تَاللَهِby God إِلّاdo (expressing entreaty) ماemphatic particle قَبِلتَyou accepted هَدِيَّتيmy gift
تَاللَهِ إِلّا ما قَبِلتَ هَدِيَّتي
وَجَعَلتَand you granted ليto me فَضلاًdistinction عَلىover الأَقرانِthe peers
وَجَعَلتَ لي فَضلاً عَلى الأَقرانِ
By God, do accept my gift,
By Allah, I will not accept your gift
and grant me distinction over my peers.
And give me precedence over my peers.
فَالبَحرُfor the sea تَنشَأُarises مِنهُfrom it كُلُّevery سَحابَةٍcloud
فَالبَحرُ تَنشَأُ مِنهُ كُلُّ سَحابَةٍ
صَدرَتhas gone forth وَيَقبَلُand it accepts فاضِلَsurplus الغُدرانِthe pools
صَدرَت وَيَقبَلُ فاضِلَ الغُدرانِ
For from the sea arises every cloud
The sea spawns every cloud
that has gone forth; and the sea accepts the pools' surplus.
That flows out and welcomes the treacherous.