Sol 6.1

  1. أَشرَقَت تَتلو الهَنا شَمس التَهاني

    فَتَلاها بِالسُرور القمرانِ

    The sun of congratulations rose, reciting joy,

    and the two moons followed it with delight.

  2. وَبَشير الخَير نادى مُنشِداً

    لا تَقل بُشرى وَلَكن بشريانِ

    And the herald of good cried out, reciting:

    “Say not ‘one glad tiding,’ but ‘two!’”

  3. ما تَرى شَمس المَعالي حَولَها

    في سَماء المَجد لاحَ الفرقدانِ

    Do you not see the sun of high honors, around which

    the two Farqad stars shone in glory's sky?

  4. لَستُ أَعني غَير خورشيد العُلا

    حينَ وافى وَلداه الأَكرمانِ

    I mean none but Khurshid of exalted rank,

    when his two most noble sons arrived.

  5. أَذكَراني عِندَما لاقاهما

    مَرج البَحرين إِذ يَلتَقيانِ

    When he met them, they reminded me of

    “He set the two seas free as they meet.”

  6. وَبَدا لي وَهوَ ما بَينَهما

    بَرزَخ مِن هَيبة لا يَبغِيانِ

    And, while he stood between them, there appeared to me

    a barrier of awe that neither would overstep.

  7. وَلَنا عَينان مِن فَرط الهَنا

    وَتَباشير المُنى نَضّاختانِ

    And our two eyes, from overwhelming happiness

    and glad tidings of our hopes, gush forth.

  8. فيهما عَينان مِن دَمعٍ إِذا

    ما وَقَفنا لِلتَلاقي تَجرِيانِ

    Within them are two springs of tears that, when

    we stand to meet, flow.

  9. كَم تَلا البُعد لَنا بعد اللقا

    وَلِمَن خاف مَقامي جَنّتانِ

    How often, after reunion, separation recited to us:

    “And for whoever fears my station, there are two gardens.”

  10. بَهجة النادي بِمَن زين بِهِ

    وَلقاهُ فَهُما أَبهى الجنانِ

    The gathering's joy in the one who adorned it,

    and meeting him—these are the loveliest gardens.

  11. ما تَرى وَجنَةَ جَنّات الحِمى

    كَيفَ كانَت وَردة شبه الدهانِ

    Do you not see the cheek of the sanctuary's gardens,

    how it became a rose, like oil?

  12. وَبِشُكر اللَهِ نجم الرَوض وَالش

    شجر الناضر قاما يَسجُدانِ

    And in thanks to God, the garden's herbs and the

    verdant trees both rose to bow down.

  13. قَد جَنينا ثَمَراتِ الفَوزِ مِن

    دَوحِها حَيث جَنى الجنّات داني

    We have gathered the fruits of success from

    their spreading trees, where the gardens' fruit hangs near.

  14. وَبِحَمد اللَه نِلنا كُلّ ما

    نَبتَغيهِ مِن أَمانٍ وَأَماني

    And, with praise to God, we gained all that

    we seek of security and hopes.

  15. كُلَّ يَوم هُوَ في شَأن فَما

    أَسعد الجدّ وَما أَشقى التَواني

    Every day He attends to a matter—so how

    fortunate is diligence, and how wretched is indolence!

  16. يا نَديمي قُم بِنا نهدي الثَنا

    لِفَريد ما لَهُ في الفَضل ثاني

    O my companion, rise with us; let us offer praise

    to a peerless man with no equal in excellence,

  17. لِهمامٍ طالَما عَزَّت بِهِ

    رتبُ العَلياءِ مِن بعد هَوانِ

    to a high-minded man, through whom time and again

    lofty ranks gained honor after humiliation.

  18. أسد مَنزله مِن أَرضِنا

    كَمَكان الروح مِن جسم الجَبانِ

    A lion, whose place in our land

    is like the soul's place in a coward's body.

  19. حازَ حِلماً وَاِقتِداراً لَم يَزَل

    بِهما يَسمو إِلى أَعلى مَكانِ

    He gained forbearance and power, and has never ceased

    through them both to rise to the highest station.

  20. فَإِذا أَملى فَسُبحان الَّذي

    وَهَب الإِنسان من سحر البَيانِ

    So when he dictates, glory be to Him who

    gave humankind some of the magic of eloquence!

  21. وَإِذا خطَّ فَلا أُقسمُ بِال

    قَلم الصادر عَن تِلكَ البَنانِ

    And when he writes—nay, I swear by the

    pen that issues from those fingers.

  22. يا وَزيراً آصفٌ لَم يَحكِهِ

    أَنتَ إِذ ذاكَ سُليمان الزَمانِ

    O minister, whom Asif never matched,

    you are thus the Solomon of the age.

  23. أَينَ مِن رَأيك قَيس الرَأي بَل

    أَينَ مِمّا قَد حَويت الثَقلانِ

    Where is Qays al-Ra'y beside your judgment? Nay,

    where are jinn and humankind beside all you have attained?

  24. فَلَقَد حُزت سَجايا شَرَفٍ

    عَجزت عَنها بَراعات اللِسانِ

    For you have indeed acquired traits of nobility

    which the tongue's eloquence was powerless to describe.

  25. كانَ تَشريفك نَيروزاً بِهِ

    قرنَت صنواكَ عيد المَهرَجانِ

    Your gracious visit was a Nayruz, to which

    your two scions joined the feast of Mahrajan.

  26. يا لَهُ يَوماً بِهِ نِلنا المُنى

    وَالهَنا فَهوَ كَيَوم النَهروانِ

    Oh, what a day, on which we attained our wishes

    and happiness! For it is like the day of Nahrawan.

  27. قُرَّ عَيناً بِهما إِنَّهما

    تَحتَ حفظ اللَه في خَير أَمانِ

    Let your eye be soothed by them both; indeed, they are

    under God's protection, in the safest keeping.