سرور عم حتى ما عرفنا

مهني العالمين من المهنا

Joy spread everywhere, until we could no longer distinguish

the one congratulating all mankind from the one congratulated.

وافراح تروى الدهر منها

وصفق وانثنى طربا وغنى

And festivities from which Time drank its fill,

then clapped, swayed with delight, and sang.

وهز الملك عطفيه اختيالا

كما هز النسيم الرطب غضنا

And kingship swayed its shoulders in pride,

as the moist breeze sways a bough.

واقبلت الخلافة وهي تيها

تبختر مشية وتجر ردنا

And the caliphate approached in all her pride,

swaggering in her gait and trailing a sleeve.

هنيئا للممالك يوم طهر

ملا الافاق احسانا وحسنا

Joy to the kingdoms on a day of purification,

that filled the horizons with bounty and beauty.

اقرعيون أهل الأرض فيه

سرور لم يدع في الأرض حزنا

On it, the eyes of the earth's people were gladdened

by a joy that left no sorrow on earth.

ولم يختص قطرا دون قطر

ولكن عمهم سهراً وحزنا

It was not confined to one region rather than another,

but embraced them all, on plains and rugged ground.

لقد رأت الخلافة من بنيها

بحمد الله ما كانت تمنى

Indeed, the caliphate saw in her sons,

praise be to God, what she had wished for.

رأت أشبال ضيغمها لديه

مشابهة له صورا ومعنى

She saw her lion's cubs beside him,

resembling him in form and character.

ومن يشبه أباه فما تعدى

وهل للأسد إلا الأسد ابنا

Whoever resembles his father has not strayed;

and can a lion have any son but a lion?

لقد نشر الختان الفضل عنهم

وصرح عن شهامتهم وكنا

Circumcision indeed proclaimed their excellence,

and declared their valor plainly and by allusion.

مشوا نحو الحديد بلا احتفال

وقد شحذ الحديد لهم وسنا

They walked toward the iron blade without a care,

though it had been honed and sharpened for them.

فما ارتعدت فرائصهم لديه

ولا نكصوا على الأعقاب جبنا

Their flesh did not tremble before it,

nor did they retreat on their heels in cowardice.

ولكن زاد أوجههم ضياء

وأجزل في طلاقتهم واسنا

Rather, it made their faces more radiant,

and richly heightened their cheerful bearing.

فلا تتعجبوا لمضاه فيهم

فإن رضاهم قد كان اذنا

So do not marvel at its cutting them:

for their consent was permission.

ولو نظروا الحديد بعين سخط

تصدع واكتسى ذلا وهنا

Had they looked upon the iron with an angry eye,

it would have shattered and clothed itself in humiliation and weakness.

أبا العباس هذا يوم نحرٍ

أقمت بذكره للملك وزنا

Abu al-Abbas, this is a day of sacrifice;

by commemorating it, you gave kingship weight.

نحرت لأجله الأكياس تبراً

إذا نحر الملوك إليه بدنا

For its sake, you sacrificed purses of gold,

when kings sacrificed camels for it.

وجادت سحب جودك واستهلت

على العافين من هنّا وهنّا

The clouds of your generosity poured down and streamed

upon those seeking bounty, from here and there.

وما من بعد هذا الطهر إلا

بلوغهم بك العيش المهنا

After this purification, nothing remains but

their attaining, through you, a life of ease,

وتشريف مراكيبا ولبسا

وإقطاع أقاليما ومدنا

honors in mounts and clothing,

and grants of provinces and cities as fiefs.

وتودهم العوادي للإعادي

وكل كتيبة جشاء رعنا

And steeds that charge the enemy yearn for them,

as does every mighty, densely massed battalion.

فللإِقطاع نحوهم اشتياق

إذاب حشا العلا وجدا وأضنى

For the fiefs feel a longing for them

that melted glory's heart with yearning and exhausted it.

فبشرى للمراتب والمعالي

بأشرف من بهم رتبا يهنا

Glad tidings, then, to ranks and lofty honors,

for the noblest men whose presence gladdens rank,

وأكرم من تمد إليه طرفا

وتصغى نحوه العلياء أذنا

and the most generous, toward whom a gaze is turned,

and toward whom lofty glory inclines an ear.

ومن يك فرع إسمعيل أمسى

وأعلى كل فرع منه أدنى

Whoever is a branch of Ismail finds himself

with the highest of every branch standing below him.

ولم يحوجه ملك أبيه سعيا

إلى شرف يشاد له وَيُبنى

His father's kingship has left him no need to strive

for honor to be raised and built for him.

غنوا بك عن مجاذبة الأماني

وهم لك عن حديث النفس أعني

Through you they need not wrestle with wishes,

and they spare you still more the need for inward wishing.

وهل من مفخر لم يبلغوه

فيعذر فيه من منهم تمنى

Is there any glory they have not attained,

for which one of them might be excused for longing?

معاذ الله أنتم أهل بيت

سرور الفخر ان ترضوه قنا

God forbid! You are people of a house—

Glory rejoices if you accept it as a slave.

الم أن نسود بك البرايا

إذا بشريف خدمتك افتخرنا

Is it not through you that we become lords of mankind,

when we take pride in the honor of serving you?

ترجينا الأنام وتتقينا

لديك ونحن نعرف كيف كنا

Mankind places its hopes in us and fears us

in your presence, though we know what we once were.

بلغنا من جوارك ما أردنا

ولو شئنا السماء إذا بلغنا

Through your protection, we attained all we desired,

and had we wished for the sky, we would have reached it.

ادام الله عيشك في نعيم

تلذ به وامراه واهنا

May God prolong your life in bliss

that you savor, and make it wholesome and happy;

وبلغهم بعزك ما أرادوا

وبلغنا بجودك ما أردنا

and through your might let them attain what they desired,

and through your generosity let us attain what we desired.