ياO فاضلexcellent one الدنياthe world دعleave aside المصريّal-Misri (the Egyptian) قدindeed
يا فاضل الدنيا دع المصريّ قد
أخملتَyou have eclipsed ذكرthe renown of الفاضلal-Fadil النيسانيal-Nisani
أخملتَ ذكر الفاضل النيساني
O paragon of the world, leave al-Misri aside—already
O most excellent in the world, leave al-Misri aside; you have
he has been eclipsed by the fame of al-Fadil al-Nisani.
eclipsed the renown of al-Fadil al-Nisani.
قسماًI swear لأنتyou indeed أحقّmore deserving بالقولِof the words الذيthat
قسماً لأنت أحقّ بالقولِ الذي
قالsaid السعيدal-Saʿid لعظمbecause of the greatness of ذاكthat الشَّانيstature
قال السعيد لعظم ذاك الشَّاني
By my oath, it is you who have the better claim to the words
I swear, you are more deserving of the words that
al-Saʿid spoke because of the greatness of that matter:
al-Saʿid spoke on account of that lofty stature:
أخذتْhas taken بمجلسكin your assembly المهابةawe حقّهاits due
أخذتْ بمجلسك المهابة حقّها
فترىso you see البريءthe innocent لديهin it مثلlike الجانيthe guilty
فترى البريء لديه مثل الجاني
In your assembly, awe has claimed its full due,
Awe has claimed its due in your assembly,
and there you see the innocent looking just like the guilty.
so there you see the innocent like the guilty.
فلوand if استطعتُI could نقلتُI would transfer منfrom ديوانهhis poetry collection
فلو استطعتُ نقلتُ من ديوانه
هذاthis الثناpraise فرضاًas an obligation علىupon ديوانيmy poetry collection
هذا الثنا فرضاً على ديواني
If I could, I would transfer from his dīwān
And if I could, I would transfer from his collected verse
this encomium, as a duty laid upon my own dīwān.
this praise into my own collection, as an obligation.