قلsay لسديدto Sadid الدينthe faith المرجَّىthe one in whom hopes are placed
قل لسديد الدين المرجَّى
لاnever زلتmay you cease ترجيbe looked to with hope جوداbounty وترهبand be feared
لا زلت ترجي جودا وترهب
Say to Sadid al-Din, on whom hopes rest:
Say to the hoped for generous one
May you always be looked to for bounty and held in awe.
You still hope for generosity and fear
ياO منone whose ثنائيmy praise علىof علاهhis lofty rank
يا من ثنائي على علاه
كالمسكlike musk بينamong الملاthe people وأطيبُand more fragrant
كالمسك بين الملا وأطيبُ
O you, my praise of whose lofty rank
O you whom my praise of his highness
is like musk among the people, and more fragrant still.
Is like musk among clothes is most fragrant
عشتmay you live الذيthat which عاشهhe lived it شعيبShuʿayb
عشت الذي عاشه شعيب
فماfor ... is not مرجّيone hoping for نداكyour bounty أشعبAshʿab
فما مرجّي نداك أشعب
May you live as long as Shuʿayb lived;
You lived what Shuaib lived
for whoever hopes for your bounty is no Ashʿab.
So my hope in your help will not tire
ليI have ياO طيفdream-vision السماحgenerosity رسمan allowance
لي يا طيف السماح رسم
علىowed by بنيsons of عامرʿAmir مرتبregularly assigned
على بني عامر مرتب
I have, O dream-vision of generosity, an allowance
For me O spirit of forgiveness a symbol
regularly assigned, payable by Banu ʿAmir.
Upon the sons of Aamir appointed
والرسمand the allowance نعروهمunclear as written; perhaps 'scant, and they' كرامgenerous
والرسم نعروهم كرام
لكننيbut I فيon الطريقthe road أتعبgrow weary
لكنني في الطريق أتعب
And the allowance is [scant?], and they are generous;
And the symbol we know them as generous
but I grow weary on the road.
But on the path I grow weary
فخذهso collect it ليfor me هاهناright here وإلاor else
فخذه لي هاهنا وإلا
احتاجI need أنto أقصدmake for المسيبal-Musayyib
احتاج أن أقصد المسيب
So collect it for me here; otherwise
So take it for me here, otherwise
I must make for al-Musayyib.
I will need to head towards al-Musayyib
أولاor else فنفذthen send بماwith something that عليهon it
أولا فنفذ بما عليه
إليهمto them إنif خرجتI set out أركبI ride
إليهم إن خرجت أركب
Or else, send something on which
First fulfill what is required of you
I may ride to them, if I set out.
To them if I set out to ride