جُمِعَت أُمورُ الدينِ بَعدَ تَزَيُّلِ
بِالقائِمِ المُستَخلِفِ المُتَوَكِّلِ
Religion's affairs were brought together after division,
Religion's affairs were gathered after scattering
through al-Mutawakkil, the upholder and appointer of successors,
By the riser, the successor, the reliant
بِمُوَفَّقٍ لِلصالِحاتِ مُيَسَّرٍ
وَمُحَبَّبٍ في الصالِحينَ مُؤَمَّلِ
through one granted success and enabled for righteous deeds,
By the felicitous, to good deeds made easy
and beloved among the righteous, looked to with hope.
And beloved among the righteous, hoped for
مَلِكٌ إِذا أَمضى عَزيمَةَ أَمرِهِ
لَم يَثنِ عَزمَتَهُ اعتِراضُ العُذَّلِ
A king who, when he carries his firm purpose into effect,
A king - if his command's resolve is made
is not turned from his resolve by the reproachers' objections.
No hesitation makes his resolve turn back
بَكَرَت جِيادُكَ وَالفَوارِسُ فَوقَها
بِالمَشرَفِيَّةِ وَالوَشيجِ الذُبَّلِ
Your fine steeds went forth early, with horsemen upon them,
Your steeds raced, and horsemen atop them
with Mashrafi swords and slender spear-shafts,
With Al-Mushrifiya and Al-Washij, motley
غُرّاً مُحَجَّلَةً تُحاوِلُ وَقعَةً
بِالرومِ في يَومٍ أَغَرَّ مُحَجَّلِ
white-blazed and white-socked, seeking a battle
Stallions outfitted, attempting a battle
against the Byzantines, on a white-blazed, white-socked day.
Against Rome on a day of outfitted stallions
وَأَظُنُّ أَنَّكَ لا تَرُدُّ وُجوهَها
حَتّى تُنيخَ عَلى الخَليجِ بِكَلكَلِ
And I think you will not turn their heads back
And I reckon you do not turn back their faces
until you encamp upon the gulf, pressing down with your breast.
Until you slay at the Gulf with clashing swords
دامَت لَكَ الأَعيادُ مَسروراً بِها
في العِزِّ مِنكَ وَفي البَقاءِ الأَطوَلِ
May the festivals endure for you, as you rejoice in them,
May celebrations stay joyous for you
in your glory and in a life of greatest length.
In glory from you and in lasting the longest
وَجُزيتَ أَعلى رُتبَةٍ مَأمولَةٍ
في جَنَّةِ الفِردَوسِ غَيرَ مُعَجَّلِ
And may you be rewarded with the highest rank hoped for,
May you be rewarded the highest hoped for station
in the Garden of Paradise, without being hastened there.
In Paradise Al-Firdaus, no hurry there
فَالبِرُّ أَجمَعُ في ابتِهالِكَ داعِياً
لِلمُسلِمينَ وَنُسكِكَ المُتَقَبَّلِ
For all righteousness lies in your supplication as you pray
All goodness in supplicating you, praying
for the Muslims, and in your accepted worship.
For Muslims and your accepted pilgrimage
عَرَّفتَنا سُنَنَ النَبِيِّ وَهَديِهِ
وَقَضَيتَ فينا بِالكِتابِ المُنزَلِ
You taught us the Prophet's ways and his guidance,
You taught us the Prophet's ways and guidance
and judged among us by the revealed Book.
And judged us by the Book sent down
حَقّاً وَرِثتَ عَنِ النَبي وَإِنَّما
وَرِثَ الهُدى مُستَخلَفٌ عَن مُرسَلِ
Truly, you inherited from the Prophet; and only
Truly, you inherited from the Prophet, and indeed
one appointed to succeed a messenger has inherited guidance.
An inheritor of guidance from a Messenger
عاذَت بِحَقوَيكَ الخِلافَةُ إِنَّها
قِسمٌ لِأَفضَلِ هاشِمٍ فَالأَفضَلِ
The caliphate sought refuge at your two flanks; indeed, it is
The caliphate sought refuge in your rights, it is
a share for the best of Hashim, then the next best.
A share for Hashim's best man - the finest
وَتَمَنَّعَت في ظِلِّ عِزِّكَ فَاغتَدَت
في خَيرِ مَنزِلَةٍ وَأَحصَنِ مَعقِلِ
And it became impregnable in the shade of your might, and so came to be
And became defiant in your glory's shade, so it grew
in the finest station and the most secure stronghold.
In the best station and most fortified refuge
فَاعمُر جَوانِبَها بِجَدٍّ صاعِدٍ
وَالبَس بَشاشَتَها بِحَظٍّ مُقبِلِ
So make its precincts flourish with rising fortune,
So build its regions with consistent, rising dedication
and wear its gladness with fortune turning toward you.
And clothe its cheerfulness with fortune drawing near
لَو كُنتُ أَحسُدُ أَو أُنافِسُ مَعشَراً
لَحَسَدتُ أَو نافَستُ أَهلَ المَوصِلِ
If I were to envy a people or vie with them,
If I were jealous or competed with a group
I would envy or vie with the people of Mosul.
I would've envied or competed with Mosul's people
عَشِيَ الرَبيعُ دِيارَهُم وَغَشيتَها
وَكِلاكُما ذو بارِقٍ مُتَهَلِّلِ
Spring visited their dwellings, and you visited them,
Spring camped in their abodes and you shaded it
and both of you bear a smiling flash of lightning.
You both of glittering lightning flickering
فَأَضاءَ مِنها كُلَّ فَجٍّ مُظلِمٍ
داجٍ وَأَخصَبَ كُلُّ وادٍ مُمحِلِ
So it lit up every dark mountain pass among them,
So it illuminated from it each darkened valley
shrouded in gloom, and every barren valley grew fertile.
Obscure, and made fertile every flooded valley
فَمَتى تُخَيِّمُ بِالشَآمِ فَيَكتَسي
بَلَدي نَباتاً مِن نَداكَ المُسبِلِ
When, then, will you camp in al-Sham, so that
So when will you camp in Damascus and dress
my land may don greenery from your pouring bounty?
My country with growth from your pouring forth?
سَفَرٌ جَلَوتَ بِهِ العُيونَ فَأَبصَرَت
وَفَرَجتَ ضيقَةَ كُلِّ قَلبٍ مُقفَلِ
A journey through which you cleared the eyes, and they saw,
A journey you went on, eyes delighted by it,
and eased the anguish of every heart locked shut.
And relieved tightness of each latched heart
في كُلِّ يَومٍ أَنتَ نازِلُ مَنزِلٍ
جُدُدٍ مَعالِمُهُ وَتارِكُ مَنزِلِ
Each day you alight at a dwelling
Each day you descend a stage
whose landmarks are new, and leave a dwelling behind.
Its landmarks renewed, leaving a stage
وَإِذا أَرَدتَ جَعَلتَ يَومَ إِقامَةٍ
يَقِفُ السُرورُ بِهِ وَيَومَ تَرَحُّلِ
And when you wish, you appoint a day for staying,
And when you want, you make a day of stopping
on which joy lingers, and a day for departure.
Where gladness halts, and a day of departing
Sol 6.1