وروضةٍand a garden مشرقةٍradiant
وروضةٍ مشرقةٍ
بكلwith every نورٍblossom مجتنيripe for picking
بكل نورٍ مجتني
And a radiant garden,
with every blossom ripe for picking.
فيهاin it بهارٌoxeye flowers باهرٌdazzling
فيها بهارٌ باهرٌ
ونرجسand narcissus يشكوcomplains of الضنىwasting sickness
ونرجس يشكو الضنى
In it are dazzling oxeye flowers,
and narcissus lamenting its wasting sickness.
وياسمينand jasmine أرضهits ground
وياسمين أرضه
ونورهand its blossoms تلوناboth took on colors
ونوره تلونا
And jasmine—its ground
and its blossoms have taken on colors:
كالليلlike the night مخضرّاًgreen ولbut (first part)
كالليل مخضرّاً ول
كنcompletion of 'but' بالنجومwith stars زيناadorned
كن بالنجوم زينا
like the night, green, but
adorned with stars.
فاجتنso pluck ورداًroses وارداًcoming forth
فاجتن ورداً وارداً
وسوسناًand irises ملسناtongue-shaped
وسوسناً ملسنا
So pluck roses coming forth,
and tongue-shaped irises.
وحولهand around it نيلوفرٌwater lilies
وحوله نيلوفرٌ
فتنةٌan enchantment رانٍa beholder إنif رناhe gazes
فتنةٌ رانٍ إن رنا
And around it are water lilies—
a spell upon the beholder, should he gaze.
تخالهyou imagine it مضارباًpavilions
تخاله مضارباً
منof المهاwhite crystal تروقناdelight us
من المها تروقنا
You would take them for pavilions
of white crystal, delighting us.
والأسand the myrtle آسٍa healer كاسمهlike its name
والأس آسٍ كاسمه
بنورهwith its blossoms قدalready حسناgrown lovely
بنوره قد حسنا
And myrtle is a healer, true to its name;
with its blossoms it has grown lovely.
تنويرهits blossoms جواهرٌjewels
تنويره جواهرٌ
منfrom غيرother than بحرٍa sea تقتنيyou acquire
من غير بحرٍ تقتني
Its blossoms are jewels
which you acquire, though not from a sea.
وحبهand its berries منof سبحٍstrings of beads
وحبه من سبحٍ
أوor سندسfine silk قدalready لوناbeen dyed
أو سندس قد لونا
And its berries are made of beads,
or fine silk that has been dyed.
وقدand already باunclear; likely 'appeared' فيهاin it البنفthe violet (first part)
وقد با فيها البنف
سجcompletion of 'violet' النديdewy الغضtender الجنيripe for picking
سج الندي الغض الجني
And there [appeared] the violet—
dewy, tender, ripe for picking.
وأرضهand its ground مطارفٌbordered cloaks
وأرضه مطارفٌ
خضرgreen أتتناcame to us بالمنىwith our wishes
خضر أتتنا بالمنى
And its ground is bordered cloaks,
green, bringing us what we longed for.
طابتgrew sweet بطيبwith the fragrance of ماجدٍa noble man
طابت بطيب ماجدٍ
فاقexcelled سناءًin eminence وسناand radiance
فاق سناءً وسنا
It grew sweet with the fragrance of a noble man
who excelled in eminence and radiance.
ذاكthat is ابنson of عبادٍʿAbbād عماmy support (first part)
ذاك ابن عبادٍ عما
ديcompletion of 'my support' وسراجيand my lamp فيin الدنياthis world
دي وسراجي في الدنيا
That is Ibn ʿAbbād, my support
and my lamp in this world.
فهوfor he يثيرbrings forth الحقthe truth والand the
فهو يثير الحق وال
عدلjustice ويحييand revives السنناthe traditions
عدل ويحيي السننا
For he brings forth truth and
justice, and revives the traditions.
ونورهand his radiance مسكmusk فتيpowdered (first part)
ونوره مسك فتي
تٌcompletion of 'powdered' حسنهits beauty يفتنناenchants us
تٌ حسنه يفتننا
And his radiance is powdered musk;
its beauty enchants us.
قاضٍa judge بنشرthrough the spread of عدلهhis justice
قاضٍ بنشر عدله
طابتgrew pleasant لناfor us أزمنناour times
طابت لنا أزمننا
A judge: through the spread of his justice,
our times have grown pleasant for us.
لاmay he not زالcease يبقىlive on ماso long as علاmounts
لا زال يبقى ما علا
قمريٌّa turtledove أيكٍa grove فنناa bough
قمريٌّ أيكٍ فننا
May he live on, so long as there perches
a turtledove of the grove upon a bough.