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How worthy is the virtuous of his duty,

ما أجدر الصالح بالواجب

1. How worthy is the virtuous of his duty,
And how right is the sword for the striker,

١. ما أَجْدَرَ الصَّالِحَ بِالوَاجِبِ
وَمَا أَحَقَّ السَّيْفَ بالضَّارِبِ

2. Saad's bow serves its purchaser,
Rising with it from dusk to dawn.

٢. يَخْدُمُ سَعْدُ المُشتَرِي قَوسَهُ
في طَالِعٍ منها ومِن غَارِبِ

3. It rings when it is drawn with an eye,
Nothing under it screens the sun.

٣. تَرِنُّ إذْ تَرْنُو بِعَيْنٍ لَهَا
مَا دُونَها لِلشّمْسِ مِن حَاجِبِ

4. And Saad the slaughterer pursues
His command in the hitting crossbow,

٤. هذا وسَعْدُ الذَّابِحُ المُقتفِي
لأمرهِ فى البُنْدُقِ الصَّائِبِ

5. The heir won his unattainable want,
And the seeker's right to overcome.

٥. فَازَ وَليُّ العَهْدِ بالمَطْلَب ال
أسْنَى وحَقِّ الطَّالِبِ الغَالِبِ

6. He rose high, and if the eagle of the sky
Tried, it would not escape the clay's grasp.

٦. رَقى وَلَوْ حَاوَلَ نَسْرُ السّما
لَمَا نَجا مِن طِينةِ اللاَّزِبِ

7. He persisted until he downed the bird
Which plunged like a piercing star,

٧. جَدَّ إلى أَنْ جَدَّلَ الطَّائِرَ ال
هاوِي هَوًى كَالكَوكَبِ الثَّاقِبِ

8. Until it hit the ground out of duty,
Bilal rose in it to do his duty,

٨. حَتَّى إذا مَسَّ الثَّرى وَاجِباً
قَامَ بِلالٌ فِيهِ بِالوَاجِبِ

9. And the righteous king has persisted
In the kingdom - none persist like the player,

٩. والمَلِكُ الصَّالِحُ قَدْ جَدَّ في
المُلْكِ وَما من جَدَّ كاللاعِبِ

10. God raised Ali high, so you see
No hostile on earth can harm him.

١٠. قَدْ رَفَعَ اللَّهُ عَلِيّاً فَما
تَرَى لَهُ في الأرْضِ مِن نَاصِبِ