نَظيرُنَظيرُ: a peer الشَمسالشَمس: the sun تَعلوتَعلو: you rise عَنعَن: above نَظيرِنَظيرِ: an equal
نَظيرُ الشَمس تَعلو عَن نَظيرِ
طَلَعتطَلَعت: you rose تُضيءُتُضيءُ: you shine فيفي: in عَلياعَليا: the heights of الأَيرِالأَيرِ: the air
طَلَعت تُضيءُ في عَليا الأَيرِ
Peer of the sun, you rise beyond compare.
You rose, shining in the upper air.
وَفيوَفي: and in أَبراجأَبراج: towers سَلطَنَةُسَلطَنَةُ: the sultanate of المَعاليالمَعالي: lofty honors
وَفي أَبراج سَلطَنَةُ المَعالي
بَدَوتَبَدَوتَ: you appeared تَفيضَتَفيضَ: you pour forth تَهتانتَهتان: steady showers السُرورِالسُرورِ: joy
بَدَوتَ تَفيضَ تَهتان السُرورِ
And in the towers of the sultanate of lofty honors,
You appeared, pouring forth showers of joy.
دَعَتكَدَعَتكَ: she summoned you وَأَنتَوَأَنتَ: while you are لِلأَلطافِلِلأَلطافِ: for acts of kindness روحٌروحٌ: a spirit
دَعَتكَ وَأَنتَ لِلأَلطافِ روحٌ
لِقُربِلِقُربِ: to the nearness of فُؤادِهافُؤادِها: her heart الصَدرِالصَدرِ: the vizier الكَبيرِالكَبيرِ: the grand
لِقُربِ فُؤادِها الصَدرِ الكَبيرِ
She summoned you—you, the spirit of kindness—
To be near her heart, O grand vizier.
وَقالَتوَقالَت: and she said لِلمَليكلِلمَليك: to the king أَتاكَأَتاكَ: has come to you بَدرٌبَدرٌ: a full moon
وَقالَت لِلمَليك أَتاكَ بَدرٌ
تَرىتَرى: you behold بِكَمالِهِبِكَمالِهِ: in his perfection أَبهىأَبهى: the most splendid سَميرِسَميرِ: companion by night
تَرى بِكَمالِهِ أَبهى سَميرِ
And she told the king: “A full moon has come to you;
In his perfection you behold the fairest companion by night.”
فَقالَفَقالَ: then he said أَقَمتُأَقَمتُ: I appointed لَمالَما: when أَرخوهُأَرخوهُ: they recorded its date
فَقالَ أَقَمتُ لَما أَرخوهُ
لَدىلَدى: at ماما: unclear separately; possibly begins ماليتي, 'my finances' لَيتيلَيتي: unclear separately; possibly completes ماليتي, 'my finances' رُشديرُشدي: Rushdi وَزيريوَزيري: my minister
لَدى ما لَيتي رُشدي وَزيري
Then he said, when they recorded its date: “I appointed
Rushdi as my finance minister [reading uncertain].”