أهدتshe bestowed لناon us نفحاتِfragrant wafts الوردِof the rose فيin الكَلِمِwords
أهدت لنا نفحاتِ الوردِ في الكَلِمِ
كريمةٌa noble woman منfrom among بناتِthe daughters of الجودِbounty والكرمِand generosity
كريمةٌ من بناتِ الجودِ والكرمِ
She bestowed on us wafts of rose fragrance in words—
She gifted us the rose's breath in words
a noble woman, one of the daughters of bounty and generosity.
Noble among the generous and kind
فريدةٌpeerless قدindeed سمتshe rose high فيamong الناسِpeople واشتهرتand became renowned
فريدةٌ قد سمت في الناسِ واشتهرت
الطافهاher kindnesses بينamong عُربِthe Arabs of الأرضthe earth والعَجَمِand non-Arabs
الطافها بين عُربِ الأرض والعَجَمِ
Peerless, she has risen high among people, and renowned are
Unique, excelled among people and famed
her kindnesses among the earth’s Arabs and non-Arabs.
Roamed among Arabs and non-Arabs alike
فاقتshe surpassed علىabove سائرall الأمثالِpeers قاطبةًwithout exception
فاقت على سائر الأمثالِ قاطبةً
بالنظمِوالنثرِin verse and prose والآدابِand refinement والشيمِand character traits
بالنظمِوالنثرِ والآدابِ والشيمِ
She surpassed all her peers without exception,
Surpassed all women entirely
in verse and prose, refinement and character.
In prose, verse, manners and virtues
صاغتshe fashioned لناfor us منfrom نفيسِprecious الشعرِpoetry أَحسنهُits finest
صاغت لنا من نفيسِ الشعرِ أَحسنهُ
نظماًin verse واجوَدَهُand its best فيin المدحpraise والحِكَمِand wise sayings
نظماً واجوَدَهُ في المدح والحِكَمِ
She fashioned for us, from precious poetry, its finest
Crafted for us the finest of poetry
verse, and its best in praise and wise sayings.
Compositions and generosity in praise and wisdom
أبدتshe revealed لناto us السِحرَmagic فيin نظمِthe versifying of البيانeloquence وقدand indeed
أبدت لنا السِحرَ في نظمِ البيان وقد
زهتshe shone وباهتand vied with نسآءَthe women of العصرِthe age بالهممِin lofty aspirations
زهت وباهت نسآءَ العصرِ بالهممِ
She revealed magic to us in eloquent verse, and indeed
Revealed to us magic in the art of rhetoric
she shone and vied with the women of the age in lofty aspirations.
And outshone contemporary women in ambition
لاnot زالَcease to be طالعهاher rising star بالسعدwith good fortune مقترناًjoined
لا زالَ طالعها بالسعد مقترناً
ماas long as ضآءَshines بدرthe full moon of الدُجىnight فيin حندسِthe deep gloom of الظلمdarkness
ما ضآءَ بدر الدُجى في حندسِ الظلم
May her rising star remain joined to good fortune,
Her fortunes with happiness remain intertwined
as long as night’s full moon shines in the deepest darkness.
As long as the full moon glows in darkest night
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