عَشِقَfell in love with المَكارِمnoble deeds فَهوَso he مُشتَغِلٌabsorbed بِهاin them
عَشِقَ المَكارِم فَهوَ مُشتَغِلٌ بِها
وَالمكرماتُand noble deeds قَليلةُfew in العُشّاقlovers
وَالمكرماتُ قَليلةُ العُشّاق
He fell in love with noble deeds and devotes himself to them,
He fell in love with noble deeds, and so he is absorbed in them.
He loves virtues, so he busies himself with them,
while deeds of honor have few lovers.
And noble deeds have few lovers.
Yet the virtuous are few among lovers.
وَأَقامand he established سوقاًa market لِلثّناءfor praise وَلَمand not تَكُنbe
وَأَقام سوقاً لِلثّناء وَلَم تَكُن
سُوقُthe market الثَناءof praise تُعَدُّis counted فيamong الأَسواقِthe markets
سُوقُ الثَناء تُعَدُّ في الأَسواقِ
He established a marketplace for praise, though
And he established a market for praise, though
He established a market for praise, though it was not
the marketplace of praise had never been counted among the markets.
the market of praise had not been counted among the markets.
Counted among the markets.
بَثَّspread الصَنائعacts of kindness فيthroughout البِلادِthe lands فأَصبَحتso they came to be
بَثَّ الصَنائع في البِلادِ فأَصبَحت
تُجبىcollected إِلَيهِto him مَحامِدُpraises الآفاقِthe horizons
تُجبى إِلَيهِ مَحامِدُ الآفاقِ
He spread benefactions throughout the lands, until
He spread acts of kindness throughout the lands, and so
He sowed arts throughout the lands, so that
the praises of all horizons were gathered and brought to him.
praises from every horizon were collected and brought to him.
Praises from the horizons were brought to him.