قُل لِلأَميرِ لَقَد قَلَّدتَني نِعَماً
فُتَّ الثَناءُ بِها ما هَبَّتِ الريحُ
Tell the prince: You have garlanded me with favors—
through them you have surpassed all praise, as long as the wind blows.
يا مانِحي الجاهَ إِذ ضَنَّ الجَوادُ بِهِ
شُكريكَ ما عِشتُ لِلأَسماعِ مَمنوحُ
O granter of honor to me, when even the generous withheld it,
as long as I live, my thanks to you shall be lavished upon every ear.
لَم يُلبِسِ اللَهُ نوحاً فَضلَ نِعمَتِهِ
إِلّا لِما بَثَّهُ مِن شُكرِهِ نوحُ
God did not clothe Noah in the bounty of His favor
except for the gratitude to Him that Noah proclaimed.
ذَمَّت سَماحَتُهُ الدُنيا إِلَيهِ فَما
يُمسي وَيُصبِحُ إِلّا وَهوَ مَمدوحُ
His munificence made the world contemptible in his eyes, so
he never sees evening or morning without being praised.
وَلِلأُمورِ إِذا الآراءُ ضِقنَ بِها
يَومَ التَجادُلِ مِن آرائِهِ فيحُ
And for great affairs, when counsels are too narrow to contain them,
on the day of contention his judgments open a spacious field.
لَم يُغلِقِ اللَهُ بابَ العُرفِ عَن أَحَدٍ
بابُ الأَميرِ لَهُ المَألوفُ مَفتوحُ
God has not closed the gate of beneficence to anyone:
the prince’s familiar gate stands open to him.
لَن يَعدَمَ المَجدَ مَن كانَت أَوائِلُهُ
مِن آلِ كِسرى البَهاليلُ المَراجيحُ
Glory shall never be bereft of one whose forebears were
of the house of Khosrow—illustrious, weighty lords.
مورى الفُؤادِ فَلَو كانَت بِعَزمَتِهِ
تُذكى المَصابيحُ لَم تَخبُ المَصابيحُ
Steely-hearted: if lamps were kindled by his resolve,
the lamps would never go out.
كَأَنَّهُ لِاِجتِماعِ الروحِ فيهِ لَهُ
مِن كُلِّ جارِحَةٍ في جِسمِهِ روحُ
As though, so fully is the spirit gathered in him, he had
in every limb of his body a spirit of its own.
Sol 5.6