وإذاand when هنيءare congratulated الملوكthe kings فصبحthen be greeted in the morning (verb continues)
وإذا هنيء الملوك فصبح
تyou (completing the preceding verb) منfrom العيدthe feast أسعدthe happiest التهنئاتِfelicitations
ت من العيد أسعد التهنئاتِ
And when kings are congratulated, may you be greeted in the morning
When kings are congratulated at dawn
with the happiest felicitations of the feast.
I send the happiest congratulations
وفداكand may … be your ransom المحلthe pilgrim released from consecration فالنحرthen the sacrifice فيin أرland (first part of أرض)
وفداك المحل فالنحر في أر
ض(completes أرض: land) منىMina والمهلand the pilgrim chanting the talbiyah فيat عرفاتArafat
ض منى والمهل في عرفات
And may the pilgrim released from consecration, then the sacrifice in the land
May you be ransomed, the place of Mina, and the sacrifice, and Arafat's plain
of Mina, and the pilgrim chanting at Arafat be your ransom.
And hastened the reward of removing the ihram at the Miqat
وتعجلتand may you receive in advance أجرthe reward of منone whom خلعstripped off الإحconsecration (first part of الإحرام)
وتعجلت أجر من خلع الإح
رام(completes الإحرام: consecration) عنهfrom him الاطمارthe tattered garments فيat الميقاتthe appointed station
رام عنه الاطمار في الميقات
And may you receive in advance the reward of one whom consecration stripped
And God answered through you, Forgiver of sins, Hearer of voices
of his tattered garments at the appointed station.
I visited Him, with wealth from me, though my hands have wearied people with begging
وأجابand may … answer الإلهGod فيكfor you دئيmy prayer (apparently دعائي)
وأجاب الإله فيك دئي
غافرForgiver of الذنبsin سامعHearer of الأصواتvoices
غافر الذنب سامع الأصوات
And may God answer my prayer for you—
So it's as if I controlled the forelock of time and spent it according to my desires
the Forgiver of sin, the Hearer of voices.
زرتهI visited him والغنىwhile wealth منىdreams ويديand my hand قدhad already
زرته والغنى منى ويدي قد
أتعبwearied الناسpeople عهدهاits long familiarity بالصلاتwith gifts
أتعب الناس عهدها بالصلات
I visited him when wealth was but a dream, and my hand had already
wearied people with its long familiarity with gifts.
فكأنيso it was as though I ملكتI possessed ناصيةthe forelock of الدهTime (first part of الدهر)
فكأني ملكت ناصية الده
ر(completes الدهر: Time) فصرفتهاso I directed it علىaccording to شهواتيmy desires
ر فصرفتها على شهواتي
So it was as though I had seized Time by the forelock,
and turned it according to my desires.
Partial English translation: 7 of 12 Arabic lines translated.