اذا موسمٌ عادت فوائدُ خيرهِ

اذا موسمٌ عادت فوائدُ خيرهِ

على الناس نال الخير منك المواسمُ

على الناس نال الخير منك المواسمُ

Whenever the benefits of a season's bounty return

When the season returns, its benefits

to the people, the seasons themselves receive bounty from you.

Come to people, seasons gained goodness from you

ملأتَ زمان الناس رِفْداً ونجدةً

ملأتَ زمان الناس رِفْداً ونجدةً

فبأسك مضَّاءٌ وجودكَ ساجم

فبأسك مضَّاءٌ وجودكَ ساجم

You have filled people's days with bounty and valiant aid;

You filled the time of people with plenty and help

for your might cuts keenly, and your generosity pours down.

So your valor is shining and your generosity pouring

وأصبحت من فرط التعفف والتقي

وأصبحت من فرط التعفف والتقي

كأنك طُول الدهرْ للهِ صائمُ

كأنك طُول الدهرْ للهِ صائمُ

And through your great self-restraint and piety, you have become

And you became from excessive chastity and piety

as though fasting for God throughout all time.

As if you fasted for God forever

اذا جفَّف الجدب البلاد وأمسكت

اذا جفَّف الجدب البلاد وأمسكت

عن القَطْرِ في أنوائهنَّ الغمائمُ

عن القَطْرِ في أنوائهنَّ الغمائمُ

When drought parches the land and the clouds withhold

When drought dries up the countries and holds back

rain in their appointed stellar seasons,

The rain in their clouds, the clouds

وأصبح لُجُّ الرافدين كأنه

وأصبح لُجُّ الرافدين كأنه

صَرى ثمدٍ غالتْ نَداهُ السَّمائم

صَرى ثمدٍ غالتْ نَداهُ السَّمائم

and the deep water of the Two Rivers becomes like

And the Tigris River becomes as if it is

stagnant water in a scant pool, its moisture consumed by scorching winds,

A bulging vein, its abundance blown away by the winds

فسيَّانِ بادٍ في المحلولِ وحاضرٌ

فسيَّانِ بادٍ في المحلولِ وحاضرٌ

وسيَّانِ غزلانُ المَلا والعَلاجمُ

وسيَّانِ غزلانُ المَلا والعَلاجمُ

then desert-dweller in the land and townsman fare alike,

So it flows in the undone and present

and alike are the gazelles of the wilderness and the frogs.

And gazelles of beauty and grace flow

فلا غدوةٌ اِلا خَبارٌ ووعْتَةٌ

فلا غدوةٌ اِلا خَبارٌ ووعْتَةٌ

تناهُبها أخْفافُها المناسمُ

تناهُبها أخْفافُها المناسمُ

No morning journey offers anything but loose earth and treacherous ground,

So no morning except good news and livelihood

which its camel-hooves—the footpads—vie to trample.

Shared among those whose hooves race the seasons

قريت الغنى والأمن من غير عِلَّةٍ

قريت الغنى والأمن من غير عِلَّةٍ

فلا الجور قتَّالٌ ولا المحلُ حارمُ

فلا الجور قتَّالٌ ولا المحلُ حارمُ

You have offered wealth and safety without ulterior motive,

I lived in prosperity and security without worries

so neither does oppression kill nor drought deprive.

So neither injustice a killer, nor the land forbidden

قِرى عضد الدين المُقرِّ بجودهِ

قِرى عضد الدين المُقرِّ بجودهِ

ونجدته صوبُ الحيا والصَّوارمُ

ونجدته صوبُ الحيا والصَّوارمُ

The hospitality of ʿAḍud al-Dīn, acknowledged for his generosity

The villages aided by his generosity

and valiant aid, is pouring rain and keen-edged swords.

And his help towards life and swords

فهُني شهر الصوم والدهرُ كلهُ

فهُني شهر الصوم والدهرُ كلهُ

به ما شدا فوق الأراكِ الحَمائمُ

به ما شدا فوق الأراكِ الحَمائمُ

So blessed be the month of fasting, and all time,

So it is the month of fasting and the whole life

through him, as long as doves sing above the arak trees.

Through it whatever soared above the treetops

مُطاع النَّواهي والأوامرِ تُتَّقى

مُطاع النَّواهي والأوامرِ تُتَّقى

سُطاه ويُرجى خيره وهو سالم

سُطاه ويُرجى خيره وهو سالم

He is obeyed in prohibitions and commands; feared

Obeyed prohibitions and commands are avoided

is his might, and hoped for his bounty, while he remains safe.

His authority, and his goodness hoped for, and he is well