ألقى على كرسيهِ أجسادا

ألقى على كرسيهِ أجسادا

مولاه تذكرة له وأَعادا

مولاه تذكرة له وأَعادا

Bodies were cast upon his throne

He threw bodies upon his throne

by his Lord, as a reminder to him; and He restored him.

As a reminder to him, and he repeated

وإذا أحبَّ الله عبداً زادهٍ

وإذا أحبَّ الله عبداً زادهٍ

بالامتحان له هدى ورشادا

بالامتحان له هدى ورشادا

And when God loves a servant, He grants him more

And if God loves a servant, He increases him

guidance and right direction through trials.

With trials, guidance and righteousness

ما ضاع ما يمسى عليه محافظاً

ما ضاع ما يمسى عليه محافظاً

أعنى الصلاة وتلكم الأورادا

أعنى الصلاة وتلكم الأورادا

What he diligently observes each evening has not been lost—

Nothing is lost that is under protection in the evening

I mean prayer and those litanies.

I mean the prayers and litanies

ولقد علمت وقد علمنا أَنه

ولقد علمت وقد علمنا أَنه

لسواك مكة لا تكون بلادا

لسواك مكة لا تكون بلادا

And you have surely learned, as we too have learned, that

And we knew, and you knew, that

Mecca is no homeland for anyone but you.

Except you, Mecca, no place can be a homeland

عادت وأَنت بها أَحق وأَهلها

عادت وأَنت بها أَحق وأَهلها

تشكي البعاد وتنقص الأجدادا

تشكي البعاد وتنقص الأجدادا

Once more—though you are most entitled to it and worthy of it—

It has returned while you are in it, most deserving and its people

it laments separation and decries fortune.

Complain of separation and lack of ancestors

ما الغابَ إلاّ للهزبر ولا يرى

ما الغابَ إلاّ للهزبر ولا يرى

للبدر في غير السما تردادا

للبدر في غير السما تردادا

The forest is for the lion alone, and no one sees

Nothing was absent but for preparation, and the full moon does not see

the full moon roaming anywhere but the sky.

In any sky but its own, repetition

مهلاً بنى حسن فما حسن بكم

مهلاً بنى حسن فما حسن بكم

الا ترى حسن بكم استادا

الا ترى حسن بكم استادا

Gently, sons of Hasan! Nothing befits you

Wait, O sons of Hassan, for the beauty in you

but to see Hasan as your master.

Can you not see the beauty in you as a pillar?

هو حظكم والحظ إن فات امرؤ

هو حظكم والحظ إن فات امرؤ

وجفاه أوسعه الزمانُ عِنادا

وجفاه أوسعه الزمانُ عِنادا

He is your good fortune; if fortune eludes a man

It is your fortune, and if fortune misses a man

and shuns him, time heaps hostility upon him.

And deserts him, time makes up for it with obstinacy

ما الترك تاركة أنوفاً شمخاً

ما الترك تاركة أنوفاً شمخاً

حتى تدوم بذلةٍ وتفادا

حتى تدوم بذلةٍ وتفادا

The Turks will not leave upturned noses alone

The Turks did not leave the lofty noses

until they remain in humiliation and are ransomed.

Until they endured humiliation and evasion

من لم يقده في البرية سيدٌ

من لم يقده في البرية سيدٌ

من قومه أودى به من قادا

من قومه أودى به من قادا

Whoever, among mankind, is not led by a chief

Whoever is not led in the wilderness by a leader

of his own people is ruined by whoever leads him.

Of his people, is destroyed by whoever leads

عودوا على أحسابكم وتداركوا

عودوا على أحسابكم وتداركوا

عزاً بكم قد مات أَو قد كادا

عزاً بكم قد مات أَو قد كادا

Return to your ancestral honors, and rescue

Return to your accounts and make up

a glory that has died among you, or nearly has.

For glory through you that died or almost died

هذا التخاذلُ بينكم صرتم به

هذا التخاذلُ بينكم صرتم به

عون لكم عون على من عادا

عون لكم عون على من عادا

This mutual desertion among you has made you

This defeatism among you has made you

a help to yourselves, a help against whoever is hostile.

A help to those who opposed you

فصلوا عرى رحم نهى عن قطعها

فصلوا عرى رحم نهى عن قطعها

من لم يخلّف منكمُ أولادا

من لم يخلّف منكمُ أولادا

So join the bonds of kinship whose severance was forbidden

Reconcile the ties of womb-relations whose severance is forbidden

by one who left no children among you.

Whoever among you did not leave behind children

ولكم موال قال فيهم أَنهم

ولكم موال قال فيهم أَنهم

كنفوسكم يعني بها القوادا

كنفوسكم يعني بها القوادا

And you have retainers of whom he said that they

And you have masters, of whom it is said

are like your own selves—by that he means the commanders.

They are like your own souls, meaning leaders

ما فات فات فاشتروا لعيالكم

ما فات فات فاشتروا لعيالكم

وتواصلوا لا تشمتوا الحسادا

وتواصلوا لا تشمتوا الحسادا

What is past is past; make purchases for your dependents,

What is lost is lost, so buy for your families

and maintain your bonds; do not let the envious gloat.

And keep in touch, do not let the envious gloat

ما في افتراق القول إلا أنه

ما في افتراق القول إلا أنه

يوهيكم ويقوّم الأضدادا

يوهيكم ويقوّم الأضدادا

There is nothing in divided counsel except that

In divergence of opinion there is only

it weakens you and strengthens your adversaries.

Weakness for you and empowerment of enemies

لا تصبحوا كالنار يأكل بعضها

لا تصبحوا كالنار يأكل بعضها

من بعضها حتى تصير رمادا

من بعضها حتى تصير رمادا

Do not become like fire, whose parts consume

Do not become in the morning like fire, some of it

one another until it turns to ashes.

Eating some of it until it becomes ashes

وليرعَ بعضكم لبعض حقهُ

وليرعَ بعضكم لبعض حقهُ

إِ ن التّجافي يورثُ الأحقادا

إِ ن التّجافي يورثُ الأحقادا

And let each of you honor the other's right;

And let some of you fulfill the rights of others

indeed, estrangement breeds grudges.

For estrangement begets hatreds

وامشوا على الآثار من أسلافكم

وامشوا على الآثار من أسلافكم

من زاد في الإِنصاف زيد ودادا

من زاد في الإِنصاف زيد ودادا

And walk in the footsteps of your forebears:

And walk in the steps of your ancestors

whoever grows in fairness is granted greater affection.

Who increased in justice, increased affection

العفوُ والصفحُ الجميل نوالكم

العفوُ والصفحُ الجميل نوالكم

لا بغي أورثتم ولا إفسادا

لا بغي أورثتم ولا إفسادا

Forgiveness and gracious pardon are your bounty;

Forgiveness and pardon are your assets

you have inherited neither tyranny nor corruption.

Not injustice you inherited or corruption you began

وحميةَ الجهال قد ماتت بكم

وحميةَ الجهال قد ماتت بكم

فحذارِ ان تحيى بكم وتعادا

فحذارِ ان تحيى بكم وتعادا

And the heated pride of the ignorant has died among you;

And ignorant zealotry has died in you

so beware lest it revive among you and return.

So beware if you revive it and repeat it

ما العارُ في الحلم الذي يطفي اللظى

ما العارُ في الحلم الذي يطفي اللظى

وتزيده أمواهه إخمادا

وتزيده أمواهه إخمادا

There is no shame in forbearance that quenches the blaze,

There is no shame in the clemency that calms fury

and whose waters quench it ever more.

And its gentleness increases its extinguishment

العارُ في جهل تثير رياحهُ

العارُ في جهل تثير رياحهُ

نار العدى ويزيدها إيقادا

نار العدى ويزيدها إيقادا

Shame lies in folly whose winds stir up

The shame is in the ignorance that arouses

the foes' fire and kindle it still more.

The winds of enmity’s fire and kindles it more

حسن لكم عزٌ إذا ما سادكَم

حسن لكم عزٌ إذا ما سادكَم

تهوى البيوت إِذا عدمنَ عمادا

تهوى البيوت إِذا عدمنَ عمادا

Hasan is your glory when he rules you;

Good for you is honor when you are led

houses collapse when they lack a supporting pillar.

By one who aspires for houses when columns are lacking

لا تفلح الأَشيا بغيرِ مدبّرٍ

لا تفلح الأَشيا بغيرِ مدبّرٍ

عدم البقا قوم عدوا امدادا

عدم البقا قوم عدوا امدادا

Things do not prosper without a steward;

Affairs do not prosper without an arranger

a people reckoned as reinforcements lacks lasting life.

The lack of permanency of a people who counted on supplies

ودعوا الرياسةَ منكم لمؤملٍ

ودعوا الرياسةَ منكم لمؤملٍ

يعتادُ أن لا يخلفَ الميعادا

يعتادُ أن لا يخلفَ الميعادا

And leave leadership among you to one in whom you place hope,

And leave the leadership among you to one hopeful

whose habit is never to break a promise.

Who is wont not to miss the appointed time

وله من الله المهيمنِ عادةٌ

وله من الله المهيمنِ عادةٌ

الله مجريه على ما اعتادا

الله مجريه على ما اعتادا

And God, the Guardian, has a custom concerning him;

And from God, the Overseer, he has the habit

God carries him along his accustomed course.

Of God making him proceed as he is wont

لا تطمعوا في أن يكون صلاحكم

لا تطمعوا في أن يكون صلاحكم

بالاختلاف الموجب الإِفسادا

بالاختلاف الموجب الإِفسادا

Do not hope that your welfare will come

Do not covet that your correction be

through discord, which brings corruption.

Through differing, which causes corruption

إن الضلالة لا تجرُّ إِلى هدى

إن الضلالة لا تجرُّ إِلى هدى

والغيُّ لا يجدي عليك رشادا

والغيُّ لا يجدي عليك رشادا

Indeed, misguidance does not lead to guidance,

Verily misguidance does not lead to guidance

and waywardness brings you no right direction.

And deviation does not avail you advice

الملك يؤتيهِ المهيمنُ من يشا

الملك يؤتيهِ المهيمنُ من يشا

والحرصُ منك يزدك عنهُ بعادا

والحرصُ منك يزدك عنهُ بعادا

The Guardian grants kingship to whomever He wills;

Sovereignty is granted by the Overseer whom He wills

and ambition on your part increases your distance from it.

And greed distances you further from it

خلّو الرياسة للذي جعلت له

خلّو الرياسة للذي جعلت له

وارضوا وكونوا للإِله عِبادا

وارضوا وكونوا للإِله عِبادا

Leave leadership to the one to whom it was assigned,

Leave the leadership to the one for whom it

and be content, and be servants of God.

Was made, and consent, and be worshipers of God