بُوركتblessed be غرفةٌa chamber وبوركَand blessed be مَنْwhoever قَاundertook (first part of split verb)
بُوركت غرفةٌ وبوركَ مَنْ قَا
مَcompletion of preceding ‘undertook’ بهاwith it فيin البِنَاthe construction وَمَنْand whoever قدalready بنَاهَاbuilt it
مَ بها في البِنَا وَمَنْ قد بنَاهَا
Blessed is this chamber, and blessed the one who
Blessed be a chamber, and blessed be whoever undertook
undertook its construction, and whoever built it.
its construction, and whoever built it.
غُرفةٌa chamber لاnot ترىyou see مثالاan equal لهاto it فيon الأرضthe earth
غُرفةٌ لا ترى مثالا لها في الأرض
قطعاًcertainly سبحانَglory be to مَنْthe One who سَوَّاهَاfashioned it
قطعاً سبحانَ مَنْ سَوَّاهَا
A chamber whose equal is nowhere to be seen on earth—
A chamber whose equal you will not see on earth,
surely, glory be to Him who fashioned it so perfectly.
certainly—glory be to the One who fashioned it!
فهيfor it تجرىflow الأنهارُthe rivers منfrom تحتهاbeneath it
فهي تجرى الأنهارُ من تحتها
والمسكand musk والندُّand aromatic incense فاحَgave off fragrance مِنْfrom أَعلاهَاits upper reaches
والمسك والندُّ فاحَ مِنْ أَعلاهَا
Within it, rivers flow from beneath it,
For rivers flow beneath it,
while musk and fragrant nadd waft down from above it.
and musk and aromatic incense wafted from its heights.
فكأنَّso it is as though البانينَthe builders قدْalready نقلوهَاthey transported it
فكأنَّ البانينَ قدْ نقلوهَا
مِنْfrom جنانِgardens الفردوسِParadise أوor منwhoever سمَّاهاnamed it
مِنْ جنانِ الفردوسِ أو من سمَّاها
It is as though the builders had transported it
It is as though the builders had transported it
from the gardens of Paradise, or from its very heaven.
from the gardens of Paradise, or from the one who named it.
إنif عرَتْنيbeset me الأحزانsorrows أوor ضقتْI felt constrained ذرعاًin endurance
إن عرَتْني الأحزان أو ضقتْ ذرعاً
منbecause of أمورٍmatters تَزولُvanish حينَwhen أَرَاهاI see it
من أمورٍ تَزولُ حينَ أَرَاها
If sorrows assail me, or I can bear no more
If sorrows beset me, or my endurance fails
because of troubles, they vanish when I behold it.
because of troubles, they vanish when I see it.
فتناهتْso it reached the utmost حُسناًin beauty وفاقتْand excelled وراقَتand delighted
فتناهتْ حُسناً وفاقتْ وراقَت
واستنارتْand shone كالشمسِlike the sun عندat ضُحَاهاits morning brightness
واستنارتْ كالشمسِ عند ضُحَاها
Thus it reached perfection in beauty, surpassed all, and charmed,
It reached the utmost beauty, excelled, and delighted,
and shone like the sun at the height of morning.
and shone like the sun in its morning brightness.
فكأنيso it is as though I الواليthe governor علىAli (apparently intended) بنُson of مسعودٍMas‘ud
فكأني الوالي على بنُ مسعودٍ
بِحسنىwith the beauty of أخْلاقهِhis character أَعْدَاهَاinfected it (figuratively)
بِحسنى أخْلاقهِ أَعْدَاهَا
It is as though I—the governor, ʿAli ibn Masʿud—
So I fancy that the governor, Ali ibn Mas‘ud,
had made the beauty of his character contagious to it.
has imbued it with the beauty of his character.
وبناهاand built it محمدٌMuhammad وعليٌّand Ali
وبناها محمدٌ وعليٌّ
وبشيرٌand Bashir تَشَارَكُواthey joined together فيin بِنَاهَاits construction
وبشيرٌ تَشَارَكُوا في بِنَاهَا
Muhammad and ʿAli built it,
And Muhammad and Ali built it,
and Bashir; together they shared in its construction.
and Bashir; they shared in its construction.
عامyear سبعِseven والألفُand a thousand معwith مائةٍa hundred
عام سبعِ والألفُ مع مائةٍ
تمتْwas completed حساباًby reckoning والخيرand goodness فيin عُقْبَاهَاits aftermath
تمتْ حساباً والخير في عُقْبَاهَا
In the year one thousand one hundred and seven,
In the year one thousand one hundred and seven,
it was completed by the reckoning—and goodness lies in what follows—
it was completed by the reckoning, with goodness in its aftermath.
فيin زمانِthe time of الإمامthe imam سيفSaif بنson of سلطاSultan (first part of split name)
في زمانِ الإمام سيف بن سلطا
نcompletion of preceding ‘Sultan’ سيفSaif مُعْطِىgranting القلوبhearts مُنَاهَاtheir desires
ن سيف مُعْطِى القلوب مُنَاهَا
in the reign of Imam Sayf ibn Sulṭā—
In the time of Imam Saif ibn Sultan
—n: a sword, the desire of thirst-parched hearts.
Saif, who grants hearts their desires.
يعربيٌّa Ya‘rubi فَطنdiscerning أبيٌّproud-spirited وفىٌّfaithful
يعربيٌّ فَطن أبيٌّ وفىٌّ
فهُوfor he شمسُsun of الدنياthe world ونورُand light of سَنَاهَاits radiance
فهُو شمسُ الدنيا ونورُ سَنَاهَا
A Yaʿrubi—astute, high-minded, and loyal—
A Ya‘rubi—discerning, proud-spirited, and faithful,
for he is the sun of the world and the light of its splendor.
for he is the sun of the world and the light of its radiance.
