بَارَكَ اللهُ لِلأَمِيرِ أَبِي الْ

عَبَّاسِ خَيْرِ الْمُلُوكِ فِي النَّيْرُوزِ

May Allah bless the Prince Abu al-Abbas, the best of kings, on New Year's

And let him see his noble children succeeding with established rule and glorious power

وَأَرَاهُ أَوْلاَدَهُ الْغُرَّ أَجْدَا

داً بِمُلْكٍ نَامٍ وَعِزٍّ عَزِيزِ

He is most deserving of it and of generosity in it

More than Ibrois and more than Fairous

فَهُوَ أَوْلَى بِهِ وبَالْجُودِ فِيهِ

مِنْ ابْرِويزَ وَمِنْ فَيْرُوزِ

They have in the crescent Harmozerous

And we have the eternal in you Harmozerous

لَهُمُ فِي الْهِلالِ هُرْمُزُروزٍ

وَلَنَا الدَّهْرِ فِيكَ هُرْمُزُرُوزِ

So embrace the vigor of time with a prominent year

Bursting with full moons and without eclipse

فَاقْتَبِلْ جِدَّةَ الزَّمَانِ بِعَامٍ

بَارِزٍ بِاللُّجِيْنِ وَلابْرِيزِ

Its days laughing and obedient

Obedient to love after long sulking

ضَاحِكَاتٍ أَيَّامُهُ طَائِعَاتٍ

طَاعَةَ الْحبِّ بَعْدَ طُولِ النّشُوزِ

And fulfill the right of New Year in it with a cup

Whose drinking is urging, with cup and goblet

وَاقْضِ حَقَّ النَّيْرُوزِ فيه بِكَأْسِ

مُزْعَجٍ سَقْيُهَا بكَأْسٍ وَكُوزِ

In it an inscribed painting by the work of one

Whose faults do not resemble the defects of embroidery

فِيهِ نَقْشٌ مُلَوَّنُ مِنْ يَدَيْ مَنْ

لَمْ تَشُبْهُ مَعَايِبُ التَّلْوِيزِ

The sun of his face rose under dark, curly hair

The color of red myrtle

طَلَعَتْ شَمْسُ وَجْهِهِ تَحْتِ دَاجِيَ ال

شَّعَرِ الْجَعْدِ صِبْغَةَ الشِّيرُوزِ

From a meadow where one sees the youth

Old age was unable to attain the perfection of their beauty

مِنْ عُقَارٍ تَرَى الْفَتِيَّةَ مِنْهَا

عَجَزَتْ عَنْ كَمَالِ حُسْنِ الْعَجُوزِ

Its generosity complains to free-flowing rivers

And it continues gushing in springs

يَشْتَكِي كَرْمُهَا الأُوَامَ لَدَى الْقَطْ

فِ وَمَا زَالَ كَارِعاً في البُرُوزِ

Upon one approaching good fortune, protected

From misfortune and harm, reserved

وعَلَى مُقْبِلٍ مِنَ السَّعْدِ مَحْجُو

بٍ عَنِ النَّحْس والأَذَىَ مَحْجُوزِ

In Zabaidiya, famed for beauty

And quarters of deliciousness, reserved

بِالزَّبَيْدِيَّةِ الْمُشَهَّرَةِ الْحُسْ

نِ وَحَوْزِ الَّلَذَاذَةِ الْمَاحُوزِ

And types of jewels appear each day

From its hidden treasures, stored

وصُنَوفٍ مِنَ الْجَوَاهِرِ تَبْدُو

كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِنْ كَنْزِهَا المَكْنُوزِ

Oh Jasmine! Quradha told of pure gold

So seek its perfume with clove-perfumed kerchief

يَاسَمِينَ حكَى قُرَاضَةَ تِبْرٍ

فَتَقُوا طِيبَهُ بِمَرْمَاحُوزِ

The roses smile in it between Nisrin

And gardens - damn their makers!

يَضْحَكُ الْوَرْدُ عْنْدَهُ بَيْن نِسْرِي

نَ وَبُسْتَانُ لعنُهم آيْرُوز

And winds blowing fragrances

Spreading musk with ambergris

ورِياحٍ مِنَ الرِّياحِين أدَّتْ

نشرَ مِسْكٍ بعَنْبر مَعْرُوز

And in it zealous protectors

Overlooking beauty on carpets

وبها من حَمَاحمٍ هَامُ رَنْجٍ

مُشْرفات الطُّلَى على سينيز

And waters - the rivers complain of sorrow

Not torn by occurrences of visiting

ومياهٍ يَشْكو الْجَداول أَبْساً

لم تَمَزِّقْهُ حادثاتُ النُّزُورِ

And we built its impassioned, pure gold

And waters from its preserved springs

وبنا رِنْجِها المَحَمَّلِ تِبْراً

ومياه منْ آسها الْمَجزُوزِ

And palms whose quality is above

Conversing with dates and raisins

ونخيلٍ ترفَّع النَّوْعُ منها

عن حِوار الأَنْفَالِ والشَّهْرِيز

And in it fruits like the eggs of palms

That emerged from pollinated spadices

وبها الطَّلْعُ مثْلُ بِيضِ أَكُفٍّ

بَرَزَتْ من مَخَصَّرات القُزُوز

And the dead fronds separated from them

Are like turbans with opened fabric

وتجافَتْ عَنْها الجُفوفُ فشُبِّهْ

ن كَمَاماً مفَتَّقات الدُّرُوز

How many delightful past days in it

We spent its nights like Laylat al-Qadr

كَمْ زمانٍ مضَى بها مُسْتَلَذٍّ

لَيْلنُا فيه مثلُ لَيْل الحَزِيز

Before the departure of passions from us

And the packing up of belongings after July

قَبْلَ أَن تَرْحَلَ البوارحُ عنَّا

وتُحَطَّ الرِّحَالُ من تَمَّوز

May He who is pleased, God, be pleased with the rule

That empowered the religion greatly

رضِيَ الرَّاضِيَ الإِلهُ لمُلْك

عَزَّزَ الدَّينَ أيَّما تعزيز

For with Allah he is in a place of safety

Under a protected plan of destiny

فهُوَ بالله في مَحَلِّ أَمانٍ

تَحتَ حِرْزٍ من القَضاء حَريز

May Allah support his rule with sincere counsel

Whose gleam made the times most perceptive

أَيَّد اللهُ مُلكَه بنَصيحٍ

رازَ منه الزَّمانَ أَذكى مَروز

With a minister of supported opinion who

Won with fortunate management the best gains

بوَزير مؤَيَّد الرَّأْي قَدْ حا

زَ بيُمْن التَّدبير خَيْرَ مَحُوز

So the treasures of the fathers remain fixed through him

Each renewed day in treasures

فكنُوزُ الآباءِ ثابتَةٌ منْهُ

كُلُّ يوم مُجَدَّدٍ يكنُوزِ

A pen that rules the lands so it is more decisive

Than a sharpened sword against the enemies' necks

قَلَمٌ يملكُ الوَرَى فهو أَمْضى

من حُسامٍ على الأَعادي جَرُوز

And than an arrow when it takes life

Snatching and an effective fate, twisted

ومن السَّهْمِ حينَ يَسْتَلِبُ الْعُمْ

رَ اخْتِطافاً وعاملٍ مَجْلُوزِ

Allah has granted Mardawaj victory with an edge

Amongst humanity twisted in their souls

حَتَفَ اللهُ مَرْدَواجَ بحدّ

منْهُ في أَنْفُس الوَرَى مَرْكُوز

How many enemies he destroyed without being

Held back, with havoc and unrestraint

كم عَدْوٍّ أَبادَهُ غيْرَ مَقْبُو

نٍ بَمَرْدَى الرَّدَى ولا مَجْنُوز

And so he continues with each disobedient

And contumacious tribe, insolent and defiant

وكذا يَسْتَمرُّ في كُلِّ عاصٍ

وَنَبِيطٍ لهُمْ عُتاةٍ وخُوز

They roved like locusts, a brood of corruption

Allah has destroyed those miscreations

عَرُزُوا كالْجَرَادِ نَسْلَ فسادٍ

مَحَقَ الله ذاكَ منْ تَغْرِيزِ

For he is like honey to the sincere loyalist

And like a sword against the enemy, made to bend

فهو كالشَّهدِ للنَّصيحِ المُوَالِي

وَكَسَيْفٍ عَلَى العِدَا مَهْزُوزِ

He has not been vexed by matters nor has

He become confused in them like one lost and wandering

لم يَضقْ بالأُمور صَدْراً ولا أَصْ

بَحَ فيها كحائر مَلْهُوز

And Ali is the same, not suspecting

In his caretaking nor twisted

وعَليٌّ كذاك غَيْرُ ظنِينٍ

في مُراعاتَه ولا مَلْمُوز

Rather he calls out to enemies through

Advice not belittled nor obscured

بَلْ يُنادِي الأَعْدَاءَ منْهُ برَأْي

غَيْرِ مُسْتَنْقَصٍ ولا مَغْمُوز

The garb of youth adorns him

And he has wisdom and perceptive reason

فَرِداءُ الشَّباب ضَافٍ عَلَيْهِ

وهو ذو حُنْكَة ورأيٍ مَريز

How many enemies spend the night because of him

In a sick body on a twisted night!

كم عدُوٍّ يبيتُ منهُ على ص

حَّةِ جسمٍ بلَيْلَةٍ الْمَنْكُوز

O greatest of kings in mind and knowledge

Unparalleled in precedence, unmatched

يا أَجلَّ المُلوك عَقْلاً وعلْماً

مفَرَدَ السبق غَيْرَما مَلْزُوز

You have a servant who prides himself on praise

Whose dress is the attire of old robes

لَكَ عَبْدٌ كَساكَ فاخِرَ مَدْحٍ

رَائِقِ لُبْسُهُ لِبَاسَ الخُزُوز

Mention of lineages and description did not tempt him

Under the saddle cloth, piled up

لم يَشِنْهُ ذكُر السَّبَاسِبِ والوَصْ

فُ لعيسِ تَحْتَ الرِّحال جَمُوز

On mounts surpassing others in speed

Their socks apparent, embroidered

من قوافٍ علَى سِواهُ صِعَاب

سُبَّقِ الْجَرْي ظاهرات البُرُوز

Verses with praise came to you

Neither imported nor constricted

خَطَرْت نَحْوَكَ القَوَافِي بِمَدْحٍ

غيرِ مُسْتَهْجَنٍ ولا مَكْزُوز

Between saad and daad and seen

Then a clear zay, Damascus-inscribed

بَيْن صادٍ وبَيْن ضادٍ وسينٍ

ثُمَّ زايٍ مُبينةٍ التَّبْريز

A nature flowing, speech radiant, facile

Not shrouded by darkness of ambiguity

سائلُ الطَّبْع مُشْرقُ اللَّفْظ سَهْلٌ

ما تُغَشِّيه ظُلْمَةُ التَّكْزيز

Its water comes obedient

Neither drawn out nor contained

فائضٌ ماؤُه يجيءُ مُطيعاً

غيرَ مُسْتَجْلَب ولا مَنْحَوز

Poetry turns away from it when it aspires

With nose held high, as if broken

يَرْجعُ الشِّعْرُ عَنْهُ حِين يُسامِي

هِ بأَنفٍ مُجَدَّعٍ مَحْزُوز

Whoever attempts its quality is snatched away

By shining stars from that embroidery

مَن يَرُمْ نَسْجَ مثْله تَخْتَطفْهُ

لامعاتٌ من ذلك التَّطْريز

The educated plagiarizer falls short

Of ascending the peaks of repetitive ambiguity

قَصَّرَ الْمُخْلِفُ المُعَلَّمُ عَنْ فَيْ

ض صَيُودٍ مُعاوِدِ التَّكْزيز

And so one cannot compare between withered grass

Whose number is abundant by a filled well

وكذا لاَ يُقاسُ بَيْنَ خَسِيفٍ

فائضٌ عِدُّهَا بِبِئْرٍ نَكُوز

I have attained with them an arena I see filled

With poets of script and prosody

جُزْتُ فيه مَيْدَان قَوْمٍ أَراهُمْ

شُعَراءً بالْخَطِّ والتَّجْوِيز

They distinguish others' words in which

There is defeat like a conqueror's plunder

يَسْتَمِيزُونَ لَفْظَ غَيْرهم في

ه غِلاباً كَغَارة التَّكْليز

With low verses and contrived meanings

And defective speech, ambiguous

بقَوَافٍ مَدُوسَةٍ ومَعانٍ

مَخْلِقاتٍ ومَنْطِقٍ مَرْمُوز

They followed him to overtake him but fell

Back, too short of the goal, constricted

وَكَزُوهُ ليَلْحقُوهُ فَآبُوا

بِقَصِيرٍ عنِ المَدَى مَوْكُوز

Deprived of nature, humiliated, they travelled

A path to it, unauthorized

حُرِموا الطَّبْعَ صاغرينَ فَسَارُوا

منْ طَريق إليَهْ غيرِ مَجُوزِ

Wondrous! And the predator lies in ambush, that one

Of strength, from the step of the feeble elder

عَجَبٌ والقَضادُ يَقْعِد ذا الْقُ

وَّةِ عَنْ خُطْوِةِ الضَّعِيفِ الْعَجِيز

How can one whose heart aches

With sorrow, twisted, contain proper recitation

كيف يحوِي التَّجْويدَ صاحبُ قَلْبٍ

مُوَجعٍ من تَأَسُّفٍ مَوْحُوز

I do not see one contending with them in a vessel

Or in their seas, unrestrained

لا أَرَى كارعاً لَهُمْ في إناء

لا ولا في بحارِهِمْ ذا نُهُوز

I have no share accumulated from

What is in their scales or purse

ليس لي غَلَّةٌ تَحَصَّلُ ممَّا

في موازينهم ولا في قَفيز

Nor in their land a handspan

In valley or plateau for them

لاَ وَلاَ في أَرضهم قِيدُ شِبْرٍ

في وِهادٍ لَهُمْ ولا في نُشُوز

The jewels of honor attack them

While for us are the durable pieces, determined

دَرَّةُ العُزْرِ هامِيَاتٌ عَلَيْهِمْ

وَلَنَا دَرَّةُ القَطُوعِ الْعَزُوز

They planted the legs of greed in a ride

That debased their worth and eminence

غَرَّزُوا أَرجُلَ الطَّمَاعَةِ فِي رُكْ

بٍ أَخَسَّتْ مِقْدَارَهُمْ وغُرُوزِ

If composure were an abode

They would not have crossed its corridor

لَوْ يكونُ التَّجْويدُ دارَ ثَوَاءٍ

لَمْ يَجوزُوا منها مدى الدَّهْلِيْزِ

When it was permitted without selection for you

I said: you have luck's share with us so take it

قُلْتُ إِذْ جُوِّزَتْ بغَيْر انْتِقَاب

لَكِ حَظٌّ الْقِنَاعِ فِينا فجُوزي

A group of them won people

And my dependence on you in analysis

فازَ مْنُهْم جَمَاعَةٌ بأَناسٍ

واتِّكَالِي عَلَيْكَ في التَّفْويز

I do not hope for other than you, my God

In their composition, nor in order

لَسَتُ أَرْجُو سواكَ بعدَ إلهي

عِنْدَ تَقْصِيدِهِمْ ولا التَّرجِيز

And two ministers equipped me with kindness

They made me happy with that preparation

وَوَزِيرَيْنِ جَهَّزِانِي بجُودٍ

تَعَّشَانِي بذَلِكَ التَّجْهِيزِ

When time forgot my fortune

It compensated my want generously

حِينَ عَيَّ الزَّمانُ عن ذِكْرِ حَظِّي

جَبَرَاً فاقَتِي بِجَودٍ وجِيز

You know poetry better than its speaker

So judge in it with wisdom and precedence

أَنتَ أَدْرَى بالشِّعْر من قائلِيهِ

فاقضِ فِيهِ بالْحَزْم والتَّعْجيز

And so knowledge of vowel marks and letters

In its syntax and glottalization

وكذا العِلْمُ بالمحرَّكِ والسَّا

كِنِ في نَحْوِهِمْ وبالمَهْمُوز

It is only that which includes them, the council

For plagiarism and distinction

لَيْس إلاَّ الَّذي يَضُمُّهُمُ المَجْ

لِسُ للإِنْتِحالِ والتَّمْييز

They are a cocoon to whoever sees truthful speech

Not shocking nor prohibited

فَهُمُ قَوْقَ مَنْ يَرَى قَوْلَ حَقٍّ

غيرَ مُسْتَنْكَرٍ ولا مَنْهُوز

So compensate me by your knowledge of poetry, O best

Of benefactors and gift-givers

فأَجِزْنِي بِقَدْرِ علمِكَ بالأَشْ

عار يا خَيْرَ مُنْعِمٍ ومُجيز

With dinars - I do not refer regarding them

To ignorance or books of legends

بِدَنانِيرَ لا أَحَالُ على الْجِهْ

بِذِ فيهَا وَلاَ عَلَى كتُبْ رُوز

And the loaf of affection with which they bound me

And enrich from that gift, prohibited

وَرَغِيفُ النَّدِّ الَّذي عَصَبُوني

هِ وأَكْرِمْ بِذَاكَ مِنْ مَجْنُوز

Thieving hands snatched it from me

They shook it, with their shaking, scattered

غَلَبَتْني عَلَيْهِ أَيْدِي نِهَابٍ

نَهزَتْهُ بحَظِّهَا المَنْهُوز

Predatory beasts beat me to it

Snatching with commotion and uproar

سَبَقَتْني إليه سَبْقَ ذئابٍ

خاطِفَاتٍ بِهِزَّةٍ وأَزِيزِ

It was their prey like the disciples'

The sword of Allah - their crime prohibited

كان خَتْلاً منهم كَخْتَل الحَواريِّ

سَيْفِ الله ذِي الرَّدى جُرْمُوز

If we feared discord from them, we would have stirred

Amongst them like lions in the den

لو خَشِينَا الْبِدَارَ مِنهُمْ لَعِثْنا

فيهِم كاللُّيُّوثِ فِي الأَمْعُوزِ

Then they came to a good side

While we came to a forbidden side

ثُمَّ آبوا بجانِبٍ طَيِّب النَّشْ

رِ وَأُبْنا بِجانِبٍ مَحْبوز

My soul yearns for it discarded

Like a discarded spear, engraved

لَهْفَ نفسي عليه مُلْقىً كَتُرْسٍ

وافرِ الحَرْف مُشْرفٍ التَّفْريز

So my tears of sorrow flow

Flowing, abundant, racing

فَدُموعي من التَّأَسُّف تَجْري

جَرْيَ وَفْرَاءَ وافياتِ الخُرُوز

My allotted fortune has frowned at me from it

And my afflictions from my twisted fortune

جَمَزَتْنِي فَوايِتُ الحظِّ منْهُ

وابلاَئِي منْ حَظِّيَ الْمجمُوز

My lord has seen me pause in confusion

Like a bewildered marksman, scattered

قَدْ رَأَى سَيِّدِي وُقُوفِيَ حَيْرا

نَ كَمُصْمِي الرَّمْيَةِ الْمَتْرُوز

So remain, my lord, with enduring survival

Not disrupted or prohibited

فابْقَ يَا سَيِّدي بَقاءَ ثَبِيرٍ

غَيْرَ ما مَزْعِجٍ ولاَ مَحْقُوز

And happiness continues in your entire kingdom

Not diminished or banned

وتَمَلَّ السُّرُورَ سائِرَ مُلْكٍ

غَيْرَ مُسْتَنْقَصٍ ولاَ مَبْرُوز

Surpassing the milestones of every leader

Conqueror of honor, unmatched

تَتَخطَّى مداسَ كلِّ إِمامٍ

قاهرَ العزِّ غَيْرَ مَا مَعزُوز