Sol 6.1

  1. قمر تجلى في سماء كماله

    ولدى الخلافة تم بدر جلاله

    A moon shone forth in the sky of his perfection.

    And with the caliphate, the full moon of his majesty became complete.

  2. سلطاننا عبدالحميد وناصر ال

    دين الذي حمدت جميع خلاله

    Our Sultan Abd al-Hamid, and champion of the

    Faith, whose every trait has won praise.

  3. ورث الخلافة والمفاخر بعدما

    حرز المكارم والعلى بنباله

    He inherited the caliphate and glories after

    Winning noble honors and eminence with his arrows.

  4. وبما تشبَّه أو تقاس خصاله

    ومكارم الأخلاق بعض خصاله

    To what can his qualities be likened or compared,

    When the finest virtues are but some of his traits?

  5. بلغت به الأيام من رتب العلى

    شرفاً يزول الدهر قبل زواله

    The days have borne him through the ranks of eminence

    To an honor that will endure after time itself has perished.

  6. وسمت برتبته الخلافة واكتسى

    بوجوده الإسلام نور جماله

    The caliphate rose through his rank, and Islam was robed

    Through his presence, in the light of his beauty.

  7. جادت بطلعته العصور وأقسمت

    أن لا تجود على الورى بمثاله

    The ages bestowed his radiant presence, and swore

    Never to bestow his like upon humankind.

  8. ولئن تأخر في الزمان وجوده

    فلقد تقدم في جميع فعاله

    And although his existence came late in time,

    He has surely taken the lead in all his deeds.

  9. فإذا ذكرت المجد فهو أساسه

    ورضيعه في المهد قبل فصاله

    When you mention glory, he is its foundation,

    And its milk-brother in the cradle, before its weaning.

  10. وإذا تنازع في المكارم معشر

    فهو الذي عمَّت صلات نواله

    And when a company vies in noble deeds,

    He is the one whose bountiful gifts embrace all.

  11. وسلوا خزائنه وما شهدت به

    من فيض جود يمينه وشماله

    And ask his treasuries what they have witnessed

    Of the flood of bounty from his right hand and his left.

  12. فالجود من قرنائه والحمد من

    أسمائه والشكر من أقواله

    For generosity is among his companions, and praise among

    His names, and gratitude among his sayings.

  13. ساس الأمور بنفسه فدنت له

    وسعى بهمته إلى آماله

    He governed affairs himself, and they drew near to him,

    And strove with his resolve toward his aspirations.

  14. ولربما ترك المهم سياسة

    فيظنه الجهال من إهماله

    And sometimes he leaves an important matter aside as policy,

    So the ignorant suppose it stems from his neglect.

  15. خضعت لطالع سعده وسنائه

    همم الملوك مهابة لجلاله

    Before his fortune's rising star and his splendor bowed

    The ambitions of kings, in awe of his majesty.

  16. ليث الكفاح وناصر الدين الذي

    ضاقت بطاح الأرض عن أبطاله

    A lion of combat and champion of the faith, whose

    Warriors the earth's broad plains could not contain.

  17. فرقاب من عاده غمد حسامه

    ودماؤهم لا زال ورد نباله

    Thus the necks of those who oppose him are his sword's sheath,

    And may their blood remain the watering-place of his arrows.

  18. ودفاعه بمدافع الطرز الذي

    كادت تمور الأرض من زلزاله

    And his defense is with cannon of the kind

    Whose shaking almost made the earth heave.

  19. فترى وتسمع إن شهدت حروبه

    ليلاً ورعداً مبرقاً بنزاله

    So, if you witness his wars, you will see and hear

    Night and thunder flashing with lightning in his combat.

  20. فأعيذه بالله من حسّاده

    وأجيره بالهاشمي وآله

    So I seek God's protection for him from his enviers,

    And seek protection for him through the Hashimite and his family.

  21. وأقول في حسن الختام مؤرخاً

    قمر تجلى في سماء كماله

    And I say, in a graceful close, composing a chronogram:

    A moon shone forth in the sky of his perfection.