لَكَyou have بَرمَةٌa cooking pot نَزَّهتَهاyou kept it unsullied
لَكَ بَرمَةٌ نَزَّهتَها
مِنfrom أَنthat تُدَنَّسَit be sullied بِالدَسَمwith grease
مِن أَن تُدَنَّسَ بِالدَسَم
You have a cooking pot you have kept pure
You have a cooking pot you have preserved
from being sullied by grease—
from being sullied with grease.
بَيضاءُwhite يُشرِقُshines نورُهاits light
بَيضاءُ يُشرِقُ نورُها
كَالبَدرِlike the full moon فيin غَسَقِdeep gloom الظُلَمdarkness
كَالبَدرِ في غَسَقِ الظُلَم
white, its light gleaming
White, its light shines
like the full moon in the gloom of darkness.
like the full moon in the gloom of darkness.
لَوif كانَwere عِرضُكَyour honor مِثلَهاlike it
لَو كانَ عِرضُكَ مِثلَها
كُنتَyou would be المُمَدَّحَthe much-praised one فيamong الأُمَمthe nations
كُنتَ المُمَدَّحَ في الأُمَم
If your honor were like it,
If your honor were like it,
you would be extolled among the nations;
you would be much praised among the nations.
أَوor كانَwere فِعلُكَyour conduct مِثلَlike قَوspeech (word continues)
أَو كانَ فِعلُكَ مِثلَ قَو
لِكَyour (completes 'your speech') كُنتَyou would be تاريخَthe chronicle of الكَرَمgenerosity
لِكَ كُنتَ تاريخَ الكَرَم
or if your deeds were like your—
Or if your deeds were like your speech,
words, you would be generosity’s very chronicle.
you would be the chronicle of generosity.
