قُل لأمينِ المُلْكِ عن عَبْدِه

قُل لأمينِ المُلْكِ عن عَبْدِه

مَقالةً يَصْدُقُ مَن قالها

مَقالةً يَصْدُقُ مَن قالها

Tell Amin al-Mulk, on behalf of his servant,

Tell the keeper of the kingdom, about his servant,

a statement whose speaker tells the truth:

Words that are true to whoever utters them.

أعني أبا حَرْبٍ حليفَ العُلا

أعني أبا حَرْبٍ حليفَ العُلا

ومُبلِغَ الأقوامِ آمالَها

ومُبلِغَ الأقوامِ آمالَها

I mean Abu Harb, ally of the heights,

I mean Abu Harb, ally of the sublime,

and who enables peoples to attain their hopes.

And conveyor of hopes to the people.

يَفتخِرُ المجدُ بأنْ حازَهُ

يَفتخِرُ المجدُ بأنْ حازَهُ

وتَزدَهي العَلياءُ أنْ نالها

وتَزدَهي العَلياءُ أنْ نالها

Glory takes pride in his having won it,

Glory prides itself on attaining him,

and lofty eminence exults that he has attained it.

And the exalted flourish because he reached them.

باقٍ على حالِ العَطايا وقد

باقٍ على حالِ العَطايا وقد

غَيَّرتِ الأيّامُ أحْوالها

غَيَّرتِ الأيّامُ أحْوالها

He remains steadfast in giving, although

Remaining as he was in his generosity, though

the days have changed their ways.

The days have changed their circumstances.

أَرْوعُ ما زالتْ له هِمّةٌ

أَرْوعُ ما زالتْ له هِمّةٌ

يَحارُ مَن شاهدَ أفضالها

يَحارُ مَن شاهدَ أفضالها

Awe-inspiring, he has always possessed a lofty resolve;

The most magnificent thing about him is an ambition

whoever witnesses its bounties is bewildered.

That bewilders whoever witnesses its virtues.

ألقَتْ مُلوكُ الأرضِ في كَفِّهِ

ألقَتْ مُلوكُ الأرضِ في كَفِّهِ

خَزائنَ الدُّنيا وأَمْوالها

خَزائنَ الدُّنيا وأَمْوالها

The kings of the earth have laid in his palm

The kings of the earth placed in his palm

the world's treasuries and its wealth.

The treasuries and riches of the world.

فكَفُّه مشغولةٌ بالنَّدى

فكَفُّه مشغولةٌ بالنَّدى

تُبيحُ ما تَملِكُ سُؤّالها

تُبيحُ ما تَملِكُ سُؤّالها

So his palm is busy with generosity,

So his palm was busy with bounty,

making whatever it owns freely available to its petitioners.

Permitting whatever its request encompasses.

فليس يوماً حِفْظُه مالَهمْ

فليس يوماً حِفْظُه مالَهمْ

أبلغَ من تَضْييعِه مالها

أبلغَ من تَضْييعِه مالها

So his safeguarding of their wealth is never

Thus no day was his safeguarding of their wealth

more effective than his squandering of its wealth.

More effective than his squandering of his own.