المَجدُglory ماthat which اِدّرَعَتdonned as armor ثَراكَyour soil هضابُهُits hills
المَجدُ ما اِدّرَعَت ثَراكَ هضابُهُ
وَتَثقَّفَتكَand took you as their guide شُعُوبُهُits peoples وشِعابُهُand its mountain passes
وَتَثقَّفَتكَ شُعُوبُهُ وشِعابُهُ
Glory is that whose hills have donned your soil as armor,
and whose peoples and passes have been set straight by you.
مَلكٌa king تكنَّفَenfolded دينَthe faith of أَحمدَAhmad كنهhis shelter
مَلكٌ تكنَّفَ دينَ أَحمدَ كنه
فَأَضاءَso shone نَيَّرهits luminary وَصابَand struck شِهابُهُits meteor
فَأَضاءَ نَيَّره وَصابَ شِهابُهُ
A king whose shelter enfolded Ahmad's faith,
so its luminary blazed and its meteor struck.
فَالعَدلُso justice حَيثُwherever تَصرّفتْtook effect أَحكامُهُhis judgments
فَالعَدلُ حَيثُ تَصرّفتْ أَحكامُهُ
والأمنُand safety حيثwherever تصرًّمَتْdispersed أشرابُهُhis companies
والأمنُ حيث تصرًّمَتْ أشرابُهُ
Justice is wherever his judgments take effect,
and safety wherever his companies disperse.
مُتَهلِّلٌbeaming وَالمَوتُwhile death فيin نَبراتِهِhis tones
مُتَهلِّلٌ وَالمَوتُ في نَبراتِهِ
يُرجىis looked to with hope وَيُرهَبُand is dreaded خَوفُهُhis terror وَعِقابُهُand his punishment
يُرجى وَيُرهَبُ خَوفُهُ وَعِقابُهُ
Beaming, though death is in his tones,
he inspires hope, yet his terror and punishment are dreaded.
عَقَدَknotted اللِواءَthe banner وسارَand marched يَقدمُهُleading it وَماwhile not yet
عَقَدَ اللِواءَ وسارَ يَقدمُهُ وَما
حَلَّتhad untied عُقودَthe knots of تَميمهاtheir amulets أَترابُهُhis peers
حَلَّت عُقودَ تَميمها أَترابُهُ
He knotted the banner and marched ahead of it, while
his peers had not yet untied their amulets' knots.
أُسدٌa lion فَرائِسُهُhis prey الفَوارِسُhorsemen وَالظُّباand sword-edges
أُسدٌ فَرائِسُهُ الفَوارِسُ وَالظُّبا
أَظفارُهُhis claws والسَّمْهَرِيَّةand straight lances غابُهُhis thicket
أَظفارُهُ والسَّمْهَرِيَّة غابُهُ
A lion whose prey are horsemen; sword-blades
are his claws, and straight lances his thicket.
طَبعَforged الحَديدَiron فَكانَand so was مِنهُfrom it جِنانُهُhis heart
طَبعَ الحَديدَ فَكانَ مِنهُ جِنانُهُ
وَسِنانُهُand his spearhead وَإِهابُهُand his skin وَثِيابُهُand his clothes
وَسِنانُهُ وَإِهابُهُ وَثِيابُهُ
He forged iron, and of it were made his heart,
his spearhead, his skin, and his clothes.
وَتَهشّand beam إِنwhen كَثبhe draws near الوجوهُthe faces كَأنَّماas though
وَتَهشّ إِن كَثب الوجوهُ كَأنَّما
أَعداؤُهُhis enemies تَحتَbeneath الوَغىbattle's din أَحبابُهُhis loved ones
أَعداؤُهُ تَحتَ الوَغى أَحبابُهُ
And faces beam when he draws near, as though
his enemies amid battle were his loved ones.
نُشِرتwas spread بِمَحمودٍthrough Mahmud شَريعَةُthe sacred law of أَحمَدٍAhmad
نُشِرت بِمَحمودٍ شَريعَةُ أَحمَدٍ
وَأَرىand made visible الصّحابَةَthe Companions ماwhat اِحتَذاهُemulated it صحابُهُhis comrades
وَأَرى الصّحابَةَ ما اِحتَذاهُ صحابُهُ
Through Mahmud, Ahmad's sacred law was spread,
and his comrades' emulation brought the Companions to view.
ماnot غابَwas absent أَصْلَعُthe bald man of هاشِمٍHashim فيهاin it وَلاnor الthe
ما غابَ أَصْلَعُ هاشِمٍ فيها وَلا ال
فاروقُFaruq باءَincurred بِخطبِهِwith his calamity خَطّابُهُhis suitor
فاروقُ باءَ بِخطبِهِ خَطّابُهُ
Hashim's bald-headed one was not absent there, nor was
al-Faruq; his suitor met with calamity.
أَبناءُthe sons of قَيلَةَQayla قائِمونَstanding ready بِنَصرِهِin his support
أَبناءُ قَيلَةَ قائِمونَ بِنَصرِهِ
إِنْif أَجلَبَتmustered مِنof قاسِطٍa wrongdoer أَحزابُهُhis factions
إِنْ أَجلَبَت مِن قاسِطٍ أَحزابُهُ
The sons of Qayla stand ready to support him,
if a wrongdoer's factions rally against him.
صَبَحُواthey attacked at dawn مُحَلّقةthe soaring host of البرنسِthe prince بِحالِقٍwith a shearing scourge
صَبَحُوا مُحَلّقة البرنسِ بِحالِقٍ
حَرشflushed out الضَّبابthe lizards مِنَfrom القلوبِthe hearts ضبابُهُits mist
حَرش الضَّباب مِنَ القلوبِ ضبابُهُ
They struck the prince's soaring host at dawn with a shearing scourge,
whose mist flushed the lizards from their hearts.
ماnot زالَceased يَغلُبdefeating منwhoever بغاهsought him ضَلالَةin error
ما زالَ يَغلُب من بغاه ضَلالَة
حَتّىuntil أُتيحَwas sent مِنَfrom الهُدىright guidance غَلّابُهُhis vanquisher
حَتّى أُتيحَ مِنَ الهُدى غَلّابُهُ
He kept defeating, in error, whoever challenged him,
until from right guidance his vanquisher was sent.
مُلقىcast down بِوَحشِin the wilds of الأَصرمينَthe wolf and raven تَزَيَّلتscattered
مُلقى بِوَحشِ الأَصرمينَ تَزَيَّلت
آراؤُهُhis plans وَتَزايَلَتand fell apart آلابُهُhis allied bands
آراؤُهُ وَتَزايَلَت آلابُهُ
Cast down in the wilds of wolf and raven; scattered were
his plans, and his allied bands fell apart.
دونَshort of الأُرُنطِthe Orontes سَخَتwere prodigal بِهِwith him نَجداتُهُhis feats of valor
دونَ الأُرُنطِ سَخَت بِهِ نَجداتُهُ
وَنِجادُهُand his sword-belt وقِرابُهُand his scabbard وقُرابُهُand his kin
وَنِجادُهُ وقِرابُهُ وقُرابُهُ
Short of the Orontes, his feats of valor gave him up,
as did his sword-belt, his scabbard, and his kin.
سَلَبتهrobbed him of دُرّةَthe pearl of تاجِهِhis crown يَدُthe hand of ضَيْغَمٍa lion
سَلَبته دُرّةَ تاجِهِ يَدُ ضَيْغَمٍ
لَمdid not تُنْجِهِsave him مِنfrom بِأسِهِhis might أَسلابُهُhis spoils
لَم تُنْجِهِ مِن بِأسِهِ أَسلابُهُ
A lion's hand robbed him of his crown's pearl;
his spoils could not save him from the lion's might.
وَأَتَتهُand came to him تَجلِبُbringing جُوسِلينَJoscelin جَنائِبٌled mounts
وَأَتَتهُ تَجلِبُ جُوسِلينَ جَنائِبٌ
هَبَّتthey swept forth فَقلَّso was carried إِلىto القِتالِbattle هيابُهُone who feared him
هَبَّت فَقلَّ إِلى القِتالِ هيابُهُ
And led mounts came to him, bringing Joscelin;
they swept forth, bearing one who feared him into battle.
أَسرَتهُthey captured him لاnot مَنعتhalted سراهُhis night journey وعزّهُand overcame him
أَسرَتهُ لا مَنعت سراهُ وعزّهُ
بِالقاعِon the plain إِنif رامَhe sought الوُرودَto reach water سرابُهُits mirage
بِالقاعِ إِن رامَ الوُرودَ سرابُهُ
They captured him without halting his night journey, and he was overcome
by the plain's mirage, if he sought to reach water.
يَمشيhe walks فَيسمعُهُand makes him hear وَقائِعَthe blows of قيدِهِhis fetter
يَمشي فَيسمعُهُ وَقائِعَ قيدِهِ
هَزَجاًas a chant تَقيءvomit دَماًblood لَهُto it أَندابُهُhis scars
هَزَجاً تَقيء دَماً لَهُ أَندابُهُ
He walks, and his fetter's blows ring in his ears
as a chant to which his scars vomit blood.
لاneither تَلُّTall باشِرهhis Bashir ولاnor كَيسونهُhis Kaysun
لا تَلُّ باشِره ولا كَيسونهُ
صَدّتwarded off منىًfate عَنهُfrom him ولاnor عِنتابُهُhis Ayntab
صَدّت منىً عَنهُ ولا عِنتابُهُ
Neither his Tall Bashir nor his Kaysun
warded fate off from him, nor did his Ayntab.
ضَمِنَتguaranteed شَقاوَتُهُhis misery سَعادَةَthe happiness of صافحٍa pardoner
ضَمِنَت شَقاوَتُهُ سَعادَةَ صافحٍ
غَطّىcovered عَلىover إِعناتِهِhis harsh treatment إِعتابُهُhis amends
غَطّى عَلى إِعناتِهِ إِعتابُهُ
His misery guaranteed a pardoner's happiness,
whose amends covered over his harsh treatment.
ماnot زالَceased يَغدُرُbetraying ثُمَّthen يَغدرbetraying again قادراًwhile able
ما زالَ يَغدُرُ ثُمَّ يَغدر قادراً
حتّىuntil أَتاهُcame to him بِجامحٍwith an unruly one أَصحابُهُhis comrades
حتّى أَتاهُ بِجامحٍ أَصحابُهُ
He kept betraying, then betraying again, while able,
until his comrades brought him an unruly captive.
قَصرthe utmost of الأَمانيwishes أَنthat يملأshould fill عصركyour age الthe
قَصر الأَماني أَن يملأ عصرك ال
إسلامُIslam مضروباًdrawn عَليهِover it حِجابُهُits veil
إسلامُ مضروباً عَليهِ حِجابُهُ
The utmost wish is that your age be filled with
Islam, with its veil drawn over it:
مَجرٌa vast army يَجرُّdraws إِلىtoward الغَنائِمِthe spoils قبُّهُits lean steeds
مَجرٌ يَجرُّ إِلى الغَنائِمِ قبُّهُ
وَحِمىًand a sanctuary يُزارُare visited علىfor الفُتوحِconquests قِبابُهُits pavilions
وَحِمىً يُزارُ على الفُتوحِ قِبابُهُ
a vast host whose lean steeds draw it toward spoils,
and a sanctuary whose pavilions are visited to celebrate conquests.
Sol 6.1