نظام ابن الخلوف سامْ

نظام ابن الخلوف سامْ

بآفَاقْ المَعَانِي وَالأقْوَالْ

بآفَاقْ المَعَانِي وَالأقْوَالْ

Ibn al-Khalluf’s verse is lofty,

Ibn al-Khaldun has reached the heights

In the horizons of meanings and utterances.

Of meanings and words, so very wise

وَكم حاوَل وكم سامْ

وَكم حاوَل وكم سامْ

سِوَاهْ نَيْل الأمَانِي فما نَاْل

سِوَاهْ نَيْل الأمَانِي فما نَاْل

And how often have they tried, and how often sought—

Many have tried as he, to climb

Those other than he—to attain their wishes; yet none succeeded,

Yet none could grasp their heart's desire

سوَى في مصْر أو الشَّام

سوَى في مصْر أو الشَّام

شَيْخ أهْل الزَّمَانِ وَقَدْ قَالْ

شَيْخ أهْل الزَّمَانِ وَقَدْ قَالْ

Except, in Egypt or al-Sham,

Except in Egypt or Levant

The shaykh of the people of the age—and he has said:

The sage of the age, so it's declared