عجturn aside إلىto منزلan abode قصفٍrevelry
عج إلى منزل قصفٍ
مطلقunbounded الروضthe garden الشذيّfragrant
مطلق الروض الشذيّ
Turn aside to an abode of revelry,
Return to a home of ruin
Its fragrant garden open wide,
Free of its fragrant garden
مشرقradiant الطلعةthe appearance زاهٍresplendent
مشرق الطلعة زاهٍ
نافحwafting fragrance الزهرthe blossoms النديّdewy
نافح الزهر النديّ
Radiant in aspect, resplendent,
Bright in rising, blooming
Its dewy blossoms wafting fragrance.
The dewy blossoms exhaling
فاضoverflowed شهداًhoney وصفاءًand purity
فاض شهداً وصفاءً
منfrom زلالclear, sweet water جوهريjewel-like
من زلال جوهري
It overflowed with honey and purity,
Overflowing with honeyed bliss
From jewel-like, limpid water.
From the essence of its being
ظاهرٌprominent مثلlike الثريّاthe Pleiades
ظاهرٌ مثل الثريّا
منfrom علىupon ظهرthe crest العليthe lofty height
من على ظهر العلي
Prominent as the Pleiades,
Appearing like a jewel
From atop the lofty height.
Over its lofty summit
قدindeed حكىmatched الأبلقal-Ablaq عزّاًin grandeur
قد حكى الأبلق عزّاً
ببناءًwith architecture كسرويّKhosrow-like
ببناءً كسرويّ
It has matched al-Ablaq in grandeur,
It tells of glory
With Khosrow-like architecture.
With a structure like Solomon’s
جنةa paradise فاحتwafted fragrance رباهاits hills
جنة فاحت رباها
بالبسامwith the smiling [blossoms] العنبريambergris-scented
بالبسام العنبري
A paradise whose hills breathed fragrance,
A paradise nurtured
With smiling, ambergris-scented blossoms.
With sweetest perfume
وجرتand flowed فيهاwithin it السواقيthe watercourses
وجرت فيها السواقي
بالشرابwith the drink الكوثريKawthar-like
بالشراب الكوثري
And streams flowed within it,
Streams run through it
With drink like Kawthar’s.
With heavenly drink
شادهbuilt it نعمyes; indeed بشيرٌBashir
شاده نعم بشيرٌ
ذاpossessing بنانٍfingers حاتميHatim-like
ذا بنانٍ حاتمي
Bashir, indeed, built it,
Built in bounty by one
With fingers like Hatim’s,
Of princely line, Hatem
الشهابيُّal-Shihabi المفدىthe cherished; worth sacrificing for
الشهابيُّ المفدى
دامmay he endure بالعيشin life الهنيhappy
دام بالعيش الهني
Al-Shihabi, the cherished—
Redeemed, illumined guide
May he live on in happiness.
May he live in joy