جزاك اللهُ مجد الدين خيراً

جزاك اللهُ مجد الدين خيراً

عن العلياء المجدِ الأثيل

عن العلياء المجدِ الأثيل

May God reward you well, Majd al-Din,

May God reward you well, Majd al-Din,

for lofty honor—for glory deep-rooted.

For lofty honor and deep-rooted glory.

فلم تبرح عِصاماً عند خوفٍ

فلم تبرح عِصاماً عند خوفٍ

وجَدْبٍ للعُفاةِ وللنَّزيلِ

وجَدْبٍ للعُفاةِ وللنَّزيلِ

You have never ceased to be a mainstay in times of fear

For you have never ceased to be a safeguard in times of fear

and drought, for supplicants and guests.

And drought, for seekers of bounty and for the guest.

وأروعُ ما اشتريتَ به المعالي

وأروعُ ما اشتريتَ به المعالي

وحُزْتَ شَواردَ الذكرِ الجميلِ

وحُزْتَ شَواردَ الذكرِ الجميلِ

How splendid the deed with which you purchased high distinction

And the finest thing with which you bought high honors

and captured the far-roaming strains of fair renown:

And captured the far-roaming praises of fair renown

مساعدةُ ابن باكيرا عليٍّ

مساعدةُ ابن باكيرا عليٍّ

على ما نابَ من خطبٍ جَليلٍ

على ما نابَ من خطبٍ جَليلٍ

your aid to ʿAlī ibn Bākīrā

Was aiding Ali ibn Bakira

in the grave ordeal that befell him.

In facing the grave calamity that befell him.

حويْتَ به ثناءَ الحيِّ طُرَّاً

حويْتَ به ثناءَ الحيِّ طُرَّاً

وفُزْتَ لديهِ بالأجْر الجزيلِ

وفُزْتَ لديهِ بالأجْر الجزيلِ

Through it you gathered the praise of the whole community

Through this you won the praise of the whole community,

and won, in His sight, a bountiful reward.

And gained an abundant reward in His sight.

فتىً آباءهُ السُّحْبُ الغَوادي

فتىً آباءهُ السُّحْبُ الغَوادي

تجودُ بكل مُنْهمرٍ هَطولٍ

تجودُ بكل مُنْهمرٍ هَطولٍ

A youth whose forebears are the rain clouds of morning,

A youth whose fathers are the morning clouds,

lavishing every streaming, pelting shower.

Giving freely with every streaming, torrential downpour;

وقد حلَّتْ أثيرهُمُ سَجايا

وقد حلَّتْ أثيرهُمُ سَجايا

تفوقُ لطافةَ الخمْرِ الشَّمولِ

تفوقُ لطافةَ الخمْرِ الشَّمولِ

Their virtues have come to dwell in their cherished heir,

And virtues have adorned their cherished one,

surpassing the subtle grace of all-enfolding wine.

Surpassing the delicacy of all-pervading wine.

أعَدْتَ المجدَ مأهولاً أنيساً

أعَدْتَ المجدَ مأهولاً أنيساً

وكان كدارسِ الرَّبْع المَحيلِ

وكان كدارسِ الرَّبْع المَحيلِ

You restored glory, peopled and companionable,

You made glory inhabited and welcoming once more,

when it had been like the effaced remains of a desolate campsite.

And it had been like the faded ruins of a desolate dwelling.

وأوجبت الثناء على زمانٍ

وأوجبت الثناء على زمانٍ

شكى أبْناءهُ جَوْرَ البخيلِ

شكى أبْناءهُ جَوْرَ البخيلِ

And you made an age deserving of praise

And made praise incumbent upon an age

whose children had lamented the miser’s injustice.

Whose sons had lamented the miser's oppression.

وصدَّقت الرواةَ لكل ماضٍ

وصدَّقت الرواةَ لكل ماضٍ

قديمٍ بعد تكذيبٍ طويلِ

قديمٍ بعد تكذيبٍ طويلِ

You proved the transmitters truthful about every man

And proved the narrators truthful about every bygone figure

of ancient days, after long disbelief.

Of ancient days, after long disbelief.

فعشتَ مدى الزمانِ مُطاعَ أمْرٍ

فعشتَ مدى الزمانِ مُطاعَ أمْرٍ

نقيَّ العرْض كالسَّيْف الصَّقيلِ

نقيَّ العرْض كالسَّيْف الصَّقيلِ

So may you live throughout all time, your command obeyed,

So may you live for all time, your commands obeyed,

your honor stainless as a burnished sword.

Unsullied in honor, like a polished sword.