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Remember the Prince of God, and let the covenant be remembered,

تذكر أمير الله والعهد يذكر

1. Remember the Prince of God, and let the covenant be remembered,
My ode and my singing to you, while people gather,

١. تَذَكَّر أَميرَ اللَهِ وَالعَهدُ يُذكَرُ
مَقامي وَإِنشاديكَ وَالناسُ حُضَّرُ

2. And I strew pearls upon you, O pearl of Hashim,
So one who saw a pearl strewn upon a pearl,

٢. وَنَثري عَلَيكَ الدُرَّ يا دُرَّ هاشِمٍ
فَيا مَن رَأى دُرّاً عَلى الدُرِّ يُنثَرُ

3. Your father, who none ruled the land like him,
And your uncle Musa, his glory bewildered,

٣. أَبوكَ الَّذي لَم يَملِكِ الأَرضَ مِثلَهُ
وَعَمُّكَ موسى صِنوُهُ المُتَحَيِّرُ

4. Made you the Guided Mahdi and his brother,
The father of your mother, the younger, Abu Al Fadl Ja'far,

٤. وَجَدّاكَ مَهدِيُّ الهُدى وَشَقيقُهُ
أَبو أُمِّكَ الأَدنى أَبو الفَضلِ جَعفَرُ

5. And none like your supporter Mansur of Hashim,
And Mansur of Qahtan, if his glories are recounted,

٥. وَما مِثلُ مَنصوريكَ مَنصورِ هاشِمٍ
وَمَنصورِ قَحطانٍ إِذا عُدَّ مَفخَرُ

6. So who is it that can shoot arrows at you in the land,
The servant of Manaf, your fathers, and Khumayr,

٦. فَمَن ذا الَّذي يَرمي بِسَهمَيكَ في الوَرى
وَعَبدُ مُنافٍ والِداكَ وَحِميَرُ

7. The world was beautified by the face of a caliph,
He is the dawn, except that he is eternally radiant,

٧. تَحَسَّنَتِ الدُنيا بِوَجهِ خَليفَةٍ
هُوَ الصُبحُ إِلّا أَنَّهُ الدَهرَ مُسفِرُ

8. An imam who rules the kingdom for ninety arguments,
For him, from him, is a cloak and waist wrapper,

٨. إِمامٌ يَسوسُ المُلكَ تِسعينَ حِجَّةً
عَلَيهِ لَهُ مِنهُ رِداءٌ وَمِئزَرُ

9. Generosity gestures to him from its cheeks,
And looks from its sides when it looks,

٩. يُشيرُ إِلَيهِ الجودُ مِن وَجَناتِهِ
وَيَنظُرُ مِن أَعطافِهِ حينَ يَنظُرُ

10. Months have passed for me, three are detained,
As if I had sinned what cannot be forgiven,

١٠. مَضَت لي شُهورٌ مُذ حَبِستُ ثَلاثَةٌ
كَأَنِّيَ قَد أَذنَبتُ ما لَيسَ يُغفَرُ

11. If I had not sinned, why did you detain me?
And if I had sinned, your pardon is greater.

١١. فَإِن كُنتُ لَم أُذنِب فَفيمَ حَبَستَني
وَإِن كُنتُ ذا ذَنبٍ فَعَفوُكَ أَكبَرُ