بُدورٌfull moons بأفْقon the horizon of المُلْكِkingship راقَwas lovely طُلوعُهاtheir rising
بُدورٌ بأفْق المُلْكِ راقَ طُلوعُها
فمالَقَةٌso Málaga قدalready أشرَقَتْhas shone ورُبوعُهاand its quarters
فمالَقَةٌ قد أشرَقَتْ ورُبوعُها
Full moons on the horizon of kingship—their rising enchants.
Buds at the horizon of the kingdom, radiant is their rise,
So Málaga and its quarters have shone.
An encounter that has shone, and joyful are its breezes.
إذاwhen ابْتَسَمتْsmiled فيهاwithin it الأزاهِرُthe blossoms لمnot تَزَلْcease
إذا ابْتَسَمتْ فيها الأزاهِرُ لم تَزَلْ
لذلكَfor that reason سحْبُthe clouds of الأفْقِthe horizon تَهْميpour down دُموعُهاtheir tears
لذلكَ سحْبُ الأفْقِ تَهْمي دُموعُها
Whenever the blossoms smile within it, unceasingly
Whenever flowers smile in it, they do not cease,
The clouds of the horizon pour down their tears in response.
For that reason, the clouds of the horizon secretly shed their tears.
تحُلُّalight بِوادِيهاin its valley الكبيرِgreat وفودُهاits delegations
تحُلُّ بِوادِيها الكبيرِ وفودُها
فيعْذُبُso grows sweet فيهthere وردُهاtheir coming to water وشُروعُهاand their entering the water
فيعْذُبُ فيه وردُها وشُروعُها
Its delegations alight in its great valley,
Caravans descend in its great valley,
So there their coming to water and entering it grow sweet.
Where its roses and meadows are delightful.
وكمْand how many حَلَّتِalighted at الركْبانُthe riders منهاwithin it مَعاهِداًdwellings
وكمْ حَلَّتِ الركْبانُ منها مَعاهِداً
لتُصْبِحَto awaken والآمالُand hopes دانٍnear شسوعُهاtheir remoteness
لتُصْبِحَ والآمالُ دانٍ شسوعُها
And how many dwellings there have the riders alighted at,
And how many caravans have stopped by it, covenanting,
To wake with even far-off hopes close at hand.
That hopes would be humble at dawn before its loftiness.
فبُلّغَso was brought to his goal راجِيهاone hoping in it وأُسْعِفَand was aided قصْدُهُhis purpose
فبُلّغَ راجِيها وأُسْعِفَ قصْدُهُ
وأُمِّنَand was made safe منfrom رَيْبِthe vicissitudes of الزّمانِtime جَزوعُهاits fearful one
وأُمِّنَ من رَيْبِ الزّمانِ جَزوعُها
So whoever hoped in it attained his goal, and his purpose was aided,
Grant its suitor success, and aid his purpose,
And its fearful ones were made safe from time's vicissitudes.
And safeguard it from the harm of a weeping time.
ومُذْand since أمّلتْit placed its hopes in مَوْلَىthe lord of الخلائِفthe caliphs يوسُفاًYusuf
ومُذْ أمّلتْ مَوْلَى الخلائِف يوسُفاً
فهَلْthen can ...? حادِثاتُthe calamities of الدهْرِtime يُخْشىbe feared وقوعُهاtheir befalling
فهَلْ حادِثاتُ الدهْرِ يُخْشى وقوعُها
And since it placed its hopes in Yusuf, lord of the caliphs,
And since it has appointed Yusuf as caretaker,
Can the befalling of time's calamities then be feared?
Are the events of fate feared to befall it?
ووافَتand arrived إلىat المَيْزِthe military review السّعيدِauspicious وُفودُهاits delegations
ووافَت إلى المَيْزِ السّعيدِ وُفودُها
فراقَتْso were lovely علىupon تلكthose البِطاحِthe open plains جموعُهاtheir throngs
فراقَتْ على تلك البِطاحِ جموعُها
And its delegations came to the auspicious review,
Its delegations have arrived at the auspicious throne,
So their throngs were a lovely sight upon those open plains.
And its crowds have wandered upon those sands.
وناصِرُand the Defender of دينthe Faith of اللهGod يطْلعُrises وجْهُهُhis face
وناصِرُ دين الله يطْلعُ وجْهُهُ
كشَمْسِlike the sun of الضحىthe forenoon يُعْشيdazzles العيونَthe eyes طُلوعُهاits rising
كشَمْسِ الضحى يُعْشي العيونَ طُلوعُها
And the Defender of God's Faith—his face rises
The supporter of God's religion appears, his face
Like the forenoon sun, whose rising dazzles the eyes.
Like the rising sun, gladdening the eyes with its emergence.
وهلْand can ...? يكْتُمُconceal الشمْسَthe sun المنيرةَradiant كاتِمٌa concealer
وهلْ يكْتُمُ الشمْسَ المنيرةَ كاتِمٌ
وأنوارُهاand its rays فيin الخافِقَيْنeast and west تُشيعُهاproclaim it
وأنوارُها في الخافِقَيْن تُشيعُها
And can anyone conceal the radiant sun,
Can any concealer conceal the shining sun,
While its rays proclaim it throughout east and west?
When its lights pervade the horizons?
بناصِرthrough the Defender of دينthe Faith of اللهِGod عزّgrew mighty جنابُهاits domain
بناصِر دين اللهِ عزّ جنابُها
فمَنso who طائِعُsubmissive الأمْلاكِthe kings أوor منwho مُطيعُهاcommands their obedience
فمَن طائِعُ الأمْلاكِ أو من مُطيعُها
Through the Defender of God's Faith, its domain has gained might;
With the supporter of God's religion mighty is its prestige,
So who among kings submits, or who commands their obedience?
Who of the angels obeys it or is obedient to it?
أسَلْتَyou made flow دَمَthe blood of العُنْقودِthe grape-cluster فيfor اللهِGod مُظهِراًrevealing
أسَلْتَ دَمَ العُنْقودِ في اللهِ مُظهِراً
لأفعالِfor deeds of برٍّrighteousness فيin الوجودِthe world تذيعُهاyou proclaim them
لأفعالِ برٍّ في الوجودِ تذيعُها
You made the grape-cluster's blood flow for God's sake, revealing
You have spilled the blood of the grapes in God, manifesting
Deeds of righteousness that you proclaim throughout the world.
Acts of righteousness that spread through existence.
لذلكَtherefore جادَlavishly watered الغيْثُthe rain منهاwithin it أباطحاًbroad riverbeds
لذلكَ جادَ الغيْثُ منها أباطحاً
بهاin them زهرُbright أزهارٍblossoms جَلاهَاunveiled them ربيعُهاits spring
بها زهرُ أزهارٍ جَلاهَا ربيعُها
Therefore rain lavishly watered its broad riverbeds,
For that reason, abundant rain has poured from it
Where bright blossoms were unveiled by its spring.
In it the bloom of blooms, its spring made it magnificent.
لكyours is الحُكْمُcommand فيماin whatever شِئْتَyou wished غيْرُwithout being مُدافَعٍopposed
لك الحُكْمُ فيما شِئْتَ غيْرُ مُدافَعٍ
إذِfor الأرضُthe earth فيin كِلْتاboth يديْكyour two hands جَميعُهاall of it
إذِ الأرضُ في كِلْتا يديْك جَميعُها
Yours is command in whatever you wish, unopposed,
Yours is the judgment in whatever you desire, none can oppose,
For all the earth is in both your hands.
Since the earth in both your hands is entirely gathered.
وتأتيand bring بماwhat تبْغيyou seek سُعودُكَyour good fortunes فيagainst العِدَىthe foes
وتأتي بما تبْغي سُعودُكَ في العِدَى
وقدand indeed ضلّwent astray عاصيهاwhoever defies them وفازَand triumphed مُطيعُهاwhoever obeys them
وقد ضلّ عاصيها وفازَ مُطيعُها
And your good fortunes bring what you seek against your foes,
And you achieve whatever you want, your good fortune against the enemies,
Indeed, whoever defies them has strayed, and whoever obeys them has triumphed.
While those disobedient to it have strayed and those obedient have succeeded.
وتَتْرُكُand leave آثارُthe tracks of الجيادِthe steeds مَحارباًprayer niches
وتَتْرُكُ آثارُ الجيادِ مَحارباً
لهاbefore them فيin الوَغَىthe fray يُبْديshows السُّجودَprostration صَريعُهاits fallen warrior
لها في الوَغَى يُبْدي السُّجودَ صَريعُها
And the steeds' tracks leave prayer niches,
The tracks of steeds leave a warrior
Before which, in the fray, the slain bow in prostration.
Whose prostration in the fray reveals his submission.
بحيْثُwhere الحُسامُthe keen sword الصّلْتُunsheathed نهْرُa river of حديقةٍa garden
بحيْثُ الحُسامُ الصّلْتُ نهْرُ حديقةٍ
يَروقُis lovely علىupon شطّيْهِits two banks ورْداًas roses نَجيعُهاits fresh blood
يَروقُ على شطّيْهِ ورْداً نَجيعُها
Where the unsheathed sword is a garden's river,
With swords that are unsheathed, a river in a garden
Its fresh blood glows like roses along the river's two banks.
That satisfies its banks with delicate roses.
ترومُseek عُداةُthe enemies of الدّينthe faith عنهُfrom it فرارَهاtheir escape
ترومُ عُداةُ الدّين عنهُ فرارَها
وأيْنand where لهاfor them عنfrom مضْربيْهِits two striking edges نُزوعُهاtheir escape
وأيْن لها عن مضْربيْهِ نُزوعُها
The enemies of the faith seek to flee from it,
The enemies of the religion attempt to flee it
But where can they find escape from its two edges?
But where can they deviate from its blows?
ومنand who كَبنيlike the sons of نصْرٍNasr إذاwhen شهِدواthey took part in الوَغَىthe fray
ومن كَبني نصْرٍ إذا شهِدوا الوَغَى
لدَيْهِمbefore them منfrom الأبطالِthe champions يبدوappears خُضوعُهاtheir submission
لدَيْهِم من الأبطالِ يبدو خُضوعُها
And who is like the Banu Nasr when they enter the fray?
And of the Clan of Victory, when they attend the battle,
Before them, the champions' submission is revealed.
Their champions there manifest humbleness.
فكمْand how many فئةٍa band منهُمْamong them بإفْنائهاin its annihilating العِدَىthe foes
فكمْ فئةٍ منهُمْ بإفْنائها العِدَى
وبذْلِand bestowing النّدىbounty للمعْتَفينَon petitioners وَلُوعُهاits delight
وبذْلِ النّدى للمعْتَفينَ وَلُوعُها
How many a band among them, in annihilating the foes
And how many a group among them, by destroying the enemies
And bestowing bounty on petitioners, finds its delight!
And showing sympathy to the contrite and woeful!
وفيand in دوْحَةِthe spreading tree of الأنْصارِthe Ansar طابَتْwere noble أصولُهاtheir roots
وفي دوْحَةِ الأنْصارِ طابَتْ أصولُها
وليسَand it is not عجيباًstrange أنthat حَكتْهاresembled them فُروعُهاtheir branches
وليسَ عجيباً أن حَكتْها فُروعُها
And in the spreading tree of the Ansar, their roots were noble;
In the Abode of the Helpers, its roots prospered,
And no wonder their branches have taken after them.
And it is no surprise that its branches have narrated it.
كأنْas though ببلادconcerning the lands of الكافرينَthe unbelievers بأسْرِهاin their entirety
كأنْ ببلاد الكافرينَ بأسْرِها
لمِلكto the rule of مليكthe sovereign of العُدْوتيْنthe two shores رُجوعُهاtheir return
لمِلك مليك العُدْوتيْن رُجوعُها
It is as though the unbelievers' lands, in their entirety,
As if in the lands of the infidels entirely,
Were returning to the rule of the sovereign of the two shores.
For the King of Kings, their return is to it.
وكمْand how many سابِحٍa swimming steed يُرْبيsurpasses عَلَىover كلّevery سانحٍpassing beast
وكمْ سابِحٍ يُرْبي عَلَى كلّ سانحٍ
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle ظِباءُthe gazelles of القَفْرِthe wilderness يبدُوappears مَروعُهاwhat frightens them
إذا ما ظِباءُ القَفْرِ يبدُو مَروعُها
And many a swimming steed outstrips every passing beast,
And how many swimmer nurtures over every smooth terrain,
When the one who startles the desert gazelles appears.
When the beasts of waste appear, frightened by it.
فتحْنوso they bend tenderly علىover الأبطالِthe champions حتّىuntil كأنهُمْas though they
فتحْنو على الأبطالِ حتّى كأنهُمْ
لديْهِto it قلوبٌhearts ضُمّنتْهاwere made to contain them ضُلوعُهاtheir ribs
لديْهِ قلوبٌ ضُمّنتْها ضُلوعُها
So the steeds bend tenderly over the champions, until they seem
They incline toward the heroes as if
To each steed like hearts enclosed within its ribs.
Within them are hearts its ribs have embedded.
مدائِحُكَpraises of you الأزهارُthe flowers طِيباًin fragrance فإنfor if سرَتْwafted
مدائِحُكَ الأزهارُ طِيباً فإن سرَتْ
نَواسِمُthe breezes of أفكارِيmy thoughts عليْهاover them تُذيعُهاspread them abroad
نَواسِمُ أفكارِي عليْها تُذيعُها
Your praises are flowers in fragrance; if there waft
Your praises are flowers, and if delighted,
Over them the breezes of my thoughts, they spread them abroad.
The ideas of my thoughts promulgate them.
وهاand here هِيَthey قدalready ذاعَتْhave spread لديْكbefore you وسائِلاًas pleas
وها هِيَ قد ذاعَتْ لديْك وسائِلاً
وحاشاكَand far be it from you ياO مَوْلَىlord of المُلوكِthe kings تُضيعُهاyou let them go to waste
وحاشاكَ يا مَوْلَى المُلوكِ تُضيعُها
And here they are, spread before you as pleas;
And here they are, already disseminated before you,
And far be it from you, O lord of kings, to let them go to waste.
My Lord of Kings, far be it from you to waste them!
أُجيلُI set spinning بمَيْدانin the arena of البَيانِeloquence قِداحَهاtheir lot-arrows
أُجيلُ بمَيْدان البَيانِ قِداحَها
فيَلتاحُso shines forth فيin الأوْصافِthe descriptions منْكof you بديعُهاtheir wondrous beauty
فيَلتاحُ في الأوْصافِ منْك بديعُها
I set their lot-arrows spinning in the arena of eloquence,
I ignite the competition of rhetoric, its torches,
So their wondrous beauty shines forth in descriptions of you.
To roam in descriptions from you the most eloquent.
ومنand who ليfor me بوَصْفِwith describing البعْضِsome منهاof them وإنهاand indeed they
ومن لي بوَصْفِ البعْضِ منها وإنها
ليَقْصُرُwould surely fall short عنهاof them لوْif أتاهاhe attempted them بَديعُهاtheir virtuoso
ليَقْصُرُ عنها لوْ أتاها بَديعُها
And who can help me describe some of them, when indeed
And who am I to describe even some of it? Though it
Their finest wordsmith would surely fall short, were he to attempt them?
Would fall short if the most eloquent came to it.
أمَوْلايَO my lord دُمlive on للمَكْرُماتِfor noble deeds تُنيلُهاyou grant them
أمَوْلايَ دُم للمَكْرُماتِ تُنيلُها
ندَىًbounty ولأحداثِand for the calamities of الزمانِtime تَروعُهاyou terrify them
ندَىً ولأحداثِ الزمانِ تَروعُها
O my lord, live on for noble deeds, granting them
My Lord, let the generous deeds be dewy,
Bounty, and making the calamities of time tremble.
Refreshing, and for the events of time alarming.
ومَمْلوكُand the bondsman of نُعماكَyour bounty الكريمةِgenerous كُلّماwhenever
ومَمْلوكُ نُعماكَ الكريمةِ كُلّما
تعرَّضَhe ventured للشكْوَىto complain فأنتَthen you سَميعُهاits attentive hearer
تعرَّضَ للشكْوَى فأنتَ سَميعُها
And the bondsman of your generous bounty, whenever
And your generous gifts, all who
He ventures a complaint, you listen to it.
Face grievances, you are their hearing.
عبيدُكَyour slaves ياO مَولايَmy lord مِثليlike me حَقيقةًtruly
عبيدُكَ يا مَولايَ مِثلي حَقيقةً
بعزّكthrough your might حاشَىfar be it أنْthat يُرامَbe sought خُضوعُهاtheir submission
بعزّك حاشَى أنْ يُرامَ خُضوعُها
Your slaves, O my lord, are truly like me:
Your servants, my Lord, the likes of me in truth,
Through your might, far be it that their submission be sought.
By your might, far be it for their humility to be sought!
Sol 6.1