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الكامل

الكامل

And he also said:

The abode of sovereignty is a protected swordsmanship

The Kāmil meter.

Fortified, blessed in its foundation

مَرسى السِيادَةِ سُدَّةٌ سَيفِيَّةٌ

مَرسى السِيادَةِ سُدَّةٌ سَيفِيَّةٌ

مَحروسَةٌ مَسعودَةُ التَأسيسِ

مَحروسَةٌ مَسعودَةُ التَأسيسِ

Sovereignty's anchorage is a Sayfian portal,

A sword that gladdens you, its sheath and unsheathing

guarded and auspicious in its founding.

For an evening of Yūsuf and capturing souls

سَيفٌ يَسُرُّكَ سُلُّهُ وَسُؤالهُ

سَيفٌ يَسُرُّكَ سُلُّهُ وَسُؤالهُ

لِمَساءَةٍ يوسي وَسَلبِ نُفوسِ

لِمَساءَةٍ يوسي وَسَلبِ نُفوسِ

A sword: unsheathing it and petitioning him delight you,

It surpassed the elite with conduct and path

for causing distress [yūsī: unclear as written] and taking souls.

Two envied traits as it walked like a chief

سَبقَ السَراةَ بِسيرَةٍ وَسَريرَةٍ

سَبقَ السَراةَ بِسيرَةٍ وَسَريرَةٍ

مَحسودَتَينِ وَسارَ سَيرَ رَئيسِ

مَحسودَتَينِ وَسارَ سَيرَ رَئيسِ

He outstripped the nobles in conduct and inward character,

Its path was virtuous, its lineage sacred

both envied, and followed a leader's course.

And it ascended with ancestors, elite horsemen

حَسُنَت سَريرَتُهُ قُدّسَ سِنخُهُ

حَسُنَت سَريرَتُهُ قُدّسَ سِنخُهُ

وَسَما بِأَسلافٍ سَراةٍ شوسِ

وَسَما بِأَسلافٍ سَراةٍ شوسِ

His inward character was fair; his stock was hallowed,

Ancestors of masters, it ascended their session

and he rose through noble, proud forebears.

The head of the dais and seat of instruction

أَسلافِ ساداتٍ سَما بِجُلوسِهِم

أَسلافِ ساداتٍ سَما بِجُلوسِهِم

رَأسُ السَريرِ وَمَسنَدُ التَدريسِ

رَأسُ السَريرِ وَمَسنَدُ التَدريسِ

Forebears, lords, whose sitting exalted

Had they ruled and renewed with intelligence, no

the head of the throne and the chair of teaching.

Repealed inscription of its studied design

وَلَو سادوا وَاِستَجَدّوا لِلسَخا ال

وَلَو سادوا وَاِستَجَدّوا لِلسَخا ال

مَنسوخِ طاسِم رَسمِهِ المَدروسِ

مَنسوخِ طاسِم رَسمِهِ المَدروسِ

And even if they ruled and revived generosity—

They instituted generosity so their asking exceeded

abolished, its worn traces effaced—

Thus their benevolence was harm with the weak

سَنّوا السَماحَ فَأَسرَفَت سُؤّالَهُم

سَنّوا السَماحَ فَأَسرَفَت سُؤّالَهُم

فَإِساءَةٌ إِحسانُهُم بِالعيسِ

فَإِساءَةٌ إِحسانُهُم بِالعيسِ

they instituted largesse, and their petitioners grew extravagant;

And the flowing train of clouds is likened

so their beneficence was harm to the pale camels.

To its magnanimity and hail of the heathen

وَيَسُرُّ سارِيَةَ السَحابِ قِياسُها

وَيَسُرُّ سارِيَةَ السَحابِ قِياسُها

بِسَماحِهِ وَبِسَيبِهِ المَبجوسِ

بِسَماحِهِ وَبِسَيبِهِ المَبجوسِ

The night-roaming cloud delights in being compared

While the clouds withhold, I cannot compare them

with his generosity and his gushing bounty.

To torrents of hail to the reserved clouds

وَالسُحبُ مُمسكَةٌ فَلَستُ أَقيسُها

وَالسُحبُ مُمسكَةٌ فَلَستُ أَقيسُها

بِسيولِ سَيبٍ لِلسَّحابِ خَبوسِ

بِسيولِ سَيبٍ لِلسَّحابِ خَبوسِ

And the clouds withhold their rain, so I do not compare them

A delight to eloquent tongues, an evening that

with torrents of bounty that hold the clouds in check.

Surpassed the horses of night and the wise

فَمَسَرَّةٌ لِلمُسنِتينَ مَساءَةٌ

فَمَسَرَّةٌ لِلمُسنِتينَ مَساءَةٌ

سَبَقَت لِسَرحِ سَوامِهِ وَالكيسِ

سَبَقَت لِسَرحِ سَوامِهِ وَالكيسِ

Thus joy for the famine-stricken is hardship

I glimpsed from the veils of its crown a radiance

that first befell his grazing herds and the purse.

I drew for my exquisite soul and peerless

آنَستُ مِن أَستارِ سُدَّتِهِ سَنا

آنَستُ مِن أَستارِ سُدَّتِهِ سَنا

قَبَسٍ فَسُقتُ نفيسَةً لِنَفيسِ

قَبَسٍ فَسُقتُ نفيسَةً لِنَفيسِ

I glimpsed, from the curtains of his portal, the radiance

I quenched it with a chain of sorcerous wine

of a firebrand; so I led a precious one to a precious man.

Intoxicating to listeners, I offered it as a bride

وَسَقَيتُها سَلسالَ سِحرٍ مُسكِرٍ

وَسَقَيتُها سَلسالَ سِحرٍ مُسكِرٍ

لِلسامِعينَ وَسُقتها كَعَروسِ

لِلسامِعينَ وَسُقتها كَعَروسِ

And I gave her sweet-flowing magic to drink, intoxicating

So imbibe it and revel in it, beauty whose

to listeners, and led her like a bride.

Splendor donned the name of You, best raiment

فَاِستَحلِها وَاِستَجلِها حَسناءَ أَلـ

فَاِستَحلِها وَاِستَجلِها حَسناءَ أَلـ

ـبَسَها سَنا اِسمِكَ أَحسَنَ المَلبوسِ

ـبَسَها سَنا اِسمِكَ أَحسَنَ المَلبوسِ

So take her lawfully and unveil her, a beauty whom

the radiance of your name clothed in the finest attire.