أَغنيتنيyou enriched me منfrom بعدafter فقريmy poverty
أَغنيتني من بعد فقري
ورَفَعتَand you raised بعدafter الخَفضِabasement قَدريmy standing
ورَفَعتَ بعد الخَفضِ قَدري
You enriched me after my poverty,
and raised my standing after abasement.
وأَنلتَنيand you granted me منناصapparently 'favors' (text unclear) يَقbegins 'falls short'
وأَنلتَني منناص يَق
لُّcompletes 'falls short' لكُترِهاbecause of their abundance حمديmy praise وشُكريand my thanks
لُّ لكُترِها حمدي وشُكري
And granted me favors—too slight
are my praise and thanks beside their abundance.
أصبحتُI have become ياO مولايmy lord منthrough
أصبحتُ يا مولاي من
نُعمَاكyour bounty أسعَدَthe happiest of أَهلِthe people of عَصريmy time
نُعمَاك أسعَدَ أَهلِ عَصري
I have become, my lord, through
your bounty, the happiest of my contemporaries.
وغفرتُand I forgave لماwhen أنemphatic particle وصلcame (verb stem)
وغفرتُ لما أن وصل
تُI (verb ending) إلىto جَنابكyour presence ذَنبَthe offense of دهريmy fate
تُ إلى جَنابك ذَنبَ دهري
And I forgave, once I had come
into your presence, the wrong my fate had done me.
وأَرحتَنيand you relieved me منof حِرفَةٍa trade
وأَرحتَني من حِرفَةٍ
تُردىbrings ruin بصاحبهاupon its practitioner وتُزرىand brings disgrace
تُردى بصاحبها وتُزرى
And you relieved me of a trade
that ruins its practitioner and brings him disgrace,
ماemphatic particle بينamong قومٍpeople كلماwhenever
ما بين قومٍ كلما
عايَنتُهمI saw them قدindeed ضاقَgrew tight صدريmy chest
عايَنتُهم قد ضاقَ صدري
among people—whenever
I saw them, my chest grew tight.
وكفاكand it suffices you أنthat كبيرَهُمtheir chief
وكفاك أن كبيرَهُم
ورئيسهمand their leader فيin السوقthe market صِهريmy in-law
ورئيسهم في السوق صِهري
And it is enough for you that their chief
and their leader in the market is my in-law:
عَمٌّa paternal uncle يَعُرُّdisgraces أخاهhis brother وأبand (beginning of 'son')
عَمٌّ يَعُرُّ أخاه وأب
نَcompletion of 'son' أخيهof his brother لوeven if كانhe were المَعَرِّيal-Maʿarrī
نَ أخيه لو كان المَعَرِّي
an uncle who disgraces his brother and
his brother's son, even if he were al-Maʿarrī.