ياAh! رُبَّmany a تاجٍcrown صاغَهُfashioned it خاطِريmy imagination
يا رُبَّ تاجٍ صاغَهُ خاطِري
مُرَصَّعٌstudded بِالجَواهِرِالفاخِرِwith splendid jewels
مُرَصَّعٌ بِالجَواهِرِالفاخِرِ
Ah, many a crown my imagination has fashioned,
O Lord, a crown my mind has wrought
studded with splendid jewels.
Bedecked with gems so finely sought
عَقَدتُهُI fastened it فيupon مَفرِقٍa hair-parting مِنof أَخٍa brother
عَقَدتُهُ في مَفرِقٍ مِن أَخٍ
باطِنُهُhis inner self فيin الحُسنِbeauty كَالظاهِرِlike the outward appearance
باطِنُهُ في الحُسنِ كَالظاهِرِ
I have fastened it upon a brother’s parted hair,
Upon a brother's brow I set
whose inward beauty matches his outward.
Its inner beauty like the outer met
تَرىyou see بِساطَthe carpet of الرِفدِbounty إِنif مَدَّهُhe spreads it
تَرى بِساطَ الرِفدِ إِن مَدَّهُ
مِنfrom أَوَّلِthe beginning of القَصدِthe quest إِلىto الآخِرِthe end
مِن أَوَّلِ القَصدِ إِلى الآخِرِ
You see the carpet of his bounty, if he spreads it,
See Tigris' plain, how far it stretches
stretch from the quest’s beginning to its end.
From first approach to farthest reaches