حلاgrew sweet بوصفكin describing you نظمcomposition الشعرpoetry فابتسماand so it smiled
حلا بوصفك نظم الشعر فابتسما
عنrevealing دُرّpearls مدحٍpraise بمعناكabout your character البهيradiant نُظماwere strung
عن دُرّ مدحٍ بمعناك البهي نُظما
Verse grew sweet in describing you, and smiled,
With your description, poetry composition smiled beautifully,
revealing pearls of praise strung for your radiant character.
About praiseworthy pearls with your splendid meaning composed.
شنَّفتَyou adorned with earrings فيin البعدthe distance آذاناًears لناof ours ابتهجتrejoiced
شنَّفتَ في البعد آذاناً لنا ابتهجت
واستنطقتand you made speak بالقوافيwith rhymes فيin ثناكَpraise of you فماa mouth
واستنطقت بالقوافي في ثناكَ فما
You adorned our ears from afar, and they rejoiced;
You have delighted ears from afar with nobility,
and with rhymes you made a mouth speak in your praise.
And made rhymes speak eloquently with your mouth.
أنتَyou الكريمُthe generous one الذيwho طابتwere noble شمائلهُhis qualities
أنتَ الكريمُ الذي طابت شمائلهُ
عنfrom طيبgoodness أصلٍlineage كريمٍnoble فيamong الكرامthe noble سماrose high
عن طيب أصلٍ كريمٍ في الكرام سما
You are the generous one whose qualities are noble,
You are the generous one whose traits are pleasant,
from the goodness of noble stock that rose high among the noble.
Of good noble origin and ancestry gloriously famed.
أخلاقُmanners لطفٍgentleness علىupon التهذيبrefinement قطever طُبعتwere stamped
أخلاقُ لطفٍ على التهذيب قط طُبعت
وصدرُand a breast حلمٍforbearance حوىembraced الآدابlearning والكَرَماand generosity
وصدرُ حلمٍ حوى الآداب والكَرَما
Gentle manners, ever stamped with refinement,
Manners of gentleness molded on refinement ever so pure,
and a breast of forbearance, embracing learning and generosity.
And a chest of forbearance containing etiquette and bounty.
شهمٌa noble man تظلُّremain القوافيrhymes خيرَthe best of أَكؤُسهِhis cups
شهمٌ تظلُّ القوافي خيرَ أَكؤُسهِ
والكُتبُand the books بينbetween يديهِhis two hands أفضلthe finest النُدَماthe boon companions
والكُتبُ بين يديهِ أفضل النُدَما
A noble man—rhymes remain his finest cups,
Valiant, with rhymes the best of his drinking-cups shading,
and the books before him are the finest boon companions.
Books before him the finest of bosom friends.
هذيthis حديقةa garden وردٍroses قدindeed بعثتُI sent بهاwith it
هذي حديقة وردٍ قد بعثتُ بها
إلىto حديقةa garden فضلٍexcellence فيamong الوَرَىhumankind عَظُمَاgrew great
إلى حديقة فضلٍ في الوَرَى عَظُمَا
This is a garden of roses that I have sent
This is a rose garden I have sent forth,
to a garden of excellence, grown great among humankind.
To a garden of great virtue in the lands.
سيرتهاI sent it forth نحوtoward غيثٍlife-giving rain طابwas sweet موردُهُits watering place
سيرتها نحو غيثٍ طاب موردُهُ
مشفوعةًaccompanied بثنآءٍby praise أشبهَresembled النَسَماthe breezes
مشفوعةً بثنآءٍ أشبهَ النَسَما
I sent it toward life-giving rain, whose watering place is sweet,
Its course is towards wholesome rain of sweet watering-place,
accompanied by praise resembling the breezes.
Commended with praise like a gentle breeze.
يشدوsings بهاin it كلّevery بيتٍverse فيconcerning مناقبهِhis virtues
يشدو بها كلّ بيتٍ في مناقبهِ
حلاgrew sweet بوصفكَin describing you نظمcomposition الشعرpoetry فابتسماand so it smiled
حلا بوصفكَ نظم الشعر فابتسما
Every verse within it sings of his virtues:
Every verse therein chants your glories,
Verse grew sweet in describing you, and smiled.
With your description, poetry composition smiled beautifully.