هَلis there? لِلفَصاحَةِfor eloquence وَالسَماand generosity (first part)
هَل لِلفَصاحَةِ وَالسَما
حَةِcompletion of “generosity” وَالعُلىand eminence عَنّيaway from me مَحيدُa turning aside
حَةِ وَالعُلى عَنّي مَحيدُ
Can eloquence and generos-
Is eloquence, benevolence, and nobility beyond me,
ity and eminence turn away from me,
When you are my master who raised me while my father Sa'eed,
إِذsince أَنتَyou سَيِّديmy lord الَّذيwho
إِذ أَنتَ سَيِّدي الَّذي
رَبَّيتَنيyou raised me وَأَبيand my father سَعيدُSa‘id
رَبَّيتَني وَأَبي سَعيدُ
since you are my lord, who
Every day I gain advantage from the Highs, and gain more,
raised me, and my father is Sa‘id?
And it increases in me when I see you amidst the dew, a new nature,
فيin كُلِّevery يَومٍday أَستَفيI benefit (first part)
في كُلِّ يَومٍ أَستَفي
دُcompletion of “I benefit” مِنَfrom العَلاءِeminence وَأَستَزيدُand I seek more
دُ مِنَ العَلاءِ وَأَستَزيدُ
Every day I bene-
fit from eminence and seek still more;
وَيَزيدُand grows فِيَّin me إِذاwhenever رَأَيsee (verb fragment)
وَيَزيدُ فِيَّ إِذا رَأَي
تُكَI … you (verb ending) فيin النَدىgenerosity خُلُقٌa character trait جَديدُnew
تُكَ في النَدى خُلُقٌ جَديدُ
and there grows in me, whenever I see
you in your generosity, a new virtue.
Partial English translation: 4 of 8 Arabic lines translated.