فضَلْتَ تهانيَ الأيامِ طُرَّاً

فضَلْتَ تهانيَ الأيامِ طُرَّاً

فضاقَ بمدحِ عَلْياكَ الكلامُ

فضاقَ بمدحِ عَلْياكَ الكلامُ

You surpass all the felicitations of the days,

You have surpassed the best wishes of days, sublime,

so speech falls short of praising your lofty rank.

My praise for you has exhausted speech,

وفُقْتَ بني النَّدى والبأسِ حتى

وفُقْتَ بني النَّدى والبأسِ حتى

حَسوداك الصَّوارِمُ والغَمامُ

حَسوداك الصَّوارِمُ والغَمامُ

And you surpassed the sons of generosity and valor, so that

You have succeeded between softness and firmness until

keen swords and clouds are your two enviers.

Even your jealous rivals and the clouds are awed by you.

فأنت لِكُلِّ مَجْدِبَةٍ قِطارٌ

فأنت لِكُلِّ مَجْدِبَةٍ قِطارٌ

وأنت لكُلِّ مُجْلِبَةٍ هُمامُ

وأنت لكُلِّ مُجْلِبَةٍ هُمامُ

So you are rain for every drought-stricken land,

For every asker you are a rain-bursting cloud,

and a valiant champion for every clamorous battle.

For every respondent you are an obliging keeper of trusts.

تُبيحُ تَبَرُّعاً نَصْراً وَرِفْداً

تُبيحُ تَبَرُّعاً نَصْراً وَرِفْداً

إذا نكَصَ الجَحافلُ والكِرامُ

إذا نكَصَ الجَحافلُ والكِرامُ

You freely grant aid and bounty

You volunteer help and supply whenever hosts retreat and nobles withdraw.

when great armies and generous men retreat.

Your possession rules the plains therein,

فمالُكَ يَحْكُمُ العافونَ فيهِ

فمالُكَ يَحْكُمُ العافونَ فيهِ

وجارُكَ بالخَسيفةِ لا يُرامُ

وجارُكَ بالخَسيفةِ لا يُرامُ

So those seeking bounty have command of your wealth,

And your neighbor in al-Khasifah cannot be touched.

and your protected neighbor is never subjected to disgrace.

The thought of glorious deeds makes your warriors flee

يَفِرُّ كَراكَ منْ فكرِ المَعالي

يَفِرُّ كَراكَ منْ فكرِ المَعالي

إذا ما طابَ للنَّكسِ المَنامُ

إذا ما طابَ للنَّكسِ المَنامُ

Your slumber flees from thoughts of lofty deeds,

Whenever the thought of fleeing seems sweet.

when sleep is sweet to the weakling.

So the sultanate of sleep among them is a fugitive,

فسُلْطانُ الرُّقادِ بها طَريدٌ

فسُلْطانُ الرُّقادِ بها طَريدٌ

لهُ منها فِرارٌ وانْهِزامُ

لهُ منها فِرارٌ وانْهِزامُ

So the sovereign of slumber is banished by them;

Having from it flight and retreat.

his lot is to flee from them in defeat.

And the sun of your opinion rises in the darkness

وتطلعُ شمسُ رأيكَ في الدَّياجي

وتطلعُ شمسُ رأيكَ في الدَّياجي

فَتَجْلوها وما انْجابَ الظَّلامُ

فَتَجْلوها وما انْجابَ الظَّلامُ

And the sun of your judgment rises in the dark nights,

And illuminates it though gloom had not withdrawn.

illuminating them though the darkness has not lifted.

Every towering, lofty palm tree

فتَفْرَعُ كلَّ شامخةٍ كَؤَودٍ

فتَفْرَعُ كلَّ شامخةٍ كَؤَودٍ

يَزِلُّ الطَّيْرُ عنها والسِّامُ

يَزِلُّ الطَّيْرُ عنها والسِّامُ

Thus you surmount every lofty, arduous peak,

Has its birds and poisonous vermin take flight.

from which birds and bamboo shafts slip away.

For the lord of many tents there is a land of highness,

عُلاً للصاحبِ الجحْجاحِ أرضٌ

عُلاً للصاحبِ الجحْجاحِ أرضٌ

وعند سِواهُ رضْوى أو شَمامُ

وعند سِواهُ رضْوى أو شَمامُ

Such heights are level ground to the magnanimous lord,

While by others there is only pleasure or insignificance.

but to anyone else they are Radwa or Shamam.

He has gained glorious qualities by effort and labor,

مكارِمُ حازَها نجْراً وسَعْياً

مكارِمُ حازَها نجْراً وسَعْياً

فهُنَّ له جليلاتٌ ضِخامُ

فهُنَّ له جليلاتٌ ضِخامُ

Noble virtues he attained by birth and striving,

So for him they are magnificent pillars.

and they are his—exalted and immense.

Abu-l Faraj the advocate possessed them

تَمَلَّكها أبو الفَرَجِ المُحامي

تَمَلَّكها أبو الفَرَجِ المُحامي

إذا ذلَّ المُثَقَّفُ والحُسامُ

إذا ذلَّ المُثَقَّفُ والحُسامُ

Abu al-Faraj, the defender, has made them his own,

When the cultured and the swordsmen were humbled.

when the straightened spear and keen sword are humbled.

And so every feast and holiday has congratulated

فهُنِّيَ كُلُّ ما عَشْرٍ وعِيدٍ

فهُنِّيَ كُلُّ ما عَشْرٍ وعِيدٍ

به ما اهْتَزَّ للرِّيحِ الثُّمامُ

به ما اهْتَزَّ للرِّيحِ الثُّمامُ

So may every ten-day season and festival receive congratulations

Him when even the hot wind was still.

on his account, as long as thumam grass sways in the wind.