مرموقة الجنبات بالبدع التي

مرموقة الجنبات بالبدع التي

لم يهدها قط الربيع لروضةِ

لم يهدها قط الربيع لروضةِ

Its sides are admired for wonders that

Fragrant are the sides with unique wonders

Spring has never bestowed upon a garden.

That spring has never bestowed upon a garden

كتمت روائحها فلما عذبت

كتمت روائحها فلما عذبت

بالنار فاح نسيمها فأقرت

بالنار فاح نسيمها فأقرت

It concealed its scents; then, when it was tortured

Their scents were concealed until, sweetened

By fire, its fragrant breeze wafted forth, so it confessed.

By fire, their breeze blew freely and settled

وكأنما الملك الأجل السيد ال

وكأنما الملك الأجل السيد ال

منصور عضد الملك تاج الدولة

منصور عضد الملك تاج الدولة

And it was as though the most exalted king, the lord al-

As though the eternal king, the noble lord

Mansur, Adud al-Mulk, Taj al-Dawla,

Al-Mansur, pillar of the state, crown of the dynasty

أذكى مجامرها بنار ذكائه

أذكى مجامرها بنار ذكائه

وغدا الدخان على علو الهمة

وغدا الدخان على علو الهمة

Had kindled its censers with the fire of his brilliance,

Kindled their embers with the fire of his brilliance

And the smoke rose to match his lofty ambition.

And the smoke rose to the height of his resolve