لطيفةLatifa العصرthe age قدindeed وافتكshe came to you سافرةunveiling
لطيفة العصر قد وافتك سافرة
عنfrom طلعةcountenance الشمسِthe sun جلَّexalted is اللّهGod مبديهاher revealer
عن طلعة الشمسِ جلَّ اللّه مبديها
Latifa of the age has come to you, unveiling
The grace of the age has come to you traveling
the sun’s countenance—exalted is God, who reveals her.
From the rising of the sun - Glory be to its Maker
كنزٌa treasure ثمينٌprecious بدتshe appeared واللّهand God كملهاperfected her
كنزٌ ثمينٌ بدت واللّه كملها
وتمand was fulfilled وصفٌa description بداappeared فيin سفرهHis book فيهاin her
وتم وصفٌ بدا في سفره فيها
She appeared as a precious treasure, and God perfected her.
A precious treasure appeared, and by God made it perfect
And in her was fulfilled a description found in His book.
And an attribute appeared in its journey describing it
عزَّتwas ennobled بأوصافهاby her qualities الدنياthe world وعزَّand was ennobled بهاthrough her
عزَّت بأوصافها الدنيا وعزَّ بها
فتىًa young man بأوصافهِwith his qualities الحسناءthe beautiful woman يرضيهاhe pleases her
فتىً بأوصافهِ الحسناء يرضيها
The world was ennobled by her qualities, and through her was ennobled
The world was honored by its attributes and honored by it
a young man who pleases the beautiful woman with his qualities.
A young man by his beautiful attributes pleasing it
لذاtherefore يدُthe hand الوفقof concord قدindeed وافتhas come مؤرخةًrecording the date
لذا يدُ الوفق قد وافت مؤرخةً
كالشمسlike the sun فيin برجa zodiacal sign سعدٍgood fortune تدركshe overtakes القمراthe moon
كالشمس في برج سعدٍ تدرك القمرا
Thus the hand of concord has come, recording the date:
Thus the hand of harmony came dated
Like the sun in a sign of good fortune, she overtakes the moon.
Like the sun in an auspicious mansion overtaking the moon