وزير العصر يا مسدي الأيادي

وزير العصر يا مسدي الأيادي

حبال علاك محصدة معاره

حبال علاك محصدة معاره

Vizier of the age, O bestower of favors,

Minister of the age, O Mosey of hands,

the cords of your eminence are tightly plaited and lent out.

Ropes upon you are tightly knitted.

لك الوفر الذي في كل صبح

لك الوفر الذي في كل صبح

يشن المادحون عليه غاره

يشن المادحون عليه غاره

Yours is the wealth that, every morning,

Yours is the abundance in every dawn,

the praise-poets launch a raid upon.

Upon which the praisers raid.

بقيت محسّدا خرقا كريما

بقيت محسّدا خرقا كريما

لملكك رونق فينا وشاره

لملكك رونق فينا وشاره

May you remain much envied, openhanded and noble;

You remained tightly knitted, a generous patch

your rule has luster and splendor among us.

For your kingdom - elegance in us and insignia.

إذا امتدت يمينك نحو عاف

إذا امتدت يمينك نحو عاف

راى من سيب أنعمها يساره

راى من سيب أنعمها يساره

When your right hand stretches toward a supplicant,

If your right hand extends towards wellbeing,

he finds prosperity in the outpouring of its favors.

It sees whoever enjoyed its bliss, his left hand.

حلفت بما حوت أكناف جمع

حلفت بما حوت أكناف جمع

وبيت الله تحجبه الستاره

وبيت الله تحجبه الستاره

I have sworn by what the precincts of Jamʿ contain,

You swore by what the sides of the group contained,

and by God's House, which the curtain veils,

And Allah's house curtains shroud.

بأنك يا محمد غيث جدب

بأنك يا محمد غيث جدب

مغيث يحمد العافي قطاره

مغيث يحمد العافي قطاره

that you, Muhammad, are rain in drought,

That you, O Muhammad, are rain of barrenness,

bringing relief, whose showers the supplicant praises.

A rain the healed praise its train.

رفيلي المناسب حاتمي الن

رفيلي المناسب حاتمي الن

ندى والجود قسي العباره

ندى والجود قسي العباره

Rafili in lineage, Hatimi in

My poetry fitting you, my prose suiting you,

bounty and generosity, Qussi in eloquence.

Dew and generosity, eloquence severe.

لقد ثبتت بعد لك للرعايا

لقد ثبتت بعد لك للرعايا

قلوب كن خوفا مستطاره

قلوب كن خوفا مستطاره

Indeed, since then, steadfast toward you are the subjects’

Indeed, after you, for the subjects

hearts, once scattered by fear.

Hearts established that fear made restless.

فأقسم ما يخاف الجور يوما

فأقسم ما يخاف الجور يوما

من الحدثان من أصبحت جاره

من الحدثان من أصبحت جاره

So I swear: none ever fears injustice

So swear, injustice will never fear

from fate's upheavals if you have become his protector.

The two meteors, since you became its neighbor.

فيا عضد الهدى والدين يا من

فيا عضد الهدى والدين يا من

أرى أزكى الورى نجرانجاره

أرى أزكى الورى نجرانجاره

So, O support of guidance and faith, O you

O pillar of guidance and religion, O you

whose lineage I deem the purest among humankind,

Whom I see the purest of people companion.

وأشجع من يجول غداة حرب

وأشجع من يجول غداة حرب

على عبل الشوى نهد الجزاره

على عبل الشوى نهد الجزاره

and the bravest to wheel about on a battle morning,

And braver than one who gallivants mornings after war

upon a stout-limbed horse, massive of head and feet.

Over tents of Salwa, breasts of the butcher.

ويا من ثبت الرحمن حقّا

ويا من ثبت الرحمن حقّا

دعائمه ومن أعلى مناره

دعائمه ومن أعلى مناره

And O you for whom the Merciful has truly made firm

And O you who established the Merciful truly

your pillars, and raised your beacon:

Its pillars and atop its minaret.

لرايك في دجنة كل خطب

لرايك في دجنة كل خطب

إذا ما لم ينر رأيُ أناره

إذا ما لم ينر رأيُ أناره

your counsel, amid the darkness of every crisis,

For your opinion in suppressing every ordeal,

has radiance when no other counsel shines.

If an opinion of mine did not shine its light.

فكم يا بحر جود بحر خوف

فكم يا بحر جود بحر خوف

مهول خضت مقتحما غماره

مهول خضت مقتحما غماره

How many a sea of fear, O sea of generosity,

So how many, O sea of generosity, fearful sea,

dreadful to behold, have you crossed, plunging into its depths,

Raging you dove into its billows.

بعضب مطلق الحدين ماض

بعضب مطلق الحدين ماض

يضرم ماؤه الرقراق ناره

يضرم ماؤه الرقراق ناره

with a keen, biting sword, its two edges unleashed,

With unleashed sharp sword exerting,

its shimmering water kindling its fire.

Its water kindles the blazing fire.

يجرد أبيضاً مثل الأقاحي

يجرد أبيضاً مثل الأقاحي

ويغمد احمرا كالجلنّار

ويغمد احمرا كالجلنّار

It is drawn white as chamomile blossoms,

Baring white like flashes,

and sheathed red as pomegranate flowers.

And sheathing red like the sword-maker.

ببأسك فرت النكبات عنا

ببأسك فرت النكبات عنا

وقرت في مواطنها الوزاره

وقرت في مواطنها الوزاره

Through your valor, calamities fled from us,

With your might, setbacks from us fled,

and the vizierate settled in its abodes.

And settled in their abodes the ministers.

ستخلد ماكنا عمر الليالي

ستخلد ماكنا عمر الليالي

على رغم العدا ولي البشاره

على رغم العدا ولي البشاره

You will endure, securely established, as long as nights endure,

You will immortalize what we possessed of nights,

despite the foes; mine are the glad tidings.

Despite the enemies - and good tiding to the herald!

فإنك من لباس العار عار

فإنك من لباس العار عار

وغير ثياب مستعاره

وغير ثياب مستعاره

For you are bare of shame's garb,

You were dispenser of the garment of dishonor, dishonor,

and wear no borrowed garments.

And changer of borrowed robes.

بقيت تجود ما صابت سماء

بقيت تجود ما صابت سماء

وحركت الصبا فرع العراره

وحركت الصبا فرع العراره

May you keep giving as long as the sky rains,

You remained generous however much the sky poured down,

and the east wind stirs the branch of the ʿarārah.

And the morning breeze shook the boughs.