Sol 6.1

  1. كرِّموا قدرَهُ وصدقَ خلالِهِ

    واحمدوا سعيه وحسن مآلهِ

    Honor his standing and the sincerity of his character.

    And praise his striving and his fortunate outcome.

  2. وخذوا الزينة البهيجة من آ

    ثاره والخطيب من أفعاله

    And draw splendid adornment from his

    achievements, and let the orator draw on his actions.

  3. وأعدوا له الوسائل والأس

    باب ميمونة إلى آماله

    And prepare for him the means and

    auspicious avenues toward his hopes.

  4. صحبه الأكرمون والآل أنتم

    وهو أقوى بصحبه وبآله

    You are his most noble companions and his kin,

    and he is stronger through his companions and his kin.

  5. يا شيوخ الحمى ونوابه في

    مجلسيه ويا أباة رجاله

    O elders of the homeland, and its deputies in

    its two chambers, and you, the unbowed among its men!

  6. حزبه أنتمُ وخير بنيه

    جمع الملك في مكان احتفاله

    You are his party and the finest of its sons—

    the realm's assembly at the place of his celebration.

  7. جئتمُ تذكرون عهداً إليكم

    لضمين امتداده واتصاله

    You have come to recall a pledge made to you,

    a sure guarantee of its endurance and continuity.

  8. وتوفُّون ما استحق وزير ال

    شعب من حبه ومن إجلاله

    And render in full what is due to the minister of the

    people, of their love and their reverence.

  9. صاحب السيرة التي انتقلت من

    ه تجاريبها إلى أمثاله

    The man whose life's lessons passed from

    him to others like him.

  10. بطل الدولة المعيد لها من

    دهرها ما أبى على أبطاله

    The state's champion, restoring to it from

    its age what that age withheld from its heroes.

  11. والقويُّ الذي لحرية الوا

    دي أتى والكفيل باستقلاله

    And the strong man who came for the freedom of the

    Valley, and the guarantor of its independence.

  12. يا وزير البلاد والجوُّ صفوٌ

    والزمان المعين في إقباله

    O minister of the land, the sky is clear,

    and time, turning favorably, comes to your aid.

  13. ومقر المكان بعد عناء

    من أعاصيره ومن زلزاله

    And you are settled in your station after suffering

    from time's hurricanes and quaking.

  14. والخطيب الزعيم يعلن للأم

    مةِ عقبى جهاده ونضاله

    And the orator, the leader, announces to the

    nation the outcome of his struggle and striving.

  15. قدر اللّه ما ملكت فمن يق

    وى على رده أو استبداله

    God ordained what you possess; who can

    reverse it or replace it?

  16. أنت أدرى بفضل إمهالك الأم

    رِ وأدرى بحكمة استعجاله

    You know best the virtue of giving the

    matter time, and best the wisdom of hastening it.

  17. زال خصم من الطريق وما زل

    تَ على الخصم مشفقاً من زواله

    An adversary has left the path, yet you have not

    ceased to feel for him, fearing his downfall.

  18. واكتوى اليوم بالحقيقة من كا

    ن غريقاً في وهمه وخياله

    And today the truth has seared the man who

    was drowning in his delusions and imaginings.

  19. وتولى العيان إسكات من طا

    لت أراجيفه وفوضى جداله

    And plain evidence has silenced the man whose

    false rumors and chaotic arguments dragged on.

  20. وانتهى العابثون إلا فريقاً

    لم يزل في عناده وضلاله

    And the mischief-makers have stopped, except for a group

    still steeped in its obstinacy and error.

  21. لم يقع ما توعدوك به فاش

    تغلوا بافتراضه واحتماله

    What they threatened you with never happened, so they

    busied themselves supposing it and deeming it possible.

  22. حملوا الأمر وهو في هدنة الده

    ر وألقوه وهو في أهواله

    They shouldered the task during a truce with

    time, and cast it off amid its terrors.

  23. وتناهوا إلى مخادعة الشع

    ب لتسخيره ولاستغلاله

    And went to the utmost in deceiving the

    people, to subjugate and exploit them.

  24. وادعوا أنك المبذر في الما

    ل ولولاك ضيعوا كل ماله

    And they claimed you were the squanderer of

    wealth; but for you, they would have wasted all of it.

  25. وأساءوا قضية الملك حتى

    كاد يدعوهمُ جناة احتلاله

    And they so harmed the realm's cause that

    it nearly called them the culprits behind its occupation.

  26. وهمُ في اليسير مما تولوا

    مثل ما هم في صعبه ومحاله

    And in the easy tasks they undertook, they are

    just as they are in the difficult and impossible ones.

  27. ما لمن ضاق أمس بالحكم أضحى

    يتعدى عليك بعد اعتزاله

    What ails him who found governing too much yesterday, that now he

    assails you after stepping down?

  28. ما له هان واستكان وأرخى

    ستره بعد تيهه واختياله

    Why has he become abject and meek, and drawn

    his curtain after his conceit and swagger?

  29. ما له بعد ما أطاع مشيري

    ه يعد المشير من عزاله

    Why, after heeding his advisers,

    does he count the adviser among his detractors?

  30. ناقماً منك أن تقوم بما أل

    قى عليك الزمان من أثقاله

    Resenting you for taking up what

    time has laid upon you of its burdens.

  31. أيسوس البلاد من راح يلهو

    بألاعبيه إلى أطفاله

    Can he govern the country who goes off to play

    with his playthings, turning to his children?

  32. لم يهن خارج عليك من الوا

    دي وهانت عليك شم جباله

    No rebel against you from the

    Valley was humbled, though its lofty mountains bowed before you.

  33. كسبك الخصم بالصنيعة أولى

    لك من قهره ومن إذلاله

    Winning over an adversary through kindness is better

    for you than subduing and humiliating him.

  34. إن تكن أزمة فأنت عليها

    يوسف في اقتداره واحتياله

    If there is a crisis, you are equal to it:

    Joseph in his mastery and resourcefulness.

  35. خازن صارف وعدلك في مي

    زانه قائم وفي مكياله

    A treasurer and dispenser, your justice in his

    balance stands firm, and in his measuring vessel.

  36. غلب الأزمة الرخاء وأنت ال

    مستعد الخليق باستكماله

    Prosperity has overcome the crisis, and you are the

    one prepared and worthy to bring it to completion.

  37. أتضيق الحياة والأرض ملأى

    ثمراتٍ والنيل في سلساله

    Can life be straitened while the earth is full of

    fruits, and the Nile flows clear and sweet?

  38. علة المال أرخصت كل غال

    وأشاعته بعد عز مناله

    The malady of money has cheapened every costly thing

    and made it common after it was hard to obtain.

  39. وتلقى الفقير منه نصيباً

    وتأسَّى بعرضه وابتذاله

    And the poor man received a share of it

    and found comfort in its availability and cheapness.

  40. أنت من يعرف الكرامة للفل

    لاح لا من يراه من عماله

    You are one who recognizes the dignity of the

    farmer, not one who counts him among his workers.

  41. تتولاه بالكثير من الرح

    مةِ في كده ورقة حاله

    You care for him with abundant

    mercy in his toil and straitened circumstances.

  42. وتراه الشريك بالنصف فيما

    أنتجته قواه حق اشتغاله

    And you regard him as a partner entitled to half of what

    his strength has produced, his labor's rightful due.

  43. والغنيُّ السريُّ من حصَّل الما

    ل بجهد اليدين لا بسؤاله

    And the rich and noble man is he who earns

    wealth through the toil of his hands, not by begging for it.

  44. إن دَين الفتى وإن قل جرحٌ

    في عظام الفتى وفي أوصاله

    Indeed, a young man's debt, however small, is a wound

    in the young man's bones and in his joints.

  45. والذليل المصاب في الشرف الذا

    هب لا في عقاره وغلاله

    And abased is he whose honor has

    vanished, not he who loses his property and harvests.

  46. وخلاص الغريم من دينه مث

    ل خلاص السجين من أغلاله

    And a debtor's deliverance from his debt is

    like a prisoner's deliverance from his fetters.

  47. إن تيسيرك الوفاء عليه

    في مواعيده وفي آجاله

    Indeed, you make repayment easy for him,

    at its appointed times and deadlines.

  48. أنت من يكتفي من الحكم حراً

    برضى نفسه وراحة باله

    You are one who, a free man, is content in rule

    with his own satisfaction and peace of mind.