بشراك تم بفعلك الفضلُ

بشراك تم بفعلك الفضلُ

وسما فلا رضوى ولا الفضل

وسما فلا رضوى ولا الفضل

Good news to you! Your deed has brought excellence to completion.

Your deeds have brought great merit

And it rose beyond Raḍwā and al-Faḍl.

And ascension, no consent or merit

وغدَت أصول المجد باسقةً

وغدَت أصول المجد باسقةً

إذ فخر مولانا لها حِمل

إذ فخر مولانا لها حِمل

And the roots of glory have grown lofty,

And the roots of glory grew tall

For our lord's glory is the fruit they bear.

When our master took pride in bearing them

والأمن عمَّ الخَلق أجمعهم

والأمن عمَّ الخَلق أجمعهم

فالشاة صار يسومها الحِطَل

فالشاة صار يسومها الحِطَل

And safety has encompassed all creation,

And security spread among all people

So the wolf now pastures the ewe.

So that the sheep were valued by the ram

وأصول غرس الدين قد مَتنت

وأصول غرس الدين قد مَتنت

ساقاً وكاد يصيبها بَتلُ

ساقاً وكاد يصيبها بَتلُ

And the roots of faith's planting have grown sturdy

And the roots of religion took hold

Of stem, though severance had nearly struck them.

With stalk and were nearly afflicted by blight

كحلت عيون الدين غِب قَذى

كحلت عيون الدين غِب قَذى

والتامَ بعد تَفَرُّقٍ شَملُ

والتامَ بعد تَفَرُّقٍ شَملُ

Faith's eyes were lined with kohl after grit,

The eyes of faith were lined with kohl

And its company was reunited after dispersion.

And the group came together after dispersal

ما بعد هذا الفعل مكرمةٌ

ما بعد هذا الفعل مكرمةٌ

فافخر وحَقَّ لمثلك الطَّولُ

فافخر وحَقَّ لمثلك الطَّولُ

No noble deed lies beyond this deed,

No honor after this deed

So take pride: greatness is the due of one like you.

So take pride and rightfully yours is length

فَلَكَم عَرَجتَ إلى محل على

فَلَكَم عَرَجتَ إلى محل على

لكن لذا لمّا يكن مِثلُ

لكن لذا لمّا يكن مِثلُ

How often you have ascended to a lofty station,

For how you climbed to a high place

But this one has never yet had an equal.

But then this was not like it

فُقتَ الملوك به وشِدتَ على

فُقتَ الملوك به وشِدتَ على

كل الورى فأطاعك الكُلُّ

كل الورى فأطاعك الكُلُّ

Through it you surpassed kings and rose above

You surpassed kings thereby and cracked down on

All humankind, and everyone obeyed you.

All the people so all obeyed you

وأذيعَ ذِكرُك في البلاد وفي ال

وأذيعَ ذِكرُك في البلاد وفي ال

زيزاء حيث يُرَنّ َح الأَثلُ

زيزاء حيث يُرَنّ َح الأَثلُ

And your fame was proclaimed through the lands and in the

And your name rang out in the lands and in the

Open upland, where the tamarisk sways.

Wilderness where the oryx calls

فأهبت أهل الجور أجمعهزو

فأهبت أهل الجور أجمعهزو

مذ زان منك الحلم والعَدلُ

مذ زان منك الحلم والعَدلُ

So you struck fear into all the unjust,

So you roused all the unjust people

Since forbearance and justice adorned you.

Since rationality and justice shone from you

فإذا ذُكِرَت لهم وعَقلُهُم

فإذا ذُكِرَت لهم وعَقلُهُم

راسٍ وهي فكأنَّ بهم خَبلُ

راسٍ وهي فكأنَّ بهم خَبلُ

Whenever you are mentioned to them, their reason,

When you were mentioned to them and their minds

Though firmly rooted, fails, as though madness possessed them.

Were vigilant it was as if they were confused

فالبشرُ للخُنكار حيث له

فالبشرُ للخُنكار حيث له

بَطلٌ وزيرٌ باسلٌ سِجلُ

بَطلٌ وزيرٌ باسلٌ سِجلُ

Glad tidings to the Khunkār, for he has

For mankind when they have

A hero, a minister, valiant and bountiful;

A brave minister, a courageous recorder

قَرم همامٌ كاملٌ ملكٌ

قَرم همامٌ كاملٌ ملكٌ

شهمٌ جواد سيد خَدلُ

شهمٌ جواد سيد خَدلُ

A chieftain, resolute, consummate, a king;

An ambitious perfect king

Gallant, generous, a stout-built lord;

Brave, generous, a noble prince

غيثٌ غياثٌ كنزُ مفتقرٍ

غيثٌ غياثٌ كنزُ مفتقرٍ

سمحٌ لكل فضيلةٍ أهلُ

سمحٌ لكل فضيلةٍ أهلُ

Rain, relief, a treasure for the needy;

A rain in time of need, treasure of the needy

Open-handed, worthy of every virtue.

Lenient towards every virtuous folk

ذو راحةٍ كالبحر يوم ندىً

ذو راحةٍ كالبحر يوم ندىً

لكن على أعدائه تُكلُ

لكن على أعدائه تُكلُ

With a palm like the sea on a day of giving,

At peace like a sea on a dewy day

But against his enemies, it is [bereavement].

But against his enemies set aflame

ذو هِمَّة عليا يَذِلّ لها

ذو هِمَّة عليا يَذِلّ لها

صعبُ الأمور ويسهل العَضل

صعبُ الأمور ويسهل العَضل

A man of lofty resolve, before which

With high ambition that lowers

Hard tasks bow and tangled difficulties grow easy.

Difficult matters and unties knots

ويَذِلُّ عنترةُ الشجاع لها

ويَذِلُّ عنترةُ الشجاع لها

وينال حاتَم عندها بُخلُ

وينال حاتَم عندها بُخلُ

And brave ʿAntarah bows before it,

And Antarah the brave is humbled by it

And stinginess overtakes Ḥātim beside it.

And Hatem's stinginess seems generosity by it

ولدى الوغى يسطو الكُماة بها

ولدى الوغى يسطو الكُماة بها

فيزين منه القَصم والقَصلُ

فيزين منه القَصم والقَصلُ

And in battle he assails the armored champions with it,

And in the melee the brave release by it

So shattering and severing are splendid when dealt by him.

Beautifying thereby slaying and slaughtering

ويجول في الهيجا فتحسبه

ويجول في الهيجا فتحسبه

أسداً دعاه لنصرةٍ شِبلُ

أسداً دعاه لنصرةٍ شِبلُ

And he ranges through battle, so you think him

And he roams in the fray so you'd think him

A lion summoned by a cub for aid.

A lion called to the aid of cubs

يدع الكماة رماة صارمه

يدع الكماة رماة صارمه

وتفر من وثباته الخيلُ

وتفر من وثباته الخيلُ

He leaves the armored champions as his keen sword's 'archers' [text unclear],

He leaves the brave, archers split by his blades

And horses flee from his leaps,

And horses flee his pouncing

بمطّهم مثل الظليم فلم

بمطّهم مثل الظليم فلم

يُعرَف لديه النهم والرَّكل

يُعرَف لديه النهم والرَّكل

Upon a finely built steed, like an ostrich, which has never

Hitting them like dark night so neither

Known urging cries or kicking.

Eagerness nor kicking were discerned in him

يجري فيجري العقل يتبعه

يجري فيجري العقل يتبعه

فيفوت ثَمَّ ويحسر العقل

فيفوت ثَمَّ ويحسر العقل

It runs, and the mind runs after it,

He runs and reason runs after him

So it outstrips it there, and the mind grows weary.

Missing him and reason regrets

تدري المها أن لا نجاة لها

تدري المها أن لا نجاة لها

منه ويعلمُ ذلك الوَعلُ

منه ويعلمُ ذلك الوَعلُ

The oryx know they have no escape

The skittish mares know that against him

From it, and the ibex knows this too.

There is no salvation, and the stallion knows it

فلَكَم عليه الشهم غار على

فلَكَم عليه الشهم غار على

قوم ودون مَنالِهم حَولُ

قوم ودون مَنالِهم حَولُ

How often the gallant man has raided upon it

For how often has he recklessly charged a people

A people a year's journey beyond reach.

And circled their abode while they had no power

فطوى القفارَ به ففاجأهم

فطوى القفارَ به ففاجأهم

سَحَراً فضاق عليهم السُّبلُ

سَحَراً فضاق عليهم السُّبلُ

He folded up the wastelands upon it and surprised them

He sped over the barrens against them taking them

Before dawn, so their paths closed in upon them.

By surprise so their roads narrowed

أو ما ترى لما عصاه بنو

أو ما ترى لما عصاه بنو

ماء السماء وغرَّهم نَذلُ

ماء السماء وغرَّهم نَذلُ

And do you not see—when he was defied by the sons of

Or have you not seen when the unruly

Māʾ al-Samāʾ, whom a base man deceived—

Clan of Ma disobeyed him and scorn provoked him

فَحَصَرته فَفَتَحتَ معقِلها

فَحَصَرته فَفَتَحتَ معقِلها

فتحاً يطيش لفتكه العَقلُ

فتحاً يطيش لفتكه العَقلُ

How you besieged him, then captured its stronghold,

So he besieged them and opened their fortress

In a conquest whose slaughter makes the mind reel?

With a conquest that bewilders the mind

وأتوا به فالرعب أوثَقَه

وأتوا به فالرعب أوثَقَه

فكأنما في رِجلِه غِلُّ

فكأنما في رِجلِه غِلُّ

And they brought him, with terror binding him fast,

And they came to him while fear fettered him

As though a fetter were on his leg.

As if chains were on his legs

وبدا الحِمام له يلوح على

وبدا الحِمام له يلوح على

بيضٍ مُشَرَّعةٍ لها صَقلُ

بيضٍ مُشَرَّعةٍ لها صَقلُ

And death appeared to him, gleaming upon

And the pigeons waved over him on

Bright blades, drawn and polished.

White outstretched for them and burnished

فَصَلت بحِدَّتها مفاصله

فَصَلت بحِدَّتها مفاصله

فازدان منها البَترُ والبَتلُ

فازدان منها البَترُ والبَتلُ

Their sharpness severed his joints,

Their blades severed his joints

And lopping and severing were made splendid by them.

So loss and perdition were adorned by them

بشراك دعوى البغي قد فُصِلَت

بشراك دعوى البغي قد فُصِلَت

وحسامُك الماضي لها فصلُ

وحسامُك الماضي لها فصلُ

Good news to you! The case of rebellion is settled,

Your partnership, the claim of tyranny is severed

And your keen sword is its verdict.

And your passing sword was its severing

وتَهَنَّ فالأعداء شوكتهم

وتَهَنَّ فالأعداء شوكتهم

غِبَّ النُّمُوِّ أصابها جَذل

غِبَّ النُّمُوِّ أصابها جَذل

And rejoice: the enemies' thorn,

And the enemies' thorns were abased

After growing, has been cut down.

Besieged by withering afflicted by decline

فهم اعتدوا والسيف أرَّخَهم

فهم اعتدوا والسيف أرَّخَهم

ولجزاء المعتدي القتلُ

ولجزاء المعتدي القتلُ

For they transgressed, and the sword inscribed their date:

They transgressed and the sword made them euro

And surely death is the aggressor's recompense.

And for the aggressor is death