لأُرَوِّيَنَّI shall surely make recite الدرهَTime (reading الدره as الدهر) مَدائحاًpoems of praise
لأُرَوِّيَنَّ الدرهَ مَدائحاً
كالسحرِlike sorcery إلاexcept أنهنthat they are حلالُlawful
كالسحرِ إلا أنهن حلالُ
I shall surely make Time recite poems of praise,
Like sorcery, except that they are lawful.
مدحٌpraise يَعُمُّencompasses الخافقَيْنَEast and West أَقلُّهthe least of it
مدحٌ يَعُمُّ الخافقَيْنَ أَقلُّه
وكأنهand as though it were منfrom راحتيكَyour two palms نوالُa gift
وكأنه من راحتيكَ نوالُ
Praise whose least portion encompasses East and West,
And it is as though it were a gift from your two palms.