مليكking التقىpiety هنئتmay you be congratulated بالجامعon the congregational mosque الذيwhich
مليك التقى هنئت بالجامع الذي
وجدتyou found إلىtoward مبناهits construction سعداًgood fortune موافقاfavorable
وجدت إلى مبناه سعداً موافقا
O sovereign of piety, congratulations upon the congregational mosque for whose
O king of piety, congratulations on the congregational mosque whose
construction you found good fortune auspiciously aligned.
construction you found favored by good fortune.
دعاcalled حسنهits beauty أهلpeople of الصلاةprayer لقصدِهِto seek it out
دعا حسنه أهل الصلاة لقصدِهِ
فلاso no غَرْوَwonder إنif جاءcame المصلّيَthe worshipper سابقاfirst
فلا غَرْوَ إن جاء المصلّيَ سابقا
Its beauty summoned the people of prayer to make their way to it;
Its beauty called worshippers to seek it out,
No wonder, then, that the muṣallī—the worshipper, the race’s runner-up—came in first.
so no wonder if the worshipper comes first.