أباO father of الصقرthe falcon حسبُenough for المادحيكthose who praise you إذاwhen غلواthey exaggerate
أبا الصقر حسبُ المادحيك إذا غلوا
أشدَّthe most extreme غلوٍّexaggeration أنto يقولواthey say أباO father of الصقرِthe falcon
أشدَّ غلوٍّ أن يقولوا أبا الصقرِ
O Abu al-Saqr, enough for your praisers, when they go
Abu al-Saqr, according to your eulogizers when they exaggerate
to the utmost in praise, is to say: “O Abu al-Saqr.”
The utmost exaggeration is to call you Abu al-Saqr
ملأتyou filled يديmy hand جدوىbounty وقلبيand my heart مودةaffection
ملأت يدي جدوى وقلبي مودة
تدفقتاthey both overflowed فيin المَحتدينthe two roots/sources وفيand in الصدرthe breast
تدفقتا في المَحتدين وفي الصدر
You filled my hand with bounty and my heart with affection;
My hands have filled with bounty and my heart with affection
both overflowed in the two sources and within my breast.
That have overflowed unto the grudgers and the chest
أنلتyou bestowed نوالاًa gift لوif سواكsomeone other than you أنالَهُbestowed it
أنلت نوالاً لو سواك أنالَهُ
لآيسنيwould have made me despair منof عودةٍanother giving آخرَuntil the end of الدهرtime
لآيسني من عودةٍ آخرَ الدهر
You bestowed a gift that, had anyone else bestowed it,
If I attained a gift, had it not been from you
would have made me despair of another until the end of time.
I would despair of ever getting one till the end of time
لأنكbecause you أعطيتgave الجزيلabundant bounty وإنماand only
لأنك أعطيت الجزيل وإنما
يُرجِّيgives hope to المرجِّيthe hopeful عودةَa recurrence النائِلthe gift النزرscant
يُرجِّي المرجِّي عودةَ النائِل النزر
For you gave abundantly, and only
For you gave generously, and only the acquisitive
a scant gift makes the hopeful expect another.
Has hope of getting little from the petty giver
ولكنكbut you المرءthe man الذيwho لمnot تزلcease لهُfor him
ولكنك المرء الذي لم تزل لهُ
عوائدhabitual favors بالمعروفof kindness والنائلand bounty الغمرabundant
عوائد بالمعروف والنائل الغمر
Yet you are the man who has always had
But you are the man who has never ceased to have
a habit of kindness and overflowing bounty.
Returns of kindness and abundant gifts
تُنيلyou bestow الذيthat which لولاكbut for you أعياwould be impossible منالُهُits attainment
تُنيل الذي لولاك أعيا منالُهُ
وتُعطيand you give التيthat which تُعطيgives الأمانsecurity منfrom الفقرpoverty
وتُعطي التي تُعطي الأمان من الفقر
You grant what, without you, would be beyond reach,
You make attain, he who without you would lose all hope
and give the gift that brings security from poverty.
And you give to those whom giving brings respite from poverty
فلاso let not يحسبsuppose الحسادُthe envious أنthat سحابةًa cloud
فلا يحسب الحسادُ أن سحابةً
أظلَّتْcast shade بهاwith it كفاكyour two palms مقلعةُceasing القَطرthe rain
أظلَّتْ بها كفاك مقلعةُ القَطر
So let the envious not think that a cloud
So let not the envious think a single cloud
your two palms have spread overhead will cease its rain,
Has shaded the palm of your hand, stopping its rain
ولاnor أنthat يوماًa day منكfrom you يمنعprecludes منfrom غدٍtomorrow
ولا أن يوماً منك يمنع من غدٍ
وإنand even if كانwas ماwhat أعطيتyou gave فيon اليومthis day ذاpossessing قدرworth
وإن كان ما أعطيت في اليوم ذا قدر
nor that one day's giving from you precludes tomorrow's,
Or that a day with you denies what the next would bring
even if what you gave today is of great worth.
Even if what you gave today was plenty
نوالُكyour bounty كالسيلlike the torrent المسهِّلthat smooths بعضُهpart of it
نوالُك كالسيل المسهِّل بعضُه
لبعضfor another part طريقthe path الجريof flowing فيthrough السهلlevel ground والوعرand rough ground
لبعض طريق الجري في السهل والوعر
Your bounty is like a torrent: one part of it smooths
Your gifts are like torrents, some facilitating the way
the path for another to flow, over level ground and rough.
For others' course, through rough and smooth terrain
إذاwhen حكَّrubbed قِطعٌa portion منهof it بالأرضagainst the earth برْكَهُits breast
إذا حكَّ قِطعٌ منه بالأرض برْكَهُ
تدَّيَثbecame smooth مجراهits channel لآخَرَfor another كالبحرlike the sea
تدَّيَث مجراه لآخَرَ كالبحر
When a portion of it rubs its breast against the earth,
When a section of it digs with the earth its bed
its channel is smoothed for another surge like the sea.
Its channel is cleared for another like a sea