إذا شئتَ إنجاز الجوائز بالنّجْح

إذا شئتَ إنجاز الجوائز بالنّجْح

وبَيع القوافي من قَريضِكَ بالرّبحِ

وبَيع القوافي من قَريضِكَ بالرّبحِ

If you wish to secure rewards successfully,

If you wish to achieve rewards through success,

And to sell the rhymes of your verse at a profit,

And sell your rhymes for profit,

وسيرا بمدحٍ في سُؤالِ لنائلٍ

وسيرا بمدحٍ في سُؤالِ لنائلٍ

إلى مستحقٍ للسؤال ولِلْمَدحِ

إلى مستحقٍ للسؤال ولِلْمَدحِ

And to journey with praise, seeking a gift,

And travel praising, asking for gifts

To one worthy of entreaty and praise,

To one deserving of asking and praise,

فَوافِ بيوتَ الأزْدِ من سَمَدٍ وزُرْ

فَوافِ بيوتَ الأزْدِ من سَمَدٍ وزُرْ

بّني عُمَرٍ أَهل السَّماحةِ والصَّفحِ

بّني عُمَرٍ أَهل السَّماحةِ والصَّفحِ

Then go to the houses of al-Azd in Samad, and visit

Then visit the houses of Al Azd from Samad and Zur,

The sons of Umar, people of generosity and forgiveness.

The clan of Umar, the people of generosity and pardon.

فتلقى الغِنى والعِزَّ ان كنتَ نازلاً

فتلقى الغِنى والعِزَّ ان كنتَ نازلاً

على يعْرب السّامي أَبي العرَب السَّمْحِ

على يعْرب السّامي أَبي العرَب السَّمْحِ

Then you will find wealth and honor, if you lodge

You will find wealth and honor if you stay

With lofty Ya'rub, the generous Abu al-Arab.

With the noble Arab, my father of the Arabs, the generous one.

فَذاكَ الذي في أَي حالٍ سَألتَه

فَذاكَ الذي في أَي حالٍ سَألتَه

تَهَلَّل مثلَ السيف واهتزَّ كالرُّمحِ

تَهَلَّل مثلَ السيف واهتزَّ كالرُّمحِ

For he is the one who, in whatever condition you ask him,

He is the one whom, whatever state you ask him,

Beams like a sword and quivers like a spear.

He shines like a sword and trembles like a spear.

وعُسْرته في الجُود مثلُ يساره

وعُسْرته في الجُود مثلُ يساره

ويُمسي على كسب المعالي كما يضْحي

ويُمسي على كسب المعالي كما يضْحي

And in generosity, his poverty is like his prosperity;

His difficulty in generosity is like his ease,

And he pursues high honors in the evening, just as in the morning.

And he ends the day having gained the heights.

إذا اسْتغلقَ المَطلوب من كل حاجة

إذا اسْتغلقَ المَطلوب من كل حاجة

تَيسَّرَ من معروفهِ سببُ النّجحِ

تَيسَّرَ من معروفهِ سببُ النّجحِ

If the object of any need proves inaccessible,

When the goal of every need is obscured,

Through his kindness, a way to success becomes easy.

The means to success is made easy by his kindness.

وإنْ جئْته تَجتابُ من كل مهمةٍ

وإنْ جئْته تَجتابُ من كل مهمةٍ

جلاه كما يجْلو الدُّجى طلعَةٌ الصُّبحِ

جلاه كما يجْلو الدُّجى طلعَةٌ الصُّبحِ

And if you come to him, making your way through every hardship,

And if you come to him seeking any task,

He dispels it as dawn's rising dispels the darkness.

He makes it smooth like the dawn dispels the darkness.

لهُ شيمٌ كالرَّوض هَبَّت له الصّبا

لهُ شيمٌ كالرَّوض هَبَّت له الصّبا

فماسَ أَنيقاً زَهرهُ طيّبِ النّفحِ

فماسَ أَنيقاً زَهرهُ طيّبِ النّفحِ

His virtues are like a garden over which the east wind blows,

He has a nature like a garden caressed by the breeze,

So its flowers sway beautifully, sweetly fragrant.

So its elegant flowers spread a sweet scent.

لقد جمع العلياءَ بالجود يعرُب

لقد جمع العلياءَ بالجود يعرُب

وخالفَ قومٌ جمَّعوا المال بالشُّحِ

وخالفَ قومٌ جمَّعوا المال بالشُّحِ

Ya'rub has indeed attained eminence through generosity,

Indeed, the noble Arab has gathered generosity,

While others took a different path, amassing wealth through stinginess.

Unlike those who gathered money through meanness.

أَبو العرَب ابتَزَّ الكمَال وهكذا

أَبو العرَب ابتَزَّ الكمَال وهكذا

تَرَاضى على تَفضيله الكُلُّ بالصُلْحِ

تَرَاضى على تَفضيله الكُلُّ بالصُلْحِ

Abu al-Arab has claimed perfection for himself, and thus

My father of the Arabs embodies perfection.

All have peacefully agreed to rank him foremost.

Thus all agree to prefer him in harmony.

وفي الأَزْدِ أَسلافُ العَتيكِ ومازن

وفي الأَزْدِ أَسلافُ العَتيكِ ومازن

لهُ الحَسَبُ النّاجي من الطّعْنِ والقَدحِ

لهُ الحَسَبُ النّاجي من الطّعْنِ والقَدحِ

And among al-Azd are the forebears of al-'Atik and Mazin;

Among the Azd are the forefathers of Atik and Mazin

His ancestral honor is safe from attack and disparagement.

Whose lineage saves them from slander and accusation.

أَبا العرَب اسْلَم وابقَ في ظلِّ نعْمةٍ

أَبا العرَب اسْلَم وابقَ في ظلِّ نعْمةٍ

يصوبك مْزْن الخَير سحاً على سحِ

يصوبك مْزْن الخَير سحاً على سحِ

O Abu al-Arab, stay safe and remain in the shade of blessing;

My father of the Arabs, submit and remain in the shade of blessing,

May clouds of goodness rain upon you, downpour after downpour.

May the balance of good incline to you smoothly.

وفي أَعينُ الشَّانْين والحُسَّد القَذى

وفي أَعينُ الشَّانْين والحُسَّد القَذى

وأكْبادُهم بالغيْظِ داميةُ القَرْحِ

وأكْبادُهم بالغيْظِ داميةُ القَرْحِ

And grit lies in the eyes of the haters and the envious,

In the eyes of the hostile envious are painful spears,

And their livers are wounded and bleeding with rage.

And their livers are diseased with swelling anger.

وهذا ثناء فيكَ حُلْوٌ تلَذَّه

وهذا ثناء فيكَ حُلْوٌ تلَذَّه

وفضْلكُ مُسْتغنٍ عنِ القول والشّرحِ

وفضْلكُ مُسْتغنٍ عنِ القول والشّرحِ

And this is sweet praise of you, which you relish,

But this praise of you is sweetly savored,

Yet your excellence needs neither words nor explanation.

And your merit is above words and explanation.