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

The ribs perfumed with rare incenses

spring has never bestowed upon a garden.

That spring has never bestowed on a garden before

كتمت روائحها فلما عذبت

كتمت روائحها فلما عذبت

بالنار فاح نسيمها فأقرت

بالنار فاح نسيمها فأقرت

It concealed its fragrances, but when tormented

Concealed their fragrances, until torment by fire

by fire, its scented breeze wafted forth, and it confessed.

Made their breeze blow out, appeasing,

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,

As if the eternal king, the eminent, the matchless

al-Manṣūr, ʿAḍud al-Mulk, Tāj al-Dawla,

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

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,

Had kindled its embers with the fire of his wit

and the smoke rose to the height of his ambition.

And the smoke rose to the height of his aspiration