ماthere is no لخُلقِto the character of الأَميرِthe emir ثانٍan equal نُرجِّيwe hope for
ما لخُلقِ الأَميرِ ثانٍ نُرجِّي
هِhim (attached object pronoun) فلاso not لِلغِنىfor wealth ولاand not لِلمَلاهيfor amusements
هِ فلا لِلغِنى ولا لِلمَلاهي
The prince’s character has no peer we might hope
The emir’s character has no equal we might hope for—
for—neither for riches nor for revelry.
neither for wealth nor for amusements.
أناI راضٍcontent بكلِّwith all ذلكَthat إلاexcept
أنا راضٍ بكلِّ ذلكَ إلا
أنthat يَكونَbe السَّاقيthe cupbearer ابنُson of عبدِAbd (servant of) اللَّهِAllah (God)
أن يَكونَ السَّاقي ابنُ عبدِ اللَّهِ
I am content with all of that, except
I am content with all of that, except
that the cupbearer should be Ibn ʿAbdallāh.
that the cupbearer is Ibn Abd Allah.