سيبقىwill remain فيكَin your praise ماwhat يهديoffers as a gift لسانيmy tongue
سيبقى فيكَ ما يهدي لساني
إذاwhen فنيتhave perished هداياgifts المهرجانthe Mihrjan festival
إذا فنيت هدايا المهرجان
What my tongue offers in your praise will endure
There will remain in you what guides my tongue
When the gifts of Mihrjan have perished:
When the gifts of festivals perish
قصائدُpoems تملأُfill الآفاقَthe horizons مِمّاfrom what
قصائدُ تملأُ الآفاقَ مِمّا
أحلّmade lawful اللَهGod منof سحرmagic البيانeloquence
أحلّ اللَه من سحر البيان
Poems that fill the horizons, drawn from
Poems that fill the horizons with
The magic of eloquence that God has made lawful.
The magic of eloquence God has made lawful
بهاwith them ينفيdrive away الكرىdrowsiness السارونthe night travelers عنهمfrom themselves
بها ينفي الكرى السارون عنهم
وتُلهيand entertain الشربthe drinkers أوتارُstrings القيانِthe singing girls
وتُلهي الشرب أوتارُ القيانِ
With them, night travelers drive drowsiness from themselves,
With them the afflicted forget their sorrows
And the singing girls' strings entertain the drinkers.
And the drinking is entertained by the strings of the lute
بمعتمدٍwith Muʿtamid علىupon اللَهِGod استجرناwe sought refuge
بمعتمدٍ على اللَهِ استجرنا
فبتناso we spent the night آمنينَsafe منfrom الزمانِtime
فبتنا آمنينَ من الزمانِ
We sought refuge with al-Muʿtamid ʿala Allah,
Relying on God, we asked for success
So we spent the night safe from Time.
Thus we remained, safe from time
Sol 6.1