ياO سراجاًa lamp; Siraj لماwhen سمتrose high باسمهby his name الشمthe sun (word continues)
يا سراجاً لما سمت باسمه الشم
سcompletion of 'the sun' غداbecame البدرthe full moon دونهاbeneath her فيin انحطاطdecline
س غدا البدر دونها في انحطاط
O Siraj, when the sun rose high bearing your name,
O lantern for which the sun was named,
the full moon sank beneath her.
The moon declined underneath it into descent.
أنتyou بحرa sea نداكyour generosity موجwaves وألفاand words (word continues)
أنت بحر نداك موج وألفا
ظكyour words (word ending) درpearls وصنعand the work of يمناكyour right hand شاطيa shore
ظك در وصنع يمناك شاطي
You are a sea: your generosity its waves, and your words
You are an ocean, your calling is a wave, and your thousands,
are pearls; your right hand’s work is its shore.
Your pearls and your making are a shore for the right hand.
لاdo not تلمنيblame me إذاif نظمتI strung together معانيmeanings
لا تلمني إذا نظمت معاني
كyour (suffix of 'meanings') فمنfor, from درpearls فيكyour mouth كانwas التقاطيmy gathering
ك فمن در فيك كان التقاطي
Do not blame me if I string your meanings together,
Do not blame me if I compose your meanings,
for my gleanings came from the pearls of your mouth.
For he who has a pearl in you was pickup.
أنتyou ألغزتyou posed a riddle فيabout اسمthe name of ذاتa thing possessing رقاعpatches
أنت ألغزت في اسم ذات رقاع
لمdid not تجاهدwage war وكمyet how often غدتit became فيin رباطa frontier post
لم تجاهد وكم غدت في رباط
You posed a riddle about the name of a patchwork thing:
You solved in the name of a gentle nature,
it never fought, yet how often it has been at a frontier post!
You did not struggle yet you became firmly tied.
خمساهاits two fifths عشرten وللعشرand for the ten فيهاin it
خمساها عشر وللعشر فيها
خطواتsteps براحةwith comfort وانبساطand ease
خطوات براحة وانبساط
Its two fifths are ten, and within it those ten have
Fifteen and the ten in it,
steps taken with comfort and ease.
Steps comfortably and openly.
حازهاhe gained it تابعthe follower of المجليthe front-runner فحازand so he gained الthe (prefix of 'precedence')
حازها تابع المجلي فحاز ال
سبقprecedence منfrom دونهapart from him بغيرwithout اشتراطstipulation
سبق من دونه بغير اشتراط
The front-runner’s follower gained it, and thus gained
The follower of assembly took it, so he took
the lead in his stead, without any stipulation.
Preceding without conditions.
مذsince علاهاhe mounted it فيat أولthe head of الصفthe row أضحىhe became
مذ علاها في أول الصف أضحى
كسليمانlike Solomon فوقabove متنthe back of البساطthe carpet
كسليمان فوق متن البساط
Since he mounted it at the head of the row, he became
Since the highest ranked him in the first line, he became
like Solomon upon the carpet’s back.
Like Solomon above the carpet's expanse.
Sol 6.1