لا يجتلي النور إلا من مشارقه
ويجتني الدر إلا من مجانيه
Light is beheld only from its places of rising,
And pearls are gathered only from their beds.
إذا تولى كمال عنصراً كملت
فروعه وسرت فيه معانيه
When perfection takes hold of a root,
Its branches become perfect, and its meanings course through it.
ومن تكن نفسه بحراً فلا عجب
أن يجتني الجوهر المكنون من فيه
If his soul is a sea, there is no wonder
In gathering the hidden jewel from his mouth.
أصل تجسم من نور الكمال فمن
إشراق أوله إشراق تاليه
A root took form from the light of perfection; thus
The radiance of its beginning is the radiance of what follows.
حسب الملوك بني سلطان من حسب
أن تحسب الشمس ركناً من مبانيه
For the kings, the sons of Sultan, it is lineage enough
That the sun be counted a pillar of his buildings.
أبقوا لأعقابهم ما ليس تدركه
سيارة الشهب من مجد وتنزيه
They left their descendants glory and exaltation
That the wandering meteors cannot reach.
رمى حمود مراميهم فما انفلتت
أكرومة لم تقيدها معاليه
Hamud aimed at their goals, and no noble deed escaped
Being secured by his lofty deeds.
أقيمُ في حمده نفسي وأقعدها
جل القضية حمد لست أحصيه
I set my soul to praising him, standing it up and seating it;
The matter is immense: I cannot count his praises.
Sol 6