مَنwho تَرىdo you think يَملكcan command وَصفاًa description لامريءof a man
مَن تَرى يَملك وَصفاً لامريء
قَلدgarlanded المنةbounty أَعناقthe necks of السَماحgenerosity
قَلد المنة أَعناق السَماح
Who, do you think, can describe a man
Who can describe a generous man
who has garlanded generosity's necks with his bounty?
Who placed favors round the necks of the noble
ذاكَthat one يَحىYahya مَنthe one who بِهِthrough him يَحييcomes alive العُلاglory
ذاكَ يَحى مَن بِهِ يَحيي العُلا
وَلِناديهِand to his assembly غَدوّيmy morning going وَالرَواحيand evening going
وَلِناديهِ غَدوّي وَالرَواحي
That is Yahya, through whom glory comes alive,
He who lives by it brings life to the sublime
and to his assembly I go morning and evening.
And I yearn for him morning and eve
حاملbearing نَشرthe fragrance of ثَناهُhis praise فيamong الوَرىhumankind
حامل نَشر ثَناهُ في الوَرى
عَنبرambergris اللَيلof night وَكافورand camphor الصَباحof morning
عَنبر اللَيل وَكافور الصَباح
The fragrance of his praise is borne among humankind
Bearing the fragrance of his generosity in the land
by the ambergris of night and the camphor of morning.
Amber of the night, camphor of the dawn