رَأَيتُI saw بِلالاًBilal يَشتَريbuying بِتِلادِهِwith his inherited wealth
رَأَيتُ بِلالاً يَشتَري بِتِلادِهِ
مَكارِمَnoble deeds فَضلٍof generosity لاnot تُنالُcan be attained فَواضِلُهits abundant bounties
مَكارِمَ فَضلٍ لا تُنالُ فَواضِلُه
I saw Bilal buying with his inherited wealth
noble acts of generosity whose bounty none can match.
هُوَhe المُشتَريthe purchaser ماwhat لاnot يُنالُcan be attained بِماat a price that غَلاis dear
هُوَ المُشتَري ما لا يُنالُ بِما غَلا
مِنَof المَجدِglory وَالمَنضولُand the outshot one رامٍan archer يُناضِلُهwho contests him in archery
مِنَ المَجدِ وَالمَنضولُ رامٍ يُناضِلُه
He buys what cannot be won, however dear the price,
of glory; any archer who contests him is outshot.
وَمَنand whoever يَطَّلِبseeks مَسعاةَthe attainment ماof what قَدalready بَنىbuilt لَهُfor him
وَمَن يَطَّلِب مَسعاةَ ما قَد بَنى لَهُ
أَبوهُhis father أَبوAbu موسىMusa تَصَعَّدprove arduous to ascend أَوائِلُهits beginnings
أَبوهُ أَبو موسى تَصَعَّد أَوائِلُه
And whoever seeks to attain what was built for him
by his father, Abu Musa, finds even its beginnings steep.
رَأَيتُI saw أَكُفّاًhands قَصَّرَfell short المَجدُglory دونَهاof reaching them
رَأَيتُ أَكُفّاً قَصَّرَ المَجدُ دونَها
وَكَفّاand the two hands of بِلالٍBilal فيهِماin both of them الخَيرُgoodness كامِلُهall of it
وَكَفّا بِلالٍ فيهِما الخَيرُ كامِلُه
I saw hands before which glory fell short,
and Bilal's two hands hold goodness in its fullness.
هُماboth of them خَيرُthe best كَفَّيtwo hands of مُستَغاثٍone called upon for help وَغَيرِهِand anyone else
هُما خَيرُ كَفَّي مُستَغاثٍ وَغَيرِهِ
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle بَخيلُthe miser of القَومِthe people عَرَّدَturns tail نائِلُهhis bounty
إِذا ما بَخيلُ القَومِ عَرَّدَ نائِلُه
They are the best hands, whether their owner is called to help or not,
when the bounty of the people's miser turns tail.
يُطيعُobey رِجالٌmen ناهِياتٍwomen who dissuade عَنِfrom العُلىgreatness
يُطيعُ رِجالٌ ناهِياتٍ عَنِ العُلى
وَيَأبىbut refuses بِلالٌBilal ماnot تُطاعُare obeyed عَواذِلُهhis reproaching women
وَيَأبى بِلالٌ ما تُطاعُ عَواذِلُه
Men obey women who bar them from greatness,
but Bilal refuses; his reproaching women go unheeded.
فَتىًa youth يَهَبُgives away الجُرجورَthe vast camel herd تَحتَbeneath ضُروعِهاtheir udders
فَتىً يَهَبُ الجُرجورَ تَحتَ ضُروعِها
بَناتُthe daughters of دَجوجِيٍّDajuji صِغارٍsmall جَواثِلُهits huddled young
بَناتُ دَجوجِيٍّ صِغارٍ جَواثِلُه
A youth who gives away a vast camel herd, beneath whose udders
are Dajuji's daughters, its small, huddled young.
جَرىhe raced مِنfrom مَدىًa racing mark فَوقَbeyond المَثينَpossibly the hundreds (unclear reading) فَلَمand did not تَجِدyou find
جَرى مِن مَدىً فَوقَ المَثينَ فَلَم تَجِد
لَهُfor him إِذwhen جَرىhe raced مِنهُنَّamong them فَحلاًa stallion يُقابِلُهto match him
لَهُ إِذ جَرى مِنهُنَّ فَحلاً يُقابِلُه
He raced from a mark beyond the hundreds [reading uncertain], and you could not find
among them, when he raced, a stallion to match him.
وَجاءَand he came وَماwhile not مَسَّtouched الغُبارَthe dust عِنانَهُhis bridle
وَجاءَ وَما مَسَّ الغُبارَ عِنانَهُ
مُلِحّاًpressing persistently عَلىtoward الشَأوِthe goal البَعيدِdistant مَناقِلُهhis strides
مُلِحّاً عَلى الشَأوِ البَعيدِ مَناقِلُه
He came on, with dust never touching his bridle,
his strides pressing on toward the distant goal.
فَدونَكَso take for yourself هَذيthis ياO بِلالُBilal فَإِنَّهاfor it
فَدونَكَ هَذي يا بِلالُ فَإِنَّها
إِلَيكَto you بِماfor that by which تَنميexalt الكَريمَthe noble man أَوائِلُهhis forebears
إِلَيكَ بِما تَنمي الكَريمَ أَوائِلُه
So take this, Bilal, for it comes
to you for the ancestral merit that exalts a noble man.
Translation model: Sol 6.1