ياO جَمالَJamal (beauty) الدينِal-Din (the faith) الَّذيwho أَظهَرَmade manifest العَدjustice (word begins)
يا جَمالَ الدينِ الَّذي أَظهَرَ العَد
لَcompletes 'justice' وَأَحياand revived مَكارِمَnoble virtues الأَخلاقِmoral character
لَ وَأَحيا مَكارِمَ الأَخلاقِ
O Jamal al-Din, who has made justice manifest
and revived the noblest moral virtues.
بِكَthrough you قامَتflourished سوقُthe market of المَديحِpraise وَلَولاand were it not for
بِكَ قامَت سوقُ المَديحِ وَلَولا
كَyou غَدَتbecame وَهيَand it was أَكسَدُthe most stagnant of الأَسواقِthe markets
كَ غَدَت وَهيَ أَكسَدُ الأَسواقِ
Through you the market of praise has flourished; were it not
for you, it would have become the most stagnant of markets.
غَيرَexcept أَنّيthat I أَرىI see العَطاياthe gifts الَّتيwhich جُدbestowed generously (verb begins)
غَيرَ أَنّي أَرى العَطايا الَّتي جُد
تَyou (verb suffix) بِهاwith them باذِلاًgiving freely لِأَهلِto the people of العِراقِIraq
تَ بِها باذِلاً لِأَهلِ العِراقِ
Yet I see the gifts that you so generously
bestowed, giving freely to the people of Iraq,
خَبطَthe blundering of عَشواءَa blind she-camel لاnot تُمَيِّزُyou distinguish بَينَbetween الthe (detached article)
خَبطَ عَشواءَ لا تُمَيِّزُ بَينَ ال
أَغبِياءِfools الجُهّالِthe ignorant وَالحُذّاقِand the skilled
أَغبِياءِ الجُهّالِ وَالحُذّاقِ
as a blind she-camel's blundering: you do not distinguish between
the ignorant fools and the skilled.
قَسَمَتهاapportioned them يَداكَyour two hands قِسمَةَan apportionment by حَظٍّluck
قَسَمَتها يَداكَ قِسمَةَ حَظٍّ
وَاِتِّفاقٍand chance لاnot قِسمَةَan apportionment by اِستِحقاقِmerit
وَاِتِّفاقٍ لا قِسمَةَ اِستِحقاقِ
Your two hands apportioned them by luck
and chance, not according to merit.
فَهيَthus they are مَجهولَةُunknown الطَريقَةِthe manner وَالوُسand the extent (word begins)
فَهيَ مَجهولَةُ الطَريقَةِ وَالوُس
عِcompletes 'extent' عَلىin نَحوِthe manner of قِسمَةِthe apportionment of الأَرزاقِsustenance
عِ عَلى نَحوِ قِسمَةِ الأَرزاقِ
Thus their manner and extent are unknown,
like the apportionment of sustenance,
غَيرَexcept أَنَّthat الأَرزاقَsustenance تَجريflows بِتَقدby the decree (word begins)
غَيرَ أَنَّ الأَرزاقَ تَجري بِتَقد
يرِcompletes 'decree' عَليمٍOne who knows fully بِخَلقِهِof His creatures خَلّاقِCreator
يرِ عَليمٍ بِخَلقِهِ خَلّاقِ
except that sustenance flows by the decree
of the Creator, who knows His creatures fully.