بِالسَعدِ قَد رَكِب الأَمير
الصادِقُ الباشا المُشير
With good fortune the Prince has embarked,
The truthful Pasha, the wise advisor,
في آله وَوَزيره
المُصطَفى الصَدر الكَبير
With his family and minister,
Mustafa the great bosomed one.
وَمُباشِر الأَمر الَّذي
هوَ اسمُهُ للدين خَير
And the executor of the matter, he
Whose name is the best for religion,
وَرِجال دَولَته وَمَن
سَمّى وَأَكرَمَ بالحُضور
And the men of his state, and whoever
He named and honored with attendance,
كَرُّوسَةُ البابور ما
يَدعونَها إِشمان دَفير
The steamship they call log-keeper
Seeks a visit to the famous, revered one,
يَبغي زَيارَة مُحرز
ذي الجاه وَالقَدر الشَهير
On a day of celebration the likes of
Which has never occurred in the past,
في يَوم حَفلٍ ما لَهُ
فيما مَضى قَط نَظير
And the people were gathered at noon
As the onlooker sadly turned away.
وَالناسُ قَد حُشِرَت ضُحى
وَالطَرفُ قَد وَلّى حَسير
So I saw a tremendous matter
As it persisted in the march,
فَرأيتُ أَمراً هائِلاً
لَمّا اِستَمَرّت في المَسير
And I reckoned I was confused
And to me affairs were indistinct.
وَحَسِبتُ أَنّي هائِمٌ
وَتَشابَهَت عِندي الأُمور
The earth met the sky
With a galaxy in which there are full moons,
الأَرضُ قابَلَت السَما
بِمَجَرَّةٍ فيها بُدور
Or is this carpet that steady
Traveling comfort spreads upon it?
أَم ذا البِساطُ وَذا سُلَي
مانُ الرَخاءُ بِهِ تَسير
Or a gift never attained
By the Lord of Khawarnaq and Sadir?
أَم منحَةٌ ما نالَها
رَبّ الخَوَرنَق وَالسَدير
Nay, not even Alexander
In his great lofty kingdom,
كَلّا وَلا إِسكَندَرٌ
في مُلكِهِ العالي الكَبير
If Chosroes' Syria he possessed
He would become humbled at seeing it,
لَو أَنَّ كِسرى شامَها
أَضحى لمرآها كَسير
Or Caesar whom there passed by him
He would say bear witness I am trivial.
أَو قَيصَرٌ مَرّت بِهِ
قالَ اِشهَدي أَنّي قَصير
A wondrous mystery
Like the secret in the palaces' folds,
أُعجُوبَةٌ مَكتومَةٌ
كالسِرِّ في طَيّ القُصور
She was adorned with it in
Days verified by the truthful advisor,
حُبيَت بِها الخَضراءُ في
أَيّامٍ صادِقَها المُشير
He who constructed her heights and he who
Caused the fresh water to flow through her,
مَن شادَ عَلياها وَمَن
أَجرى بِها العَذبَ النَمير
And justice most perfectly wrought its description
With the grand ministry and minister.
وَالعَدلُ أَحكَمَ وَصفَهُ
بِعُلى الوَزارَة وَالوَزير
So all are in safety and in
A hope firmly rooted in breasts,
فالكُل في أَمن وَفي
أَمَلٍ تَمَكَّنَ في الصُدور
God will make good His support
However dire the news appears,
اللَهُ يُحسِنُ عَونَهُ
مَهما بَدا خَطبٌ عَسير
And increase him glory to
Glory atop the march of times,
وَيضزيدُهُ عزّا إِلى
عِزِّ عَلى مَرّش الدُهور
Until we see in his shade
That which does not occur to thoughts,
حَتّى نَرى في ظِلِّهِ
ما لَيسَ يَخطُرُ مِن أُمور
The likes of this and its similars
As pearls stringed on necks.
مِن هَذِهِ وَنَظيرَها
كالدّر قُلِّدَ في النُحور
Its date he honored with it,
With good fortune the Prince embarked.
تاريخُها أَكرَم بهِ
بالسَعدِ قَد رَكِبَ الأَمير
