نسيمa breeze البشرgladness حينwhen سرىwafted
نسيم البشر حين سرى
علىover روضِthe garden of الهناjoy ازدهرَاit blossomed
على روضِ الهنا ازدهرَا
When the breeze of gladness wafted
The breeze of humankind blew,
Over the garden of joy, it blossomed.
When it wandered over our meadow of bliss and flourished,
وأغصانand the branches of النقاthe dune رقصتdanced
وأغصان النقا رقصت
وأضحand became دوحهاtheir spreading trees خضِراgreen
وأضح دوحها خضِرا
And the dune's branches danced,
The boughs of eglantine danced,
And their spreading trees grew green.
And its basin appeared verdant.
وَصَدَّاحand the songbird of الصفاserenity غنىsang
وَصَدَّاح الصفا غنى
بداappeared ماwhat كانhad been مستتراhidden
بدا ما كان مستترا
And serenity's songbird sang:
The warbler of the dale sang,
What had been hidden appeared.
Revealing what was hidden.
بداappeared كالشمسlike the sun إبراهيIbrahi- (beginning of Ibrahim)
بدا كالشمس إبراهي
م-m (completion of Ibrahim) أوor كالبرقlike lightning إنif سفراit shone forth
م أو كالبرق إن سفرا
Ibrahim appeared like the sun,
Ibrahim appeared like the sun,
Or like lightning when it shone forth.
Or like lightning when traveling.
بهthrough him الدنياthe world غدتbecame تزهوshines with splendor
به الدنيا غدت تزهو
وأمسىand became الدهرTime مفتخراproud
وأمسى الدهر مفتخرا
Through him the world grew resplendent,
Through him the world became delightful,
And Time became proud.
And time itself grew proud,
وعطّرand perfumed مسكthe musk of مولدهhis birth
وعطّر مسك مولده
ذرىthe heights of الأرجاءthe surrounding regions وانتشراand spread
ذرى الأرجاء وانتشرا
And the musk of his birth perfumed
The scent of his birth perfumed
The heights all around, and spread abroad.
The horizons and spread out.
وقدand indeed سارتwent forth بشائرهhis glad tidings
وقد سارت بشائره
تبلغconveying للورىto humankind الخبرَاthe news
تبلغ للورى الخبرَا
And his glad tidings indeed went forth,
News of his coming travelled,
Conveying the news to humankind.
Informing all creation,
وأبدىand revealed الدهرTime تاريخاًa date
وأبدى الدهر تاريخاً
بهthrough him نجمthe star of الهناjoy ظهراappeared
به نجم الهنا ظهرا
And Time revealed a date:
And time itself recorded
“Through him the star of joy appeared.”
A date when our star rose.