كَيفَ نَخافُ الفَقرَ يا طَيبَ بَعدَما

كَيفَ نَخافُ الفَقرَ يا طَيبَ بَعدَما

أَتَتنا بِنَصرٍ مِن هَراةَ مَقادِرُه

أَتَتنا بِنَصرٍ مِن هَراةَ مَقادِرُه

How can we fear poverty, O Tayb, now that

How can we fear poverty, O virtuous one, after

the decrees of his fate have brought us Nasr from Herat?

Victory has come to us from the decrees of fate?

وَإِن يَأتِنا نَصرٌ مِنَ التُركِ سالِماً

وَإِن يَأتِنا نَصرٌ مِنَ التُركِ سالِماً

فَما بَعدَ نَصرٍ غائِبٌ أَنا ناظِرُه

فَما بَعدَ نَصرٍ غائِبٌ أَنا ناظِرُه

And if Nasr comes to us safe from the Turks,

And if victory comes to us from the Turks unharmed,

then, after Nasr, there is no absent man I await.

Then, after this absent victory, I am its awaiter.

تَنَظَّرتُ نَصراً وَالسِماكَينِ أَيهُما

تَنَظَّرتُ نَصراً وَالسِماكَينِ أَيهُما

عَلَيَّ مِنَ الغَيثِ اِستَهَلَّت مَواطِرُه

عَلَيَّ مِنَ الغَيثِ اِستَهَلَّت مَواطِرُه

I awaited Nasr and the two Simak stars, to see which of the two

I awaited victory while the Two Seas - which of them

would have its rain-clouds pour rain upon me.

Would rain down victory upon me from its clouds?

مَضى كَمُضِيِّ السَيفِ مِن كَفِّ حازِمٍ

مَضى كَمُضِيِّ السَيفِ مِن كَفِّ حازِمٍ

عَلى الأَمرِ إِذ ضاقَت عَلَينا مَصادِرُه

عَلى الأَمرِ إِذ ضاقَت عَلَينا مَصادِرُه

He advanced like a sword from a resolute man's hand,

It passed like the flash of a sword in a resolute hand

to tackle the matter, when its ways out narrowed for us.

When its means were straitened against us.

إِذا ما أَبى نَصرٌ أَبَت خِندِفٌ لَهُ

إِذا ما أَبى نَصرٌ أَبَت خِندِفٌ لَهُ

وَقَد عَزَّ مَن نَصرٌ إِذا خافَ ناصِرُه

وَقَد عَزَّ مَن نَصرٌ إِذا خافَ ناصِرُه

Whenever Nasr refuses, Khindif refuses for him,

If victory refuses, so does Khindif refuse it,

and mighty is whoever has Nasr as his defender when afraid.

And he whose victory fears grows mighty.

إِذا ما اِبنُ سَيّارٍ دَعا خِندِفَ الَّتي

إِذا ما اِبنُ سَيّارٍ دَعا خِندِفَ الَّتي

لَها مِن أَعَزَّ المَشرِقَينِ قَساوِرُه

لَها مِن أَعَزَّ المَشرِقَينِ قَساوِرُه

When Ibn Sayyar summons Khindif, to whom

When Ibn Sayyar called on Khindif, whose

belong the lions of the mightiest in the two Easts,

Bracelets were the proudest of the Two Easts,

أَتَتهُ عَلى الجُردِ الهَذاليلِ فَوقَها

أَتَتهُ عَلى الجُردِ الهَذاليلِ فَوقَها

دُروعُ سُلَيمانٍ لَها وَمَغافِرُه

دُروعُ سُلَيمانٍ لَها وَمَغافِرُه

they come to him on sleek, long-limbed steeds; upon them

She came to him on the barren hills, over them

are their coats of Solomon's mail and his helmets.

Were Solomon’s coats of mail and their forgiveness.

أَرى الناسَ مِنّا رَبُّهُم حينَ تَلتَقي

أَرى الناسَ مِنّا رَبُّهُم حينَ تَلتَقي

إِلى زَمزَمٍ رُكبانُ نَجدٍ وَغائِرُه

إِلى زَمزَمٍ رُكبانُ نَجدٍ وَغائِرُه

I see that the people's lord is one of us, when there meet

I see people taking us for their Lord when

at Zamzam the riders of Najd and its lowlands.

The riders of Najd and its ravines meet at Zamzam.

لَنا كُلُّ بِطريقٍ إِذا قامَ لَم يَقُم

لَنا كُلُّ بِطريقٍ إِذا قامَ لَم يَقُم

مِنَ الناسِ إِلّا قائِمٌ هُوَ آمِرُه

مِنَ الناسِ إِلّا قائِمٌ هُوَ آمِرُه

Every patrician is ours; when he rises, no one rises

Each of us, when he stands, none else stands

among the people except one whom he commands.

Of the people except he who commands him.

هُوَ المالِكُ المَهدِيُّ وَالسابِقُ الَّذي

هُوَ المالِكُ المَهدِيُّ وَالسابِقُ الَّذي

لَهُ أَوَّلُ المَجدِ التَليدِ وَآخِرُه

لَهُ أَوَّلُ المَجدِ التَليدِ وَآخِرُه

He is the sovereign, the rightly guided, the foremost, who

He is the King, the Mahdi, and the foremost

holds the beginning and the end of ancestral glory.

To whom belongs the first and last glory.

تَنَظَّرتُ نَصراً أَن يَجيءَ وَإِن يَجِئ

تَنَظَّرتُ نَصراً أَن يَجيءَ وَإِن يَجِئ

فَإِنّي كَمَن قَد مَرَّ بِالسَعدِ طائِرُه

فَإِنّي كَمَن قَد مَرَّ بِالسَعدِ طائِرُه

I awaited Nasr's coming; and if he comes,

I awaited victory in hopes it would come, and if it comes

then I am like one whose omen-bird has flown with good fortune.

Then I am like one fortune’s bird has passed over.

رَجَوتُ نَدى نَصرٍ وَدونَ يَمينِهِ

رَجَوتُ نَدى نَصرٍ وَدونَ يَمينِهِ

فُراتانِ وَالطافي بِبَلخٍ قَراقِرُه

فُراتانِ وَالطافي بِبَلخٍ قَراقِرُه

I hoped for Nasr's bounty, though between me and his right hand

I hoped for the dew of victory, and below its right side

lie two Euphrates, and the stream whose large ships float at Balkh.

Are the Euphrates and Tigris flowing through Balkh.

فَأَصبَحتُ أَعطى الناسِ لِلخَيرِ وَالقِرى

فَأَصبَحتُ أَعطى الناسِ لِلخَيرِ وَالقِرى

عَلَيهِ لِأَضيافٍ وَجارٍ يُجاوِرُه

عَلَيهِ لِأَضيافٍ وَجارٍ يُجاوِرُه

So I became the most generous of people in goodness and hospitality,

I have become the most generous of people to goodness and towns

at his expense, for guests and a neighbor living beside him.

With hospitality to guests and neighborly friendship.

أَلَم تَرَ مَن يَختارُ نَصراً جَرَت لَهُ

أَلَم تَرَ مَن يَختارُ نَصراً جَرَت لَهُ

بِسَعدِ السُعودِ الخَيرِ بِالخَيرِ طائِرُه

بِسَعدِ السُعودِ الخَيرِ بِالخَيرِ طائِرُه

Have you not seen how, for whoever chooses Nasr, there flies

Have you not seen that he who chooses victory finds

his omen-bird with good fortune, under auspicious Sa'd al-Su'ud?

The good fortune of bliss chase its bird over him?