نِلت صَعبَ الامورِ بالميسُورِ

نِلت صَعبَ الامورِ بالميسُورِ

وأَعانَتْكَ طاعةُ المقدُورِ

وأَعانَتْكَ طاعةُ المقدُورِ

You achieved difficult things by easy means,

You have attained the difficult matters with ease,

and obedient destiny came to your aid.

And obedience to the Ordainer has helped you.

ولبستَ الايامَ تسحَبُ أَذيا

ولبستَ الايامَ تسحَبُ أَذيا

لَ مداها في غِبطةٍ وسرُورِ

لَ مداها في غِبطةٍ وسرُورِ

And you wore the days, trailing the hems

You have worn days that pull harm,

of their span in bliss and joy.

With no extent in felicity and pleasure.

قد تفردتَ بالفعَالِ فما أَن

قد تفردتَ بالفعَالِ فما أَن

تَ الى رأى صَاحِبٍ بِفَقِيرِ

تَ الى رأى صَاحِبٍ بِفَقِيرِ

You have excelled alone in deeds, so you are not

You have taken exclusive action, so what care,

in need of a companion's counsel.

To the view of a friend for a destitute.

وكفاكَ الزحامَ أَنكَ من قَو

وكفاكَ الزحامَ أَنكَ من قَو

مٍ حباهُم الهُمُمْ بالصدُورِ

مٍ حباهُم الهُمُمْ بالصدُورِ

And you were spared the jostling, being of a people

It suffices you the crowding that you are from a people,

whom high aspirations endowed with foremost places.

Who their spirits have endowed them with chests.

يا ابن من انهبَ القَطائع والما

يا ابن من انهبَ القَطائع والما

لَ وما كانَ ذاكَ عن تَقصِيرِ

لَ وما كانَ ذاكَ عن تَقصِيرِ

O son of him who opened estates and wealth to plunder,

O son of one who seized the shares and wealth,

and that was not through any shortcoming.

And that was not from inadequacy.

يتأَنى بجندِهِ رجعةَ الشَّا

يتأَنى بجندِهِ رجعةَ الشَّا

ردِ منهم وراحة المبهُورِ

ردِ منهم وراحة المبهُورِ

He bides his time with his troops for the return of the straggler

He is gentle with his troops, the return of the deserter from them,

among them, and for the breathless man's rest.

And the comfort of the confused.

واذا اضطرتِ الامورُ ففي الكي

واذا اضطرتِ الامورُ ففي الكي

س نجاةٌ والحِفظِ في التبذِيرِ

س نجاةٌ والحِفظِ في التبذِيرِ

And when circumstances compel, in prudence

And if matters become constrained, then in compromise,

lies deliverance, and preservation lies in lavish spending.

Is salvation, and preservation in extravagance.

يا بَهاءَ العُلا اذا غِبتَ لا غِب

يا بَهاءَ العُلا اذا غِبتَ لا غِب

تَ فمنْ للقيادِ والتَّشْميرِ

تَ فمنْ للقيادِ والتَّشْميرِ

O Splendor of Eminence, if you are absent—may you never be absent—

O splendid, if you are absent you do not become absent,

who then is there for leadership and girding for action,

So who else for leadership and motivation?

ولفتحِ من الفتوحِ يوافى

ولفتحِ من الفتوحِ يوافى

فوقَ ظنِّ الرّجالِ والتَّقْدِيرِ

فوقَ ظنِّ الرّجالِ والتَّقْدِيرِ

and for a conquest among conquests that comes

And for an opening from the openings to concur,

beyond men's expectations and reckoning?

Above the expectation of men and foresight.

ما فقدنا منكَ الفظاعةَ والرأ

ما فقدنا منكَ الفظاعةَ والرأ

فةَ مذ سَاسَنا أَبو منصُورِ

فةَ مذ سَاسَنا أَبو منصُورِ

We have not missed your fierceness and compassion

We have not missed from you violence and leniency, since,

since Abu Mansur took charge of us.

We were ruled by Abu Mansur.

شَمَّريٌ كأَنَّه أَنتَ يا مَنْ

شَمَّريٌ كأَنَّه أَنتَ يا مَنْ

جَلَّ عن كلِّ مُشْبهٍ ونَظِيرِ

جَلَّ عن كلِّ مُشْبهٍ ونَظِيرِ

A man of resolve, as though he were you—O you who

Determined, as if he were you, O one who,

are exalted above every likeness and peer.

Is too lofty for any likeness and peer.

نَزَّهَتْهُ عن الحُجُورِ هُمُومٌ

نَزَّهَتْهُ عن الحُجُورِ هُمُومٌ

علمتْهُ الجلوسَ فوقَ السريرِ

علمتْهُ الجلوسَ فوقَ السريرِ

Concerns kept him far from laps,

Worries have exempted him from confines,

and taught him to sit upon the throne,

They taught him sitting atop a throne.

وركوبَ الجيادِ والمنبر اليا

وركوبَ الجيادِ والمنبر اليا

فعِ في كلِّ موقفٍ مَشْهُورِ

فعِ في كلِّ موقفٍ مَشْهُورِ

and to mount fine steeds and the lofty pulpit

And riding thoroughbreds and the sublime pulpit,

at every renowned gathering.

In every stance renowned.

أَنتَ هذبتَ حدَّهُ والى الصَّي

أَنتَ هذبتَ حدَّهُ والى الصَّي

قل شَحْذ المهندِ المأَثُورِ

قل شَحْذ المهندِ المأَثُورِ

You honed his edge; to the sword-polisher belongs

You have refined its sharpness, and to aptness,

the sharpening of the patterned Indian blade.

Whetting of the famed blade.

وَتَفَرَّسْتَ فيهِ غير مُحَابٍ

وَتَفَرَّسْتَ فيهِ غير مُحَابٍ

أَنَّهُ كائنٌ أَباً للكُسُورِ

أَنَّهُ كائنٌ أَباً للكُسُورِ

And you discerned in him, without favoritism,

And you have observed in it without resistance,

that he would become a father of Kisras.

That it exists as a father to victories.

يا لَهَا من مَخِيْلَةٍ كانَ يَوماً

يا لَهَا من مَخِيْلَةٍ كانَ يَوماً

شَامَها الأَرَدْشِيْرُ في سَابورِ

شَامَها الأَرَدْشِيْرُ في سَابورِ

Ah, what a sign of promise—one that once

O what an imagination it was one day,

Ardashir discerned in Shapur!

Its nobility Ardashir in Sabur.

هكذا يخلقُ الهُمامُ بنيه

هكذا يخلقُ الهُمامُ بنيه

كيفَ ما اختارَ للعلا والخِيرِ

كيفَ ما اختارَ للعلا والخِيرِ

Thus does the noble hero shape his sons,

Thus the spirits engender their sons,

however he chooses, for eminence and goodness.

However it chooses for supremacy and good.

عشِق المكرماتِ وهو اخمسٍ

عشِق المكرماتِ وهو اخمسٍ

لم يُشَفَّعْ كما لُها بشُهورِ

لم يُشَفَّعْ كما لُها بشُهورِ

He loved noble deeds when he was five years old,

Love of favors while still a baby,

with no extra months added to those completed years.

Not interceded as it was with months.

يَتَلظى تَوقداً وذكاءً

يَتَلظى تَوقداً وذكاءً

واضطلاعاً بالحزمِ والتدبيرِ

واضطلاعاً بالحزمِ والتدبيرِ

He blazes with ardor and intelligence,

It blazes and lights,

and with mastery of prudence and planning.

With competence, resolve, and management.

أَنتَ شمسٌ لافقنا وهو بَدْرٌ

أَنتَ شمسٌ لافقنا وهو بَدْرٌ

منكَ يَنبوعُ ضوئِه والنُّورِ

منكَ يَنبوعُ ضوئِه والنُّورِ

You are a sun for our horizon, and he is a full moon;

You are a sun to our horizon, and he is a moon,

from you comes the wellspring of his radiance and light.

From you the flowing of its light and brilliance.

ليس يُشفى بدون فارس غِلٌّ

ليس يُشفى بدون فارس غِلٌّ

بلغ الغيظُ نفثَةَ المَصْدُورِ

بلغ الغيظُ نفثَةَ المَصْدُورِ

No rancor can be healed with anything short of Fars;

A swelling hatred is not remedied without a knight,

wrath has reached the sputtered breath of one sick in the chest.

The fury has reached an outburst of the chests.

ولَعَمرى ما ذاكَ أَول غَيْمٍ

ولَعَمرى ما ذاكَ أَول غَيْمٍ

نلتَه من عَدُوِّكَ المَقْهُورِ

نلتَه من عَدُوِّكَ المَقْهُورِ

And by my life, that is not the first cloud

By my life, that is not the first cloud,

you have won from your vanquished enemy.

You have attained from your defeated enemy.

لا رَعى الناسَ غيرُ آل بويهٍ

لا رَعى الناسَ غيرُ آل بويهٍ

فبهمْ يستقيمُ زيغُ الأُمورِ

فبهمْ يستقيمُ زيغُ الأُمورِ

May none shepherd the people but the House of Buwayh,

None has shepherded people other than the family of Buyyah,

for through them the crookedness of affairs is set straight.

Through them, the deviation of affairs is corrected.

يُعْرَفُ الطفلُ منهم بِنُهاهُ

يُعْرَفُ الطفلُ منهم بِنُهاهُ

ويُرَى بالصَّغيرِ هَدُي الكَبيرِ

ويُرَى بالصَّغيرِ هَدُي الكَبيرِ

A child among them is known by his wisdom,

The child among them is known by his uprightness,

and in the young is seen the bearing of the elder.

And the guidance of the elder is seen in the junior.