رِواية سَيف النَصر أَبهى رِواية

رِواية سَيف النَصر أَبهى رِواية

غَدَت لِأَسير الحَقِّ بِالوَضع تُنسَبُ

غَدَت لِأَسير الحَقِّ بِالوَضع تُنسَبُ

The play “Sayf al-Nasr” (“Sword of Victory”) is the most splendid of plays.

The tale of the sword of victory is the most radiant tale

Its composition came to be attributed to Asir al-Haqq.

It has become for the prisoner of truth falsely attributed

رَوَت حكماً تَشخيصها شَخَصت لَهُ

رَوَت حكماً تَشخيصها شَخَصت لَهُ

عُيون وَأَلباب تقرُّ وَتطربُ

عُيون وَأَلباب تقرُّ وَتطربُ

It recounted wise lessons; on its enactment were fixed

It told a ruling whose personification personified for him

eyes and minds, finding contentment and delight.

Eyes and minds that recite and are delighted

وَعَزّت فَبَزَّت فَاِستطيب مَكانها

وَعَزّت فَبَزَّت فَاِستطيب مَكانها

وَكُلّ مَكان يُنبت العزّ طَيّبُ

وَكُلّ مَكان يُنبت العزّ طَيّبُ

And it rose in honor, then excelled, so its place was deemed pleasant;

And it was honored, so it excelled, and its place was made pleasant

and every place where honor grows is pleasant.

And every place that grows honor is good