سقىmay water اللهGod أياماًdays أُشبِّهُI liken حُسنهاtheir beauty
سقى الله أياماً أُشبِّهُ حُسنها
وقدand indeed كنتُI was فيin روضa garden منof العيشlife ناضرِverdant
وقد كنتُ في روض من العيش ناضرِ
May God water the days whose beauty I liken—
May God water days whose beauty I liken
while I was in a verdant garden of life—
To when I was in a garden of flourishing life
بشعرِto the poetry of ابنIbn (son of) معتزٍّMuʿtazz وخطِّand the calligraphy of ابنIbn (son of) مقلةٍMuqla
بشعرِ ابن معتزٍّ وخطِّ ابن مقلةٍ
ودولةِand the reign of مسعودٍMasʿūd وخلقِand the character of مسافرِMusāfir
ودولةِ مسعودٍ وخلقِ مسافرِ
to Ibn al-Muʿtazz’s poetry and Ibn Muqla’s calligraphy,
With the poetry of Ibn Mu'tazz and the script of Ibn Muqlah
and Masʿūd’s reign and Musāfir’s character.
And the reign of Mas'ud and the manners of Musafir