Sol 6.1

  1. أجبرت بك الدنيا فأنت مجيرها

    وطوعك يا مولاي أضحى مسيرها

    The world has been restored through you, for you are its protector;

    and its course, O my lord, has become obedient to you.

  2. حسامك يا عبد الحميد مليكنا

    بوارج نصر وإلا له نصيرها

    Your sword, O Abd al-Hamid, our king,

    is a fleet of victory, and [God?] is its helper.

  3. سفائن حرب حيث ألقت حديدها

    ملائك تحميها وربي خفيرها

    Warships: wherever they cast their iron anchors,

    angels guard them, and my Lord is their protector.

  4. وسعدية أم السعود أمامها

    عزيزية بالحرب يبدو سرورها

    And Sa'diyya, mother of good fortune—before her

    stands Aziziyya, whose joy appears in battle.

  5. تسير بآمن اللّه من حيث يمهت

    ويلهج بالفتح القريب بشيرها

    She sails in God's protection, wherever she turns [reading uncertain],

    and her herald proclaims victory close at hand.

  6. ورأيتها في أفقها النجم حوله

    هلال لذا تبدو فيسطع نورها

    And I saw her: in her sky, the star encircled by

    a crescent; thus she appears, and her light shines.

  7. بوارج لم يبقين أبراج قلعة

    لأعدائكم إلا وقد دكّ سورها

    Battleships that have left no fortress towers

    of your foes with their ramparts unbroken.

  8. مدرعة لا بالحديد وإنما

    بشوكة مولانا فتلك تجيرها

    Armored, not with iron, but rather

    with our lord's might, for that is what protects them.

  9. وحافظها الرحمن من كل شدة

    ورأي أمير المؤمنين مديرها

    And the All-Merciful guards them against every hardship,

    and the Commander of the Faithful's judgment directs them.

  10. وأن أغلقوا من بأسها باب بلدة

    تبشر بالفتح القريب ثغورها

    And if they shut a town's gate in fear of their might,

    their gun-mouths herald victory close at hand.

  11. مواخر كالأعلام زهر شوامخ

    عجيب حكي مرّ السحاب مرورها

    Sea-cleavers, like mountains, bright and towering;

    wondrous is their passage, imitating the passing clouds.

  12. يسيّرها فوق البحار بخارها

    فيشبه إسراع الطيور في مسيرها

    Their steam drives them over the seas,

    so in their course they match the swiftness of birds.

  13. وفي قلبها نارٌ عليها سلامها

    وفي قلب أعداء المليك سعيرها

    And in their heart is fire that is peace to them,

    while its blaze burns in the hearts of the king's foes.

  14. مدافعها أن دمدمت في كريهةٍ

    نأت عن قلوب الحاسدين صدورها

    When their cannons thunder in battle,

    the hearts of the envious fly far from their breasts.

  15. فيومض منها البرق والرعد قاصفا

    فتمطر ناراً للعدو شرورها

    Then lightning flashes from them, and thunder crashes,

    and their destructive fury rains fire upon the foe.

  16. وترمي كراتٍ في الأعادي سقوطها

    كساعة يوم الحشر ينفخ صورها

    And they hurl cannonballs among the enemy; their fall

    is like the hour of the Gathering, when its trumpet is blown.

  17. فتقطع آمال الغرور بنصرهم

    ويبقى لديهم ويلها وثبورها

    Thus they cut off their deluded hopes of victory,

    and leave with them the woe and ruin they bring.

  18. دعتنا لمرآها ومرأى جلالها

    إرادة مولانا تسامت سطورها

    We were invited to behold them and their majesty

    by our lord's decree—exalted are its lines.

  19. لمولاي هذي منة فوق منة

    تلألأ معناها وفاح عبيرها

    This is my lord's favor upon favor;

    its meaning sparkles, and its fragrance spreads.

  20. ففي أي قطر لم تكن منك منحة

    وأي كريم منك لا يستعيرها

    For in what land has there been no gift from you?

    And what generous man does not borrow such bounty from you?

  21. جلستم على تخت الخلافة بالها

    كشمس وقانون الأساس ينيرها

    You sat upon the caliphate's throne; its condition

    is like a sun, and the Fundamental Law illumines it.

  22. تطوقت الأعناق من كنز جودكم

    قلائد إحسانٍ يعز نظيرها

    Necks have been adorned from the treasure of your bounty

    with necklaces of kindness whose equal is rare.

  23. فبتنا نؤدي فرض شكر لذاتكم

    وندعوا لها لازال ينمو حبورها

    So we passed the night fulfilling our duty of thanks to you,

    and praying that your joy may never cease to grow.

  24. وعبدكم النقاش بالنظم أخمدت

    قريحته لكن بكم ضاء نورها

    And your servant al-Naqqash—in verse, extinguished

    was his inspiration; yet through you its light shone.

  25. إلى ملك البرين أهدي قصيدةً

    لتشرب من بحريه رشفا ثغورها

    To the king of the two lands I offer a poem,

    that its lips may drink, sip by sip, from his two seas,

  26. وتبقى مدى الأيام ريا بهية

    وللشرف الأعلى يكون مصيرها

    and remain through all the days refreshed and radiant,

    and have the highest honor as its destiny.