ثَوَّرتُها تَنتَعِلُ الظَلاما
لا نَقوَ أَبقَينَ وَلا سُلامى
She roams the darkness wearing it as shoes,
No rest or peace for those she does abuse,
قوداً إِذا اللَيلُ بِها تَرامى
مَرَقنَ مِن ظَلمائِهِ سِهاما
When night envelops her she leads the way,
Her arrows pierce through all its dark arrays.
تُرَجِّعُ الحَنينَ وَالبُغاما
شَكوى المَريضِ ماطِلِ السَقاما
She stirs the yearning and the misery,
Is balm for all who suffer malady,
أَعلَقتُها مِنَ النَدى زِماما
لا واهِنَ العَقدِ وَلا رِماما
I hold her lightly by a dewy bond,
That will not fray or come at all undone.
أَيَّ غِياثَ الخَلقِ وَالقِواما
إِنَّ بِأَرجانَ لَنا غَماما
O succor of mankind, their strength and stay!
For you Arkānj's rains are but a summer spray,
ها أَوشِكي أَن تَرِدي الحِماما
غَمراً يَزيدُ لُجُّهُ اِلتِطاما
Soon overflowing showers will come as sure
As oceans surging, breaking on the shore.
إِن ناطَحَ الأَكرادَ وَالأَرواما
يُرَوِّحُ الإِحسانَ وَالإِنعاما
She comes at Aqarād and Turks like a attack,
Bringing her kindness and her bounty back.
إِذا الرِجالُ رَوَّحوا الأَنعاما
قَوَّمَ دَرءَ الدينِ فَاِستَقاما
When men take comfort, rest from honest toil,
Correcting flaws that marred religion's soil.
قَد وُلِدَ المَجدُ لَهُ تَماما
إِذا رَأَينا المَلِكَ الهُماما
For her a legacy of glory born,
Fulfilled in full when we behold the king.
نَرى سَريراً يَحمِلُ الأَناما
وَالسُؤدَدَ القُدامِسَ القُداما
His throne's a seat where all the world may sit,
Guarded by columns of unyielding grit.
إِنَّ عَلى أَعوادِهِ الضِرغاما
تُخدِجُ مِن هَيبَتِهِ السُلامى
Her pillars tremble at his awesome might,
Silencing those who scorn and incite.
تَعنو المُلوكُ حَولَهُ إِعظاما
نَستَكثِرُ اليَومَ لَهُ القِياما
Around him monarchs bow with reverence,
We spend this day for him in deference.
أُسداً تَراها عِندَهُ بِهاما
شُلَّت يَدُ الجاذِبِ ماذا راما
A lion you see him mauling the oppressor's hand,
Of dubious shooter whose mischief he has banned,
مِن بازِلٍ قَد مَنَعَ الخِطاما
وَأَعجَزَ الوِراكَ وَالزِماما
Disabling traps and weakening resistance,
To all who ride without his king's license.
لا يَعرِفُ الرَحلَ لَهُ سَناما
وَلّى الأَعادي مَنكِباً حَطّاما
On days of peril crowds find safety near,
As standards rally round in martingale gear.
يَومَ الضِغاطِ يَأمَنُ الزِحاما
مِن مَعشَرٍ تَفَرَّعوا الأَعلاما
Time flows on as their glory remains intact,
They've conquered citadels, enclaves intact.
مُطاوِلاً مَجدُهُمُ الأَيّاما
حَلّوا القُصورَ البيضَ وَالآطاما
Carousing together amid drinks and song,
Tender gazelles, musicians prolong
يُخالِطونَ الشَربَ وَالمُداما
وَالعازِفاتِ الغُرَّ وَالنَدامى
The pleasure, till the day they meet their fate -
In riding robes and mail impenetrate.
كَرائِماً لاقَينَهُم كِراما
حَتّى إِذا يَومُ الرَدى أَغاما
You see them postured tall upon their steeds,
Restrained but eager chargers chomp their leads.
مُحتَزِماً قَد لَبِسَ القَتاما
رَأَيتَهُم ضَراغِماً تَسامى
Out in the waste no shade or tent in sight,
Contesting ostriches in this show of might.
عَلى الجِيادِ تُعلَفُ الإِلجاما
في البيدِ لا ظِلٌّ وَلا خِياما
Pressing the camel rutting in its prime,
Their mounts all champ and churn to racing time.
غَدوا يُبارونَ بِها النَعاما
مُرابِعينَ الحامِلَ الهَمهاما
Except the sire and colt, from them all around
Burst saddle-girths whene'er the drums resound.
مِن كُلِّ أَقنى يَنفُضُ اللِجاما
كَالنَصلِ إِلّا الفوقَ وَاللُؤاما
If war's afoot they instantly prepare,
Brandishing till each spearpoint flicks the air.
إِن قَعَدَ الخَطبُ إِلَيهِ قاما
حَتّى يُرَوّي الرُمحَ وَالحُساما
Since fame was scorned they've never ceased to wage it,
Sent it aflame till evil burned within it.
يَقظانُ مُذ ذُمَّ الكَرى ما ناما
قَد بَعَثوهُ شائِماً فَشاما
Unraveling complications with their toil,
You have attained, fulfilled the deepest goal.
مِن مَقبِسِ المَجدِ لَهُم ضِراما
جاءَ بِهِ يَضطَرِمُ اِضطِراما
What enormous gifts have they bestowed on me,
Raising me up, exalting my decree!
حُلّوا الحُبى بُلِّغتُمُ المَراما
سَعيٌ كَفى الآباءَ وَالأَعماما
They fulfilled me west and north without reproach,
Evil mutterers could only chafe and broach
كَم قَلَّدوني النِعَمَ الجِساما
سَوابِغاً تَرفَعُ لي الأَعلاما
New stratagems, intrigues could not deter,
Renewing vendettas, enmities to spur.
أَمطَونِيَ الغارِبَ وَالسَناما
وَطالَ ما غاظوا بِيَ الأَقواما
Yet they advanced me, curbed all egoistic aims,
Postponed reward until success proclaims.
وَجَدَّدوا الأَحقادَ وَالأَوغاما
هُم قَدَّموني في العُلى أَماما
What line of glory, what ensign sublime,
You've multiplied, enhancing law and rhyme!
وَأَخَّروا عَن غايَتي الإِقداما
فَذّاً مِنَ النَعماءِ أَو تُؤاما
How far your sea of bounty surged ahead!
With favor overflowing, unrestrained.
كَالسِلكِ ضاعَفتَ بِهِ النِظاما
إِلامَ مَدَّ بَحرُكُم إِلاما
Another year of grace, though troubles irk,
You hold fate powerless, suspended work.
مُلِئتُمُ النَعماءَ وَالدَواما
عاماً عَلى رَغمِ العِدا فَعاما
Authority embraced within your nation,
The crescent's rings cannot come undone.
تُماطِلونَ القَدرَ وَالحِماما
شَملُ الثُرَيّا ضَمِنَ المَقاما
No fate has terrified you, caused to cower,
Or brought down your dominion, broke its power.
طَوقُ الهِلالِ لا يُرى اِنفِصاما
لا رَوَّعَ الدَهرُ لَكُم سَواما
Until a dried up sneering mouth one day
Collides against it, shrivels up, decays.
يَوماً وَلا فَضَّ لَكُم نِظاما
حَتّى يُلاقي يَذبُلٌ شَماما
