Sol 6.1

  1. مَن عَفَّ عَن ظُلمِ العِبادِ تَوَرُّعا

    جاءَتهُ أَلطافُ الإِلَهِ تَبَرُّعا

    Whoever refrains from wronging others out of piety,

    God's gracious favors come to him freely.

  2. إِنّا تَوَقَّعنا السَلامَةَ وَحدَها

    فَاِستَحلَقَت ما لَم يَكُن مُتَوَقَّعا

    We expected safety alone,

    but it brought along what had not been expected.

  3. ما قيلَ أَصبَحَ مُفرِقاً مِن دائِهِ

    ذا اللَيثُ حَتّى قيلَ أَصبَحَ مُتبَعا

    Scarcely was it said, “Recovered from his illness

    is this lion,” before they said, “He has a cub following him.”

  4. خَبَرٌ تَضَوَّعَتِ البِلادُ بِنَشرِهِ

    طيباً فَأَغنى سائِفاً أَن يَسمَعا

    News whose spreading perfumed the lands

    with sweetness, sparing whoever smelled it the need to hear.

  5. ما إِن إِتى فَهمَ القَريبِ عِبارَةً

    حَتّى لَقَد فَهِمَ البَعيدُ تَضَوُّعا

    Scarcely had it reached the nearby listener's understanding through words

    when the distant listener had already understood it through fragrance.

  6. قَدَمَتهُ قَبلَ قُدومِهِ النُعمى الَّتي

    جَلَتِ المَخافَةَ وَالمُحولَ فَأَقشَعا

    Before his arrival, he was preceded by the blessing that

    banished fear and drought, and both dispersed,

  7. يَومَ اِمتَطَيتَ قَرى جَوادٍ وَقعُهُ

    مِن وَقعِ ذاكَ الغَيثِ أَحسَنُ مَوقِعا

    on the day you mounted the back of a steed whose tread

    was more welcome than the fall of that rain.

  8. الغَيثُ يَهمي ثُمَّ يُقلِعُ صَوبُهُ

    حيناً وَلَيسَ نَداكَ عَنّا مُقلِعا

    Rain pours, then its downpour ceases

    for a while; but your bounty never ceases for us.

  9. إِن سُمِّيَ الإِثنَينُ مَغرِبَ هَمِّنا

    فَالسَبتُ يُدعى لِلمَسَرَّةِ مَطلِعا

    If Monday is named the sunset of our sorrow,

    then Saturday is called the sunrise of joy.

  10. يَومانِ إِن يَتَفَرَّقا فَلَقَد غَدا

    سَهمُ السَعادَةِ فيهِما مُستَجمِعا

    Two days: though they stand apart, yet

    the full share of happiness has gathered in them.

  11. قَد أَدرَكَ الإِسلامُ فيكَ مُرادَهُ

    فَليَهنِكَ الفَرعُ الَّذي لَن يُفرَعا

    Islam has attained its desire in you;

    may the scion none will surpass bring you joy.

  12. سَبَقَتهُ عَينُ الشَمسِ عِلماً أَنَّهُ

    يُزري بِبَهجَتِها إِذا طَلَعا مَعا

    The sun's disk preceded him, knowing that

    he would dim its splendor if the two rose together.

  13. لَو فَتَّرَت حَتّى يَجيءَ أَمامَها

    فِتراً لَما أَمِنَ الوَرى أَن تَرجِعا

    Had it lingered until he came before it

    by a span, mankind could not have been sure it would not turn back.

  14. ما غَضَّ مِنهُ طُلوعُها مِن قَبلِهِ

    إِذ كانَ أَبهى في العُيونِ وَأَرفَعا

    Its rising before him did not diminish him,

    for he was more radiant to the eyes, and loftier.

  15. وَلَئِن سُقينا الغَيثَ مِن بَرَكاتِهِ

    فَلَقَد سَقى الأَعداءَ سُمّاً مُنقَعا

    And though we were given rain to drink through his blessings,

    he has surely made his enemies drink potent poison.

  16. وَهوَ اِبنُ أَروَعَ مُذ رَأَينا وَجهَهُ

    لَم نَلقَ مِن صَرفِ الزَمانِ مُرَوِّعا

    He is the son of a majestic man: since we saw his face,

    we have met no terror from time's vicissitudes.

  17. قَد ظَلَّ قَصرُكَ مُشبِلاً مِنهُ فَعِش

    حَتّى تَراهُ مِن بَنيهِ مُسبِعا

    Your palace has gained a lion cub in him; live on

    until you see it filled with lions from his sons.

  18. فَهوَ الَّذي كَفَلَت لَهُ آلاؤُهُ

    أَلّا يُصيبَ الحَمدُ عَنهُ مَدفَعا

    For he is the one whose favors have assured him

    that praise will find no way to turn aside from him.

  19. وَدَعا القُلوبَ إِلى هَواهُ فَأَصبَحَت

    فَأَجابَ فيهِ اللَهُ دَعوَةَ مَن دَعا

    He summoned hearts to love him, and they became his;

    so God answered, in him, the prayer of the one who prayed.

  20. عَمَّت فَواضِلُهُ فَأَنجَحَ سَعيُ مَن

    يَبغي مَآرِبَهُ بِهِ مُستَشفِعا

    His favors embraced all; successful was the striving of anyone

    seeking his ends through him as intercessor.

  21. سَيَكونُ في كَسبِ المَعالي شافِعاً

    لَكَ مِثلَما أَضحى إِلَيكَ مُشَفَّعا

    He will be an intercessor in attaining high honors

    for you, just as you now accept his intercession.

  22. ريعَت لَهُ الأَملاكُ قَبلَ رَضاعِهِ

    وَتَزَعزَعَت مِن قَبلِ أَن يَتَرَعرَعا

    Kings were frightened of him before he suckled,

    and were shaken before he grew up.

  23. سامٍ وَلَمّا يُسمَ نَفّاعٌ وَلَم

    يَأمُر وَساعٍ في العَلاءِ وَما سَعا

    Exalted though not yet raised aloft; beneficent though he has not

    commanded; striving for eminence though he has not striven.

  24. وَإِخالُهُ يَأبى الثَدِيَّ بِعِزَّةٍ

    حَتّى تَدُرَّ لَهُ الثَناءَ فَيَرضَعا

    And I imagine him proudly refusing the breasts

    until they flow with praise for him, and then he suckles.

  25. فَتَمَلَّ داراً بَلَّغَتكَ سُعودُها

    أَقصى المُنى وَإِخالُها لَن تَقنَعا

    So may you long enjoy a house whose good fortune has brought you

    your utmost wishes; I think it will not be content

  26. حَتّى تَرى هَذا الهِلالَ وَقَد بَدا

    بَدراً وَذا الغُصنَ الأَنيقَ مُفَرِّعا

    until you see this crescent shining forth

    as a full moon, and this graceful bough putting forth branches.

  27. مُتِّعتَ ما مَتَعَ النَهارُ بِقُربِهِ

    أَبَداً وَدامَ بِكَ الزَمانُ مُمَتَّعا

    May you enjoy his nearness as long as the day rises high,

    forever; and may Time remain gladdened by you.

  28. وَرَأَيتَ مِنهُ ما رَأى مِنكَ الوَرى

    لِتَطيبَ مَرأىً في البِلادِ وَمَسمَعا

    And may you see in him what mankind has seen in you,

    so you may be a delight to see and hear throughout the lands.

  29. وَليَهنِ بَيتاً نِعمَةٌ وَهَبَت لَهُ

    شَرَفاً أَعَزَّ مِنَ السِماكَ وَأَمنَعا

    May a blessing gladden a house to which it has granted

    honor mightier and more unassailable than al-Simak.

  30. أُزري بِها إِن قُلتُ خَصَّت عامِراً

    فَأَقولُ بَل عَمَّت نِزاراً أَجمَعا

    I diminish it if I say it singled out Amir;

    so I say: rather, it embraced all Nizar.

  31. خَضَعَت لِعِزَّتِكَ القَبائِلُ رَهبَةً

    وَمِنَ الصَوابِ لِمُرهِبٍ أَن يُخضَعا

    The tribes bowed to your might in fear,

    and it is fitting to bow to one who inspires dread.

  32. ظَلَّت تَخِرُّ مُلوكُها لَكَ سُجَّداً

    وَيَعِزُّ أَن تُلغى لِغَيرِكَ رُكَّعا

    Their kings kept falling prostrate before you,

    and scarcely are they [found] bowing to another.

  33. عَرَفوا مِصالَكَ في الحُروبِ فَأَذعَنوا

    فَرَجَعتَ بِالفَضلِ الَّذي لَن يُدفَعا

    They knew your swordplay in war and submitted,

    so you returned with a supremacy none can deny.

  34. وَكَسَوتَهُم في السِلمِ غَيرَ مُدافِعٍ

    أَضعافَ ما سَلَبَت سُيوفُكَ في الوَعا

    And in peace you clothed them, withholding nothing,

    with many times what your swords had stripped away in battle.

  35. فَأَبَدتَهُم عِندَ التَبارُزِ قاطِعاً

    وَأَفَدتَهُم عِندَ التَجاوُزِ مُقطِعا

    Thus you destroyed them in single combat, cutting them down,

    and enriched them when pardoning, granting them estates.

  36. وَجَعَلتَ شِقوَتَهُم بِعَفوِكَ نِعمَةً

    وَأَحَلتَ مَشتاهُم بِفَضلِكَ مَربَعا

    By your pardon you turned their misery to blessing,

    and through your bounty turned their winter quarters to spring pasture.

  37. تَرَكوا اِنتِجاعَ المُعصِراتِ وَيَمَّموا

    ظِلّاً إِذا ما العامُ أَمعَرَ أَمرَعا

    They abandoned seeking pasture from rainclouds, and headed

    for a shade that grows lush whenever the year turns barren.

  38. وَمَتى يُشاطِرُكَ العَلاءَ مُشاطِرٌ

    تَرَكَ البَطيءَ وَرائَهُ مَن أَسرَعا

    And when could any rival share your eminence?

    The swift leaves the slow one behind.

  39. تَرقى إِلَيهِ كُلَّ يَومٍ فَرسَخاً

    وَسِواكَ يَرقى كُلَّ يَومٍ إِصبَعا

    You climb toward it a parasang each day,

    while others climb a finger's breadth a day.

  40. يا عُدَّةَ الخُلَفاءِ كَم لَكَ مِن يَدٍ

    قامَ الزَمانُ بِها خَطيباً مِصقَعا

    O mainstay of the caliphs, how many favors of yours

    has Time stood to proclaim as an eloquent orator!

  41. خَوَّلتَهُ النِعَمَ الجِسامَ فَجاهِلٌ

    مَن ظَنَّهُ يُثني عَلَيكَ تَطَوُّعا

    You bestowed mighty blessings upon it; ignorant is he

    who thinks it praises you without obligation.

  42. بِنَداكَ واصَلَ حَمدَهُ مَن ذَمَّهُ

    وَسُطاكَ قَد حَفِظَت لَهُ ما ضَيَّعا

    Through your bounty, those who blamed it resumed praising it;

    and your might has preserved for it what it had squandered.

  43. تَتَقاصَرُ الآمالُ عَمّا نِلتَهُ

    وَلَوَ اِنَّها أَمَّتهُ عادَت ظُلَّعا

    Hopes fall short of what you have attained;

    were they to seek it, they would return limping.

  44. لَأَبَيتَ أَن تَجتابَ ثَوبَ مَناقِبٍ

    حَتّى تَراهُ بِالثَناءِ مُرَصَّعا

    You would surely refuse to don a robe of virtues

    until you saw it studded with praise.

  45. فَأَتاكَ أَهلُ الأَرضِ مِن آفاقِها

    رَغَباً لَقَد نادى نَداكَ فَأَسمَعا

    So earth's people came to you from its horizons,

    eagerly: your bounty called out and made itself heard.

  46. يا اِبنَ الَّذينَ إِذا تَقاصَرَتِ الخُطى

    طالوا خُطىً وَظُبىً هُناكَ وَأَذرُعا

    O son of those who, when strides fell short,

    outreached others there in stride, sword-edge, and arm!

  47. أَحلَلتَ قَومَكَ رُتبَةً لا تُرتَقى

    إِنَّ المَجَرَّةَ رَوضَةٌ لَن تُرتَعا

    You raised your people to a rank none can climb:

    the Milky Way is a meadow that will never be grazed.

  48. فَليَعلُ قَدرُ التُركِ أَنَّكَ مِنهُمُ

    فَلَهُم بِكَ الشَرَفُ الَّذي لا يُدَّعا

    So let the Turks' standing rise, since you are one of them;

    through you theirs is an honor no other can claim.

  49. قَد دانَتِ الدُنيا لِحُكمِكَ هَيبَةً

    فَحَكَمتَ في أَقطارِها مُتَرَبِّعا

    The world has yielded to your rule in awe,

    and you have ruled its regions, seated cross-legged.

  50. مُذ سارَ في الآفاقِ ذِكرُكَ موضِعاً

    لَم يُخلِ مِن خَوفِ اِنتِقامِكَ مَوضِعا

    Since your fame sped across the horizons,

    it has left no place free of fear of your vengeance.

  51. يَفديكَ مُنكَمِشٌ بَعيدٌ شَأوُهُ

    وَمُضَجِّعٌ جَعَلَ الهُوَينا مَضجَعا

    May the energetic man, far-reaching in ambition, be your ransom,

    and the idler who has made indolence his bed,

  52. وَمُؤَمَّلٌ أَلفاكَ مُنتَجِعاً لَهُ

    وَمُرَوَّعٌ لَم يَلقَ غَيرَكَ مَفزَعا

    and the man others look to, who found you a source of plenty,

    and the terrified man who found no refuge but you.

  53. غَمَرَت ثَنائي مِن لَدُنكَ مَواهِبٌ

    ما غادَرَت فيهِ لِغَيرِكَ مَطمَعا

    Gifts from you have overwhelmed my praise,

    leaving in it no share for anyone else to hope for.

  54. قَد كانَ أَشكَلَ نَهجُهُ فيما مَضى

    فَجَعَلتَهُ بِنَداكَ نَهجاً مَهيَعا

    Its path had once been obscure,

    but through your bounty you made it a broad, clear road.

  55. وَالحَمدُ عَنكَ مُقَصِّرٌ مَعَ أَنَّني

    لَم أُبقِ في قَوسِ المَحامِدِ مَنزِعا

    Yet praise falls short of you, although I

    have left no further draw in the bow of praise.