قوْميmy people بنوsons of العباسِal-Abbas حلمُهمُtheir forbearance
قوْمي بنو العباسِ حلمُهمُ
حِلْميmy forbearance هَواكyour wish وجهلُهُمand their rashness جهليmy rashness
حِلْمي هَواك وجهلُهُم جهلي
My people are the sons of al-Abbas; their forbearance
Is mine, as you wish, and their rashness is mine.
نَبْليmy arrows نِبالُهُمُtheir arrows إذاwhen نزلتْbefalls
نَبْلي نِبالُهُمُ إذا نزلتْ
بيupon me شدةٌhardship ونِبالُهمand their arrows نَبليmy arrows
بي شدةٌ ونِبالُهم نَبلي
My arrows are their arrows whenever there comes
Upon me hardship; and their arrows are mine.
لاnot أبتغيI seek أبداًever بهمfor them بدلاًa substitute
لا أبتغي أبداً بهم بدلاً
لفَّmay unite الإلهُGod بشملهمwith their company شمليmy company
لفَّ الإلهُ بشملهم شملي
I never seek anyone in their stead;
May God bind my company to theirs.
ومتىand whenever وردْتُI come to drink حياضهمtheir pools معهمwith them
ومتى وردْتُ حياضهم معهم
لمdid not يشْربواthey drink صفواتهاtheir clearest waters قبليbefore me
لم يشْربوا صفواتها قبلي
And whenever I come with them to their pools,
They do not drink the clearest water before me.
قومٌa people غداbecame بِرّيkindness to me وتَكْرِمَتيand honoring me
قومٌ غدا بِرّي وتَكْرِمَتي
منamong شُغْلِهمtheir concerns ومديحُهمand praising them شُغليmy concern
من شُغْلِهم ومديحُهم شُغلي
A people for whom kindness to me and honoring me have become
A concern, while praising them is my concern.
المُنعمونَthose who bestow عليَّupon me أنعُمَهمtheir bounties
المُنعمونَ عليَّ أنعُمَهم
والحامِدونand those praising لكلّfor all ماthat أُبليI accomplish
والحامِدون لكلّ ما أُبلي
Those who bestow their bounties upon me,
And praise every service I render.
أناI منهُمُone of them بقضاءِby decree of مَنْhim who خُتمتwere sealed
أنا منهُمُ بقضاءِ مَنْ خُتمت
رسلُmessengers of الإلهGod بهwith him وهمand they أهليmy kin
رسلُ الإله به وهم أهلي
I am one of them by decree of him who was the seal
Of God's messengers; and they are my kin.
مولاهُمُtheir client وغذِيّand nurtured by نعمتهِمtheir bounty
مولاهُمُ وغذِيّ نعمتهِم
والرُّومُand the Romans حينwhen تَنصُّنيyou trace my ancestry أصليmy stock
والرُّومُ حين تَنصُّني أصلي
Their client, and nurtured by their bounty;
And the Romans, when you trace my lineage, are my stock.
حُكماءُsages of هذاthis الناسِhumankind رُوقَتُهمtheir elite
حُكماءُ هذا الناسِ رُوقَتُهم
أتعيبُdo you fault أصليmy origin ويكَwoe to you أمor فَصْليmy distinction
أتعيبُ أصلي ويكَ أم فَصْلي
The sages of humankind, its very best.
Do you fault my origin—woe to you—or my distinction?
ومتىand whenever اعتصَمْتُI seek refuge بهمin them فهمthen they جبليmy mountain
ومتى اعتصَمْتُ بهم فهم جبلي
ومتىand whenever رعيتهمُI seek pasture among them فهُمthen they سَهليmy plain
ومتى رعيتهمُ فهُم سَهلي
And whenever I seek refuge in them, they are my mountain;
And whenever I seek pasture among them, they are my plain.
ومتىand whenever صفدْتُI bestow gifts ففضلهُمthen their bounty صفديmy gift
ومتى صفدْتُ ففضلهُم صفدي
ومتىand whenever أجرْتُI grant protection فحبلُهمthen their rope حَبْليmy rope
ومتى أجرْتُ فحبلُهم حَبْلي
And whenever I bestow gifts, their bounty is my gift;
And whenever I grant protection, their rope is my rope.
ومتىand whenever دعوتُهمُI call upon them لنائبةٍin calamity
ومتى دعوتُهمُ لنائبةٍ
حَدِبواthey show solicitude عليّtoward me ولمand did not يَرَوْاconsider خَذْليforsaking me
حَدِبوا عليّ ولم يَرَوْا خَذْلي
And whenever I call upon them in calamity,
They care for me and never consider forsaking me.
يَهَبونthey give دونin defense of دميmy blood دماءَهُمُtheir blood
يَهَبون دون دمي دماءَهُمُ
وأرىand I deem قليلاًa small thing دونهمin their defense قتليmy being killed
وأرى قليلاً دونهم قتلي
They give their blood in defense of mine,
And I count my death in their defense a small thing.
وإذاand when غدوتُI go forth وجمعُهمand their host حَشديmy assembled force
وإذا غدوتُ وجمعُهم حَشدي
لمnot تُستَطعْcould be overcome خَيْليmy cavalry ولاnor رَجليmy infantry
لم تُستَطعْ خَيْلي ولا رَجلي
And when I go forth, their host my assembled force,
Neither my cavalry nor my infantry can be overcome.
ياO مَنْyou who يميلُinclines إلىtoward عدوّهمُtheir enemy
يا مَنْ يميلُ إلى عدوّهمُ
ماnot أنْتَyou منpart of جِدّيmy earnestness ولاnor هَزْليmy jesting
ما أنْتَ من جِدّي ولا هَزْلي
O you who incline toward their enemy,
You are no part of my earnestness or my jest.
منwhoever لاnot يرىsees شمسيmy sun إذاwhen طلعتْit rises
من لا يرى شمسي إذا طلعتْ
فقدthen already استقادhas exacted عماهُhis blindness ليfor me تبليmy revenge
فقد استقاد عماهُ لي تبلي
Whoever fails to see my sun when it rises—
His blindness has already exacted my revenge for me.
حسبيenough for me عماهُhis blindness منas عُقوبتِهhis punishment
حسبي عماهُ من عُقوبتِه
وكفاهُand sufficient for him منof عذلِrebuke of امرئٍa man عذليmy rebuke
وكفاهُ من عذلِ امرئٍ عذلي
His blindness suffices me as punishment for him;
And my rebuke is all the censure he needs from any man.
لاlet not يأملنَّever hope معاشرٌbands of people جيَفٌcarrion
لا يأملنَّ معاشرٌ جيَفٌ
جزْريmy slaughtering خبائثَهمtheir foul carcasses ولاnor أكليmy eating
جزْري خبائثَهم ولا أكلي
Let no bands of carrion ever hope
That I will butcher their foul carcasses or eat them.
أكرمْتُI held too noble نصليmy blade عنfor لُحومِهمُtheir flesh
أكرمْتُ نصلي عن لُحومِهمُ
وخُلقتُand I was created يعرفknows مَضْربيwhere I strike نَصليmy blade
وخُلقتُ يعرف مَضْربي نَصلي
I have held my blade too noble for their flesh,
And I was made so that my blade knows where I strike.
Sol 6.1