Sol 6.1

  1. يا حُسْنَها منْ أرْبُعٍ ودِيارِ

    أضْحَتْ لباغي الأمْنِ دارَ قَرارِ

    Ah, how lovely its quarters and dwellings!

    It has become a home of repose for the seeker of safety.

  2. وجِبالِ عِزٍّ لا تذِلُّ أُنوفُها

    إلا لعِزِّ الواحِدِ القهّارِ

    And mountains of might, whose noses are never humbled

    save before the might of the One, the All-Subduer.

  3. ومقَرِّ توْحيدٍ وأسِّ خِلافَةٍ

    آثارُها تُنْبي عنِ الأخْبارِ

    And a seat of monotheism and a foundation of caliphal rule,

    its traces tell of its history.

  4. ما كُنْتُ أحْسَبُ أنّ أنْهارَ النّدى

    تجْري بِها في جُملَةِ الأنْهارِ

    I had not thought that rivers of generosity

    flowed through it among the rivers.

  5. ما كنتُ أحسَبُ أنّ أنْوار الحِجَى

    تلْتاحُ في قُنَنٍ وفي أحْجارِ

    I had not thought that the lights of reason

    shone on summits and in stones.

  6. مُحّتْ جوانِبَها البُرودُ وإنْ تكُنْ

    شبّتْ بِها الأعْداءُ جُذْوَةَ نارِ

    The mantles along its flanks were worn thin, although

    enemies had kindled a brand of fire within it.

  7. هُدّتْ بِناه في سَبيلِ وفائِها

    فكأنّها صرْعى بغَيْرِ عُقارِ

    Its buildings were razed in the cause of its loyalty,

    as though they lay prostrate, without wine.

  8. لمّا توعّدَها على المَجْدِ العِدى

    رضِيَتْ بعَيْثِ النّارِ لا بالعارِ

    When foes threatened it for its glory,

    it accepted fire's ravages, not disgrace.

  9. عمَرَتْ بحِلّة عامِرٍ وأعزِّها

    عبْدِ العزيزِ بمُرْهَفٍ بتّارِ

    It flourished with ʿĀmir's company and its mightiest man,

    ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, with a keen, cleaving blade.

  10. فَرَسا رِهانٍ أحْرَزوا قصَبَ النّدى

    والبأسَ في طَلْقٍ وفي مِضْمارِ

    Two racehorses, they carried off generosity's prize,

    and valor, in the running and upon the racecourse.

  11. ورثا عنِ النّدْبِ الكريمِ أبيهِما

    محْضَ الوَفاءِ ورِفْعَة المِقْدارِ

    They inherited from their gallant, generous father

    pure loyalty and high standing.

  12. وكذا الفُروعُ تَطولُ وهْيَ شَبيهةٌ

    بالأصْلِ في ورَقٍ وفي إثْمارِ

    And so branches grow tall, resembling

    the root in leaves and fruit-bearing.

  13. أزْرَتْ وُجوهُ الصّيدِ منْ هنْتاتَةٍ

    في جوِّها بمَطالِعِ الأقْمارِ

    The faces of Hintāta's proud chiefs put to shame

    the rising moons in its sky.

  14. للهِ أيُّ قَبيلةٍ تركَتْ لَها النُّظَرا

    ءُ دَعْوى الفخْرِ يوْمَ فَخارِ

    By God, what a tribe! Its peers conceded to it

    the claim to pride on the day of boasting.

  15. نصَرَتْ أميرَ المسْلِمينَ ومُلْكَهُ

    قد أسْلَمَتْهُ عَزائِمُ الأنْصارِ

    It supported the Commander of the Muslims and his realm,

    when the resolve of his supporters had abandoned him.

  16. آوَتْ عليّا عندَما ذهبَ الرّدى

    والرّوْعُ بالأسْماعِ والأبْصارِ

    It sheltered ʿAlī when death

    and terror robbed men of hearing and sight.

  17. وتَخاذَلَ الجيْشُ اللُّهامُ وأصْ

    بَحَ الأبطالُ بينَ تقاعُدٍ وفِرارِ

    And the vast army faltered, and

    the heroes became torn between holding back and flight.

  18. كُفِرَتْ صَنائِعُهُ فيمّمَ دارَها

    مُسْتَظْهِراً منْها بعِزِّ جِوارِ

    His favors were denied, so he made for its dwelling,

    seeking its support through the strength of sanctuary.

  19. وأقامَ بيْنَ ظُهورِه لا يتّقي

    وقْعَ الرّدى وقد ارْتَمى بشَرارِ

    And he dwelt in its midst, unafraid of

    death's stroke, though it hurled sparks.

  20. فكأنّها الأنْصارُ لمّا آنسَتْ

    فيما تقدّمَ غُرْبةَ المُخْتارِ

    Thus it was like the Anṣār, when they perceived

    the Chosen One's exile in days gone by.

  21. لمّا غدا لحْظاً وهُمْ أجفانُهُ

    نابَتْ شِفارُهُمُ عنِ الأشْفارِ

    When he became a gaze and they his eyelids,

    their sword-edges stood in place of eyelashes.

  22. حتى دعاهُ اللهُ بينَ بُيوتِهِمْ

    فأجابَ مُمْتَثِلاً لأمْرِ الباري

    Until God called him amid their homes,

    and he answered, obeying the Creator's command.

  23. أوْ كانَ يمنَعُ منع قضاءِ اللهِ ما

    خلَصَتْ إلَيْهِ نوافِذُ الأقْدارِ

    Or, had protection been able to bar God's decree,

    the piercing strokes of fate would not have reached him.

  24. قد كانَ يأمُلُ أن يُكافِئَ بعضَ ما

    أوْلَوْهُ لوْلا قاطِعُ الأعْمارِ

    He had hoped to repay some of what

    they bestowed upon him, but for the cutter of lives.

  25. ما كان يُقْنِعُهُ لوِ امْتدّ المَدى

    إلا القِيامُ بحقِّها منْ دارِ

    Nothing would have contented him, had his span been prolonged,

    except fulfilling its due as a dwelling.

  26. فيُعيدُ ذاكَ الماءَ ذائِبَ فِضّةٍ

    ويُعيدُ ذاكَ التّرْبَ ذوْبَ نُضارِ

    He would turn that water into molten silver,

    and turn that earth into melted gold,

  27. حتّى تفوزَ على النّوى أوْطانُها

    منْ غيْرِ ما ثُنْيا ولا اسْتِقْصارِ

    until its homelands prevailed despite their distance,

    without any exception or stinting.

  28. ما كان يرْضى الشّمسَ أو بدْرَ الدُّجى

    عنْ دِرْهمٍ فيهِمْ ولا دِينارِ

    He would not be content with the sun or the full moon of night

    in place of a dirham for them, nor a dinar;

  29. أو أنْ يتوِّجَ أو يُقلِّدَ هامَها

    ونُحورَها بأهِلّةٍ ودَراري

    nor with crowning their heads or adorning

    their throats with crescents and radiant stars.

  30. حقٌّ على المَوْلى ابْنِهِ إيثارُ ما

    بَذَلوهُ منْ نصْرٍ ومنْ إيثارِ

    His son, the lord, is duty-bound to honor what

    they bestowed of support and selfless devotion.

  31. فلمِثْلِها ذُخِرَ الجَزاءُ ومثْلُهُ

    مَنْ لا يُضيعُ صَنائِعَ الأحْرارِ

    For one like it, recompense is reserved; and one like him

    does not squander the favors of noble men.

  32. وهوَ الذي يَقْضي الدّيونَ ومثْلُهُ

    يُرْضيهِ في علنٍ وفي إسْرارِ

    He is the one who settles debts; and one like him

    pleases him, openly and in secret.

  33. حتّى تُحَجَّ محَلّةٌ رفَعوا بِها

    علَمَ الوَفاءِ لأعْيُنِ النُّظّارِ

    Until pilgrimage is made to the dwelling where they raised

    the banner of loyalty before the eyes of onlookers.

  34. فيَصيرُ منْها البيْتُ بيْتاً ثانياً

    للطّائِفينَ إليْهِ أيَّ بِدارِ

    Its house then becomes a second House

    for those who circle it, rushing to it with all haste.

  35. تَعْنى قُلوبُ القوْمِ عنْ هَدْيٍ بِهِ

    ودُموعُهُمْ تكْفي لرَمْيِ جِمارِ

    The people's hearts suffer there in place of sacrificial offerings,

    and their tears suffice for casting the pebbles.

  36. حُيّيتِ منْ دارٍ تكفّلَ سعْيُها

    المَحْمودُ بالزّلْفى وعُقْبى الدارِ

    Hail to you, dwelling whose striving

    is praiseworthy and secures nearness and the final abode's reward.

  37. وُضِعَتْ عليْكِ منَ الإلاهِ عِنايةٌ

    ما كرّ ليْلٌ فيكِ إثْرَ نَهارِ

    God's care has been laid upon you,

    as long as night returns over you in the wake of day.