مَولايَmy lord فَخرَFakhr (glory) الدينِal-Din (of the faith) أَنتَyou إِلىtoward النَدىgenerosity
مَولايَ فَخرَ الدينِ أَنتَ إِلى النَدى
عَجِلٌswift وَغَيرُكَwhile others مُحجِمٌholding back مُتَباطيslow to act
عَجِلٌ وَغَيرُكَ مُحجِمٌ مُتَباطي
My lord Fakhr al-Din, toward generosity you are
My Master Fakhr al-Din, you hasten to generosity
swift, while others hang back and tarry.
While others hold back, shy and hesitant
أَنزَلتَyou lodged مَنwhoever يَرجوكَhopes in you أَرحَبَthe most spacious مَنزِلٍabode
أَنزَلتَ مَن يَرجوكَ أَرحَبَ مَنزِلٍ
وَبَسَطتَand you spread out مَنwhoever يَرجوكَhopes in you خَيرَthe finest بَساطِcarpet
وَبَسَطتَ مَن يَرجوكَ خَيرَ بَساطِ
You have lodged whoever hopes in you in the most spacious abode,
You brought down those hopeful to the most spacious abode
and spread the finest carpet for whoever hopes in you.
And spread out before those hopeful the best carpet
وَقَرَعتَand you struck أَعوادَtimbers العَلاءِof glory بِهِمَّةٍwith resolve
وَقَرَعتَ أَعوادَ العَلاءِ بِهِمَّةٍ
نيطَتwere bound بِهاto it الأَمالُhopes أَيَّwhat a مَناطِbond
نيطَت بِها الأَمالُ أَيَّ مَناطِ
And you struck the timbers of glory with a resolve
You knocked on the pillars of glory with determination
to which hopes were bound—what a bond!
To which hopes have been tied, however lofty
ياO مُنجِزَfulfiller الميعادِof the promise فيin زَمَنٍan age تَواurged one another (word begins)
يا مُنجِزَ الميعادِ في زَمَنٍ تَوا
صىurged one another (word ends) أَهلُهُits people بِالمَنعِto withhold وَالإِلطاطِand deny what is due
صى أَهلُهُ بِالمَنعِ وَالإِلطاطِ
O fulfiller of promises, in an age when
O fulfiller of promises in an age that has leaned
its people urged one another to withhold and deny,
To forbidding and frustrating people
حاشاكَfar be it from you تَرضىyou accept أَنthat تَكونَshould be جِرايَتيmy allowance
حاشاكَ تَرضى أَن تَكونَ جِرايَتي
كَجِرايَةِlike the allowance of البَوّابِthe doorkeeper وَالنَفّاطِand the naphtha-thrower
كَجِرايَةِ البَوّابِ وَالنَفّاطِ
far be it from you to accept that my allowance should be
Far be it from you to be content that I be
like that of the doorkeeper and the naphtha-thrower:
Like the gatekeeper's or baker's client
سَوداءَblack مِثلَlike اللَيلِthe night شِعرُverse (likely intended: price) قَفيزِهاits qafiz (grain measure)
سَوداءَ مِثلَ اللَيلِ شِعرُ قَفيزِها
ماwhat lies بَينَbetween طَسّوجٍa tassuj (small monetary unit) إِلىto قيراطِa qirat (small monetary unit)
ما بَينَ طَسّوجٍ إِلى قيراطِ
black as night, its price per qafiz [the text reads 'verse']
Black as night is the hair of her braids
ranging from a tassuj to a qirat.
From Tasuj to less than a qirat
أَخنَتhave wrought ruin عَليهِupon it الحادِثاتُcalamities وَأَفرَطَتand went to excess
أَخنَت عَليهِ الحادِثاتُ وَأَفرَطَت
فيهاin it الغَداةُthe morning وَأَيَّماand what an إِفراطِexcess
فيها الغَداةُ وَأَيَّما إِفراطِ
Calamities have ravaged it, and
Misfortunes have conspired against him and mornings
the morning has gone to excess with it—what excess!
Have excessively done him wrong
قَدindeed كَدَّرَتhas clouded حِسّيmy perception المُضيءَluminous وَغَيَّرَتand altered
قَد كَدَّرَت حِسّي المُضيءَ وَغَيَّرَت
طَبعيmy constitution السَليمَsound وَعَفَّنَتand putrefied أَخلاطيmy humors
طَبعي السَليمَ وَعَفَّنَت أَخلاطي
It has clouded my luminous perception and altered
They have muddied my bright sensibility and changed
my sound constitution, and putrefied my humors.
My healthy nature, corrupting my humors
فَتَوَلَّso take charge of تَدبيريmy treatment وَقَدand already أَنهَيتُI have reported ماwhat
فَتَوَلَّ تَدبيري وَقَد أَنهَيتُ ما
أَشكوهُI complain of it مِنfrom مَرَضيmy illness إِلىto بُقراطِHippocrates
أَشكوهُ مِن مَرَضي إِلى بُقراطِ
So take charge of my treatment; I have already reported what
So take over my care, now that I have conveyed
I suffer from in my illness to Hippocrates.
What I suffer of my illness to Buqrat
Sol 6.1