1. المَجد كبَّر بِالسُرور وَهَلَّلا

    لِبُزوغ شَمس العزّ مِن فلك العُلى

    Glory joyfully cried, "God is greatest!" and proclaimed His oneness,

    For the rising of the sun of honor from the sphere of exaltation.

  2. وَرِياض أَفئدة العَوالم جادَها

    غَيث الهَناء فَأَينَعَت بَعد البلى

    And the gardens of the hearts of all the worlds were watered

    By the rain of joy, and ripened after decay.

  3. وَمَراتب الشَرَف الرَفيع تَأَهّبت

    لِلقاءِ مَن بِلقائِهِ اِبتَهج الملا

    And the ranks of lofty honor made ready

    To meet him whom the assembly rejoiced to meet.

  4. شَمس الوِزارة مَن بِطَلعَتِهِ أَرى

    لَيلَ الخُطوب عَن القُلوب قَد اِنجَلى

    The sun of the vizierate, at whose appearance I see

    That the night of calamities has lifted from the hearts.

  5. عَجَباً لِشَمسٍ أَشرَقَت لَيلاً فَما

    بَلَغت لِرُؤيَتِها العُيون تَوصّلا

    How wondrous a sun that rose by night, yet never

    Did the eyes find a way to behold it.

  6. ظمئت لمرآها النَواظر بَعدَما

    وَردت مِن الحَمد المَسامِع منهلا

    Eyes thirsted for its sight, after

    The ears had drunk from a wellspring of praise.

  7. حَتّى إِذا لاحَ الصَباح تَظاهَرَت

    أَنوارُها تَتلو الهَناء مرَتّلا

    Until, when morning dawned, there shone forth

    Its lights, chanting joy in measured tones.

  8. يا حَبَّذا ذاكَ الثَناء وَحَبَّذا

    هَذا البَهاء كِلاهُما نور على

    How lovely that praise, and how lovely

    This splendor—together they are light upon light.

  9. فَاِعجب لِبَحر فَوقَ بَحر قَد طَمى

    يا مَن رَأى بَحراً عَلى بَحرٍ عَلا

    So marvel at a sea that has surged above a sea,

    O you who have seen a sea rise above a sea!

  10. غَيثٌ سَقى ربعَ السَواحل رَحمَةً

    فَنَما وَأَخصَب بَعدَما قَد أَمحَلا

    A rain that watered the coastal abode in mercy,

    So it grew and flourished after it had become barren.

  11. لَيث حمى عزَّ المَناصب بَعدَما

    قامَت تَحوم حِماه راتِعَة الفَلا

    A lion who guarded the honor of offices, after

    The grazers of the wilderness began circling his protected domain.

  12. طودٌ بَناهُ اللَه مِن حلم وَمن

    حَزم فَأَعلى ذرويته وَأَنبلا

    A mountain God built of forbearance and of

    Resolve, raising its summit and ennobling it.

  13. وَمِن الجَلال بَنى عَلَيهِ سُرادقاً

    تَدع القُلوب مَهابَةً أَن تذهلا

    And of majesty He built a pavilion over it;

    Hearts, in awe, abandon heedlessness.

  14. وَمِن العِناية حازَ سَطوة قادرٍ

    لَو هَزَّ ساعدها الجِبالَ لَزَلزَلا

    And through providence he gained a mighty one's sway:

    Were he to brandish its arm, he would make the mountains quake.

  15. أسدٌ تَذلّ لَهُ الأُسود مَهابة

    وَتَرى التعزّز أَن تَزيد تَذلّلا

    A lion before whom lions humble themselves in awe,

    And see their dignity in increasing their submission.

  16. وَتَرى ثَرى أَعتابه لِجُفونِها

    كحلا يفيد غَشا نَواظرها جَلا

    And regard the dust of his thresholds, for their eyelids,

    As kohl that clears the haze veiling their eyes.

  17. هَذا الَّذي لَولا محكَّمُ رَأيه

    ما حَلَّ رَأي بَني المَراتب مشكلا

    This is he without whose sound judgment

    The counsel of men of rank could solve no difficulty.

  18. وَلِيَ المَناصب واثِقاً بِاللَه من

    ما خابَ ذو ثِقَةٍ عَلَيهِ تَوَكّلا

    He assumed the offices, trusting in God, who

    Has never disappointed a trusting soul that relied on Him.

  19. وَأَتى بُيوت الحُكم مِن أَبوابها

    لِيصدَّ كُلَّ دَخيلة أَن تَدخلا

    And entered the houses of governance through their doors,

    To bar every intruder from entering.

  20. لَم يَرم سَهماً مِن كنانة فكرِهِ

    في غامض إِلّا وَصادَف مقتلا

    Never did he shoot an arrow from the quiver of his thought

    At an obscure problem without striking a vital spot.

  21. للّهِ درُّ نهى الحَليم فَإِنَّها

    تَأتي بِمُجمل ما أَقول مفصّلا

    How excellent is the forbearing man's intellect! For it

    Sets forth in brief what I say in detail.

  22. ذهن الفَتى كَالنَصل يَغشاه الصَدا

    حَتّى تَكون لَهُ التجارب صَيقَلا

    A young man's mind is like a blade that rust covers,

    Until experience becomes its polisher.

  23. فَلربَّما غفل النَبيه وَربَّما

    نبه الغفول فَكانَ أَبلَغ مَأمَلا

    For sometimes the alert man is heedless, and sometimes

    The heedless man awakens and better attains his hope.

  24. وَلَرُبَّ أَمرٍ لا يهمّك أَمره

    حَتّى تَراهُ عارِضاً مُستقبلا

    And many a matter does not concern you

    Until you see it looming before you.

  25. وَإِذا اِمرؤ لَحظته عَين عِناية

    مَنعت عُيون ذَكائه أَن تغفلا

    And when an eye of providence looks upon a man,

    It keeps the eyes of his intelligence from growing heedless.

  26. نَحنُ الأُلى لعب الزَمان بِحالنا

    حَتّى اِضمحلَّ فَكادَ أَن يَتَحوَّلا

    We are those with whose condition Time toyed,

    Until it dwindled away and was almost transformed.

  27. وَعدا عَلَينا الدَهر حَتّى سامَنا

    مِن خَطبِهِ ما لا يُطاق تَحمُّلا

    And Fate assailed us until it inflicted on us

    Such of its afflictions as could not be endured.

  28. بَينا نَرى أَمن السَعادة مُدبراً

    حَتّى أَفاض مَع السَعادة مُقبِلا

    While we saw the security of happiness retreating,

    Suddenly it flooded toward us with happiness,

  29. بِركاب أَشرَفِ قادمٍ فَوقَ السُها

    تَأبى علاه أَن تبوَّأ مَنزِلا

    With the retinue of the noblest visitor; even above al-Suha,

    His loftiness disdains to take up a dwelling.

  30. فَلَنا الهَناء بنعمة مَشكورة

    منح الإله بِها العباد تَفضّلا

    So ours is joy in a blessing gratefully received,

    Which God graciously bestowed upon His servants.

  31. يا قادِماً وَالخَير يقدُمُهُ لَقَد

    سَعدت بعزّ قُدومكم رتب العُلا

    O arriving one, whom goodness precedes, truly

    The ranks of eminence have rejoiced in your glorious arrival.

  32. يا شَمس دَولة آل عُثمان الَّتي

    مِن نورِها وَجه البَسيطة ما خَلا

    O sun of the state of the House of Uthman, whose

    Light the face of the earth has never lacked.

  33. هِيَ شَمس حَقّ تُشرق الدُنيا بِها

    عَميت نَواظر مَن بَغى أَن تَأفلا

    It is a sun of truth, through which the world shines;

    Blind be the eyes of whoever seeks its setting!

  34. قامَت بِأَمر اللَه حَتّى أَنَّها

    عَزَّت فَحاشا أَن تذلَّ وَتخذلا

    It rose by God's command, so that it

    Grew mighty—far be it from abasement or abandonment!

  35. اللَه أَكبَر إِنَّها مِنَحٌ عَلَت

    قُل إِنَّها لَكَبيرَةٌ إِلّا عَلى

    God is greatest! These are favors exalted on high.

    Say: they are weighty indeed, except for

  36. مَن كانَ مثل وَزيرها لا تلتقى

    عَزماتُهُ وَسَعيرها لا تصطلى

    One like its vizier: none can confront

    His resolves, nor seek warmth at their blaze.

  37. الأوحد الفَرد الَّذي سَعدت بِهِ

    هَذي الدِيار تَشرّفاً وَتَجمُّلا

    The peerless, unique one, through whom have rejoiced

    These lands, gaining honor and adornment.

  38. وَمَراتب الشَرَف الرَفيع تقلَّدت

    مِن دُرِّ جَوهر ذاتِهِ أَبهى حُلى

    And the ranks of lofty honor have adorned themselves

    With the fairest ornaments from the pearls of his very essence.

  39. زانَ الرِياسة بِالسِياسة فَاِعتَلَت

    وَكسا الوزارة بِالوقارة فَاِعتَلى

    He adorned leadership with statecraft, and it rose high;

    And clothed the vizierate in dignity, and he rose high.

  40. وَبعزِّهِ شَمس الوِلاية أَشرَقَت

    أَرَّخت عزَّ بَهاء خورشيد الولا

    And through his might the sun of governance shone;

    I dated it: "The splendor of Khurshid's rule grew mighty."