بِنَصرِكَ يُدرَكُ الفَتحُ المُبينُ
وَعِندَكَ يُؤمَنُ الزَمَنُ الخَؤونُ
Victory is attained through your aid,
And in your presence difficult times are endured.
وَجارُكَ ضِدُّ مالِكَ مُنذُ أَمّا
مَحَلَّكَ ذا تُعِزُّ وَذا تُهينُ
Your neighbor is the enemy of your possession since the beginning of time,
You give might to one and humiliate the other.
لَكَ العَرَضُ المُباحُ لِمَن بَغاهُ
مِنَ العافينَ وَالعِرضُ المَصونُ
Honor is permitted to those you allow,
Both chaste and defiled according to your command.
وَإِقدامٌ تَبورُ بِهِ الأَعادي
وَإِنعامٌ تَقَرُّ بِهِ العُيونُ
With your bravery enemies are defeated,
With your kindness eyes are delighted.
تَحوزُ يَداكَ أَبكارَ المَعالي
وَيَأباها رِباؤُكَ وَهيَ عونُ
Your hands possess the gems of glory,
Yet your subjects shun such treasures.
وَلَم تَطُلِ الوَرى حَتّى تَساوَت
سُهولُ المَجدِ عِندَكَ وَالحُزونُ
Before long high and low were made equal,
Glories and sorrows leveled in your domain.
بِساحَتِكَ العَطايا وَالرَزايا
فَفي يَدِكَ الأَماني وَالمَنونُ
In your court generosity and stinginess prevail,
Thus hopes and disappointments are in your hands.
عَطايا إِن تَجاهَلَها حَسودٌ
فَعِندَ وُهيبٍ الخَبَرُ اليَقينُ
If the envious ignore your gifts,
The experienced still know the truth.
أَيادٍ جُدنَ سَحّاً وَهيَ بيضٌ
بِما يُعيي السَحائِبَ وَهيَ جونُ
Hands once empty are now clouds,
Raining beyond what clouds can contain.
وَصَلتَ بِها كَريمَ النَجرِ دارَت
عَلَيهِ لِلعَدُوِّ رَحىً طَحونُ
You have connected the generous house of Najar,
Grinding the enemy like flour in a mill.
فَكُنتَ بِرَدِّ ثَروَتِهِ جَديراً
وَأَنتَ بِعَودِ عِزَّتِهِ قَمينُ
By restoring their lost pride you have proven worthy,
While you wear their crown, their pillar.
وَمِن بَعدِ الأُلوفِ مَنَحتَ كوماً
غَنِيٌّ مَن تُقِلُّ وَمَن تَمونُ
After thousands you have granted a heap,
Rich is he who takes, and he who is content.
مُحَرَّمَةُ الغَوارِبِ ما عَلَتها ال
رِجالُ وَلا تَبَطَّنَها وَضينُ
Virtuous ladies no men have mounted,
Nor scoundrels approached in their quarters.
وَلا حَكَّت لَها الأَقتابُ جِلداً
وَلا خَرَمَت مَناخِرَها البُرينُ
No leather has marked their skin,
Nor file tainted their cheeks.
وَلَو مِن عِندِ غَيرِكَ يَبتَغيها
لَعَزَّت عِندَهُ العَنسُ الأَمونُ
If others sought them, violation would be resisted
And chaste isolation upheld.
مَتالٍ لَو يُعايِنُها جَريرٌ
دَرى أَنَّ اِبنَ مَروانٍ ضَنينُ
If Jarir saw them he would forget his Hyneid,
For with musk, jasmine is ignored.
وَلَم يَذكُر هُنَيدَتَهُ حَياءً
وَعِندَ المِسكِ يُلغى الياسَمينُ
I swear by the Lord of dawn and dusk,
What the valley and mountain range contain.
حَلَفتُ بِرَبِّ مَن صَلّى وَضَحّى
وَما ضَمِنَ المُحَصَّبُ وَالحَجونُ
Patience, for aggressive talk
Will breed conflict, and conflict has its sorrows.
فَمَهلاً فَالحَديثُ مِنَ التَعَدّي
سَيَخلَقُ وَالحَديثُ لَهُ شُجونُ
Quraysh agreed to arbitration,
Not satisfied without the input of Batin.
وَفي التَحكيمِ قَد رَضِيَت قُرَيشٌ
بِما لَم يَرضَ أَنزَعُها البَطينُ
With Abi Salama healing is found
When medicine cannot cure madness.
وَعِندَ أَبي سَلامَةَ ما يُداوى
بِهِ إِن أَعجَزَ الطَبَّ الجُنونُ
Freed slaves who none surpassed in merit,
And drinking friends no cup diminished passion for.
عِتاقٌ لَيسَ يَسبِقُها طَريدٌ
وَسُمرٌ لا يُبِلُّ لَها طَعينُ
Hearts will not forget their grievances,
When hatred is kindled its coals smoulder.
وَلَن تَنسى ضَغائِنَها قُلوبٌ
لِنيرانِ الحُقودِ بِها كُمونُ
Numayr alive would not accept
A solution that does not firmly resolve.
وَلا تَرضى نُمَيرٌ وَهيَ حَيٌّ
لَقاحٌ لِلنَوائِبِ لا يَلينُ
As if defeated they plainly schemed
Like foxes turning on the innocent lamb.
كَأَنَّهُمُ وَقَد قُهِروا صَريحٌ
كَريمُ البَيتِ رَوَّعَهُ هَجينُ
If not for his oppression they would have supported him
As eyelids envelop the eyeball.
وَما تُغني الصَوارِمُ وَالعَوالي
إِذا ما أَعوَزَ الرَأيُ الرَصينُ
If they follow their leader and gain
What was deemed impossible, doubts are dispelled.
وَلا تَحمي الدُروعُ وَما عَلاها
فَتىً لَم يَحمِهِ أَجَلٌ حَصينُ
They only turned on him deceitfully,
As cattle turn without purpose.
وَلَولا الخُلفُ ما خافَت عِداها
لِإِلباسٍ وَلا خَفَّ القَطينُ
If not for his injustice they would have embraced him
As eyelids embrace the pupils.
وَلا زَأَرَت عُبادَةُ بَعدَ صَمتٍ
زَئيراً سَوفَ يَتبَعُهُ أَنينُ
And I know what they have concealed will appear
When eyelids reveal their secrets.
وَإِن تَبِعوا زَعيمَهُمُ وَنالوا
مَنالاً كُذِّبَت فيهِ الظُنونُ
How will they be when swords are drawn
Executing their sharp justice?
فَما اِنعَطَفوا لَهُ إِلّا خِداعاً
كَما اِنعَطَفَت عَلى البَوِّ اللَبونُ
He harvested, fooled by a truce,
Aided by those who do not come to aid.
وَلَولا ظُلمُهُ اِشتَمَلوا عَلَيهِ
كَما اِشتَمَلَت عَلى الحَدَقِ الجُفونُ
He broke with those who ward off wars,
Unafraid of the predators' howls.
وَأَعلَمُ أَن سَيَبدو ما أَسَرّوا
إِذا أَبدَت سَرائِرَها الجُفونُ
The free and slaves are feared among you,
While the infant and unborn are hoped for.
فَكَيفَ بِهِم إِذا سُلَّت سُيوفٌ
بِماضي حُكمِها تُقضى الدُيونُ
May your glorious sky never lack
Suns obscured by no clouds.
جَنى وَاِنصاعَ مُغتَرّاً بِفَتحٍ
أَعانَ عَلَيهِ مَن لا يَستَعينُ
You are a palm tree, tall and fertile,
Watered by the vine and faith.
وَناقَضَ مَن يَذودُ حُماةَ حَربٍ
وَلا تَخشى جَريرَتَهُ الظُعونُ
Fruiting each season without cease,
Its branches reaching to the sky's ceiling.
يُخافُ الحُرُّ وَالمَملوكُ فيكُم
وَيُرجى الطِفلُ مِنكُم وَالجَنينُ
If you free my two captors, my thanks
To whom my secret remains captive forever.
فَلا عَدِمَت سَماءُ المَجدِ مِنكُم
شُموساً لا تُغَيِّبُها الدُجونُ
You have multiplied my enviers, now many
More than Adam's though he was but clay.
فَأَنتُم دَوحَةٌ طالَت وَطابَت
سَقى أَعراقَها كَرَمٌ وَدينُ
Winter is here, I have supplies
I publically announce to you each new moon.
لَها في العامِ أَجمَعِهِ ثِمارٌ
وَفي أَعلى السَماءِ لَها غُصونُ
With such gifts I have remained
To know you are righteous and trustworthy.
أَذا الشَرَفَينِ إِن أَعتَقتَ أَسري
فَشُكري بِالَّذي تولي رَهينُ
You dress my faults so before me
Is praise that does not waiver or betray.
لَقَد كَثَّرتَ حُسّادي فَأَربَوا
عَلى حُسّادِ آدَمَ وَهوَ طينُ
Each day my voice visits your abode
Singing songs that do not tire.
دَنا فَصلُ الشِتاءِ وَلي عِداتٌ
نَداكَ المُستَفيضُ بِها قَمينُ
If I spent a year in any other sea
These precious pearls would be missed.
بِذاكَ شَهِدتُ حَتّى اِزدَدتُ مِنهُ
لِأَعلَمَ أَنَّكَ البَرُّ الأَمينُ
وَتَلبَسُني عَلى عَيبي فَعِندي
ثَناءٌ لا يَحولُ وَلا يَخونُ
يَزورُ ذَراكَ مِنهُ كُلَّ يَومٍ
غِناءٌ لَم تَدُر فيهِ اللُحونُ
وَلَو في غَيرِ بَحرِكَ غُصتُ عاماً
لَأَعوَزَ فيهِ ذا الدُرُّ الثَمينُ
