Claude 2

  1. لِعُفاتِهِ وَعِداتِهِ مِن جودِهِ

    وَجُنودِهِ السَرّاءُ وَالضَرّاءُ

    For his generosity and his promises of generosity,

    The prosperous and the miserable are his armies,

  2. وَلَدَيهِ كُلُّ عَجاجَةٍ سَوداءَ في

    يَومِ الكَريهَةِ رَوضَةٌ خَضراءُ

    And before him every dark tribulation

    On an odious day is a verdant garden.

  3. في الرَوعِ يَقتَحِمُ الغُبارَ بِسَيفِهِ

    وَبِسَيفِهِ نارُ الفِرِندِ دِماءُ

    In the heat of battle he charges into the dust with his sword

    And with his sword the fires of war are blood.

  4. يَضَعُ السِنانَ بِحَيثُ شاءَ مِنَ العِدا

    فَلِخَوفِهِ شُجعانُهُم جُبَناءُ

    He places the lances wherever he wishes to place them against the foe,

    And because of fear of him even the brave are cowards.

  5. إِبداؤُهُ بِالجودِ يُلفى ماهِراً

    وَالعَودُ مِنهُ يخجلُ الإِبداءُ

    His generosity is concealed, appearing masterful,

    And after him generosity feels shame.

  6. عايَنتُ مِنهُ طَلعَةً مَلَكِيَّةً

    مِنها عَلى وَجهِ الزَمانِ بَهاءُ

    I have seen in him an angelic dawn,

    From it the times have splendor on their face.

  7. فَلِبُعدِهِ عَنّي وَفَدتُ بِشِقوَةٍ

    فَدَنا الشِفاءُ بِهِ وَزالَ شَقاءُ

    Because he is far from me I have come in misery,

    But through him recovery has come near and misery departed.

  8. قَد كانَ حُسّادي عَلَيهِ كَثيرَةً

    وَلِبُعدِهِ كَثُرَت لِيَ الرُحَماءُ

    My enviers of him were many,

    But in his absence many pitied me.

  9. وَهوَ الَّذي أَرجو نَداهُ وَعِندَهُ

    لِمُؤَمِّليهِ لَن يَخيبَ رَجاءُ

    He is the one whose aid I hope for, and with him

    For those who place their hopes in him, hopes will not fail.

  10. فَعَلَيهِ مِن بَعدِ الإِلَهِ مُعَوَّلي

    وَغِنايَ مِنهُ لَم يَشُبهُ عَناءُ

    After God, he is the one I depend upon,

    And my wealth from him has not resembled toil.

  11. لَمّا غَدا المَنصورُ أَفضَلَ سَيِّدٍ

    في فَضلِهِ نالَ المُنى الفُضَلاءُ

    When al-Mansur went forth the superior of all lords

    In his superiority the meritorious attained wishes.

  12. وَهوَ الَّذي ضاعَت بِكُلِّ وِلايَةٍ

    في الناسِ إِلا عِندَهُ الأُدَباءُ

    He is the one with whom in every province

    Only the literati remained among the people.

  13. يا أَيُّها المَلِكُ الَّذي أَوصافهُ

    تَعلو عَلى ما قالَتِ الشُعَراءُ

    O king whose attributes

    Rise above what the poets have said,

  14. لا زِلتَ ما دامَ الزَمانُ مُمَتَّعاً

    في المُلكِ دائِمَةً لَكَ النَعماءُ

    You remain, as long as time is enjoyable,

    In eternal sovereignty, for you blessings.