مملكتيmy kingdom تملأfills سدسَa sixth of الأرضِthe earth
مملكتي تملأ سدسَ الأرضِ
بَسطيَmy giving فيهاin it مطلقٌunrestricted وقبضيand my withholding
بَسطيَ فيها مطلقٌ وقبضي
My kingdom spans a sixth of the earth.
My kingdom fills a sixth of the earth
My power to give and withhold there is absolute.
I have spread freely in it, giving and withholding
فيهاin it منamong الشعوبthe peoples كلevery كابرِmighty one
فيها من الشعوب كل كابرِ
ومنand among رجالmen of الحربwar كلevery قاهرِconqueror
ومن رجال الحرب كل قاهرِ
It holds every mighty people,
In it are all the great peoples
And every conqueror among men of war.
And all the victorious warriors
لكنهاbut it قليلةhaving few الثغورِseaports
لكنها قليلة الثغورِ
بعيدةُdistant البرِّthe land عنfrom البحورِthe seas
بعيدةُ البرِّ عن البحورِ
Yet it has few seaports;
Yet it has few mountain passes
Its land lies far from the seas.
Far from the land are the seas
لمdid not يُغننيmake me independent ماwhat ليَbelongs to me فيin البلطيكِthe Baltic
لم يُغنني ما ليَ في البلطيكِ
عنof موردa port فيin غيرهother than it وشيكِreadily accessible
عن مورد في غيره وشيكِ
What I possess in the Baltic has not spared me
I was not satisfied with what I had in the Baltic
The need for a readily accessible port elsewhere.
Compared to what I could gain elsewhere
وماand what انتفاعيmy benefit بعبابfrom the surging waters of الأسودِthe Black Sea
وما انتفاعي بعباب الأسودِ
ماas long as دامit remains محصوراًhemmed in بجيشby the army of الأسَدِthe Lion
ما دام محصوراً بجيش الأسَدِ
And what use is the Black Sea’s surge to me,
And my black fleets are useless
So long as it is hemmed in by the Lion’s army?
As long as they're trapped by the Lion's army
فلستfor I am not فيهin it سالكاًtraveling طريقاa route
فلست فيه سالكاً طريقا
ماas long as ملكhold الأتراكُthe Turks ذاthis المضيقاstrait
ما ملك الأتراكُ ذا المضيقا
For I cannot make my way through it
So I cannot travel the route
So long as the Turks hold this strait.
As long as the Turks control the strait
عليَّagainst me أدنىthe nearer of المشرقينthe two Easts استعصىproved unyielding
عليَّ أدنى المشرقين استعصى
لأُمْضِيَنَّI shall surely pursue همتيmy ambition فيin الأقصىthe farther East
لأُمْضِيَنَّ همتي في الأقصى
The nearer of the two Easts has defied me;
The East eludes my control
I shall surely pursue my ambition in the farther East.
I must fulfill my ambition in the Far East
ولاnor أرىI see لشعبيَfor my people السمينِstout
ولا أرى لشعبيَ السمينِ
أكثرmore خصباًin fertility منthan بلادthe lands of الصينِChina
أكثر خصباً من بلاد الصينِ
And for my stout people I see no land
And I see no land more fertile for my prosperous people
More fertile than the lands of China.
Than the land of China
إنif دانsubmit ليto me مغولهاits Mongols والتترُand the Tatars
إن دان لي مغولها والتترُ
أتيتI shall achieve ماwhat لمdid not يأتهhe achieve it إسكندرُAlexander
أتيت ما لم يأته إسكندرُ
If its Mongols and Tatars submit to me,
If its Mongols and Tatars submit to me
I shall achieve what Alexander never achieved.
I will go where Alexander never went
ينشأwill arise فيهمamong them مثلthe like of تيمورTimur لنكِLenk (the Lame)
ينشأ فيهم مثل تيمور لنكِ
ليfor me وأتيلاذيand Attila, possessor of القوَىmight والفتكِand slaughter
لي وأتيلاذي القوَى والفتكِ
Among them will arise men like Timur Lenk,
There will arise among them another Timur
And Attila, mighty and deadly, to serve me.
To be my mighty warrior of destruction
فأفتحso I shall conquer الدنياthe world إذنthen وأقهرُand I shall subdue
فأفتح الدنيا إذن وأقهرُ
كماas اشتهىdesired بطرسُPeter جديmy forefather الأكبرُthe Great
كما اشتهى بطرسُ جدي الأكبرُ
Then I shall conquer and subdue the world,
I will then conquer the world
As my forefather Peter the Great desired.
As my grandfather Peter the Great wished
حسبيsufficient for me منfrom القوقازthe Caucasus والقوزاقِand the Cossacks
حسبي من القوقاز والقوزاقِ
أنهماthat both are نطاقthe girdle of ملكيmy realm الراقيascendant
أنهما نطاق ملكي الراقي
I ask no more of the Caucasus and the Cossacks
It is enough that the Caucasus and the Cossacks
Than that they gird my ascendant realm.
Form the belt of my ever-growing kingdom
لكننيbut I أحذرam wary of كيدthe intrigues of الدولِthe powers
لكنني أحذر كيد الدولِ
إنif لمnot أضللهاI mislead them بأقوىwith the strongest الحيلِstratagems
إن لم أضللها بأقوى الحيلِ
But I am wary of the powers’ intrigues,
But I beware the guile of foreign powers
Unless I mislead them with the most potent stratagems.
Unless I trick them with my strongest cunning
Sol 6.1