أدركتَyou have attained آخرَthe culmination ماwhat أدركتَyou attained أوَّلهُits beginning
أدركتَ آخرَ ما أدركتَ أوَّلهُ
ياO ابنَson of الخصيبِal-Khasib ورَبَّتْand increased عِندَكَwith you النِّعَمُblessings
يا ابنَ الخصيبِ ورَبَّتْ عِندَكَ النِّعَمُ
You have attained the culmination of what you first attained,
You attained the last of what you attained the first of
O Ibn al-Khasib, and blessings have multiplied in your keeping.
O son of al-Khasib, and prosperity grew in you
قدindeed قُلتُI said حينwhen أهَبَّset blowing اللَّهُGod ريحَكُمُyour wind
قد قُلتُ حين أهَبَّ اللَّهُ ريحَكُمُ
الآنnow يَعْدِلُdeals justly فيناamong us السَّيْفُthe sword والقلمُand the pen
الآن يَعْدِلُ فينا السَّيْفُ والقلمُ
I said, when God set your wind blowing:
I had said when Allah sent your wind:
“Now sword and pen deal justly among us.”
Now the sword and the pen treat us equally
ماnot ضرَّharmed أعداءكمyour enemies ألاthat … not يكونthere should be لهُمْfor them
ما ضرَّ أعداءكم ألا يكون لهُمْ
إلٌّkinship تراعونهyou honor it فيهمin them ولاnor ذِمَمُcovenants
إلٌّ تراعونه فيهم ولا ذِمَمُ
It has not harmed your enemies that they have no
It did not harm your enemies that they have
Kinship you would honor in them, nor covenants.
A god they worship among them, nor religious duties
وقدand indeed أساءواthey did wrong وقدand indeed ساءتْwere ill ظُنونُهُمُtheir suspicions
وقد أساءوا وقد ساءتْ ظُنونُهُمُ
فماso what ألمَّbefell بهمْthem منof بأسِكُمْyour might لَممُa slight touch
فما ألمَّ بهمْ من بأسِكُمْ لَممُ
Though they had done wrong and harbored ill suspicions,
And they did evil and their suspicions were evil
What befell them of your might was but a slight touch.
So whatever distress from you afflicted them was deserved
وهَبْتُمُyou bestowed لِعُبيْدِto Ubayd اللَّهِAllah موهبةًa gift
وهَبْتُمُ لِعُبيْدِ اللَّهِ موهبةً
لاno مثلهاits equal ولوand even if اسودَّتْdarkened with abundance لهfor him النِّعَمُblessings
لا مثلها ولو اسودَّتْ له النِّعَمُ
You bestowed on Ubayd Allah a gift
And you granted the servants of Allah a gift
Without equal, even if blessings massed darkly for him.
The like of which, even if prosperity were to blacken for him
والنفسُand life عِلْقٌa treasure نفيسٌprecious لاno كفاءَequal لَهُto it
والنفسُ عِلْقٌ نفيسٌ لا كفاءَ لَهُ
إذاwhen تكافأتِwere equivalent الأعْلاقُprecious possessions والقِيَمُand values
إذا تكافأتِ الأعْلاقُ والقِيَمُ
And life is a precious treasure with no equal,
The soul is a precious attachment, nothing equals it
When treasures and their values are matched.
When valuations and prices are equal
ولاnor قَعَدْتُمْyou acquiesced علىin ضَيْمٍinjustice ولاnor ضَمَدٍrancor
ولا قَعَدْتُمْ على ضَيْمٍ ولا ضَمَدٍ
لكنْbut عفوتُمْyou pardoned وفيand in أيديكُمُyour hands النِّقَمُacts of vengeance
لكنْ عفوتُمْ وفي أيديكُمُ النِّقَمُ
Nor did you submit to injustice or nurse resentment;
You neither sat back from harm or obstruction
Rather, you pardoned while vengeance lay in your hands.
But rather you pardoned, and in your hands was vengeance
وتلكand that أوَّلُthe first بشرىglad tiding إنَّindeed دولتَكُمْyour reign
وتلك أوَّلُ بشرى إنَّ دولتَكُمْ
غيثُlife-giving rain يَريعflourish عليهthrough it الحبُّgrain والنسمُand living beings
غيثُ يَريع عليه الحبُّ والنسمُ
And that is the first glad tiding: surely your reign
And that is the first good news: your state
Is rain by which grain and living souls flourish.
Is a rain upon which love and breeze prosper
تباركblessed be اللَّهُGod إكباراًin admiration لمنَّتِكُمْof your favor
تبارك اللَّهُ إكباراً لمنَّتِكُمْ
ماذاwhat يُعَفِّيeffaces عليهover it الطَّوْلُbounty والكرمُand generosity
ماذا يُعَفِّي عليه الطَّوْلُ والكرمُ
Blessed be God—how great your favor!
Blessed is Allah greatly for your boon
What bounty and generosity can wipe away!
What does duration and generosity excuse from it
Sol 6.1