مَقَامُكَyour standing فَوْقَabove مَاwhat يَهِبُbestows الوِسَامُthe medal
مَقَامُكَ فَوْقَ مَا يَهِبُ الوِسَامُ
وَأوْسِمَةand medals مَسَاعِيكَyour endeavors الجِسَامُmighty
وَأوْسِمَة مَسَاعِيكَ الجِسَامُ
Your standing is above what a medal can bestow,
Your status is beyond what decorations bestow
And your mighty endeavors are medals.
And the decorations of your magnificent deeds
وَأَنْand if يَتَبَاهَىboast بِالأَخْطَارِقُوْمٌof perils, some people
وَأَنْ يَتَبَاهَى بِالأَخْطَارِقُوْمٌ
فَحَسْبُكَthen it suffices you أَنَّكَthat you are الفَرْدُthe peerless one الهُمَامُthe valiant
فَحَسْبُكَ أَنَّكَ الفَرْدُ الهُمَامُ
And if some people boast of perils,
That some people boast of dangers
It is enough that you are the peerless, valiant one,
Is enough for you that you are the unique hero
وَأَنَّكَand that you مُحْرِزٌhave won قَصَبَthe prize-reed of المَعَالِيlofty honors
وَأَنَّكَ مُحْرِزٌ قَصَبَ المَعَالِي
بِحَيْثُso that غَدَتْhave become ذُرَاهَاtheir summits لاnot تُرَامُattainable
بِحَيْثُ غَدَتْ ذُرَاهَا لا تُرَامُ
And that you have won the prize-reed of lofty honors,
And that you have secured the highest glories
So that their summits are now beyond reach;
Where its peaks cannot be reached
وَأَنَّكَand that you إِنْif يَضَمْis wronged لِلنَّاسِof other people جَارa neighbor
وَأَنَّكَ إِنْ يَضَمْ لِلنَّاسِ جَار
فَجَارُكَthen your neighbor لاnot يَهُونُis abased وَلاnor is oppressed يُضَامُline_9
فَجَارُكَ لا يَهُونُ وَلا يُضَامُ
And that, if a neighbor of others is wronged,
And that you, if an equal comes to people
Your neighbor is neither abased nor oppressed.
Your equal does not diminish or merge
أَضَفْتَyou have added إِلَىto التَّلِيدِinherited honor طَرِيفَnewly won جَاهِprestige
أَضَفْتَ إِلَى التَّلِيدِ طَرِيفَ جَاهِ
وَقَلْبُكَand your heart بِالمَحَامِدِwith praiseworthy deeds مُسْتَهَامُenamored
وَقَلْبُكَ بِالمَحَامِدِ مُسْتَهَامُ
You have added newly won prestige to inherited honor,
You added to heritage a fresh glory
And your heart is enamored of praiseworthy deeds.
And your heart is immersed in praises
وَحَيْثُand where تَيَقَّظُواthey kept watch لِلشَّيْنِfor faults نَامَتْslept
وَحَيْثُ تَيَقَّظُوا لِلشَّيْنِ نَامَتْ
عَيُونُكَyour eyes عَنْهُto it مَاhow كَرُمَnoble is المَنَامُthe slumber
عَيُونُكَ عَنْهُ مَا كَرُمَ المَنَامُ
And where they kept watch for faults, there slept
And where they awoke to disgrace, your eyes
Your eyes, heedless of them—how noble that slumber!
Slept, for sleep is most generous