وَفَدَتْ عَلَيكَ سعادةُ الأعوامِ

وَفَدَتْ عَلَيكَ سعادةُ الأعوامِ

لِعُلى يديكَ ونُصرَةِ الإسلامِ

لِعُلى يديكَ ونُصرَةِ الإسلامِ

The good fortune of the years has come to you,

The felicity of years has come to you

for your hands' noble deeds and Islam's triumph,

With the exaltation of your hand and the victory of Islam

وبطول عمرٍ يعمُرُ الرّتَبَ التي

وبطول عمرٍ يعمُرُ الرّتَبَ التي

يختطّها الخطّيّ وهي سَوَامِ

يختطّها الخطّيّ وهي سَوَامِ

and with a long life to occupy the ranks that

And a long life that inhabits the ranks

the Khatti spear marks out, lofty as they are.

Drawn by the writer's pen as it flows

عامٌ أتاك مُبشّراً برياسةٍ

عامٌ أتاك مُبشّراً برياسةٍ

أبديّةِ الإجلال والإعظامِ

أبديّةِ الإجلال والإعظامِ

A year has come to you, heralding a reign

A year has come to you bearing good tidings

of everlasting reverence and esteem.

Of eternal supremacy and veneration

لك في ابتداءِ العمرِ عزمُ مُؤيَّدٍ

لك في ابتداءِ العمرِ عزمُ مُؤيَّدٍ

وأناةُ مقتدرٍ وعدلُ إمامِ

وأناةُ مقتدرٍ وعدلُ إمامِ

At life's outset, yours is the resolve of one supported,

You have in your youth determination supported

and a powerful man's patience and an imam's justice.

And the patience of the powerful and the justice of an imam

صدقُ المخايل في حداثةِ سنّهِ

صدقُ المخايل في حداثةِ سنّهِ

والشبلُ فيه طبيعةُ الضرغامِ

والشبلُ فيه طبيعةُ الضرغامِ

The signs of promise prove true in his youthful years,

The truthfulness of the poet in his youth

and within the lion cub lies the fierce lion's nature.

And the cub has the nature of a growling lion

كم قائلٍ لنموّ قدرك في العلى

كم قائلٍ لنموّ قدرك في العلى

هذا الهلالُ ينير بَدْرَ تَمامِ

هذا الهلالُ ينير بَدْرَ تَمامِ

How many have said, as your stature grows in glory:

How many say about the growth of your worth

"This crescent shines as a moon at the full!"

This crescent moon illuminates the full moon

تُرْدي عُداةَ اللَّه منك إشارةٌ

تُرْدي عُداةَ اللَّه منك إشارةٌ

والسّقْطُ يحرقُ كثرَةَ الآجامِ

والسّقْطُ يحرقُ كثرَةَ الآجامِ

A gesture from you strikes down God's enemies,

Your enemies of Allah recoil from your gesture

and a spark consumes a multitude of thickets.

And miscarriages burn plentifully

وكأنّما الإيمان في حرب العدا

وكأنّما الإيمان في حرب العدا

بيمينه منك انتضاءُ حسامِ

بيمينه منك انتضاءُ حسامِ

And it is as though faith, in the war against foes,

As if faith in the war of enemies

draws a keen sword from you with its right hand.

Is empowered by your sword's unsheathing

حَسُنَتْ بسعدك للخلائقِ كلهمْ

حَسُنَتْ بسعدك للخلائقِ كلهمْ

لمّا وليتَ خلائق الأيامِ

لمّا وليتَ خلائق الأيامِ

Through your good fortune, kinder to all creatures grew

Good has come to all people through your fortune

the tempers of the days, when you took power.

When you assumed responsibility for the eras

فانْصَبّتِ الأرْزَاقُ بعد جُمودِها

فانْصَبّتِ الأرْزَاقُ بعد جُمودِها

وأضاءَتِ الآفاقُ بعدَ ظلامِ

وأضاءَتِ الآفاقُ بعدَ ظلامِ

So provisions poured forth after their stagnation,

Sustenance flowed after its stagnation

and the horizons shone after darkness.

And horizons lit up after darkness

وتنفّستْ من رَوْض خلقك نفحَةٌ

وتنفّستْ من رَوْض خلقك نفحَةٌ

صَحّتْ بها الآمال بعد سقامِ

صَحّتْ بها الآمال بعد سقامِ

And a fragrant breeze breathed from the garden of your character,

From your creation's meadow blew a breeze

through which hopes recovered after sickness.

By which hopes recovered from illness

كم قال من حيٍّ لميتٍ قُم ترَى

كم قال من حيٍّ لميتٍ قُم ترَى

فَرَحَ الورى بالأمنِ والإنعامِ

فَرَحَ الورى بالأمنِ والإنعامِ

Many a living person has said to a dead one, "Rise and see

How many living said to the dead, "Arise and see!"

humankind's joy in safety and bounty!"

The world rejoiced in security and comfort

هذا هو الحَسَنُ الذي حَسَناتُه

هذا هو الحَسَنُ الذي حَسَناتُه

قعدت لدى الكرماءِ بعد قيامِ

قعدت لدى الكرماءِ بعد قيامِ

This is al-Hasan, whose good deeds

This is the beauty whose virtues

have taken their seat among the generous after standing.

Sat with the generous after standing

انظرْ إلى القمرِ الذي في دَسْتِهِ

انظرْ إلى القمرِ الذي في دَسْتِهِ

فيمينُهُ تَنْدى بصَوْبِ غمامِ

فيمينُهُ تَنْدى بصَوْبِ غمامِ

Look at the moon upon his throne:

Look to the moon in his grasp

for his right hand is moist with a cloud's downpour.

Its right hand is dewy towards the clouds

مُتخَتّمٌ لعُفاتهِ وَعُداتِهِ

مُتخَتّمٌ لعُفاتهِ وَعُداتِهِ

بالجود أو بقبيعة الصمصامِ

بالجود أو بقبيعة الصمصامِ

For his petitioners and his foes, he wears a ring

Sealed by his chastity and integrity

of generosity or of the keen-cutting sword's pommel.

With generosity or the sword's sheath

خلع اللواءُ عليك عزّ مُمَلَّكٍ

خلع اللواءُ عليك عزّ مُمَلَّكٍ

تَخْشَى سُطاهُ أجِنّةُ الأرحامِ

تَخْشَى سُطاهُ أجِنّةُ الأرحامِ

The banner has robed you in a sovereign's might,

The banner has conferred on you the honor of a king

whose onslaught even the unborn in the womb fear.

Whose power unborn children dread

تخذ الجنودَ من الأسود فوارساً

تخذ الجنودَ من الأسود فوارساً

مِنْ ضاربٍ أو طاعنٍ أو رامِ

مِنْ ضاربٍ أو طاعنٍ أو رامِ

He has recruited horsemen for his troops from among lions,

It takes soldiers from fierce lions

whether striking, thrusting, or shooting,

Striking, stabbing, or throwing

في كلّ خضراءِ الحبائكِ فاضةٍ

في كلّ خضراءِ الحبائكِ فاضةٍ

فاضَتْ على قَدَمٍ من الأقدامِ

فاضَتْ على قَدَمٍ من الأقدامِ

each in an ample coat of green-linked mail,

In every verdant stratagem overflowing

flowing down over a foot among the feet.

Overflowing at the foot of one of the feet

وكأنّ أحداقَ الجرادِ تبرّقتْ

وكأنّ أحداقَ الجرادِ تبرّقتْ

منها لِعَيْنِكَ في سرابِ موامي

منها لِعَيْنِكَ في سرابِ موامي

And it is as though the eyes of locusts glittered

As if the orbits of locusts shone

from it, before your gaze, in the mirage of desert wastes.

From it towards your eye in the mirage of sands