قُضِيَ الأُمورُ وَأُنجِزَ المَوعودُ

قُضِيَ الأُمورُ وَأُنجِزَ المَوعودُ

وَاللَهُ رَبّي ماجِدٌ مَحمودُ

وَاللَهُ رَبّي ماجِدٌ مَحمودُ

Affairs have been settled, and the promise fulfilled.

The matters have been decided and the promises fulfilled,

And God, my Lord, is glorious and praised.

And Allah, my Lord, is glorious and praiseworthy,

وَلَهُ الفَواضِلُ وَالنَوافِلُ وَالعُلا

وَلَهُ الفَواضِلُ وَالنَوافِلُ وَالعُلا

وَلَهُ أَثيثُ الخَيرِ وَالمَعدودُ

وَلَهُ أَثيثُ الخَيرِ وَالمَعدودُ

His are the bounties, the added gifts, and exalted glory.

To Him belong the merits and the voluntary deeds and the highness,

And His is goodness in abundance and in counted measure.

And to Him belong the furniture of goodness and abundance,

وَلَقَد بَلَت إِرَمٌ وَعادٌ كَيدَهُ

وَلَقَد بَلَت إِرَمٌ وَعادٌ كَيدَهُ

وَلَقَد بَلَتهُ بَعدَ ذاكَ ثَمودُ

وَلَقَد بَلَتهُ بَعدَ ذاكَ ثَمودُ

And Iram and ʿAd indeed experienced His stratagem;

Indeed the people of Aram and Aad were ruined by their plots,

And Thamud indeed experienced it after that.

And the people of Thamud were ruined after that,

خَلّوا ثِيابَهُمُ عَلى عَوراتِهِ

خَلّوا ثِيابَهُمُ عَلى عَوراتِهِ

فَهُمُ بِأَفنِيَةِ البُيوتِ هُمودُ

فَهُمُ بِأَفنِيَةِ البُيوتِ هُمودُ

They left their garments over its exposed parts,

They left their clothes over their defects,

So they lie lifeless in the courtyards of the houses.

So they became still in the courtyards of houses,

وَلَقَد سَئِمتُ مِنَ الحَياةِ وَطولِها

وَلَقَد سَئِمتُ مِنَ الحَياةِ وَطولِها

وَسُؤالِ هَذا الناسِ كَيفَ لَبيدُ

وَسُؤالِ هَذا الناسِ كَيفَ لَبيدُ

And I have indeed grown weary of life and its length,

And indeed I became weary of life and its length,

And of these people's asking, 'How is Labid?'

And the questioning of these people, "How is Labeed?"

وَغَنَيتُ سَبتاً قَبلَ مُجرى داحِسٍ

وَغَنَيتُ سَبتاً قَبلَ مُجرى داحِسٍ

لَو كانَ لِلنَفسِ اللَجوجِ خُلودُ

لَو كانَ لِلنَفسِ اللَجوجِ خُلودُ

And I lived an age before the running of Dahis,

And I sang the day before the path of Dahis,

If there were immortality for the stubborn soul.

If the obstinate soul had eternity,

وَشَهِدتُ أَنجِيَةَ الأَفاقَةِ عالِياً

وَشَهِدتُ أَنجِيَةَ الأَفاقَةِ عالِياً

كَعبي وَأَردافُ المُلوكِ شُهودُ

كَعبي وَأَردافُ المُلوكِ شُهودُ

And I attended the councils of al-Afaqa, exalted

And I witnessed the summit of glory high,

In standing, with the kings' deputies present.

Like the ankles of kings are witnesses.

وَأَبوكِ بُسرٌ لا يُفَنَّدُ عَمرَهُ

وَأَبوكِ بُسرٌ لا يُفَنَّدُ عَمرَهُ

وَإِلى بِلىً ما يُرجَعَنَّ جَديدُ

وَإِلى بِلىً ما يُرجَعَنَّ جَديدُ

And your father is still fresh, not deemed senile in his lifetime;

And your father is Busr who has an age that cannot be refuted,

And every new thing shall surely be returned to decay.

And will not return to renewed youth.

غَلَبَ العَزاءَ وَكُنتُ غَيرَ مُغَلَّبٍ

غَلَبَ العَزاءَ وَكُنتُ غَيرَ مُغَلَّبٍ

دَهرٌ طَويلٌ دائِمٌ مَمدودُ

دَهرٌ طَويلٌ دائِمٌ مَمدودُ

My fortitude was overcome, though I had been undefeated,

I overcame grief though I was not overcome,

By a long, unceasing, drawn-out age.

A long, endless, extended lifetime.

يَومٌ إِذا يَأتي عَلَيَّ وَلَيلَةٌ

يَومٌ إِذا يَأتي عَلَيَّ وَلَيلَةٌ

وَكِلاهُما بَعدَ المَضاءِ يَعودُ

وَكِلاهُما بَعدَ المَضاءِ يَعودُ

A day, when it comes upon me, and a night—

A day that will come upon me and a night,

And both return after passing away.

And both of them after passing will return.

وَأَراهُ يَأتي مِثلَ يَومِ لَقيتُهُ

وَأَراهُ يَأتي مِثلَ يَومِ لَقيتُهُ

لَم يَنصَرِم وَضَعُفتُ وَهوَ شَديدُ

لَم يَنصَرِم وَضَعُفتُ وَهوَ شَديدُ

And I see it coming as on the day I encountered it:

And I see it coming like the day I met it,

It has not ended; I have weakened, while it remains strong.

It did not pass and I weakened while it was strong,

وَحَمَيتُ قَومي إِذ دَعَتني عامِرٌ

وَحَمَيتُ قَومي إِذ دَعَتني عامِرٌ

وَتَقَدَّمَت يَومَ الغَبيطِ وُفودُ

وَتَقَدَّمَت يَومَ الغَبيطِ وُفودُ

And I defended my people when ʿAmir called me,

And I protected my people when Aamir called me

And delegations advanced on the day of al-Ghabit.

And the delegations advanced on the day of victory.

وَتَداكَأَت أَركانُ كُلِّ قَبيلَةٍ

وَتَداكَأَت أَركانُ كُلِّ قَبيلَةٍ

وَفَوارِسُ المَلِكِ الهُمامِ تَذودُ

وَفَوارِسُ المَلِكِ الهُمامِ تَذودُ

And the pillars of every tribe pressed together,

And the pillars of every tribe wavered,

While the valiant king's horsemen drove them back.

And the brave horsemen of the honorable king repelled.

أَكرَمتُ عِرضي أَن يُنالَ بِنَجوَةٍ

أَكرَمتُ عِرضي أَن يُنالَ بِنَجوَةٍ

إِنَّ البَريءَ مِنَ الهَناتِ سَعيدُ

إِنَّ البَريءَ مِنَ الهَناتِ سَعيدُ

I kept my honor beyond assault, on safe high ground;

I honored my dignity so that it would not be harmed by cowardice,

Indeed, one free of failings is fortunate.

Indeed the innocent one free of disgrace is fortunate.

ما إِن أَهابُ إِذا السُرادِقُ غَمَّهُ

ما إِن أَهابُ إِذا السُرادِقُ غَمَّهُ

قَرعُ القِسيِّ وَأُرعِشَ الرِعديدُ

قَرعُ القِسيِّ وَأُرعِشَ الرِعديدُ

I have no fear when the pavilion is engulfed

No sooner do I become downcast than

By the clatter of bows, and the coward is made to tremble.

The striking of the strong and the trembling of thunder cheer me up.