أباAbu; father of (vocative) العباسِal-Abbas ياO شمسَsun الthe
أبا العباسِ يا شمسَ ال
عُلاglory آلِthe house of عبَّاسِAbbas
عُلا آلِ عبَّاسِ
Abu al-Abbas, O sun of the
O Abul Abbas, O sun of the
glory of the house of Abbas!
Heights of the family of Abbas
أياO ابنson of الخلفاءِthe caliphs الكاthe dispellers (beginning)
أيا ابن الخلفاءِ الكا
شفينَdispellers (ending) البؤسَmisery بالباسthrough might
شفينَ البؤسَ بالباس
O son of the caliphs who
O son of Caliphs, the
dispel misery through might!
Healers of misery with armor
وياand O بانيَbuilder of آساسِfoundations
ويا بانيَ آساسِ
عُلاًglory منfrom فوقِabove آساسfoundations
عُلاً من فوقِ آساس
And O builder of foundations
And O builder of bases
of glory upon foundations!
High above any base
ومَنْand you who إنسانُthe pupil of عينيmy eye مِنْfrom
ومَنْ إنسانُ عيني مِنْ
هُhim (suffix) فيin أكملِthe fullest إِيناسcomfort
هُ في أكملِ إِيناس
And you, through whom the pupil of my eye
And the man whose eyes are to me
finds the fullest comfort!
The most perfect of mankind
أًليسَis not? الفصُّthe gem للخاتَto the ring (beginning)
أًليسَ الفصُّ للخاتَ
مِring (ending) مثلَlike التاجِthe crown للراسto the head
مِ مثلَ التاجِ للراس
Is not the gem to the ring
Isn’t the conclusion for the seal
as the crown is to the head?
Like the crown for the head?
فأنْعِمْthen be generous أيّهاO you الحاليthe adorned one
فأنْعِمْ أيّها الحالي
منwith الإنْعامِbeneficence والكاسيand the clothed one
من الإنْعامِ والكاسي
Then be generous, O you adorned
So bestow, O current
and clothed in beneficence,
Of favors and drinks
بفصٍّwith a gem لسهامِfor the arrows of اللحthe gaze (beginning)
بفصٍّ لسهامِ اللح
ظِgaze (ending) فيin هيئةِthe shape of بُرْجاسa target
ظِ في هيئةِ بُرْجاس
with a gem for the arrows of the gaze,
A seal for the arrows of smiles
in the shape of a target;
In the form of citadels
كموجِlike the wave of اللجّةِthe deep sea الجاريflowing
كموجِ اللجّةِ الجاري
وطَوْدِand the towering mass of الجبلِthe mountain الراسيfirmly rooted
وطَوْدِ الجبلِ الراسي
like the flowing wave of the deep,
Like the wave of raging seas
and the towering mass of a firmly rooted mountain.
And mountain solidly based
متىwhenever أحضرتُI bring مقباساًa torch
متى أحضرتُ مقباساً
يكنْit will be مقباسَthe torch of مقباسيmy torch
يكنْ مقباسَ مقباسي
Whenever I bring a torch,
Whenever I presented a branding iron
it will be the torch that lights my torch;
Let it brand my branding iron
أوِor استحلاهُfind it delightful جُلاَّسيmy companions
أوِ استحلاهُ جُلاَّسي
جلاbrightens أبصارَthe eyes of جُلاَّسيmy companions
جلا أبصارَ جُلاَّسي
or, if my companions find it delightful,
Or let it adorn my gatherings
it will brighten my companions' eyes.
With splendor beyond gatherings
وقالand will say الناسُthe people أَهداهgave it as a gift
وقال الناسُ أَهداه
إِليهto him سيّدُthe lord of الناسthe people
إِليه سيّدُ الناس
And people will say, 'It was bestowed
And let people say he gave it
on him by the lord of men.'
To him, lord of people
وماand what بالُthe matter with رجائيmy hope فيin
وما بالُ رجائي في
كَyou (suffix) لاnot يعلوrises علىabove ياسيmy despair
كَ لا يعلو على ياسي
And why does my hope in
And why shouldn’t my hopes in you
you not rise above my despair?
Rise above my despair?
وأيّامُكَand your days أعياديmy festivals
وأيّامُكَ أعيادي
وأوقاتُكand your times أعراسيmy wedding feasts
وأوقاتُك أعراسي
And your days are my festivals,
For your days are my holidays
and your moments are my wedding feasts.
And your times my weddings
وقلبيand my heart بكَthrough you عِزَّاًin honor قَلْheart (beginning)
وقلبي بكَ عِزَّاً قَلْ
بُheart (ending) عباسِAbbas بنِson of مرداسMirdas
بُ عباسِ بنِ مرداس
And my heart, ennobled by you, is the heart
And my heart is, for your sake, a heart
of Abbas ibn Mirdas.
Abbas ibn Mirdas
سأطْريكَI shall praise you lavishly بأشعارٍin poems
سأطْريكَ بأشعارٍ
تَهيجُstir الذكرَremembrance للناسfor people
تَهيجُ الذكرَ للناس
I shall praise you lavishly in poems
I will sing your praises in
that stir remembrance among people;
Verses that stir people’s memories
تواليfollowing in succession نظمُهاtheir versification فيكَin your praise
توالي نظمُها فيكَ
تواليthe succession of ورَقِthe leaves of الآسmyrtle
توالي ورَقِ الآس
their verses in your praise follow one another,
Their sequence for you
as the leaves of myrtle follow one another.
Like the sequence of leaves on trees