طِفْلٌa child لِسَامٍfor Sam كانَwas وَعْدَa promise of سَعَادَةٍhappiness
طِفْلٌ لِسَامٍ كانَ وَعْدَ سَعَادَةٍ
وَعَدَpromised الزّمَانُTime بِهِwith him ذوِيهِhis family وَقَدْand indeed وَفَىkept its promise
وَعَدَ الزّمَانُ بِهِ ذوِيهِ وَقَدْ وَفَى
A child for Sam was a promise of happiness;
Time promised him to his family, and kept its word.
زِيدَwere augmented الثَّلاثَةُthe three مِنof أَهِلَّةِcrescents بَيْتِهِمْtheir household
زِيدَ الثَّلاثَةُ مِن أَهِلَّةِ بَيْتِهِمْ
هَذاthis الهِلاَلَcrescent فَماand how أَحَبَّdear وَأَلْطَفاand lovely
هَذا الهِلاَلَ فَما أَحَبَّ وَأَلْطَفا
To the three crescents of their household was added
this crescent—how dear and lovely!
هُوَhe يُوسفٌYusuf فِيin صُوَرةٍa form أَرَّخْتُهَاI recorded its date
هُوَ يُوسفٌ فِي صُوَرةٍ أَرَّخْتُهَا
حَاكَتْmirrored لِناظِرِهَاfor its beholder مَحَاسِنَthe beauty of يُوسُفَاYusuf
حَاكَتْ لِناظِرِهَا مَحَاسِنَ يُوسُفَا
He is Yusuf in a form whose date I recorded,
which mirrored Yusuf's beauty for its beholder.
Translation model: Sol 6.1