رمنا الفخار فنلنا منه ما شينا — Alhbal

رُمْنا الفخارَ فَنِلْنا مِنْه مَا شِينَا

لمَّا مَشَى في طريقِ المجدِ ماشيْنَا

We sought glory and attained whatever we wished of it,

When our traveler walked the path of glory.

نحنُ الكرامُ وأبناء الكرام فإنْ

تجهل مكارمنا فَاسْأل أعادينا

We are the noble, sons of the noble; if

You do not know our noble deeds, ask our enemies.

واسألْ لسانَ المعالي ما تَلاَ فِينا

وقُل لِلاَحِقنا ما أنتَ لاَفينا

And ask the tongue of lofty honors what it has recited about us,

And tell our pursuer, "You will not catch us."

فَرُبّ مجدٍ تَلاَفَينا بِنَاهُ وقَدْ

وَهَى فَمَنْ ذا تَلاَفَاهُ تَلاَفِينا

For many a glory, we restored its structure after it had

Weakened—who restored it as we did?

الشّمسُ والبدرُ أدْنَى مِن مَراتبنا

والأَنجمُ الشّهب غَارتْ مِنْ مَساعينا

The sun and full moon stand lower than our ranks,

And the bright stars have envied our endeavors.

سَعَى إلى غايةِ الْعَلْيَا فأدركها

ونالَ مِن شأوِها مَا رَام سَاعينا

He strove toward the summit of greatness and attained it,

And our striver reached the height he sought.

لَنَا طريقٌ إلى العلياء واضحةٌ

يَسيرُ رائحُنا فهيا وغادينا

We have a clear road to the heights;

Our evening traveler and our morning traveler walk along it.

يسيرُ في طريق العلياء سائِرنا

فيهتدي بنجومٍ من أيادينا

Our traveler walks the path of the heights,

And finds his way by stars among our benefactions.

وكم بخيل تراه في الأنام ولا

والله لا كان لا مِنّا ولا فينا

How many a miser you see among mankind—but no,

By God, may he never be one of us or among us!

هَلْ يُعْرفُ المجدُ إلاّ في منازلِنا

وَهَل يحلّ الندى إلاّ بنادينا

Is glory known anywhere but in our dwellings?

And does generosity dwell anywhere but in our gathering place?

ما إن سُئِلْنا مَدَى الأيّامِ بَذْلَ قِرًى

إلاّ وَجُدْنا بما تحويه أيدينا

Never through all the days were we asked to offer hospitality

But we gave generously of whatever our hands held.

لا نسأم الضَّيفَ إن طالَتْ إقَامتُه

ولا نخيّب فينا ظنّ راجينا

We do not tire of a guest, even if his stay grows long,

Nor disappoint the expectations of those who hope in us.

نمشي إلى الموت في يوم الوغى قدماً

وهاتفُ النَصر بالبشْرى يُنادينا

We advance boldly toward death on the day of battle,

While victory's herald calls to us with glad tidings.

لَنا عَزائمُ تُدْني ما نَرومُ فَما

أدْنَى خُراسان إِنْ رُمناهُ والصِّينا

We have resolves that bring our aims near—how

Near is Khurasan, if we seek it—and China too!

لا يَسْتميل الهوى مِنّا النّفوسَ ولاَ

حُبُّ البَقَا عن سَبيلِ المجدِ يُثْنِينا

Passion does not sway our souls, nor

Does love of survival turn us from glory's path.

ماذا يعيب العِدا مِنّا سوى حَسَبٍ

ضخمٍ به سَادَ قَاضِينا ودَانينا

What fault do our foes find in us except ancestral honor,

Mighty, through which our judge and our near kin rose to eminence?

وإننا لَوْ دَعونا الدّهْرَ نأمرُه

لَقامَ طوعاً يلبّي صوتَ داعينا

Indeed, if we summoned Time, commanding it,

It would rise willingly, answering our caller's voice.

ما نابَ جاراً لَنا في الدهر نائبةٌ

إلاّ وكنّا إذن عَنْهُ الْمحامِينا

No calamity ever befell a neighbor of ours

But we then became his defenders.

يا مَنْ يُسَائِلُ عن قومي رويدكَ ما

جَهِلت إلاّ العُلى والمجدَ والدّينا

O you who ask about my people, take your time: you have not

Been ignorant of anything but lofty honor, glory, and faith.

قَوْمي الأُلى ما انتضوا أسيافَهم لِوَغىً

إلاّ وعادُوا لآِي النَّصرِ تالينا

My people are those who never drew their swords for battle

But returned as reciters of victory's verses.

قومٌ إذا لَبِسوا ثَوبَ القتام غَدَتْ

أعداؤُهم في ثياب النّصر عارينا

A people who, when they don the robe of battle-dust, leave

Their enemies stripped of victory's garments.

إن تَلْقَهمْ تَلْقَ أحْباراً جَهَابذةً

أو طاعنين العدا شَزراً ورامينا

If you meet them, you meet scholars, learned masters,

Or men thrusting sideways at their foes and shooting arrows.

قاموا مع القاسم المنصور واجتهدوا

وجَرَّعوا التركَ زقّوماً وغِسْلينا

They stood with al-Qasim al-Mansur and strove,

And forced the Turks to swallow zaqqum and ghislin.

ولِلمؤيّد قد أذكتْ صوارمُنا

وقائعاً أذكرتْ بدراً وصفّينا

And for al-Mu'ayyad our sharp swords kindled

Battles that recalled Badr and Siffin.

وقائم العصر إسماعيل قد نصرتْ

سيوفنا وأجابتْهُ عوالينا

And Isma'il, the upholder of the age, was aided

By our swords, and our lofty spears answered him.

لَمْ نألُ جهداً إذنْ في بثّ دعوتِه

إذ قام فينا بأمر اللهِ يدعونا

We spared no effort then in spreading his call,

When he arose among us, calling us by God's command.

وحُبّ آل رسول الله شيمتنا

وفخر حاضرنا دوماً وبادينا

And love for the family of God's Messenger is our nature,

And always the pride of our settled folk and our nomads.

سَلِ الأَئِمَّةَ عَنّا أيّ مَلْحمةٍ

لَسْنا بأرواحنا فيها مواسينا

Ask the imams about us: in what battle

Have we not supported them with our very lives?

مَضَتْ على حُبّ أهْل البيت أسْرَتْنا

ونحنُ نمشي على آثارِ ماضينا

Our family passed on in love of the Household,

And we walk in the footsteps of our forebears.

فمنْ يُفاخرنا أمْ مَنْ يُساجلُنا

أمْ من يُطاولنا أمْ مَنْ يدانينا

Who, then, can rival our glory, or contend with us,

Or match our stature, or come near us?

يكفيك أنّ لَنا الفخر الطويل على

كل الورى ما عدى الآل الميامينا

Let it suffice you that ours is towering glory above

All humankind, except the blessed Family.

عليهِمُ بعد خير الرّسلِ جدّهم

أزكى وأفْضل ما صلّى المصلّونا

Upon them—after their forefather, the best of messengers—

Be the purest and finest blessings ever invoked by those who pray.