يا عضد الدين دم مطاعا

يا عضد الدين دم مطاعا

تعدل في الحكم والقضايا

تعدل في الحكم والقضايا

O ʿAḍud al-Dīn, may you remain obeyed,

O supporter of the faith, your blood is obedient,

acting justly in judgment and disputes.

You judge fairly in ruling and legal matters,

يا رائق البشر والمعاني

يا رائق البشر والمعاني

والخلق والخُلقِ والسجايا

والخلق والخُلقِ والسجايا

O you, pleasing in cheerfulness and inner qualities,

O comforter of mankind, meanings,

in appearance, character, and disposition;

Morals, character, and tendencies,

يا من إذا ما أتاه عاف

يا من إذا ما أتاه عاف

رأى نقودا بلا نسايا

رأى نقودا بلا نسايا

O you—whenever a supplicant comes to you,

O you who when given gold sees only generosity,

he finds cash, with no deferred payment;

Not thinking of keeping anything for yourself,

يا متبعا كل يوم جود

يا متبعا كل يوم جود

بكور نعماه بالعشابا

بكور نعماه بالعشابا

O you who, on every day of generosity,

O you who every day practices generosity,

follow your morning bounty with evening bounty:

Your early blessings are like fresh herbage,

ما لصغاري باكين شوقا

ما لصغاري باكين شوقا

منهم إلى الخبز في الزوايا

منهم إلى الخبز في الزوايا

why are my little ones weeping with longing

Why are my little ones crying longingly

for bread, there in the corners?

For bread in the corners?

وأنت بعد الإله تُجرِي

وأنت بعد الإله تُجرِي

بأمره البرق في البرايا

بأمره البرق في البرايا

And you, after God, set coursing,

And you after God send

by His command, lightning through creation.

His lightning across the deserts,

فأحن على صبية صغار

فأحن على صبية صغار

عادوا من الجوع كالحنايا

عادوا من الجوع كالحنايا

So have compassion on little children,

So have mercy on small children

who, from hunger, have become like bows.

Who are emaciated from hunger,

كاسبهم شاعر فميز

كاسبهم شاعر فميز

أهلبقي في الورى بقايا

أهلبقي في الورى بقايا

Their breadwinner is a poet; so judge:

Make them your responsibility, distinguished poet,

are any remnants left among humankind,

So the last remnants survive in this world,

أو كان من قبل ذاكريم

أو كان من قبل ذاكريم

تنضى إليه كوم المطايا

تنضى إليه كوم المطايا

or was there, before now, a generous man

Or were you formerly generous

toward whom high-humped mounts were ridden to exhaustion,

With heaps of favors?

سواك نلت المنى سريعا

سواك نلت المنى سريعا

وذاق حسادك المنايا

وذاق حسادك المنايا

other than you? May you swiftly attain your wishes,

None but you has quickly attained wishes

and may your enviers taste death.

While your enviers tasted death,

فاجر لهم راتبا كقوم

فاجر لهم راتبا كقوم

عممتهم منك بالعطايا

عممتهم منك بالعطايا

So assign them a stipend, like those

So allot them a pension like a people

whom you have showered with your gifts.

You have accustomed to your generosity,

تكشف ببذل النوال عنهم

تكشف ببذل النوال عنهم

معجلا هذه البلايا

معجلا هذه البلايا

By bestowing bounty, you would lift from them,

Revealing with your gifts their condition

without delay, these afflictions.

Hastening to end these afflictions,

واسعد بذا العيد وابق واجعل

واسعد بذا العيد وابق واجعل

عداك فيه من الضحايا

عداك فيه من الضحايا

And rejoice in this feast, live on, and make

Make happy with this feast, live long, and make

your foes among its sacrificial victims.

All but you on it among the victims!