Sol 6.1

  1. دَلَّ عَلى المَجدِ مَن إِلَيهِ سَعى

    كَيلا يَدَع في فَضيلَةٍ طَمَعا

    He guided whoever sought him to glory,

    so none might hope to rival him in any virtue.

  2. قَد عَجَزَ الوَهمُ في طَريقِكَ أَن

    تَسعى وَضاقَ الزَمانُ أَن يَسَعا

    Imagination cannot keep pace along the path

    you pursue; time itself is too narrow to contain you.

  3. فَاِعتَرَفَ الناسُ طائِعينَ وَلَو

    دوفِعَ ضَوءُ الصَباحِ ما اِندَفَعا

    So people acknowledged you willingly; even if

    the morning light were resisted, it could not be driven back.

  4. فَالأَمنُ وَالعَدلُ يا مُفيضَهُما

    عَلى جَميعِ الأَنامِ قَد جُمِعا

    Thus safety and justice, O bestower of them both

    upon all humankind, have been united

  5. بَينَ دِماءٍ أَرَقتَها طَلَبَ ال

    أَجرِ وَأُخرى حَقَنتَها وَرَعا

    in blood you shed in pursuit of the

    reward, and other blood you spared out of piety;

  6. وَباطِلٍ ظَلَّ في زَمانِكَ مَد

    حوضاً وَحَقٍّ بِحُكمِكَ اِرتُجِعا

    and falsehood that, in your time, remained

    refuted, and right restored by your judgment.

  7. فَضائِلٌ في البِلادِ قَد شُهِرَت

    حَتّى اِستَوى مَن رَأى وَمَن سَمِعا

    Virtues made famous throughout the lands,

    until those who saw and those who heard were alike.

  8. ذُدتَ خُطوباً لَوَ اِنَّها نَزَلَت

    يَوماً بِطَودٍ أَشَمَّ لَاِنصَدَعا

    You warded off calamities: had they descended

    one day upon a lofty mountain, it would have split apart.

  9. فَآمَنَ الخائِفينَ خَوفُ سُطىً

    بِها رَدَعتَ الزَمانَ فَاِرتَدَعا

    Fear of your onslaughts thus made the fearful safe;

    with them you checked Time, and it desisted.

  10. زَمَمتَهُ زَمَّكَ العَنودَ وَلَو

    مَكَّنتَهُ مِن زِمامِهِ رَتَعا

    You bridled it as you would a stubborn beast; and had you

    given it its own rein, it would have grazed at will.

  11. حَتّى اِنبَرى خاضِعاً وَلا عَجَبٌ

    أَيُّ عَظيمٍ لَدَيكَ ما خَضَعا

    Until it came forward submissive—and no wonder:

    what mighty one has not bowed before you?

  12. وَأَيُّ أَرضٍ حَمَيتَ فَاِبتُذِلَت

    وَأَيُّ شَيءٍ أَرَدتَ فَاِمتَنَعا

    And what land have you protected that was then violated?

    And what thing have you desired that proved unattainable?

  13. وَأَيُّ جانٍ لَجَّ العِثارُ بِهِ

    فَلَم يَقُل صَفحُكَ الجَميلُ لَعا

    And what offender, dogged by repeated stumbling,

    has not heard your gracious pardon say, 'Rise again'?

  14. يا مَن مُلوكُ الزَمانِ قاطِبَةً

    قَد أَصبَحوا حَولَ قَصرِهِ دُفَعا

    O you—all the kings of the age, without exception,

    have gathered in throngs around your palace.

  15. لَم يَجِدِ الراغِبونَ مُنفَسَحاً

    عَنكَ وَلا الراهِبونَ مُندَفَعا

    Those seeking favor have found no other recourse

    than you, nor those who fear you any escape.

  16. فَشاعَ في سائِرِ القَبائِلِ إِن

    عامُكَ حَتّى اِرتَبَطتَها شِيَعا

    Thus, among all the tribes spread your

    bounty, until you bound them to yourself as followers.

  17. وَاِتَّخَذَت في جِنانِ جودِكَ مُص

    طافاً وَمَشتىً لَها وَمُرتَبَعا

    And in the gardens of your bounty they made a summer

    retreat, a winter home for themselves, and a spring abode.

  18. إِنَّ أَميرَ الجُيوشِ مَن فَرَعَ ال

    مَجدَ فَأَضحى عَلَيهِ مُطَّلِعا

    Indeed, the Commander of the Armies is he who scaled the

    heights of glory and came to look down upon it.

  19. قَضى بِحُكمِ الكِتابِ مُتَّبِعا

    وَأَظهَرَ المُعجِزاتِ مُبتَدِعا

    He judged by the Book's decree, following its guidance,

    and manifested miracles, creating what was new.

  20. إِن شَفَعَ الحاضِرونَ حَضرَتَهُ

    أَو أَجزَلَ البَذلَ بِالنَدى شَفَعا

    If those attending his court intercede,

    or he lavishes gifts, he doubles them with generosity.