أماas for العمادُal-ʿImād فقدthen indeed تضاعفَhas redoubled شكرُهhis gratitude
أما العمادُ فقد تضاعفَ شكرُه
نعماكَyour bounty شكرgratitude الرَّوضthe garden نُعمىbounty الصَيِّبِthe pouring rain
نعماكَ شكر الرَّوض نُعمى الصَيِّبِ
As for al-ʿImād, his gratitude has redoubled,
The pillar has redoubled his thanks,
for your bounty, as the garden thanks the bounty of pouring rain,
Your blessing, the garden's thanks for the cloud's blessing.
لعمامةٍfor a turban ذهبيةٍgolden كغمامةٍlike a cloud
لعمامةٍ ذهبيةٍ كغمامةٍ
يبدوappears بهاin it برقُlightning الطِّرازِthe embroidery المغربيMaghribi
يبدو بها برقُ الطِّرازِ المغربي
for a golden turban, like a cloud,
For a golden turban like a cloud,
in which the lightning of Maghribi embroidery gleams.
In it appears the Maghribi brocade's lightning.
ماhow كانwould have been أَحسنَfine حالهhis condition لوif only أَنّهthat he
ما كان أَحسنَ حاله لو أَنّه
شُفعتwas paired عمامتهhis turban بثوبwith a robe مُذهبِgold-adorned
شُفعت عمامته بثوب مُذهبِ
How fine his condition would have been, if only
How good would be his state if
his turban had been paired with a gold-adorned robe!
His turban was matched with a gilded robe.