لَعَمْرُكby your life نَعْلُsandal المصطفىthe Chosen One بَركاتُهاits blessings
لَعَمْرُك نَعْلُ المصطفى بَركاتُها
يُشاهِدُهاwitnesses them كلُّevery امْرِىءٍperson كانwas ذاendowed with عقلِreason
يُشاهِدُها كلُّ امْرِىءٍ كان ذا عقلِ
By your life, the Chosen One’s sandal—its blessings
By your life, the Chosen One’s sandal—its blessings
are witnessed by every person possessed of reason.
are witnessed by every person endowed with reason.
ولوand if أنthat فيwithin وُسعِيmy power زِمامَthe reins تصرُّفِيmy actions
ولو أن في وُسعِي زِمامَ تصرُّفِي
جعلتُI would make لهاfor it جَفْنِيmy eyelid مِثالاًa pattern بلاwithout مِثْلِan equal
جعلتُ لها جَفْنِي مِثالاً بلا مِثْلِ
Were the reins of my own actions within my power,
And if the reins of my actions were within my power,
I would make my eyelid its likeness—a likeness without peer.
I would make my eyelid a pattern for it without equal.
وكانand would be أَدِيمُskin الوَجْهِthe face فوقover أدِيمهاits leather
وكان أَدِيمُ الوَجْهِ فوق أدِيمها
يَقيِهاprotecting it غُباراًdust منfrom تُرابٍearth ومنand from رَمْلِsand
يَقيِها غُباراً من تُرابٍ ومن رَمْلِ
And the skin of my face would lie over its leather,
And the skin of my face would lie over its leather,
guarding it from dust arising from soil and sand.
shielding it from the dust of earth and sand.
أُفَصِّلI would cut out منfrom دِيباجَتيْهِits two brocade-like cheeks وِقايةًa protective covering
أُفَصِّل من دِيباجَتيْهِ وِقايةً
تُمَدُّis spread عليهاover it حَذْوُكَyour matching النَّعْلَthe sandal بالنَّعْلِwith the sandal
تُمَدُّ عليها حَذْوُكَ النَّعْلَ بالنَّعْلِ
From the face’s twin brocades I would cut a protective covering,
I would cut a protective covering from its two brocade-like cheeks,
to be spread over it, fitted exactly—sandal for sandal.
to be spread over it, as you match sandal to sandal.
