بعمادThrough Imad الدّينal-Din ('the faith') أضْحَتْhas become عُرْوَةُthe bond of الدthe faith (first fragment)
بعماد الدّين أضْحَتْ عُرْوَةُ الد
دينِfaith (continuation) مَعصوباًbound fast بهاto it الفتحُthe victory المبينْmanifest
دينِ مَعصوباً بها الفتحُ المبينْ
Through Imad al-Din, the bond of faith has become
With Imād al-Dīn the pillar of religion became
that to which manifest victory is bound fast.
Bound with it the manifest conquest
وَاِستَزادتAnd increased بِقَسيمِthrough Qasim الدَّولةal-Dawla ('the state') الthe (start of 'shares')
وَاِستَزادت بِقَسيمِ الدَّولة ال
قسمُshares (continuation) مِنfrom إدحاضِthwarting كيدِthe plotting of المارِقينْthe renegades
قسمُ مِن إدحاضِ كيدِ المارِقينْ
And through Qasim al-Dawla, there grew
And with partner of the state it increased
the shares gained by thwarting the renegades' schemes.
A share from the frustration of the schemes of the dissenters
مَلكٌA king أسْهَرَkept awake عيناًan eye لمnot تَزَلْcease
مَلكٌ أسْهَرَ عيناً لم تَزَلْ
هَمُّهَاIts concern تشريدdispersing هَمّthe worry of الرَّاقدينthe sleepers
هَمُّهَا تشريد هَمّ الرَّاقدين
A king who kept an eye awake, which never ceased
A king that kept awake the eye that its concern
to care for dispersing the worries of sleepers.
Was always to scatter the worries of those asleep
لاMay not خَلَتْit be devoid منof كَحَلthe kohl of النّصرِvictory فقدfor indeed
لا خَلَتْ من كَحَل النّصرِ فقد
فقأتIt burst غَيظاًwith rage عُيونthe eyes of الحاسدينthe envious
فقأت غَيظاً عُيون الحاسدين
May it never lack victory's kohl, for it has
It did not lack kohl of victory so it
burst the eyes of the envious with rage.
Squeezed the hatred, the eyes of the envious
كُلُّEvery يومٍday مَرَّthat passed مِنof أيّامِهِhis days
كُلُّ يومٍ مَرَّ مِن أيّامِهِ
فَهوَSo it is عيدٌa festival عائِدrecurring لِلمسلمينْfor the Muslims
فَهوَ عيدٌ عائِد لِلمسلمينْ
Every day that passes among his days
Every day that passed of his days
is a recurring festival for the Muslims.
Is a recurring feast for the Muslims
لوIf جرىwere observed الإنصافُfairness فيin أوصافِهِhis descriptions
لو جرى الإنصافُ في أوصافِهِ
كَانَWould be أَولاهاthe most fitting of them أَميرCommander of المُؤمنينْthe Faithful
كَانَ أَولاها أَمير المُؤمنينْ
Were fairness observed in describing him,
If justice flowed in describing him
the fittest title would be Commander of the Faithful.
He would be the commander of the faithful
ماNot رَوىrecounted الرّاوُونَthe narrators بَلindeed ماnot سَطّرواthey wrote
ما رَوى الرّاوُونَ بَل ما سَطّروا
مِثلَThe like of ماwhat خَطَّتْinscribed لَهfor him أَيديthe hands of السنينْthe years
مِثلَ ما خَطَّتْ لَه أَيدي السنينْ
Narrators have never recounted, nor indeed written,
Neither those who transmit nor what they have transcribed
the like of what the hands of years have inscribed for him.
Is like what the years have inscribed for him
إِذWhen أَناخَencamped الشِّرْكُpolytheism فيin أَكنافِهِhis environs
إِذ أَناخَ الشِّرْكُ في أَكنافِهِ
بِمئيWith hundreds of ألْفٍa thousand ثَناهاhe turned it back بمئينْwith hundreds
بِمئي ألْفٍ ثَناها بمئينْ
When polytheism encamped within his borders
When polytheism docked in its bosoms
with hundreds of thousands, he repelled them with hundreds.
With a hundred thousand it doubled in two hundred thousand
وَقْعَةٌA battle طاحَتswept down بِكَلبِupon the dog of الرومِthe Romans منfrom
وَقْعَةٌ طاحَت بِكَلبِ الرومِ من
قِطعَةِA portion of البَيْنseparation إلىto قَطعِthe severing of الوَتينْthe heart-vein
قِطعَةِ البَيْن إلى قَطعِ الوَتينْ
A battle that hurled the dog of the Romans from
An incident in which collapsed the dog of Rome from
separation's cut to the severing of his heart-vein.
A piece of separation to the cutting of the guy ropes
إِنIf حَمتdefended herself مِصرٌEgypt فَقَدthen indeed قامthere stands لهاfor her
إِن حَمت مِصرٌ فَقَد قام لها
واضحُClear البرهانproof أنَّthat الصِّينَChina صِينْhas been preserved
واضحُ البرهان أنَّ الصِّينَ صِينْ
If Egypt has defended herself, she has
If Egypt was protected then the clear proof is
clear proof that China has been preserved.
That China is protected
دَرَجPassed الدَّهْرُtime عليهاover her مُعْصِراًa maiden coming of age
دَرَج الدَّهْرُ عليها مُعْصِراً
لَمNot يُدنَّسwas sullied بِمرامby the designs of اللّائِمينْthe reproachers
لَم يُدنَّس بِمرام اللّائِمينْ
Time passed over her, a maiden coming of age,
Time marched on it pressing
unsullied by the designs of the reproachers.
Not contaminated with the blame of the blamers
والرُّهاAnd Edessa لوif لمnot تكنshe were إِلّاexcept الرُّهاEdessa
والرُّها لو لم تكن إِلّا الرُّها
لكَفَتْShe would suffice حشْماًto shame لشكّthe doubt of المُمْتَرينْthe doubters
لكَفَتْ حشْماً لشكّ المُمْتَرينْ
And Edessa, were she nothing but Edessa,
Even if it were only rubble
would suffice to put the doubters' doubts to shame.
It would suffice to rebuke the doubt of the doubters
هَمَّIntended قسطنطينُConstantine أنto يَفّرعهاscale her
هَمَّ قسطنطينُ أن يَفّرعها
وَمَضىAnd departed لمnot يحوِobtain مِنهاfrom her قسطَa portion of طينْclay
وَمَضى لم يحوِ مِنها قسطَ طينْ
Constantine sought to scale her,
Constantine thought to conquer it
but departed without obtaining even a portion of her clay.
And passed away not gaining from it a handful of clay
ولَكَمْAnd how many منof ملِكٍa king حاولهاattempted her
ولَكَمْ من ملِكٍ حاولها
فتحلّىThen became an adornment الحَيْنُdoom وسْماًa brand فيupon الجبينْthe brow
فتحلّى الحَيْنُ وسْماً في الجبينْ
And how many a king attempted her,
And how many kings have tried it
and doom became an adornment, a brand upon his brow.
So the instant adorned their foreheads with a mark
هيَShe أُختُis the sister of النَّجْمthe star إِلّاexcept أنّهاthat she
هيَ أُختُ النَّجْم إِلّا أنّها
منهBeside him كالنّجمlike low-growing grass لرأيin the sight of المُبْصِرينْthe observers
منه كالنّجم لرأي المُبْصِرينْ
She is the sister of the star, except that
It is the sister of the star except that it is
beside him she seems low-growing grass to discerning eyes.
From it like the star in the view of the insightful
مُنِيَتْShe was beset منهby him بلَيْثٍby a lion قائدٍleading
مُنِيَتْ منه بلَيْثٍ قائدٍ
بِعرانِBy the nose-rein of الذّلّabasement آسادِthe lions of العَرينْthe lair
بِعرانِ الذّلّ آسادِ العَرينْ
She was beset at his hands by a lion leading
It was saved by a bold leader
the lions of the lair by the nose-rein of abasement.
With the handicap of humiliation, lions of the dens
زَارهاHe visited her يَزأرُroaring فيamid أُسْدِlions of وَغىًbattle
زَارها يَزأرُ في أُسْدِ وَغىً
تُبدِّلُTurn الأُسْدَthe lions مِنfrom الزّأْرِroaring الأَنينmoaning
تُبدِّلُ الأُسْدَ مِن الزّأْرِ الأَنين
He visited her roaring amid lions of battle
It was visited by one roaring with the boldness of lions
who turn the lions' roaring into moaning.
Replacing the roaring of lions with the moaning
صَولَجواThey wielded as polo mallets البيضَthe white blades بِضَربwith blows نثرscattering الthe (start of 'heads')
صَولَجوا البيضَ بِضَرب نثر ال
هَامَheads (continuation) فيin ساحاتِهاher courtyards نَثرlike the scattering of الكرينpolo balls
هَامَ في ساحاتِها نَثر الكرين
They swung the white blades like polo mallets, with blows scattering
They made the eggs white by striking, scattering
heads across her courtyards like polo balls.
The brains in its plains, scattering of the potsherds
ياOh لهاfor her هِمَّةُthe resolve of ثغرٍa frontier fortress أضحكتْmade laugh
يا لها هِمَّةُ ثغرٍ أضحكتْ
منAt بنيthe sons of القُلفِthe uncircumcised ثغورthe mouths of الشّامتينthe gloaters
من بني القُلفِ ثغور الشّامتين
What a frontier fortress's resolve! It made laugh
Oh, what an ambition of a portal that made
the mouths of those gloating over the sons of the uncircumcised.
The openings of Syria laugh at the gloaters
بَرنَسْتَYou hooded رأسَthe head of بُرنسa prince ذِلَّةًwith humiliation
بَرنَسْتَ رأسَ بُرنس ذِلَّةً
بَعدَماAfter جاسَتit probed حَواياthe entrails of جُوْسِلينJoscelin
بَعدَما جاسَت حَوايا جُوْسِلين
You hooded a prince's head with humiliation
You cut off the head of Prince Baldwin humbling him
after it had probed Joscelin's entrails.
After residing the outskirts of Jerusalem
وسَرُوجُAnd Saruj مُذْsince وَعَتْshe received أسراجَهُhis saddles
وسَرُوجُ مُذْ وَعَتْ أسراجَهُ
فَرَّقَتْShe scattered جُمّاعَهاher assembled host عنهاaway from her عِضِينin scattered bands
فَرَّقَتْ جُمّاعَها عنها عِضِين
And Saruj, since she received his saddles,
And the lamps, since it ignited its lanterns
scattered her assembled host away from her in bands.
It scattered their group from it running
تِلكَThose أقفالٌlocks رَماهاassailed them اللَّهGod منfrom
تِلكَ أقفالٌ رَماها اللَّه من
عَزمهِHis resolve الماضيdecisive بِخَيرِwith the best of الفاتِحينconquerors
عَزمهِ الماضي بِخَيرِ الفاتِحين
Those were locks that God struck, out of
Those are the locks Allah threw
His unerring resolve, with the best of conquerors.
From his passed will with the best of openers
شامَGlimpsed منهُfrom him الشّامal-Sham بَرْقاًlightning ودْقُهُits rain
شامَ منهُ الشّام بَرْقاً ودْقُهُ
مُؤمنAllaying الخَوفِfear مُخيفَterrifying الآمِنينthe secure
مُؤمن الخَوفِ مُخيفَ الآمِنين
Al-Sham glimpsed from him lightning whose rain
From it Syria was lit with lightning and its pounding
allays fear and terrifies the secure.
Terrifying the fearful, frightening the secure
كمHow many كنيسٍa church كَنَسْتَyou swept clear قدalready رامَهاsought her
كم كنيسٍ كَنَسْتَ قد رامَها
منهFrom him بعدdeparture (reading uncertain) الرُّوحِof the soul فيin ظلّthe shade of السَّفينships
منه بعد الرُّوحِ في ظلّ السَّفين
How many a church have you swept clear, already sought out
How many a church you swept that it intended
by the soul's departure at his hands, beneath the shade of ships.
After the soul within the shade of the ships
دَنَتِDrew near الآجالُthe appointed deaths مِنto آجالهاher herds
دَنَتِ الآجالُ مِن آجالها
فأَحَلَّتْهَاAnd settled in her القَطاsandgrouse بَعدَafter القَطينthe inhabitants
فأَحَلَّتْهَا القَطا بَعدَ القَطين
The appointed deaths drew near her herds
The terms from its terms became closer
and settled sandgrouse there after the inhabitants.
So the cat succeeded the two cats
ومنارٍAnd many a steeple يجتليdisplays صُلْبانهُits crosses
ومنارٍ يجتلي صُلْبانهُ
بَينَAmong بِيضٍfair women تَتبارَىvying فيin البرينbracelets
بَينَ بِيضٍ تَتبارَى في البرين
And many a steeple, its crosses on display
And a minaret its crosses shine
amid fair women vying in bracelets,
Between whites competing in brilliance
قَرعَتهStruck it البيضُthe white blades حتّىuntil بَدّلتthey changed
قَرعَته البيضُ حتّى بَدّلت
قَرعةَThe ringing of النّاقوسِthe bell تَثويبَthe renewed call of الأذينthe muezzin
قَرعةَ النّاقوسِ تَثويبَ الأذين
the white blades struck until they changed
The eggs beat it until it changed
the bell's ringing into the muezzin's renewed call.
The toll of the bell to the prayers of the ears
بالقَسِيميّاتWith the Qasimi blades مقسوماًallotted لهاto them الدthe (start of 'time')
بالقَسِيميّات مقسوماً لها الد
دَهرtime (continuation) فيin عَلْكِchewing لُجينٍsilver أَوor لجينbeaten leaf-fodder
دَهر في عَلْكِ لُجينٍ أَو لجين
With the Qasimi blades, to which time is allotted
With the divisions it is divided for it the
for chewing silver or beaten leaf-fodder.
Eras in an age of stillness or stillness
سَلْAsk بهاabout them حَرّانHarran كمhow many حرّىa burning heart سَقَتْthey gave to drink
سَلْ بها حَرّان كم حرّى سَقَتْ
بَرَداًCoolness مِنsince يَومthe day رُدَّتwas restored ماردينMardin
بَرَداً مِن يَوم رُدَّت ماردين
Ask Harran about them: how many a burning heart they quenched
Ask Harran how much it boiled, it gave
with coolness since the day Mardin was restored.
Cold from the day it was returned forcibly
سَمَطْتَYou garlanded أَمسَyesterday سُمَيْسَاطSumaysat بِهاwith them
سَمَطْتَ أَمسَ سُمَيْسَاط بِها
نَظْمَThe strung array of جَيشٍan army مُبْهجٍdelighting لِلنّاظرينfor the onlookers
نَظْمَ جَيشٍ مُبْهجٍ لِلنّاظرين
Yesterday you garlanded Sumaysat with them,
Yesterday you crushed the army
an army's strung array, delighting onlookers.
Of Sumaysat with it, delighting the onlookers
وَغَداًAnd tomorrow يُلْقَىwill be laid علىupon القدسِJerusalem لَهاof theirs
وَغَداً يُلْقَى على القدسِ لَها
كَلْكَلٌA breast يدرُسُهَاtrampling her دَرْسَlike the trampling of الدّرينdry herbage
كَلْكَلٌ يدرُسُهَا دَرْسَ الدّرين
And tomorrow there will be laid upon Jerusalem
And tomorrow Kulkal will be thrown on Jerusalem for it
a breast of theirs, trampling her like dried grass.
To study it the study of the two darrens (homes)
هِمَّةٌAn aspiration تُمسيbecomes at evening وتضْحىand becomes at morning عَزمةًfirm resolve
هِمَّةٌ تُمسي وتضْحى عَزمةً
لَيسَNot حِصنٌa fortress إِنْif نَحَتْهُit aims at it بحَصِينsecure
لَيسَ حِصنٌ إِنْ نَحَتْهُ بحَصِين
An aspiration that, evening and morning, becomes firm resolve:
An ambition that comes to evening and morning resolved
no fortress it targets is secure.
There is no fortress if it carved it with the pickax
قُلْSay لقومٍto a people غَرَّهُمdeceived them إمهالُهُhis granting of respite
قُلْ لقومٍ غَرَّهُم إمهالُهُ
سَتَذوقونَYou will taste شَذاهُhis sting بَعدَafter حينa while
سَتَذوقونَ شَذاهُ بَعدَ حين
Tell a people deceived by his granting of respite:
Say to a people deluded by its respite
You will taste his sting in due time.
They will taste its flavor after a time
إِنّهُHe is المَوتُdeath الَّذيwhich يدركُovertakes مَنwhoever
إِنّهُ المَوتُ الَّذي يدركُ مَن
فَرَّFled منهfrom him مُشحاًunyielding (reading uncertain) للغافِلينtoward the heedless
فَرَّ منه مُشحاً للغافِلين
He is death, which overtakes whoever
It is death that will take whoever
flees from him, unyielding toward the heedless.
Fled from it stingily to the heedless
وهوAnd he يُحْييgives life to مُمْسكيthose grasping عُرْوَتهhis bond
وهو يُحْيي مُمْسكي عُرْوَته
إنّهاIt is حبلٌa rope لِمَنْfor whoever تابَrepents مَتينstout
إنّها حبلٌ لِمَنْ تابَ مَتين
Yet he gives life to those who grasp his bond;
And it gives life to those who hold its handhold
it is a stout rope for whoever repents.
It is a rope for whoever repents decisively
مَنْWhoever يُطِعْobeys يَنْجُis saved وَمَنand whoever يَعْصِdisobeys يكنwill be
مَنْ يُطِعْ يَنْجُ وَمَن يَعْصِ يكن
منBy غداةٍmorning عبْرَةًa lesson للآخَرينfor others
من غداةٍ عبْرَةً للآخَرين
Whoever obeys is saved; whoever disobeys becomes
Whoever obeys is saved and whoever disobeys you
by morning, a lesson for others.
Will be a lesson tomorrow for the others
بِكَThrough you ياO شَمسَsun of المعاليhigh honors رُدَّتِwas restored الرthe (start of 'spirit')
بِكَ يا شَمسَ المعالي رُدَّتِ الر
روحُspirit (continuation) فيin the two dead ones المَيْتَيْنof منworldly life دُنياand faith وَدينswore
روحُ في المَيْتَيْن من دُنيا وَدين
Through you, O sun of high honors, there was restored
By you, O sun of glory, the soul was returned
the spirit to the two dead ones: worldly life and faith.
To the two dead ones from world and religion
أَقسَمSwore الجَدّgood fortune بِأَنthat تَبقىyou would remain لِكَيْso that
أَقسَم الجَدّ بِأَن تَبقى لِكَيْ
تَملِكَYou might possess الأَرضَthe earth يَميناًan oath لاnot يَمينlies
تَملِكَ الأَرضَ يَميناً لا يَمين
Good fortune swore that you would live on, to
The grandfather swore that you will remain
possess the earth—an oath in which it does not lie.
To rule the land as a right hand not oath
وتُفيضُAnd pour out العَدلَjustice فيthroughout أَقطارِهاits regions
وتُفيضُ العَدلَ في أَقطارِها
مُنْسِياًMaking forgotten مُؤْلِمَthe painful effects of عسفِthe oppression of الجائرينthe unjust
مُنْسِياً مُؤْلِمَ عسفِ الجائرين
And pour out justice throughout its regions,
And the justice overflows in its regions
making the pain of the oppressors' tyranny forgotten.
Forgetting the painful injustice of the unjust
لاMay never تَزَلْcease to be دارُكَyour house كَيفَwherever اِنتَقَلتْit moves
لا تَزَلْ دارُكَ كَيفَ اِنتَقَلتْ
كعبةًA Kaaba محفوفةًsurrounded بالطّائفينby those circling it
كعبةً محفوفةً بالطّائفين
May your house, wherever it moves, never cease to be
Your house will never cease, however it moves
a Kaaba surrounded by those who circle it.
A Kaaba surrounded by the circumambulators
كُلُّEvery يَومٍday يَتَحلَّىis adorned جيدُهَاits neck
كُلُّ يَومٍ يَتَحلَّى جيدُهَا
مِنFrom نَظيمِthe strung verses of المَدحِpraise بالدُّرَّwith pearls الثّمينprecious
مِن نَظيمِ المَدحِ بالدُّرَّ الثّمين
Every day its neck is adorned
Every day its neck is adorned
with precious pearls from strung verses of praise.
With the prose of praise with the precious pearl
كُلّماWhenever أَخلَصَoffers sincerely فيهاin it دَعوَةًa prayer
كُلّما أَخلَصَ فيها دَعوَةً
لَكَFor you قالَتsay أَلْسُنُthe tongues of الخَلْقِcreation آمينAmen
لَكَ قالَت أَلْسُنُ الخَلْقِ آمين
Whenever someone offers there a sincere prayer
Whenever a prayer sincerely concludes in it
for you, the tongues of creation say: Amen.
The tongues of creation say "Amen"
Sol 6.1