustained by their roots,
Leaves, and from their kindness, fruits.
Leaves and fruits come from their benevolence.
مِنof كُلِّevery وَضّاحِradiant الجَبينِthe brow كَأَنَّهُas though he were
مِن كُلِّ وَضّاحِ الجَبينِ كَأَنَّهُ
رَوضٌa garden خَلائِقُهُhis qualities لَهُfor him أَزهارُflowers
رَوضٌ خَلائِقُهُ لَهُ أَزهارُ
Each of them radiant-browed, as though he were
Every serene forehead among them is as though
A garden, his qualities its flowers.
It were a garden with colorful flowers.
Sol 6.1