قَدْindeed صَافَحَتْهُclasped it يَدُhand العَليَاeminence وَهَامَand fell in love بِهَاwith her
قَدْ صَافَحَتْهُ يَدُ العَليَا وَهَامَ بِهَا
كَأنهُas though it were بِزُهُورِwith the flowers النقْشِof the ornamentation بُسْتَانُa garden
كَأنهُ بِزُهُورِ النقْشِ بُسْتَانُ
Indeed, the hand of eminence clasped it, and it fell in love with her.
The hand of the Most High has clasped his, and wandered with it,
With the flowers of its ornamentation, it is like a garden.
As if it were the blossoms of an inscribed garden.
إذْwhen لاَحَappeared مُرتَفِعُrising high الأفيَاءِthe shades فِيon سَفَرِa journey
إذْ لاَحَ مُرتَفِعُ الأفيَاءِ فِي سَفَرِ
لَماwhen عَلَتْrose فِيهِwithin it أرجَاءٌsides وَأرْكَانُand pillars
لَما عَلَتْ فِيهِ أرجَاءٌ وَأرْكَانُ
When it appeared on a journey, its shade rising high,
When the tall one appeared on a journey,
When sides and pillars rose within it.
In which heights and pillars rose,
فَفِيso, in الإقَامَةِresidence لِلتنزِيهِfor recreation مَنصِبُهُits station
فَفِي الإقَامَةِ لِلتنزِيهِ مَنصِبُهُ
تَجَدَّدَتْarose anew مِنْهُfrom it فِيin البَيْدَاءِthe wilderness عُمْرَانُhabitation
تَجَدَّدَتْ مِنْهُ فِي البَيْدَاءِ عُمْرَانُ
So at rest, its station is for recreation;
His position was for purification in residence,
From it, habitation arose anew in the wilderness.
From which civilization was renewed in the desert.
وَفِيand in التغَرُّبِexile لِلأوْطَانِfor homelands أوطَانُhomelands
وَفِي التغَرُّبِ لِلأوْطَانِ أوطَانُ
أضحَىbecame وَقَدْand already حَفَّهُsurrounded it نُورُlight القَبولِacceptance ضِيَاradiance
أضحَى وَقَدْ حَفَّهُ نُورُ القَبولِ ضِيَا
And in exile, there are homelands for homelands.
And in exile were homelands for homelands,
It became radiance, already surrounded by the light of acceptance;
Having been enveloped by the light of acceptance, a place of happiness and possibility.
مَكَانَin place of غَربِهِits estrangement سَعدٌgood fortune وَإمْكَانُand opportunity
مَكَانَ غَربِهِ سَعدٌ وَإمْكَانُ
يَهْتَزُّsways لُطفاًgently إذاwhen مَرَّpassed النسِيمُthe breeze بِهِover it
يَهْتَزُّ لُطفاً إذا مَرَّ النسِيمُ بِهِ
In place of its estrangement are good fortune and opportunity.
It sways gently when the breeze passes by it,
It sways gently when the breeze passes over it;
Without doubt, they are brothers in gentleness.
لاَشَكَّno doubt أنهُمَاthat they both are فِيin اللُّطْفِgentleness إخْوانُbrothers
لاَشَكَّ أنهُمَا فِي اللُّطْفِ إخْوانُ
أهْدَتْshe offered إلَىto عَطفِهِits side الصَّبِlovesick أرجاfragrance
أهْدَتْ إلَى عَطفِهِ الصَّبِ أرجا
Surely the two are brothers in gentleness.
It has brought to its affection the patience of youths,
She offered fragrance to its lovesick side;
From it, robes and carpets are perfumed.
تَعَطرَتْwere perfumed مِنْهُfrom it أذْيَالٌhems وَأرْدَانُand sleeves
تَعَطرَتْ مِنْهُ أذْيَالٌ وَأرْدَانُ
يَلُوحُappears لِلشُّعَرَاءِto poets المَاهِرِينَskillful بِهِin it
يَلُوحُ لِلشُّعَرَاءِ المَاهِرِينَ بِهِ
From it, hems and sleeves were perfumed.
It flashes to skilled poets through it
To skillful poets, there appears within it
A poetry collection, just as a king has a collection.
دِيوَانُa collection شِعْرٍpoetry كَمَاjust as لِلمُلكِfor the kingdom دِيوَانُa chancery
دِيوَانُ شِعْرٍ كَمَا لِلمُلكِ دِيوَانُ
وَافَتهُcame to it عزةglory مَولاَهُits master بِخَالِقِهِthrough its maker
وَافَتهُ عزة مَولاَهُ بِخَالِقِهِ
A collection of poetry, just as the kingdom has its chancery.
The honor of his Master has met him through his Creator
Its master's glory came to it through its maker.
He has power over enemies, though they have power.
عَلَىabove الأعَادِيthe enemies لَهُit has شَأنٌstanding وَإنْand even if شَانواthey disparaged
عَلَى الأعَادِي لَهُ شَأنٌ وَإنْ شَانوا
عَلَىbefitting قَدرِthe stature عَلِيAli بَاشَاPasha الذيwho افتَخرَتْtook pride
عَلَى قَدرِ عَلِي بَاشَا الذي افتَخرَتْ
It has standing above enemies, even if they disparage it.
According to the rank of Ali Pasha, of whom
Befitting the stature of Ali Pasha, a source of pride
The great ones took pride and the notables approved.
بِهِin him الأكَابِرُthe great وَاستَرْضَتْهُand sought his favor أعْيَانُnotables
بِهِ الأكَابِرُ وَاستَرْضَتْهُ أعْيَانُ
مَولَىmaster العُلاَeminence ابْنson of حُسَيْنHusayn ندىgenerosity
مَولَى العُلاَ ابْن حُسَيْن ندى
To the great; notables sought his favor.
The Master of Highness, the son of Hussein the guide,
Lord of eminence, son of Husayn, whose generosity
Of high ambition and penetrating understanding,
سارتtraveled
سارت
ذُوpossessing المَحْتِدِlineage العَالِيlofty وَفَهْمٍand understanding ثَاقِبٍpenetrating
ذُو المَحْتِدِ العَالِي وَفَهْمٍ ثَاقِبٍ
Traveled.
And his dignity among kings is graceful.
Of lofty lineage and penetrating understanding,
Forbearance in him is innate, no rancor against him remains in the heart of any man.
وَوَقَارهُand his dignity بَيْنَamong المُلُوكِkings رَزِينُdignified
وَوَقَارهُ بَيْنَ المُلُوكِ رَزِينُ
الحلمforbearance فيهin him سجيةan innate trait لمdid not يبقleave فيin
الحلم فيه سجية لم يبق في
And his bearing among kings is dignified.
It protects from calamities and fears, so souls
Forbearance is his nature; he has not left in
And eyes ransom him from them.
قلبheart امريءa person ضغناًresentment عليهagainst him يبينbecomes apparent
قلب امريء ضغناً عليه يبين
أمنُsafe الغَوَائِلَcalamities وَالمَخَاوِفَand fears فَالْوَرَىfor humankind
أمنُ الغَوَائِلَ وَالمَخَاوِفَ فَالْوَرَى
Anyone's heart any resentment against him that shows.
It guards him from harm and protects his territory
Safe from calamities and fears, for all people
With cutting talons, eagles protected him.
تَفْدِيهِransom him مِنْهَاfrom them أنْفُسٌlives وَعُيُونُand eyes
تَفْدِيهِ مِنْهَا أنْفُسٌ وَعُيُونُ
تَرْعَاهُwatch over him مِنْagainst شَخصٍa person وَتَحمِيand protect حَوزَهُhis domain
تَرْعَاهُ مِنْ شَخصٍ وَتَحمِي حَوزَهُ
Ransom him from them with lives and eyes.
Namely the Minister, his namesake, Al-Hajj who
They guard him against anyone and protect his domain,
Abdul Aziz is his father and assists him.
بِقَوَابِضٍwith gripping hands بُتْرٍsevering حِمَاهُhis sanctuary صَوْنprotection
بِقَوَابِضٍ بُتْرٍ حِمَاهُ صَوْن
سِيمَاespecially الوَزِيرُthe minister سَمِيُّهُhis namesake الحَاجُal-Hajj (the pilgrim) الذيwho
سِيمَا الوَزِيرُ سَمِيُّهُ الحَاجُ الذي
With grasping, severing hands; his sanctuary is protected.
For what! He has pleased God and His creation,
Especially the minister, his namesake, al-Hajj, who
And keeps his covenant, he does not betray.
عَبْدُAbd (servant) العَزِيزِal-Aziz (the Mighty) أبُوهُhis father وَهْوَand he يُعِينُhelps
عَبْدُ العَزِيزِ أبُوهُ وَهْوَ يُعِينُ
لِمَاwhy لاَnot وَقَدْand indeed أرْضَىpleased الإلَهَGod وَخَلْقَهُand His creation
لِمَا لاَ وَقَدْ أرْضَى الإلَهَ وَخَلْقَهُ
Has Abd al-Aziz for his father, and lends aid.
My mind wandered in composing about another,
Why not, when he has pleased God and His creation,
And to him came my hidden prose.
وَالعَهْدَand the pledge يُوفِيهِhe fulfills it فَلَيسَso he does not يَخُونُbetray
وَالعَهْدَ يُوفِيهِ فَلَيسَ يَخُونُ
شَرَدَتْstrayed قَرِيحَةُcreative gift فِكرَتِيof my thought فيamong غَيرِهِothers besides him
شَرَدَتْ قَرِيحَةُ فِكرَتِي في غَيرِهِ
And fulfills the pledge, never betraying it?
To God belongs the mark of wonders gathered
My thought's creative gift strayed among others,
In him like the Indian Ocean, vast.
وَإلَيهِand to him جَاءَcame نِظَامِيَmy verse المَكْنُونُhidden
وَإلَيهِ جَاءَ نِظَامِيَ المَكْنُونُ
لِلهِto God دَرُّexcellence عَجَائِبٍwonders قَدْindeed جُمِّعَتْwere gathered
لِلهِ دَرُّ عَجَائِبٍ قَدْ جُمِّعَتْ
And to him came my hidden verse.
It cannot be counted, the eloquence to number them
God be praised—what wonders have been gathered
And when can its hidden secret be emulated?
فِيهِin him كَبَحْرِlike the sea الهِندِIndia مَاwhat is جَيْحُونُJayhun
فِيهِ كَبَحْرِ الهِندِ مَا جَيْحُونُ
لاَيُسْتَطَاعُcannot be done لِذيfor one possessing البَلاَغَةِeloquence عَدُّهَاcounting them
لاَيُسْتَطَاعُ لِذي البَلاَغَةِ عَدُّهَا
In him, like the sea of India—what is the Jayhun beside it?
Its virtues appeared boundless,
A master of eloquence cannot number them,
Revealed yet its honor preserved.
وَمَتَىand when يُجَارَىbe matched سِرُّهَاtheir secret المَخْزُونُstored away
وَمَتَى يُجَارَى سِرُّهَا المَخْزُونُ
بَانَتْbecame apparent مَحَاسِنُهُhis virtues بِلاَwithout حَصْرِlimit لَهَاto them
بَانَتْ مَحَاسِنُهُ بِلاَ حَصْرِ لَهَا
And when could their hidden secret be matched?
His exceeding generosity has spread through the land,
His virtues became apparent, without limit,
The rich and poor have benefited equally.
مَكشُوفَةًrevealed وَالعِرضُand honor مِنْهُof him مَصُونُprotected
مَكشُوفَةً وَالعِرضُ مِنْهُ مَصُونُ
عَمَّتْencompassed فَوَاضِلُهُhis benefactions البَرِيَّةَcreation فَاستَوَىso became equal
عَمَّتْ فَوَاضِلُهُ البَرِيَّةَ فَاستَوَى
Revealed, while his honor remains protected.
Its eminent presence was purified, darkness and
His bounties embraced all creation; equal were
Its terrors have vanished.
فِيهَاin them غَنِيُّrich الحَالِcircumstances وَالمِسكيِنُand the poor
فِيهَا غَنِيُّ الحَالِ وَالمِسكيِنُ
وَافَىarrived لِحَضْرَتِهِat his court العَلِيةِexalted فَانْجَلَىand so vanished
وَافَى لِحَضْرَتِهِ العَلِيةِ فَانْجَلَى
In them the well-to-do and the poor.
The kingdom made its glory manifest with events
He arrived at his exalted court, and there vanished
Whose pace intensifies and gentles.
عَنْهَاfrom it غَيَاهِبُdark depths وَحشِهَاits desolation وَالهُونُand abasement
عَنْهَا غَيَاهِبُ وَحشِهَا وَالهُونُ
وَالمُلْكُand kingship أظْهَرَdisplayed عِزَّهُits glory بِمَحَافِلٍin gatherings
وَالمُلْكُ أظْهَرَ عِزَّهُ بِمَحَافِلٍ
From it the gloom of its desolation, along with abasement.
So steeds neigh and warriors don armor
And the kingdom displayed its glory in gatherings,
With their weapons, and their blades sing.
يَشْتَدُgrows brisk وَخْدُrapid stride مَسِيرِهَاof their march وَيَلِينُand eases
يَشْتَدُ وَخْدُ مَسِيرِهَا وَيَلِينُ
فَالخَيلُso the horses تَصْهَلُneigh وَالكُمَاةُand the warriors تَدَرَّعَتْdonned armor
فَالخَيلُ تَصْهَلُ وَالكُمَاةُ تَدَرَّعَتْ
Whose marching stride quickens and eases.
Spears are in the horsemen’s hands, rising high,
So the horses neigh, and the warriors have donned armor
And the banners flutter, varied hues.
بِسِلاحِهَاwith their weapons وَلِصَوْلِهَاand for their charge تَلحِينُa melody
بِسِلاحِهَا وَلِصَوْلِهَا تَلحِينُ
وَالسُّمْرُand the brown lances فِيin أيدِيhands الفَوَارِسِthe horsemen تَعْتَلِيrise high
وَالسُّمْرُ فِي أيدِي الفَوَارِسِ تَعْتَلِي
With their weapons; their charge has a melody.
The air thunders with drums as if
And the brown lances rise high in the horsemen's hands,
It is thunder with sounds that croon.
وَالبَندُand the banner يَخفُقُflutters زَانَهُadorned it التَّلْوِينُcoloring
وَالبَندُ يَخفُقُ زَانَهُ التَّلْوِينُ
وَالجَوُّand the air يَدْوِيresounds بِالطُّبُولِwith drums كَأنَّهُas though it were
وَالجَوُّ يَدْوِي بِالطُّبُولِ كَأنَّهُ
And the banner flutters, adorned with colors.
Dawn is dazed by the summons, so it is guided
And the air resounds with drums, as though it were
To answer with joy and melody.
رَعدٌthunder بِأصْوَاتwith sounds لَهُنَّfor them حَنِينُplaintive resonance
رَعدٌ بِأصْوَات لَهُنَّ حَنِينُ
وَالصُّبْحand dawn يَصعَقis thunderstruck لِلنَّفِيرat the trumpet-call فَيَهْتَديand so finds the way
وَالصُّبْح يَصعَق لِلنَّفِير فَيَهْتَدي
Thunder, with sounds carrying their plaintive resonance.
The naqara resounds with a band angrily
And dawn is thunderstruck by the trumpet; then find their way
Mimicked by their echoes, a pair.
لِجَوابِهِto answer it التطْرِيبmusical rapture وَالتلْحِينُand melody
لِجَوابِهِ التطْرِيب وَالتلْحِينُ
وَالنَّقْرُand drumming زَانَadded beauty بِزَمرَةٍwith a burst of piping فِيin نِقمَةٍwrath
وَالنَّقْرُ زَانَ بِزَمرَةٍ فِي نِقمَةٍ
To answer it, musical rapture and melody.
People yearn to see his face,
And drumming added beauty with a burst of piping amid wrath;
So all are enraptured by his beauty.
يَحكِيهِimitates it مِنْamong أصدَائِهِنَّtheir echoes قَرِينُa companion
يَحكِيهِ مِنْ أصدَائِهِنَّ قَرِينُ
وَالناسُand people مُشتَاقُونَlonging for رُؤيَةَseeing وَجْهِهِhis face
وَالناسُ مُشتَاقُونَ رُؤيَةَ وَجْهِهِ
A companion among their echoes imitates it.
The full moon and glow of his face are equal,
And people long to behold his face;
If the shining full moon had a forehead.
فَجَمِيعُهُمْso all of them بِجَمَالِهِby his beauty مَفْتُونُcaptivated
فَجَمِيعُهُمْ بِجَمَالِهِ مَفْتُونُ
سِيانِalike بَدرُfull moon دُجَىnight's darkness وَغُرَّةُand the radiance وَجهِهِof his face
سِيانِ بَدرُ دُجَى وَغُرَّةُ وَجهِهِ
So all of them are captivated by his beauty.
I have protected it from onlookers’ eyes, not
The full moon in darkness and the radiance of his face are alike,
A glance has fallen on it from their eyelids.
لَوif كَانَthere were لِلبَدْرfor the full moon المُنِيرshining جَبِينa brow
لَو كَانَ لِلبَدْر المُنِير جَبِين
عَوَّذْتُهI invoked protection for him مِنْfrom أعْيُنeyes المِعْيَانthe evil-eye caster مَاwhenever
عَوَّذْتُه مِنْ أعْيُن المِعْيَان مَا
If the shining full moon had a brow.
He remains supported in the blessed kingdom,
I invoked protection for him from the evil-eye caster's eyes, whenever
Protected by an Able and Helper Lord.
رَمَقَتْgazed بِألْحَاظwith glances إلَيهtoward him جُفُونeyelids
رَمَقَتْ بِألْحَاظ إلَيه جُفُون
لاَزَالَmay he remain فِيin المُلكrule السعِيدfortunate مؤَيداًupheld
لاَزَالَ فِي المُلك السعِيد مؤَيداً
Eyelids cast glances toward him.
However much is said, it has encompassed every scope,
May he remain upheld in fortunate rule,
And reached Tunisia’s auspicious Bey.
يَحْمِيهprotects him رَبٌa Lord قَادرpowerful وَمُعِينand a helper
يَحْمِيه رَبٌ قَادر وَمُعِين
مَاas long as قِيلَit is said مَهَمَاwhenever آبَreturned كُلُّevery مَحَلَّةcamp
مَا قِيلَ مَهَمَا آبَ كُلُّ مَحَلَّة
Guarded by a mighty Lord who gives aid,
For as long as it is said, whenever each camp returns:
وَافَىarrived لِتُونِسَto Tunis بَايُهَاits Bey المَيْمُونauspicious
وَافَى لِتُونِسَ بَايُهَا المَيْمُون
"To Tunis has come its auspicious Bey."
Partial English translation: 64 of 67 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1