Sol 6.1

  1. دامَ أُفقُ الوزيرِ يُنمي الأهلّه

    لِكمالِ هالاتهِ مُستهلّه

    May the minister’s horizon ever bring forth crescents,

    rising toward the fullness of its halos.

  2. وَهوَ فيهِم مهنّأٌ بختانٍ

    ثمَّ عرسٍ له السعادةُ حُلّه

    And among them he is congratulated on a circumcision,

    then a wedding, with happiness as its robe.

  3. يا لَه اللّه مِن ختانٍ أُقيمت

    سنّةٌ للخليلِ فيها وخلّه

    O God, what a circumcision! There was upheld

    in it a tradition and a virtue of the Friend.

  4. فهيَ للفطرةِ الطهورِ وللشي

    طانِ رغمٌ وللحنيفين ملّه

    Thus it belongs to pure human nature, and for

    Satan it is humiliation; for those of pure faith, a creed.

  5. أيّها المُصطفى الوزيرُ الّذي لم

    تبرحِ المكرُماتُ تنزعُ ظلّه

    O Mustafa, the minister whose

    shade noble virtues have never ceased to seek,

  6. والّذي خصّهُ الإله بخَلقٍ

    وَبخُلقٍ لم يدرك الخلقُ قلّه

    and whom God has distinguished with bodily form

    and character whose summit no creature has reached.

  7. مَن لمَن يَبتغي عليكَ ثناءً

    بِوفاءٍ بواجبِ الحقّ من له

    Who can help one who seeks to offer you praise

    that fully pays your rightful due—who can help him?

  8. غيرَ أنّا نقولُ لا مُصطفى في الن

    ناسِ طبق اِسمهِ عَهِدناه مثلَه

    Yet we say: no Mustafa among

    the people have we known so true to his name as he.

  9. لينُ قولٍ وَبسطُ وجهٍ وكفٍّ

    من يشِم منه بارقاً نال وبله

    Gentle speech, a welcoming face, an open hand:

    whoever glimpses his lightning receives its downpour.

  10. وَسدادٌ في الرأيِ والقول والفع

    ل وعهدٌ بهِ الوفا ناطَ حَبله

    And soundness in judgment, speech, and

    action; a covenant to which fidelity has tied its rope.

  11. وَنقاءٌ في ثوبِ عرضٍ فلو خو

    لِطَ منه الطهورُ لم يعدُ أَصله

    And purity in the robe of honor: were

    purifying water mixed with it, it would not leave its original state.

  12. أَنتَ سلمانُ آلِ بيت حسينٍ

    وَبحقٍّ حللتَ فيهِم محلّه

    You are the Salman of Husayn’s household,

    and rightly you have taken his place among them.

  13. بسميِّ النبيّ أوتيتَ إلّا

    مثلَ ما بالنبيِّ أوتيَ إلّه

    Through the Prophet’s namesake you were granted a bond of kinship,

    like what his kin were granted through the Prophet.

  14. إنّ في البعضِ من شمائلك الغر

    را لنيلِ السعادتينِ أدلّه

    Indeed, in some of your radiant qualities

    are guides to attaining the two felicities.

  15. فَاِبقَ ما شئت في الوزارةِ دستو

    راً بهِ دولةُ المشيرِ مدلّه

    So remain in the ministry as long as you wish, a

    chief counselor in whom the Marshal’s state takes pride,

  16. ممتّعاً مِن بنيك ثمّ بنيهم

    بِفُروعٍ كلٌّ يطابقُ أصلَه

    enjoying, through your sons and then their sons,

    branches, each one matching its root.

  17. إنّ هذا الختانَ أوّل مَرقا

    ةٍ على ترقّبِ الكمالِ مطلّه

    Indeed, this circumcision is the first step

    looking out toward the perfection still awaited.

  18. وبِلُطفٍ منَ التأدّب قد أح

    كمتَ بِالمولدِ المعظّمِ وصله

    And, with gracious courtesy, you have

    firmly linked it to the revered celebration of the Prophet’s birth.

  19. فَتقدّمت بِالختانِ اِحتشاما

    للّذي ختنُه تقدّم هلّه

    So you brought the circumcision forward, out of reverence

    for him whose circumcision preceded his rising.

  20. نيطَ تاجُ البها بأنجالك الأن

    جادِ إِذ ميطت التمائمُ قَبله

    The crown of splendor was fastened upon your valiant offspring,

    when their amulets had already been removed.

  21. فعيونُ السعودِ مُذ لحظتهم

    أرّختهم بأفق ختن أهلّه

    So the eyes of good fortune, from the moment they beheld them,

    recorded their date: “A horizon circumcised crescents.”