شهر غدا مشتهرا — Al Tohami

شَهرٌ غَدا مُشتَهِراً

بِسُعودِهِ بَينَ الشُهور

A month has become renowned

for its good fortunes among the months,

وَبِيَمنِهِ وَأَمانِهِ

وَالعَدل وَالخَير الكَثير

and its auspiciousness and security,

and justice and abundant good,

وَبِرُشدِهِ وَسَدادِهِ

وَالنَجح في كُلِّ الأُمور

and its sound guidance and rectitude,

and success in every affair,

وَبطيب عَيش قَد صَفا

كالماءِ هادٍ في الغَدير

and the sweetness of a life grown clear,

like water lying still in a pool,

وَبِكُلِّ مَنزِلَةٍ تُجَمِّلُ

كل منتقِدٍ بَصير

and every distinction that adorns

every discerning judge,

لِفَتى الفُتوَّة وَالمُروَّةِ

ذي المحلِّ أَبي السُرور

for the youth of chivalry and noble character,

the eminent Abu al-Surur,

لِلسَّمحِ نجلُ مُحَمَّدٍ

ذي الفَخرِ وَالقَدرِ الكَبير

for the generous son of Muhammad,

possessed of glory and great standing:

حَسَنٌ ومن إِحسانِهِ

لِلحامِدِ المثني الشَكور

Hasan—and through his kindness

to the grateful man who praises and extols,

فنواله فيهِ شفاء

لِلقُلوبِ وَلِلصُّدور

his bounty holds healing

for hearts and breasts.

من لَم تَزَل أَنواره

تَعلو وَتَقهر كل نور

He whose lights have never ceased

to rise and outshine every light;

من قَد سَما بأبٍ لَه

قَد كان مَعدومُ النَظير

he who rose high through his father,

who was without an equal.

مَن كُلِّ من جارَ الزَمانُ

وزرتَه أَضحى بِخَير

Everyone whom Time has wronged,

and whom you have visited, has fared well.

فَعَليه عادَ بِغبطَةٍ

ما في المُغَيَّبِ وَالحضور

So may there return to him, with happiness,

all that is hidden and present,

وَعلى بَني حسن فَهم

زَينُ المَدائِنِ وَالثُغور

and to Hasan's sons, for they are

the adornment of cities and frontier towns.

وُهُمُ جَمال حيث حَلّوا

لِلصَّغير وَلِلكَبير

They are an adornment wherever they dwell,

for young and old.

وَإِذا غدوا في مَجلسٍ

لمطاع أَمر أَو أَمير

And when they enter a gathering

of one whose command is obeyed, or a prince,

فَهُمُ كأَمثالِ الشُموسِ

المشرقات وَكالبُدور

then they are like suns,

radiant, and like full moons.

يا أَيُّها المعطي العَطايا

لِلعُقاة بِلا مُشير

O you who bestow gifts

on the disobedient, without an adviser;

يا من نَسيمُ فِعالِهِ

كَنَسيم مِسكِ أَو عَبير

O you, the breeze of whose deeds

is like the scent of musk or perfume;

يا من غَدا كِنزُ المُقِلِّ

بأَرضِنا وَغِنى الفَقير

O you who have become the treasure of those with little

in our land, and the wealth of the poor,

انصر شَكوراً ذاكِراً

لَكَ بِالجَميلِ بِلا فُتور

help a grateful man who speaks

of you with praise, without flagging.

فَلَقَد غَدا في عِلَّةٍ

صَدَّتهُ عَن حالِ المَسير

For he has fallen into an illness

that has kept him from traveling.

نَزَلَت بِهِ في بَيتِهِ

مِن طُولِها مِثلُ البَعير

It has descended upon him in his house,

like a camel in its length.

لا يَستَريح إِلى حَديثِ

البيضِ في اليَومِ المَطير

He finds no comfort in the talk

of fair women on a rainy day.

فالجِسمُ مِنهُ مُنحَفٌ

وَالحالُ زائِدَةٌ القصور

So his body is emaciated,

and his circumstances grow ever more straitened.

فانعِم عَلى رَبِّ اعتِرافٍ

غير ذي مكرٍ كَفور

So favor a man who acknowledges your bounty,

no scheming ingrate,

إِمّا بِعَينٍ أَو لُجَينٍ

أَو بِقَمحٍ أَو شَعير

whether with gold or silver,

or with wheat or barley.

لا زالَ نَجمُكَ طالِعاً

بالسَعدِ كالقَمَرِ المُنير

May your star never cease rising

in good fortune, like the shining moon,

في حالِ إِقبالٍ يُقابِلُ

في الرَواحِ وَفي البُكور

in prosperity, meeting us

in the evening and in the early morning.