إِلى صارم الدين الفَتى ابن محمد

إِلى صارم الدين الفَتى ابن محمد

رمت بي مقادير وحرب وَخطوب

رمت بي مقادير وحرب وَخطوب

To Sarim al-Din, the youth, son of Muhammad,

To the valiant Sârim Ad-Dîn, son of Muhammad,

Fate's decrees, war, and calamities have cast me.

Fate has cast me into battles and tribulations,

وَحطت بي الآمال في خير منزل

وَحطت بي الآمال في خير منزل

لَدى خير من يأوى اليه اديب

لَدى خير من يأوى اليه اديب

And hopes set me down in the finest dwelling,

And my hopes have settled in the best of dwellings,

With the best man a man of letters can turn to for refuge.

With the best of those to whom the literati resort.

فَوافَيت اعلى الناس نفسا وَمنصبا

فَوافَيت اعلى الناس نفسا وَمنصبا

واخصت ربعا وَالزَمان جَديب

واخصت ربعا وَالزَمان جَديب

Thus I reached the loftiest of men in soul and station,

I came to the highest ranked in self and position,

And the one with the most fertile abode, though the age is barren.

And I frequented a quarter while the times are arid.

فَتى سر تَوحيد الاله وَسيفه

فَتى سر تَوحيد الاله وَسيفه

به العيش يَحلو وَالزَمان يَطيب

به العيش يَحلو وَالزَمان يَطيب

A youth, the mystery of God's oneness and His sword,

A lord, secret of God's oneness, and his sword,

Through him life grows sweet and the age grows pleasant.

Through him life is sweet, and the times wholesome.

هُوَ الكوثر الفياض في آل فارح

هُوَ الكوثر الفياض في آل فارح

اغر يُنادي للندى فَيجيب

اغر يُنادي للندى فَيجيب

He is the overflowing Kawthar in the house of Farih,

He is the overflowing Kawthar among the joyous family,

Radiant, he answers when called upon for bounty.

A rain cloud calling to the dew, which responds.

غمام يعم الخلق ظلا وَنائلا

غمام يعم الخلق ظلا وَنائلا

لكل من الراجين فيه نَصيب

لكل من الراجين فيه نَصيب

A cloud spreading shade and bounty over all creation,

A cloud shading all people, seeking rain,

Each of those who hope in him has a share.

With a share for all who hope in it.

عليك سَلام اللَه جئتك زائرا

عليك سَلام اللَه جئتك زائرا

وَشأني وَقيت الشانئين عَجيب

وَشأني وَقيت الشانئين عَجيب

God's peace be upon you; I have come to visit you.

Peace be upon you - I came visiting you,

And my plight—may you be protected from those who hate you—is strange.

And my affair, when the detractors were wondrous.

اؤمل منك البر وَالبر واسع

اؤمل منك البر وَالبر واسع

وارجو نداك الجم وَبو قَريب

وارجو نداك الجم وَبو قَريب

I hope for kindness from you, and kindness is vast,

I hope your grace - and grace is plentiful -

And I hope for your abundant bounty, which is close at hand.

And I anticipate your gifts soon and near.

فقم بي وَعاملني بما أَنتَ أَهله

فقم بي وَعاملني بما أَنتَ أَهله

فان رَجائي فيك ليس يخب

فان رَجائي فيك ليس يخب

So stand by me and treat me as befits you,

So stand with me, and treat me as you are worthy of,

For my hope in you does not fail.

For my hope in you is not dashed.

وَصن ماء وَجهي عَن زَمان معاند

وَصن ماء وَجهي عَن زَمان معاند

وصل حبل انسى فالغَريب غَريب

وصل حبل انسى فالغَريب غَريب

And shield my dignity from a hostile age,

Guard my face from a hostile time,

And join the cord of my companionship, for a stranger is a stranger.

Join the cord of intimacy - the stranger is a stranger.

وَدمت منار الدين ما لاح بارق

وَدمت منار الدين ما لاح بارق

وَما اِهتز غصن في الاراك رطيب

وَما اِهتز غصن في الاراك رطيب

And may you remain a beacon of the faith as long as lightning gleams,

And may you remain the minaret of the faith for as long as

And as long as a tender branch sways in the arak trees.

Lightning flashes and tender branches stir in the meadows.

وَلازلت مأمولي وَغوثي وبصرتي

وَلازلت مأمولي وَغوثي وبصرتي

عَلى نائبات الدهر حي تَنوب

عَلى نائبات الدهر حي تَنوب

And may you ever remain my hope, my succor, and my support,

You will remain my hope, my succor and insight

Against the calamities of time whenever they strike.

Against the blows of fate - alive as they alternate.