شَهِدَتْtestified لَكَfor you الأَعيادُthe festivals أَنَّكَthat you عيدُهاtheir festival
شَهِدَتْ لَكَ الأَعيادُ أَنَّكَ عيدُها
بكَthrough you حَنَّyearned مُوحِشُهاtheir lonely one وآبَand returned بَعيدُهاtheir distant one
بكَ حَنَّ مُوحِشُها وآبَ بَعيدُها
The festivals testified for you that you are their festival.
The feasts have testified that you are their feast,
Through you their lonely one yearned, and their distant one returned.
With you, the lonely one yearned and the distant one drew near.
وأَضاءَand shone مُظلِمُهاtheir dark one وأَفرَخَand subsided رَوْعُهاtheir fear
وأَضاءَ مُظلِمُها وأَفرَخَ رَوْعُها
وأَطاعَand obeyed عاصِيهاtheir rebel ولانَand softened شديدُهاtheir stern one
وأَطاعَ عاصِيها ولانَ شديدُها
Their dark one shone, and their fear subsided.
Its darkness was illuminated, its fright took wing,
Their rebel obeyed, and their stern one softened.
The disobedient obeyed, the severe softened.
وصَفَتْand grew clear لناfor us الدُّنياthe world فَشَبَّso grew young كبيرُهاits aged one
وصَفَتْ لنا الدُّنيا فَشَبَّ كبيرُها
فِيin إِثْرِthe wake of مَاwhat قَدْalready كَانَhad شابَturned gray وليدُهاits newborn
فِي إِثْرِ مَا قَدْ كَانَ شابَ وليدُها
The world grew clear for us, and its aged one grew young,
The world has described to us its prime long passed,
after its newborn had already turned gray.
In the wake of its exuberant youth.
ماhow كَانَwas أجمدَfrozen قَبلَbefore يَوْمِكَyour day بحرَهاits sea
ما كَانَ أجمدَ قَبلَ يَوْمِكَ بحرَها
فالآنَso now فُجِّرَwas made to gush بالنَّدىwith bounty جُلْمُودُهاits solid rock
فالآنَ فُجِّرَ بالنَّدى جُلْمُودُها
How frozen its sea was before your day!
The sea was never as frozen as the day before yours,
Now its solid rock is made to gush with bounty.
Now its frigidity melts with the dew.
والرِّيحُand the wind للإِقْبالِfor good fortune تُزْجِيdrives onward للمُنىtoward wishes
والرِّيحُ للإِقْبالِ تُزْجِي للمُنى
دِيَماًsteady rains تَدَفَّقُpour forth بِالحياةِwith life مُدُودُهاtheir surges
دِيَماً تَدَفَّقُ بِالحياةِ مُدُودُها
The wind of good fortune drives toward our wishes
The winds blow favorably with wishes,
steady rains whose surges overflow with life.
Its downpours perpetually cascading with life.
ولَقَدْand indeed تَغِيمُclouds over وَمَاand not لناfor us منof وَدْقِهاits rain
ولَقَدْ تَغِيمُ وَمَا لنا من وَدْقِها
إِلّاexcept خواطفُflashes of برقِهاits lightning ورُعودُهاand its thunder
إِلّا خواطفُ برقِها ورُعودُها
It would indeed cloud over, yet of its rain we had
It may storm, yet we have of its lightning and thunder
only flashes of its lightning and its thunder.
Only the passions of its flashes and its rumbles.
وارتاحَand rejoiced بيتُكَyour house فِيin أباطِحِthe gravel plains of مَكَّةٍMecca
وارتاحَ بيتُكَ فِي أباطِحِ مَكَّةٍ
لمعادِat the return of أَيامٍdays دناdrew near مَوْعُودُهاtheir promised time
لمعادِ أَيامٍ دنا مَوْعُودُها
Your house rejoiced on Mecca's gravel plains
Your home found comfort on the plains of Mecca
at the return of days whose promised time drew near,
For the advent of days, their promise drawing nigh-
لِمواكِبٍfor processions صَهَلَتْneighed إليكَtoward you خُيولُهاtheir horses
لِمواكِبٍ صَهَلَتْ إليكَ خُيولُها
وكتائِبٍand battalions خَفَقَتْfluttered عَلَيْكَabove you بُنودُهاtheir banners
وكتائِبٍ خَفَقَتْ عَلَيْكَ بُنودُها
for processions whose horses neighed toward you,
Of processions whose steeds hastened to you
and battalions whose banners fluttered above you,
And brigades whose standards fluttered high,
شَغَفاًin longing بدَعْوتِكَfor your summons الَّتِيwhich قَدْindeed طالَماfor so long
شَغَفاً بدَعْوتِكَ الَّتِي قَدْ طالَما
عَمَرَتْflourished تهائِمُهاits lowlands بهاthrough it ونُجُودُهاand its uplands
عَمَرَتْ تهائِمُها بها ونُجُودُها
in longing for your summons, through which for so long
Yearning for your call which their zealots have long
its lowlands and its uplands have flourished.
Sustained, and their altruists spent themselves thereby.
وأَهَلَّand raised the pilgrim's cry مُحرِمُهاits consecrated pilgrim ولَبَّىand answered the pilgrimage call ركبُهَاits riders
وأَهَلَّ مُحرِمُها ولَبَّى ركبُهَا
وتلاحَقَتْand followed one another حُجَّابُهاits chamberlains ووفودُهاand its delegations
وتلاحَقَتْ حُجَّابُها ووفودُها
Its consecrated pilgrim raised his cry, and its riders answered the call,
It consecrated those in pilgrim garb, and its riders converged,
and its chamberlains and delegations followed one another.
Its pilgrims and delegations flocked and vied.
فالآنَso now أنجَزَwas fulfilled مَوْعِدُthe promise of الدُّنياthe world لَنَاto us
فالآنَ أنجَزَ مَوْعِدُ الدُّنيا لَنَا
ولَهاand to it وأَخْلَفَand proved false رَوْعُهاits terror ووَعِيدُهاand its threat
ولَها وأَخْلَفَ رَوْعُها ووَعِيدُها
Now the world's promise to us has been fulfilled,
Now the world has fulfilled for us its promise,
and to itself; its terror and its threat have proved false,
And for it, its fright and threats subside.
حينَwhen استَقَلَّbore بكَyou السَّريرُthe throne وفَوْقَهُand above it
حينَ استَقَلَّ بكَ السَّريرُ وفَوْقَهُ
بأسُthe might of الخلائِفِthe caliphs مُنْجِبِيكَwho begot you وجُودُهاand their bounty
بأسُ الخلائِفِ مُنْجِبِيكَ وجُودُها
when the throne bore you, and above it
When the throne was rightfully yours, and atop it
were the might of the caliphs who begot you, and their bounty,
The champions of your appointers, their might and pride,
وبهاؤهاand their splendor وسَناؤهاand their radiance ووَفاؤهاand their fidelity
وبهاؤها وسَناؤها ووَفاؤها
وصُفُوفُهاand their ranks وسيوفُهاand their swords وجُنودُهاand their armies
وصُفُوفُها وسيوفُها وجُنودُها
their splendor, their radiance, and their fidelity,
Their brilliance, glory, loyalty, regiments and swords,
their ranks, their swords, and their armies.
When the caliphate adorned itself with its crown bedight.
وتلبَّسَتْand donned منكfrom you الخِلافةُthe caliphate تاجَهاits crown
وتلبَّسَتْ منك الخِلافةُ تاجَها
وتلألأتْand glittered لَبَّاتُهاits throats وعُقودُهاand its necklaces
وتلألأتْ لَبَّاتُها وعُقودُها
In you the caliphate donned its crown,
Its ornaments glittered, greatest of boons you were given,
and its throats and necklaces glittered.
Crown prince of the Muslims, their increase and their guide.
أعظِمhow great بِهَاthey are نِعَماًas blessings وَفيتَyou fulfilled بشُكْرهاin thanking them
أعظِم بِهَا نِعَماً وَفيتَ بشُكْرها
فَوَليُّfor the heir to عهدِthe succession of المسلمينَthe Muslims مزيدُهاtheir increase
فَوَليُّ عهدِ المسلمينَ مزيدُها
How great these blessings, whose thanks you have fully paid!
You surpass horizons so he grasps and contains them,
The Muslims' heir apparent adds to them.
You scale lofty peaks so he scales and provides.
تاليكَyour successor تحْتازُyou secure المدىthe farthest reach فَيَحُوزُهso he secures it
تاليكَ تحْتازُ المدى فَيَحُوزُه
وتَؤودُand you bend شاهِقَةَthe towering summit of الرُّباthe hills فَيَؤودُهاso he bends it
وتَؤودُ شاهِقَةَ الرُّبا فَيَؤودُها
Your successor—you secure the farthest reach, and he secures it;
If you plant kindness it is a cloud, if you begin
you bend the towering hills, and he bends them.
Blessings their source is he, if you unlatch prosperity he steers it,
إِنْif تَزرَعyou sow المعروفَkindness فهوthen he غَمامَةٌa rain-cloud
إِنْ تَزرَع المعروفَ فهو غَمامَةٌ
أَوْor تَبدَأyou begin النَّعْماءَbounty فَهوَthen he مُعيدُهاits renewer
أَوْ تَبدَأ النَّعْماءَ فَهوَ مُعيدُها
If you sow kindness, he is a rain-cloud;
If you inaugurate fortune he facilitates it,
or if you begin bounty, he renews it.
If you build eminence he builds it stride by stride.
تستفتِحُyou inaugurate السَّرَّاءَprosperity وَهْوَand he يُسيرُهاcarries it onward
تستفتِحُ السَّرَّاءَ وَهْوَ يُسيرُها
وتُشَيِّدُand you build العَلياءَlofty glory وَهوَand he يَشِيدُهاbuilds it
وتُشَيِّدُ العَلياءَ وَهوَ يَشِيدُها
You inaugurate prosperity, and he carries it onward;
And if a blossom of praises ornaments a garden,
you build lofty glory, and he builds it.
He tends it, and if aggressors trespass refuges,
وإِذاand when ازدَهَتْكَenchants you منof المحامِدِpraises زَهْرَةٌa blossom
وإِذا ازدَهَتْكَ من المحامِدِ زَهْرَةٌ
فِيin رَوْضَةٍa garden غَنَّاءَlush فهوthen he يَرُودُهاseeks it out
فِي رَوْضَةٍ غَنَّاءَ فهو يَرُودُها
When a blossom of praise enchants you
He is the excellent defender, fending them off.
in a lush garden, he seeks it out.
His nature was birthed from the celestial pole on high,
وإِذاand when تَقَحَّمَتِplunged into العُداةُthe enemies مَوارِداًwatering places
وإِذا تَقَحَّمَتِ العُداةُ مَوارِداً
فَلَنِعْمَthen how excellent طَعَّانُa piercer of الكُماةِarmored warriors يَذُودُهاhe repels them
فَلَنِعْمَ طَعَّانُ الكُماةِ يَذُودُها
When enemies plunge into watering places,
The steeds were assigned to him, he leads them by.
how excellent a piercer of armored warriors he is, driving them away!
The full moon destined him with a lineage
فطَرَتْهُfashioned him منfrom قُطْبِthe pole of النجومِthe stars وِلادةٌa birth
فطَرَتْهُ من قُطْبِ النجومِ وِلادةٌ
وكَلَتْentrusted إِلَيْهِto him الخيلَthe horses فهوso he يقودُهاleads them
وكَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ الخيلَ فهو يقودُها
A birth from the pole of the stars fashioned him,
That ruled over all lords, they will be led thereby.
entrusting the horses to him, and he leads them.
From you, charms crept to entrance him in horizons,
واختصَّهُand singled him out بدْرُthe full moon of السَّماءِthe sky بنِسبَةٍwith a kinship
واختصَّهُ بدْرُ السَّماءِ بنِسبَةٍ
حَكَمَتْdecreed عَلَىover السَّادَاتِthe lords أنْthat سَيسُودُهاhe would rule them
حَكَمَتْ عَلَى السَّادَاتِ أنْ سَيسُودُها
Heaven's full moon singled him out with a kinship
He spent generously, which they provide.
that decreed he would rule the lords.
You adorned him in the garbs of fervor and leadership
وسَرَتْand flowed إِلَيْهِto him منfrom يَدَيْكَyour two hands شَمَائِلٌnoble qualities
وسَرَتْ إِلَيْهِ من يَدَيْكَ شَمَائِلٌ
أَغرَتْهُurged him بالآفاقِtoward the horizons فهوَso he يَجُودُهاshowers them with bounty
أَغرَتْهُ بالآفاقِ فهوَ يَجُودُها
From your hands noble qualities flowed to him,
On which swords and armor glittered, pridefully bedight.
urging him toward the horizons, which he showers with bounty.
Days wherein the countries shone as stars
وكَسوْتَهُand you clothed him ثَوْبَيْin two robes of وَغىًbattle ورياسةٍand leadership
وكَسوْتَهُ ثَوْبَيْ وَغىً ورياسةٍ
زُهِيَتْgrew splendid عَلَيْهِupon him سُيُوفُهاtheir swords وبُرُودُهاand their mantles
زُهِيَتْ عَلَيْهِ سُيُوفُها وبُرُودُها
You clothed him in the two robes of battle and leadership;
With the domes of your armies, hope their obedient guide,
their swords and mantles grew splendid upon him.
For three unmarred pilgrimages, their precincts yearned
أَيَّامَin the days when أزهَرَتِblossomed البلادُthe lands كواكِباًas stars
أَيَّامَ أزهَرَتِ البلادُ كواكِباً
بقبابِwith the domed tents of جُندِكَyour army والرَّجاءُand hope عَبيدُهاtheir servants
بقبابِ جُندِكَ والرَّجاءُ عَبيدُها
In days when the lands blossomed into stars
For you, unperturbed by separation's divide.
with your army's domed tents, and hope their servant,
The pavilion of glorious victory over you both
حِجَجاًyears ثلاثاًthree مَاnot تَأَنَّسَfound comfort حَضْرُهاits towns
حِجَجاً ثلاثاً مَا تَأَنَّسَ حَضْرُها
شوقاًin longing إليكَfor you ولاnor تَوَحَّشَgrew desolate بيدُهاits deserts
شوقاً إليكَ ولا تَوَحَّشَ بيدُها
for three years its towns found no comfort,
Is raised, piloting the righteous, its ropes untied
in longing for you, nor did its deserts grow desolate.
Until you ascended the pulpits to a rank
وسُرادِقُand the canopy of النصرِvictory العزيزmighty عَلَيْكُمَاabove you both
وسُرادِقُ النصرِ العزيز عَلَيْكُمَا
مرفوعُraised أَرْوِقةِthe porticoes of الهُدىguidance مَمْدُودُهاwith them outspread
مرفوعُ أَرْوِقةِ الهُدى مَمْدُودُها
The canopy of mighty victory above you both
Tempting the great souls of men, their envy and their pride,
stood with guidance's porticoes raised and spread wide,
In the dome of the kingdom which sturdy pillars support,
حَتَّىuntil ارتقَيْتَyou ascended منamong المنابِرِthe pulpits رُتْبَةًa rank
حَتَّى ارتقَيْتَ من المنابِرِ رُتْبَةً
غَرَّتْgrew radiant بِهَاthrough it غُرُّthe illustrious of الرجالmen وَصِيدُهاand their proud chiefs
غَرَّتْ بِهَا غُرُّ الرجال وَصِيدُها
until you ascended to a rank among pulpits
Its columns, panels, galleries, halls and giants abide.
through which illustrious men and their proud chiefs grew radiant,
Its elite and allies and loyalists,
فِيin قُبَّةِthe dome of المُلكkingship الَّذِيwhich صِنْهَاجَةٌSanhaja
فِي قُبَّةِ المُلك الَّذِي صِنْهَاجَةٌ
وand زِنَانَةٌZinana أَطنابُهاits guy-ropes وعَمودُهاand its central pole
و زِنَانَةٌ أَطنابُها وعَمودُها
beneath the dome of kingship, where Sanhaja
Its daughters, mothers and lionesses stride.
and Zinana are its guy-ropes and central pole,
They shone upon you the night of every misguidance
وسَراتُهاand its chiefs ودُعاتُهاand its summoners ورُعاتُهاand its shepherds
وسَراتُها ودُعاتُها ورُعاتُها
وبُناتُهاand its builders وحُماتُهاand its protectors وأُسودُهاand its lions
وبُناتُها وحُماتُها وأُسودُها
its chiefs, its summoners, and its shepherds,
A radiant silver, its gloom will never subside.
its builders, its protectors, and its lions.
A light for those loyal to you, their guide it will be
هُمْthey نَوَّرُواilluminated لَكَfor you ليلَthe night of كلِّevery مُضِلَّةٍbewildering path
هُمْ نَوَّرُوا لَكَ ليلَ كلِّ مُضِلَّةٍ
سُمْراًbrown spears وبيضاًand white swords مَاnot تَجفُّdry غُمُودُهاtheir sheaths
سُمْراً وبيضاً مَا تَجفُّ غُمُودُها
They illuminated for you the night of every bewildering path
Or fire for those opposing you, their fuel thereby.
with brown spears and white swords whose sheaths never dry:
You overwhelmed it with your ascent beyond
نُورٌa light لِمَنْfor whoever وَالاكَbefriends you فَهْيَso they وَقِيدُهُhis flame
نُورٌ لِمَنْ وَالاكَ فَهْيَ وَقِيدُهُ
أَوْor نارُthe fire of مَنْwhoever عاداكَopposes you فهوَthen he وَقُودُهاits fuel
أَوْ نارُ مَنْ عاداكَ فهوَ وَقُودُها
a light for whoever befriends you—they are his flame;
What its fathers and ancestors bequeathed during their time.
or fire for whoever opposes you—he is its fuel.
And by your offspring it is compensated
أَذْهَلْتَهَاyou made them forget بِعُلاكَthrough your greatness عَمَّاfrom what أَوْرَثَتْbequeathed
أَذْهَلْتَهَا بِعُلاكَ عَمَّا أَوْرَثَتْ
منof مُلكِهاtheir kingship آباؤُهَاtheir fathers وجدُودُهاand their forefathers
من مُلكِها آباؤُهَا وجدُودُها
You made them forget, through your greatness, what
For its homelands, the yearning of souls thereby residing.
their fathers and forefathers had bequeathed of their kingship.
The days of battle, swords proved true to you,
وتَعوَّضَتْand they took in exchange بذَرَاكَin your shelter منfor أَوْطانِهاtheir homelands
وتَعوَّضَتْ بذَرَاكَ من أَوْطانِها
أُمْنيَّةًa wish حَسْبُsufficient for النُّفُوسِsouls وُجُودُهاits fulfillment
أُمْنيَّةً حَسْبُ النُّفُوسِ وُجُودُها
In your shelter they found, in place of their homelands,
On the day of assembly, their pacts thereby abiding.
a wish whose fulfillment alone suffices souls.
An hour wherein kinship is severed, neither righteous
صَدَقَتْكَwere true to you أَيَّامَin the days of النِّزَالِcombat سُيُوفُهاtheir swords
صَدَقَتْكَ أَيَّامَ النِّزَالِ سُيُوفُها
ضَرْباًin striking وَفِيand on يومthe day of النِّفارِflight عُهودُهاtheir pledges
ضَرْباً وَفِي يوم النِّفارِ عُهودُها
Their swords were true to you in days of combat,
Witnessed nor acts witnessed, thereby coinciding.
in their blows, and their pledges on the day of flight,
A day wherein the honorable were abased to the vile
فيin ساعَةٍan hour مقطوعةٍsevered أَرْحامُهاits kinship ties
في ساعَةٍ مقطوعةٍ أَرْحامُها
لاnot البِرُّrighteousness شاهِدُهاits witness ولاnor مَشْهُودُهاwhat it witnessed
لا البِرُّ شاهِدُها ولا مَشْهُودُها
in an hour whose kinship ties were severed,
And the noble stewed with slaves thereby presiding.
with righteousness neither its witness nor what it witnessed.
Its stalwarts despaired amidst adversity in which
يومٌa day أُذِلَّwere humbled كِرامُهُits noble ones لِلئامِهِbefore its base ones
يومٌ أُذِلَّ كِرامُهُ لِلئامِهِ
وَسَطَتand assaulted بأحرارِthe freeborn of الملوكِkings عبيدُهاtheir slaves
وَسَطَت بأحرارِ الملوكِ عبيدُها
A day when its noble were humbled before its base,
Its masters and lords were exhausted thereby biding
and its slaves assaulted freeborn kings.
No guide to salvation could its course determine
وتوَاكَلَتْand relied on one another أَبطالُهاits champions فِيin كُرْبةٍa crisis
وتوَاكَلَتْ أَبطالُها فِي كُرْبةٍ
أعيَتْwere baffled بِهَاby it سادَاتُهاits lords ومَسودُهاand its ruled ones
أعيَتْ بِهَا سادَاتُها ومَسودُها
Its champions relied on one another in a crisis
Bewildered, nor paragon of propriety its course decide
that baffled its lords and those they ruled.
Until you rose for them at the fairest of days,
لاnot يَهْتَدِيfinds سَمْتَthe direction of النَّجاةِsafety دَليلُهاits guide
لا يَهْتَدِي سَمْتَ النَّجاةِ دَليلُها
دَهَشاًin bewilderment ولاnor وجهthe course of السَّدادِsound judgment سديدُهاits judicious one
دَهَشاً ولا وجه السَّدادِ سديدُها
Its guide could not find the direction of safety,
Upon them your fortunes in the sky rose, thereby riding
in bewilderment, nor its wise one the course of sound judgment,
So they inhaled the breath of life for souls
حَتَّىuntil طَلَعْتَyou appeared لَهُمto them بأسعدِwith the most auspicious غرَّةٍradiance
حَتَّى طَلَعْتَ لَهُم بأسعدِ غرَّةٍ
طَلَعَتْrose عَلَيْهِمover them فِيin السَّماءthe sky سُعودُهاits lucky stars
طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِم فِي السَّماء سُعودُها
until you appeared to them with the most auspicious radiance,
Who now sipped from the basin, its drafts thereby gliding.
whose lucky stars had risen over them in heaven.
Evident became the confused one's delusions,
فَتَنَسَّمُواthen they breathed in نَفَسَthe breath of الحياةِlife لأَنْفُسٍfor souls
فَتَنَسَّمُوا نَفَسَ الحياةِ لأَنْفُسٍ
قَدْalready حانَhad come منfrom حَوْضِthe pool of الحِمامdeath وُرُودُهاtheir coming to drink
قَدْ حانَ من حَوْضِ الحِمام وُرُودُها
They breathed in the breath of life for souls
And the right-minded one now rested in reason residing.
whose time had come to drink from death's pool.
They hastened to pledge allegiance to you
وتبيَّنَand recognized الغيَّerror المُبيرَruinous غَوِيُّهاits erring one
وتبيَّنَ الغيَّ المُبيرَ غَوِيُّها
وارتاحَand rejoiced للرُّشْدِin right guidance المبينِmanifest رَشيدُهاits rightly guided one
وارتاحَ للرُّشْدِ المبينِ رَشيدُها
Its erring one recognized ruinous error,
Eroding time, and the new replacing thereby.
and its rightly guided one rejoiced in manifest right guidance.
In it, their Lord's hand was over their hands
وتبادَرُواand hastened toward يُمْنىthe right of يَدَيْكَyour two hands ببَيعَةٍwith a pledge of allegiance
وتبادَرُوا يُمْنى يَدَيْكَ ببَيعَةٍ
يَبلىwears out الزمانُtime ويَستجدُّand is renewed جديدُهاits newness
يَبلى الزمانُ ويَستجدُّ جديدُها
They hastened toward your right hand with a pledge of allegiance:
The writers and keepers bore witness thereby.
time wears out while its newness is renewed.
They fulfilled it, so it united their throng
يَدُthe hand of رَبِّهِمْtheir Lord فِيهَاin it عَلَىabove أيديهِمُtheir hands
يَدُ رَبِّهِمْ فِيهَا عَلَى أيديهِمُ
والكاتِبُونَand the recorders الحافظونَthe guardians شُهُودُهاits witnesses
والكاتِبُونَ الحافظونَ شُهُودُها
Their Lord's hand is in it above their hands,
In a state whose progress the future will guide
and the recording guardians are its witnesses.
It assured them it would not loose its swords
أَوْفَوْاthey were faithful بِهَاto it فوفَتْso it fulfilled بأُلْفَةِwith the unity of شملِهِمْtheir company
أَوْفَوْا بِهَا فوفَتْ بأُلْفَةِ شملِهِمْ
فِيin دولةٍa dynasty مستقبَلٍforthcoming تأْييدُهاits support
فِي دولةٍ مستقبَلٍ تأْييدُها
They kept it, and it preserved the unity of their company,
In any fray until its pacts came undone thereby.
under a dynasty whose support was still to come.
It quenched them with cups of kindness extinguishing
ضَمِنَتْguaranteed لَهُمthem أَلّاthat not تُسَلَّbe drawn سُيُوفُهاits swords
ضَمِنَتْ لَهُم أَلّا تُسَلَّ سُيُوفُها
فِيin مَعْرَكٍa battlefield حَتَّىuntil تُسَلَّbe drawn out حُقودُهاits grudges
فِي مَعْرَكٍ حَتَّى تُسَلَّ حُقودُها
It guaranteed them that its swords would not be drawn
Among them flames, their blaze could not subside.
in battle until its grudges had been drawn out.
With its peace, eyes were intimate with slumber,
وسَقَتْهُمُand gave them drink بكُؤوسِfrom cups of عَطفٍcompassion أَخْمدَتْextinguished
وسَقَتْهُمُ بكُؤوسِ عَطفٍ أَخْمدَتْ
منهمamong them ذُحُولاًvendettas لاnot يُرَامُis hoped for خُمودُهاtheir extinction
منهم ذُحُولاً لا يُرَامُ خُمودُها
It gave them cups of compassion to drink, extinguishing
With its safety, gazes gently rested thereby.
within them vendettas whose extinction could not be hoped for.
And they clasped hands after the swords in harmony
فَبِسَلْمِهاso through its peace أَصْفىoffered sincerely السلامَpeace أَبيُّهاits defiant one
فَبِسَلْمِها أَصْفى السلامَ أَبيُّها
وبأمنِهاand through its security أَلِفَgrew familiar with العُيونَthe eyes هُجودُهاtheir slumber
وبأمنِها أَلِفَ العُيونَ هُجودُها
Through its peace its defiant one offered peace sincerely,
Reconciled, affectionate and friendly thereby.
and through its safety their slumber grew familiar to the eyes.
It is an invitation with their swords as its proof,
وتصافَحُواand they exchanged greetings بعْدَafter السيوفِthe swords بأوجُهٍwith faces
وتصافَحُوا بعْدَ السيوفِ بأوجُهٍ
مُتقارِضٍreciprocating مَوْدودهاtheir beloved ووَدُودُهاand their loving one
مُتقارِضٍ مَوْدودها ووَدُودُها
After swords they greeted one another with faces,
In an allegiance their oaths verify.
beloved and loving alike returning each other's affection.
And tenets for a law Their struggle realized
هيit دعوةٌa summons بسيوفِهِمْby their swords تثبيتُهاits establishment
هي دعوةٌ بسيوفِهِمْ تثبيتُها
فِيin بَيعَةٍa pledge of allegiance أَيْمانُهُمْtheir oaths توكيدُهاits confirmation
فِي بَيعَةٍ أَيْمانُهُمْ توكيدُها
It is a summons established by their swords,
Their valor and resolve will fortify.
in a pledge confirmed by their oaths,
That they struggle in God a true struggle
ومعالِمٌand landmarks لشريعةٍfor a sacred law بجِهادِهِمْthrough their striving
ومعالِمٌ لشريعةٍ بجِهادِهِمْ
وجيادِهمand their steeds وجِلادِهمand their swordplay توطيدُهاits consolidation
وجيادِهم وجِلادِهم توطيدُها
and landmarks of a sacred law, whose foundations their striving,
And for their Lord their souls purify.
their steeds, and their swordplay make firm:
To increase might through struggle, its mighty one,
أَنthat جاهدواstrive فِيin the cause of اللهGod حقَّas truly due جهادِهِthe striving due Him
أَن جاهدوا فِي الله حقَّ جهادِهِ
وَعَلَىand incumbent upon النُّفُوسِsouls لِرَبِّهاfor their Lord مجهودُهاtheir utmost effort
وَعَلَى النُّفُوسِ لِرَبِّها مجهودُها
that they strive in God's cause with the striving due Him;
And its prospered one through conviction magnify.
souls owe their Lord their utmost effort,
They swore by their Lord to honor the caliphate
لِيزيدَso may increase عزَّاًin might بالجهادِthrough striving عزيزُهاtheir mighty one
لِيزيدَ عزَّاً بالجهادِ عزيزُها
ويزيدَand may increase سَعداًin good fortune باليقِينِthrough certainty سَعيدُهاtheir fortunate one
ويزيدَ سَعداً باليقِينِ سَعيدُها
so their mighty one may grow mightier through striving,
Whose bonds he instructed them not to untie.
and their fortunate one more fortunate through certainty.
And by it the rulers of their enemy nations bowed
حَلَفُواthey swore بربِّهِمُby their Lord لعقدto bind خلافَةٍa caliphate
حَلَفُوا بربِّهِمُ لعقد خلافَةٍ
أَوْصَاهُمُHe enjoined them أَلّاthat not تُحَلَّbe loosened عقودُهاits bonds
أَوْصَاهُمُ أَلّا تُحَلَّ عقودُها
They swore by their Lord to bind a caliphate
And its tyrant and stubborn thereby comply.
whose bonds He charged them never to loosen.
And they entrusted a precipice the battle
وبهاand through it اسْتَقَادَHe subjected لهمto them مُلُوكَthe kings of عُدَاتِهِمْtheir enemies
وبها اسْتَقَادَ لهم مُلُوكَ عُدَاتِهِمْ
وعنَاand submitted لهمto them جَبَّارُهاtheir tyrant وَعنيدُهاand their defiant one
وعنَا لهم جَبَّارُها وَعنيدُها
Through it He subjected their enemies' kings to them,
That felled mountains, their summits thereby razed high.
and their tyrant and defiant one bowed to them.
They trekked to Shabwa whose harvest was nigh
واستَوْدَعُواand they entrusted جنبَيْto the two flanks of شَرَنْبَةَSharanba وَقعَةًa battle
واستَوْدَعُوا جنبَيْ شَرَنْبَةَ وَقعَةً
هدَّshattered الجبالَthe mountains الراسياتِfirmly rooted وَئيدُهاits heavy tread
هدَّ الجبالَ الراسياتِ وَئيدُها
They entrusted to Sharanba's two flanks a battle
The necks of armored men its harvest thereby reaped.
whose heavy tread shattered the firmly rooted mountains.
And the valleys of Qantish mustered against them
دلَفواthey advanced إِلَىagainst شَهباءَa gray host حانwas due حَصادُهاits harvest
دلَفوا إِلَى شَهباءَ حان حَصادُها
بظُبىًwith sword-edges رُؤوسُthe heads of الدَّارعينarmored men حَصيدُهاtheir harvest
بظُبىً رُؤوسُ الدَّارعين حَصيدُها
They advanced upon a gray host whose harvest was due,
Hordes of rebels, their number cannot quantify.
with sword-edges whose harvest was armored men's heads.
Their hearts it seems were sickly partial to them
وشِعابُand the ravines of قَنتيشٍQantish وَقَدْand already حَشَرَتْhad mustered لَهُمْagainst them
وشِعابُ قَنتيشٍ وَقَدْ حَشَرَتْ لَهُمْ
أُممٌpeoples بُغاةٌrebellious لاnot يُكتُّcan be reckoned عديدُهاtheir number
أُممٌ بُغاةٌ لا يُكتُّ عديدُها
And the ravines of Qantish, where against them had mustered
So they engaged them with spears accustomed thereby.
rebellious peoples whose number could not be reckoned—
They left the plain with its bellies eviscerated
فكأنَّمَاso as though مَرِضَتْfell sick قلوبُهُمُtheir hearts لَهُمْagainst them
فكأنَّمَا مَرِضَتْ قلوبُهُمُ لَهُمْ
غِلّاًwith rancor فجاؤواso they came بالرِّماحِwith spears تَعودُهاvisiting them
غِلّاً فجاؤوا بالرِّماحِ تَعودُها
as though their hearts were sick against them
And the rebels' corpses the topsoil thereby blanketed.
with rancor, so they came with spears to visit them.
And the Frankish brigades, as they conspired against you
ترَكُواthey left بِهَاthere ظَهْرَthe back of الصَّعيدِthe earth وَقَدْand already غَداhad become
ترَكُوا بِهَا ظَهْرَ الصَّعيدِ وَقَدْ غَدا
بطناًa belly وأَجسادُand the bodies of الغُواةِthe erring صعيدُهاits soil
بطناً وأَجسادُ الغُواةِ صعيدُها
There they left the earth's back, now turned
In their factions - God from you defends thereby -
into a belly, with the bodies of the erring as its soil.
With vessels in a tumultuous sea's swell
وكَتائِبُand the battalions of الإِفْرَنجthe Franks إِذwhen كادَتْكَplotted against you فِيamong
وكَتائِبُ الإِفْرَنج إِذ كادَتْكَ فِي
أَشياعِهاtheir partisans واللهand God عنكَon your behalf يكِيدُهاplots against them
أَشياعِها والله عنكَ يكِيدُها
And the Frankish battalions, when they plotted against you among
Flooding the earth's expanse, their cords stretched thereby.
their partisans, while God plotted against them on your behalf,
They added its eagle and crow, their patriarch
بسوابحٍwith swimming steeds فِيin لُجِّthe depths of بحرِa sea of سَوابِغٍfull coats of mail
بسوابحٍ فِي لُجِّ بحرِ سَوابِغٍ
فاضتْoverflowed عَلَىacross الأَرضthe earth الفضاءِwide-open مُدُودُهاits tides
فاضتْ عَلَى الأَرض الفضاءِ مُدُودُها
with swimming steeds in the depths of a sea of full coats of mail,
And paragon - their tyrant and pillar thereby.
whose tides overflowed the wide-open earth.
A mob for their Armenia, mustered thereby
ولقدand indeed أَضافُواthey hosted نسرَهاits vulture وغُرابَهاand its raven
ولقد أَضافُوا نسرَها وغُرابَها
وقِراهُماand their fare طاغوتُهاits tyrant وعَميدُهاand its chieftain
وقِراهُما طاغوتُها وعَميدُها
They indeed entertained its vulture and its raven,
To march and thence to hell herded enmasse thereby.
whose fare was its tyrant and its chief:
They approached under sharp blades
شِلْوٌa mangled corpse لأَرْمَنْقُورهاof its Armanqur حُشِرَتْwere mustered بِهِwith him
شِلْوٌ لأَرْمَنْقُورها حُشِرَتْ بِهِ
للزَّحفِfor battle ثُمَّthen إِلَىto الجَحيمِHell حُشُودُهاits hosts
للزَّحفِ ثُمَّ إِلَى الجَحيمِ حُشُودُها
the mangled corpse of its Armanqur, under whom were mustered
And the Muslim's glory was proclaimed thereby.
its hosts for battle, then gathered into Hell.
After they had crushed spears and settled
ودَنَتْand drew near لَهَاto it فِيat آرُAr تَحْتَbeneath صَوارِمٍkeen swords
ودَنَتْ لَهَا فِي آرُ تَحْتَ صَوارِمٍ
وَرِيَتْblazed بعزِّwith the might of المسلمينَthe Muslims زُنودُهاtheir fire-sticks
وَرِيَتْ بعزِّ المسلمينَ زُنودُها
At Ar they drew near to it beneath keen swords
A dispute, its justice broadcast thereby.
whose fire-sticks blazed with the Muslims' might,
As if their crosses lofted in the shadow
منfrom بعْدِafter مَاthat قَصفُواthey shattered الرِّماحَthe spears وأصلَتُواand drew
من بعْدِ مَا قَصفُوا الرِّماحَ وأصلَتُوا
بيضاًwhite swords يُشيِّعُaccompanies حدَّهاtheir edge توحيدُهاtheir proclamation of God's oneness
بيضاً يُشيِّعُ حدَّها توحيدُها
after they had shattered the spears and drawn
Of their crumbling, prostrating thereby.
white swords, their edges escorted by their proclamation of God's oneness.
And beside the west as you boldly approached
فكأَنَّماso as though رُفِعتْwere raised لَهَاbefore them صُلبانُهاtheir crosses
فكأَنَّما رُفِعتْ لَهَا صُلبانُها
فِيin ظِلِّthe shadow of هَبوَتِهاtheir dust-cloud فَحَانَso it was time for سُجُودُهاtheir prostration
فِي ظِلِّ هَبوَتِها فَحَانَ سُجُودُها
It was as though their crosses had been raised before them
It unkempt, conquests were announced thereby.
in the shadow of their dust-cloud, and their time to bow had come.
They struck Uhud until it surfaced
وبِجانِبand beside الغَرْبيِّal-Gharbi إِذْwhen أَقْدَمتَهاyou sent them forward
وبِجانِب الغَرْبيِّ إِذْ أَقْدَمتَها
شَعثاءَdisheveled بُشِّرَwas given glad tidings بالفُتُوحِof conquests شهيدُهاtheir martyr
شَعثاءَ بُشِّرَ بالفُتُوحِ شهيدُها
And beside al-Gharbi, when you sent them forward
As a belly, the rebels' corpses its topsoil thereby.
disheveled, their martyr was given glad tidings of conquests.
In a fray absolved by their swords that if
ضَرَبُواthey struck عَلَىupon الأُخدودِthe trench هامَthe heads of حُماتِهِits defenders
ضَرَبُوا عَلَى الأُخدودِ هامَ حُماتِهِ
حَتَّىuntil عَبَرْتَyou crossed وجِسرُهُنَand their bridge خُدودُهاtheir cheeks
حَتَّى عَبَرْتَ وجِسرُهُنَ خُدودُها
They struck the heads of its defenders down upon the trench
Their steel melted from intense heat thereby
until you crossed, their bridge made of their cheeks,
And in it excuses fell short of a crime
فيin وَقعةٍa battle قامتprovided بعُذرِthe excuse for سيوفِهِمْtheir swords
في وَقعةٍ قامت بعُذرِ سيوفِهِمْ
لَوْif ذابَhad melted منfrom حَرِّthe heat of الجِلادِcombat حديدُهاtheir iron
لَوْ ذابَ من حَرِّ الجِلادِ حديدُها
in a battle that offered their swords an excuse,
Disgraceful, which your palm did not flourish thereby
had their iron melted in the heat of combat.
By it we saw glory wherever you sought it
ويضيقُand falls short فِيهَاin it العُذْرُthe excuse عنfor خَطِيَّةٍa Khatti spear
ويضيقُ فِيهَا العُذْرُ عن خَطِيَّةٍ
سمراءَbrown لَمْnot يُورِقْput forth leaves بكفِّكَin your palm عُودُهاits shaft
سمراءَ لَمْ يُورِقْ بكفِّكَ عُودُها
Yet there no excuse would cover a Khatti spear,
And perpetuity of bounty wherever you steered it
a brown one whose shaft had not put forth leaves in your palm.
Save your magnanimity which ennobled
فبِهاso through it رأَيناwe saw العزَّmight حَيْثُwhere تودُّهyou wish it
فبِها رأَينا العزَّ حَيْثُ تودُّه
وسوابِغَand ample النَّعماءِblessings حَيْثُwhere تريدُهاyou want them
وسوابِغَ النَّعماءِ حَيْثُ تريدُها
Through it we saw might where you wished it,
Its dangers and its ancestors thereby
and ample blessings where you wanted them,
Panicked that the Days of Ignorance might see it
إِلّاexcept كرائِمَnoble treasures منamong كرائِمكَyour noble treasures الَّتِيwhich
إِلّا كرائِمَ من كرائِمكَ الَّتِي
بكَthrough you كُرِّمَتْwere ennobled أخطارُهاtheir worth وجُدُودُهاand their fortunes
بكَ كُرِّمَتْ أخطارُها وجُدُودُها
save noble treasures among your noble treasures, whose
Interred in dirt, forgotten thereby
worth and fortunes were honored through you.
Ceding those whose deaths it held
ذُعِرتْwere terrified بحُكمِby the judgment of الجاهليَّةِpagan ignorance أَنthat ترىthey see
ذُعِرتْ بحُكمِ الجاهليَّةِ أَن ترى
قَدْalready دُسَّwas hidden فِيin تُرْبِthe dust of الثَّرىthe earth مَوْؤُودُهاtheir buried-alive child
قَدْ دُسَّ فِي تُرْبِ الثَّرى مَوْؤُودُها
They were terrified by the judgment of pagan ignorance, lest they see
While withholding those granted eternity thereby
their buried-alive child hidden in the dust of the earth,
So welcome it, for the virtuous have presented
أَنbecause مَلَّكتْthey gave ownership مَنْto one who فِيin يديهِhis two hands مَماتُهاtheir death
أَن مَلَّكتْ مَنْ فِي يديهِ مَماتُها
ونأتand they kept far عَلَىfrom مَنone who فِيin يَديهِhis two hands خُلودُهاtheir immortality
ونأت عَلَى مَن فِي يَديهِ خُلودُها
because they gave ownership to one in whose hands lay their death,
Their worthy praises, no flaw thereby marring it
and held aloof from one in whose hands lay their immortality.
Innovative compositions whose jewels resemble each other
فاقبلْso accept فقدfor already ساقَتْbrought إليكَto you مُهورَهاtheir dowries
فاقبلْ فقد ساقَتْ إليكَ مُهورَها
أَكْفاءُworthy mates of حمدٍpraise لاnot يُذَمُّcan be blamed حميدُهاits praised one
أَكْفاءُ حمدٍ لا يُذَمُّ حميدُها
Accept them: their dowries have been brought to you
Therein pearls and unmatched verses coincide
by worthy mates of praise, whose praised one is beyond reproach,
And let our days of glory altogether be
بدْعاًnew creations منof النظمِverse النفيسِprecious تَشابَهَتresembled one another
بدْعاً من النظمِ النفيسِ تَشابَهَت
فِيهَاwithin them الجواهِرُthe jewels دُرُّهاtheir pearls وفَريدُهاand their matchless gems
فِيهَا الجواهِرُ دُرُّها وفَريدُها
new creations of precious verse; alike are
A feast, and you to those who obeyed, their feast thereby
the jewels within them, their pearls and their matchless gems.
Time does lapse over your heir apparent
وَلتَهْنِناand may they gladden us أَيَّامُdays of عِزٍّglory كُلُّهاall of them
وَلتَهْنِنا أَيَّامُ عِزٍّ كُلُّها
عِيدٌa feast وأنتَand you لِمنfor whoever أَطاعكَobeys you عِيدُهاtheir feast
عِيدٌ وأنتَ لِمن أَطاعكَ عِيدُها
May days of glory gladden us, all of them
Among intimates, their bereavement thereby abiding
a feast, and you, for those who obey you, their feast.
If homelands are shrouded he travels captive
ولقَدand indeed يَحولُcomes round عَلَىupon وَلِيِّكَyour loyal friend حُوْلُهاtheir year
ولقَد يَحولُ عَلَى وَلِيِّكَ حُوْلُها
فِيamong مُشفِقِanxious الأَهْلِينَkinsfolk وَهْوَwhile he فَقِيدُهاtheir missing one
فِي مُشفِقِ الأَهْلِينَ وَهْوَ فَقِيدُها
Indeed, their year comes round upon your loyal friend,
Or if enemies know, hunted thereby
amid anxious kinsfolk, though he is lost to them.
Without sanctity preventing, nor ordained days
إِنif يَطرُقِhe visits الأَوطانَthe homelands فهوthen he أَسِيرُهاtheir prisoner
إِن يَطرُقِ الأَوطانَ فهو أَسِيرُها
أَوْor يُشعِرِhe alerts الأَعْدَاءَthe enemies فهوthen he طريدُهاtheir fugitive
أَوْ يُشعِرِ الأَعْدَاءَ فهو طريدُها
If he visits his homelands, he is their prisoner;
Known, nor numbered thereby biding
or if he alerts the enemies, he is their fugitive.
From a Muslim slain by a transgressor, nor
لاnot حُرْمَةُthe sanctity of الرحمنِthe Merciful ناهيةٌrestraining وَلاnor
لا حُرْمَةُ الرحمنِ ناهيةٌ وَلا
معلومُthe known أَيَّامٍdays ولاnor مَعدُودُهاtheir numbered ones
معلومُ أَيَّامٍ ولا مَعدُودُها
Neither the Merciful's sanctity restrains them, nor
An inviolate soul, the enemies lie in ambush thereby
the known days, nor the numbered ones,
They defied the Merciful in His sanctuary
عنfrom مُسْلمٍa Muslim ضَحَّىsacrificed بِهِhim غاوٍa misguided man وَعَنand from
عن مُسْلمٍ ضَحَّى بِهِ غاوٍ وَعَن
نَفْسٍa life حرامٍinviolable والعُداةand the enemies تَصيدُهاhunt it
نَفْسٍ حرامٍ والعُداة تَصيدُها
from harming a Muslim sacrificed by a misguided man, or
To violate the sanctities of Muslims, His law thereby rescinding
a sacred life that the enemies hunt down.
The swords' edges are kindled white hot for me through you
قدindeed عَانَدُواthey defied الرَّحمنَthe Merciful فِيin حُرُمَاتِهِHis sacred ordinances
قد عَانَدُوا الرَّحمنَ فِي حُرُمَاتِهِ
أنthat تُعتدىbe transgressed فِيagainst المُسْلِمينَthe Muslims حُدودُهاtheir bounds
أن تُعتدى فِي المُسْلِمينَ حُدودُها
They have defied the Merciful in His sacred ordinances,
Inflaming entrails, their darkness surges thereby
by violating their bounds against Muslims.
This is an outrage and a raid witnessed
بيضُthe white blades of السُّيوفِthe swords عَليَّagainst me فيكَbecause of you حِدَادُهاtheir edges
بيضُ السُّيوفِ عَليَّ فيكَ حِدَادُها
مُتَوَقِّدُablaze الأَكبادِthe livers نحوِيَtoward me سُودُهاtheir dark ones
مُتَوَقِّدُ الأَكبادِ نحوِيَ سُودُها
The white swords have their edges against me because of you;
Its impartiality the Musta'sin's love called thereby
their dark ones face me, their livers ablaze.
And it suffices you from a soul you sufficed its hope
هذاthis جَنايَmy harvest وغارَةٌand a raid مشهودةٌwitnessed
هذا جَنايَ وغارَةٌ مشهودةٌ
عَدَلَتْjudged justly بِحُبِّconcerning love of المُسْتَعينِal-Musta'in شُهُودُهاits witnesses
عَدَلَتْ بِحُبِّ المُسْتَعينِ شُهُودُها
This is my harvest, and a raid seen by all,
A provision demeaned, its plucking facile thereby
whose witnesses testified justly to love of al-Musta'in.
It was the singular in its age for calamity
وكَفاكَand sufficient for you منof نَفْسٍa soul كَفَيْتَyou fulfilled رَجاءهاits hope
وكَفاكَ من نَفْسٍ كَفَيْتَ رَجاءها
ذُخراًas treasure فَهانَso became insignificant طَريفُهاits new wealth وتَليدُهاand its inherited wealth
ذُخراً فَهانَ طَريفُها وتَليدُها
A soul whose hope you fulfilled is enough for you
Befallen, fate's outcast, its loneliness thereby abiding
as treasure; its new and inherited wealth became cheap.
And if the envious feigns a flaw to me
كَانَتْit was وَحيدةَthe only one of دَهرِهاits age منas نَكْبَةٍa calamity
كَانَتْ وَحيدةَ دَهرِها من نَكْبَةٍ
مَنْكوبُهاits victim فذُّthe unique one of الدهورِthe ages وحيدُهاtheir solitary one
مَنْكوبُها فذُّ الدهورِ وحيدُها
It was a calamity unmatched in its age,
For invoking you in a renewed favor thereby
whose victim was singular among the ages, their only one.
I am not one from whom time's eyes desist
وَلَئِنْand if indeed أَجَدَّrenewed ليَagainst me الحَسودُthe envier نَفاسةًenvy
وَلَئِنْ أَجَدَّ ليَ الحَسودُ نَفاسةً
أَنbecause قَدْalready دَعاكَhas called upon you لِنِعمةٍfor a blessing تَجديدُهاits renewal
أَن قَدْ دَعاكَ لِنِعمةٍ تَجديدُها
And if the envious one renewed his envy of me,
From blessings or curses while the envious sleeps thereby
because the renewal of a blessing has called upon you,
And so around my neck are its fetters intact
فأناthen I الَّذِيam the one who لَمْnot تُغضِaverted عيْنُthe eye of الدَّهْرِtime عنfrom
فأنا الَّذِي لَمْ تُغضِ عيْنُ الدَّهْرِ عن
نُعمىa blessing ولاnor نُقمىan affliction يَنامُsleeps حَسودُهاits envier
نُعمى ولا نُقمى يَنامُ حَسودُها
I am one from whom time's eye has never turned away,
Remaining, and around my legs its shackles thereby
in blessing or affliction, whose envier never sleeps.
وَلِذَاكَand for that reason فِيupon عُنُقيmy neck مُوَثَّقُfirmly fastened غُلِّهاits neck-shackle
وَلِذَاكَ فِي عُنُقي مُوَثَّقُ غُلِّها
باقٍremains وَفِيand upon القَدَمينboth feet بعدُstill قُيُودُهاits fetters
باقٍ وَفِي القَدَمين بعدُ قُيُودُها
And so its firmly fastened collar upon my neck
remains, and its fetters are still upon both feet.
Partial English translation: 177 of 180 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1