لرتبتكfor your rank المقدسةsacred الهناءُcongratulations
لرتبتك المقدسة الهناءُ
سمىrose high بكthrough you أوجهاits zenith وعلاand rose high اللواءُthe banner
سمى بك أوجها وعلا اللواءُ
Congratulations on your sacred rank!
Blessings upon your sacred rank,
Its zenith rose through you, and the banner soared.
It was named the highest peaks and the banner rose high.
تبرجهاits adornment كمالكyour perfection فاستنارتand so it shone
تبرجها كمالك فاستنارت
وبالأقمارand in the moons تبتهجrejoices السماءthe sky
وبالأقمار تبتهج السماء
Its adornment is your perfection, and so it shone.
It blossomed like an angel so it shone,
And the sky rejoices in the moons.
And with the moons the sky rejoiced.
فأنتfor you سراجa lamp أفلاكspheres المعاليeminence
فأنت سراج أفلاك المعالي
وأنتand you رحيقهاits nectar وهيand it الإناءthe vessel
وأنت رحيقها وهي الإناء
For you are the lamp of the spheres of eminence.
You are the lantern of the highest spheres,
And you are its nectar, and it is the vessel.
You are their scent and it is the vessel.
وأنتand you ابنa son الكحيلal-Kahil وأيand what مجدٍglory
وأنت ابن الكحيل وأي مجدٍ
لغيرto anyone other than بنيthe sons of الكحيلal-Kahil لهit has انتماءaffiliation
لغير بني الكحيل له انتماء
And you are a son of al-Kahil—and what glory
You are the son of Al-Kaheel and what glory
Belongs to anyone but the sons of al-Kahil?
Can belong to other than the sons of Al-Kaheel?
ألمَّalighted بكupon you الكمالperfection فصارand so became سوراًa rampart
ألمَّ بك الكمال فصار سوراً
كدائرةlike a circle نهايتهاits end ابتداءa beginning
كدائرة نهايتها ابتداء
Perfection alighted upon you and became a rampart,
Perfection touched you so it became a fence,
Like a circle whose end is its beginning.
Its end is a circle, its beginning a start.
لئنthough أعطيتyou were granted ثانيةًa second rank وأَولىand more fitting
لئن أعطيت ثانيةً وأَولى
بكfor you الأُولىthe first فماso … not انقطعceased الرجاءhope
بك الأُولى فما انقطع الرجاء
Though you have been granted a second rank, and more fitting
If you were granted a second and a first place,
For you is the first—hope has not ceased.
You deserve the first, hopes are not cut off.
فإنfor indeed الطلlight rain يسبقprecedes كلevery وبلdownpour
فإن الطل يسبق كل وبل
كماjust as سبقتpreceded يسوعJesus الأنبياءthe prophets
كما سبقت يسوع الأنبياء
For light rain precedes every downpour,
For rising comes before any maturity
Just as the prophets preceded Jesus.
As you preceded Jesus the prophets.
لقدindeed أضحىhas become نهاكyour intellect عطارديّاًlike Mercury
لقد أضحى نهاك عطارديّاً
لذاthus أعطاكgranted you رتبتهits rank الذكاءintelligence
لذا أعطاك رتبته الذكاء
Indeed, your intellect has become like Mercury;
Your peak has become Mercurian
Thus intelligence has granted you its rank.
So it gave you its rank of intelligence.
وقالand said لكto you المؤرخthe chronicler بهthrough it عزيزيmy dear
وقال لك المؤرخ به عزيزي
لرتبتكfor your rank المقدسةsacred الهناءcongratulations
لرتبتك المقدسة الهناء
And through it the chronicler said to you: “My dear,
And the historian said to you my dear
Congratulations on your sacred rank!”
Blessings upon your sacred rank.