أَمَولايO my lord شَمسَShams الدينِal-Din ياO مَنyou who غَدَتhave come to be لَهُfor him
أَمَولاي شَمسَ الدينِ يا مَن غَدَت لَهُ
سَجاياvirtues كَزَهرِlike blossoms of الرَوضِthe garden غِبَّafter سِجامِpouring rain
سَجايا كَزَهرِ الرَوضِ غِبَّ سِجامِ
O my lord Shams al-Din, you who have come to possess
O my lord Shams al-Din, you who have come to possess
qualities like meadow-flowers after a downpour;
virtues like the garden's blossoms after pouring rain,
وَفكرٌand a mind إِذاwhen يَسريit journeys بِلَيلِthrough a night of غَوامِضٍmysteries
وَفكرٌ إِذا يَسري بِلَيلِ غَوامِضٍ
غَدَتthey become تَنجَليrevealed كَالبَدرِlike the full moon عِندَat تَمامِfullness
غَدَت تَنجَلي كَالبَدرِ عِندَ تَمامِ
and a mind that, when it journeys through the night of mysteries,
and a mind that, when it journeys through a night of mysteries,
makes them shine clear like the moon at the full;
makes them clear as the moon at its fullness;
وَعَزمٌand resolve يَقدُّcleaves المَشرفيَّthe Mashrafi sword وَهِمَّةٌand aspiration
وَعَزمٌ يَقدُّ المَشرفيَّ وَهِمَّةٌ
تُزاحِمُrivals رُكنيthe two pillars of يَذبُلYadhbul وَشَمامِand Shamam
تُزاحِمُ رُكني يَذبُل وَشَمامِ
a resolve that cleaves even the Mashrafī blade, and an aspiration
and resolve that cleaves the Mashrafi blade, and aspiration
that rivals the twin peaks of Yadhbul and Shamām.
that rivals the two pillars of Yadhbul and Shamam:
مُحِبُّكyour admirer يَرجوhopes for مِنsome of حَواشٍmarginal glosses رَقيقةٍsubtle
مُحِبُّك يَرجو مِن حَواشٍ رَقيقةٍ
لَدَيكَin your possession عَلىon الشَرحِthe commentary الشَهيرِrenowned بِجاميas Jami
لَدَيكَ عَلى الشَرحِ الشَهيرِ بِجامي
Your devoted friend hopes for some subtle marginal glosses
your admirer hopes for some subtle glosses
that you possess upon the celebrated commentary by Jāmī,
in your possession, on the commentary renowned as Jami,
يَحِلُّhe unties بِهاwith them مِنof مُشكِلاتِthe difficult points سُطُورِهِits lines
يَحِلُّ بِها مِن مُشكِلاتِ سُطُورِهِ
عُراهاtheir knots لَيَعرىso that it lies bare فيهِin it كُلُّall عُرامِunruliness
عُراها لَيَعرى فيهِ كُلُّ عُرامِ
with which the knots of its difficult lines may be untied,
with which he may unravel the difficulties of its lines,
stripping every stubborn obscurity in it bare—
undoing their knots, so that all unruliness within it lies bare—
لِعَبدِby ʿAbd الغَفورِal-Ghafur الحَبرthe scholar أَولاًfirst فَعِصمَتيthen my safeguard
لِعَبدِ الغَفورِ الحَبر أَولاً فَعِصمَتي
إِذاif لَمnot تَكُنthey are فيin حِلِّهاresolving them بِعِصامِthrough ʿIsam
إِذا لَم تَكُن في حِلِّها بِعِصامِ
first those of the learned ʿAbd al-Ghafūr. For who will safeguard me
those by the scholar ʿAbd al-Ghafur first; then my recourse,
if, in resolving them, you do not prove an ʿIṣām?
if those are unavailable, is to ʿIsam for resolving them.
وَدُمand remain مَقصَداًa destination لِلفَضلِfor excellence وَالعِلمِand learning ماas long as رَقىascends
وَدُم مَقصَداً لِلفَضلِ وَالعِلمِ ما رَقى
مَنابرpulpits of قُضبانٍbranches خَطيبa preacher of حمامِdoves
مَنابر قُضبانٍ خَطيب حمامِ
Remain a destination for virtue and learning as long as
And remain a destination for excellence and learning, so long as there ascends
a dove-orator mounts pulpits of branches.
to the pulpits of branches a preacher-dove.
