بقيتَmay you endure لكلِّfor every مكْرُمَةٍnoble deed وبأسٍand valor
بقيتَ لكلِّ مكْرُمَةٍ وبأسٍ
مُشاراًsingled out فيin المَناقِبِvirtues والمَعاليand lofty attainments
مُشاراً في المَناقِبِ والمَعالي
May you endure for every noble deed and feat of valor,
You remained for every honor and might
Singled out for virtues and lofty attainments.
Prominent in virtues and glories
إذاwhenever أدْركْتَyou reach منof شَهرٍa month هِلالاًa crescent moon
إذا أدْركْتَ من شَهرٍ هِلالاً
أهابَsummoned بكضto you (likely a typo for بك) السُّعودُthe auspicious stars إلىtoward هِلالِa crescent moon
أهابَ بكض السُّعودُ إلى هِلالِ
Whenever you live to see a month's crescent,
When you attained a crescent of a month
The auspicious stars summon you to another crescent.
Good fortunes came rushing to the crescent
تُجَنِّبُكshun you الحوادثُcalamities والرَّزاياand misfortunes
تُجَنِّبُك الحوادثُ والرَّزايا
فِرارَflight الفَلِّrouted troops منْfrom وخْزِthe thrusts العَواليspearpoints
فِرارَ الفَلِّ منْ وخْزِ العَوالي
Calamities and misfortunes shun you,
Misfortunes and calamities avoid you
As routed troops flee the thrusts of spearpoints.
Like snakes fleeing stony heights
فمُستَجْديكَso whoever seeks your bounty غانٍhaving no need عنْof سَحابٍclouds
فمُستَجْديكَ غانٍ عنْ سَحابٍ
ومُسْتعديكand whoever seeks your aid غانٍhaving no need عنْof نِزالِcombat
ومُسْتعديك غانٍ عنْ نِزالِ
So whoever seeks your bounty has no need of clouds,
So your supplicant finds you free of clouds
And whoever seeks your aid has no need of combat.
And your solicitor free of downpours
وكمْand how often طوَّقْتَyou encircled منof مِنَنٍfavors رِقاباًnecks
وكمْ طوَّقْتَ من مِنَنٍ رِقاباً
تَؤودُweigh down كِرامَnoble أعْناقِnecks الرِّجالِof men
تَؤودُ كِرامَ أعْناقِ الرِّجالِ
And how often you have encircled necks with favors
And how many necks you adorned with favors
That weigh down the noble necks of men.
Bestowing bounty upon the necks of men
كَتمْتَyou concealed بُعوثَهاtheir dispatches فَوشىthen betrayed the secret ثَراءٌwealth
كَتمْتَ بُعوثَها فَوشى ثَراءٌ
ونَمَّتْand revealed حالةٌa condition منْfrom بعْدِafter حالِa condition
ونَمَّتْ حالةٌ منْ بعْدِ حالِ
You concealed the sending of those favors, yet wealth betrayed the secret,
You hid their sending, so affluence spread
And one condition after another revealed it.
And a state thrived after every state
إذاwhen غَشَّىenshrouded البلادَthe lands قَتامُdust haze مَحْلٍdrought
إذا غَشَّى البلادَ قَتامُ مَحْلٍ
بعثْتَyou sent عليهupon it صَوْباًa downpour منْof نَوالِbounty
بعثْتَ عليه صَوْباً منْ نَوالِ
When the dust haze of drought enshrouds the lands,
When darkness covered the lands
You send upon it a downpour of bounty.
You sent upon it a pouring of bounty
فأضْحىso became كلُّall مُغْبَرٍّdust-covered خَصيباًfertile
فأضْحى كلُّ مُغْبَرٍّ خَصيباً
سَحوحَpouring abundantly الوَدْقِrain مُنْهلَّstreaming العَزاليcloud-spouts
سَحوحَ الوَدْقِ مُنْهلَّ العَزالي
So all that was dust-covered grows fertile,
So every dusty place became fertile
Pouring abundant rain, its cloud-spouts streaming.
With soft sand and watered hollows
عِمادَImad (pillar) الدولةِal-Dawla (the state) الحاميthe defender حِماهُhis protected domain
عِمادَ الدولةِ الحامي حِماهُ
إذاwhen خَلَتِwere bereft القبائلُthe tribes منْof ثِمالِa protector
إذا خَلَتِ القبائلُ منْ ثِمالِ
O Imad al-Dawla, guardian of his domain,
The pillar of the state, its protector protects him
When the tribes are without a protector,
When the tribes are devoid of any pillar
رَضيَّاًwell-pleasing للإِمامِto the Imam ومُرْتَضاهُand his chosen one
رَضيَّاً للإِمامِ ومُرْتَضاهُ
لماfor what يرْضاهُhe approves of it منْof شَرفِnobility الخِلالِcharacter traits
لما يرْضاهُ منْ شَرفِ الخِلالِ
Well-pleasing to the Imam, and his chosen one,
Pleasing to the Imam, his chosen one
For the nobility of character he esteems.
For the nobility he approves among men
فلاso may not بَرحتْleave مَنازلَكyour dwellings التَّهانيfelicitations
فلا بَرحتْ مَنازلَك التَّهاني
مَدىthroughout أيَّامِناour days ومَدىand throughout اللَّياليthe nights
مَدى أيَّامِنا ومَدى اللَّيالي
So may felicitations never leave your dwellings,
So never did congratulations leave your homes
Throughout our days and throughout the nights.
All the days of our lives and all the nights
Sol 6.1