يا خَبَراً قَد رَنَّ فينا وَطَنٌ
مَن قامَ بِالواجِبِ خانَ الوَطَنِ
O tidings that have rung out among us: “Homeland!”
Whoever does his duty betrays the homeland;
جَزا سَنمارَ لَهُ قِسمَةٌ
كَيما يَكونُ عِبرَةً في الزَمَنِ
Sinnimār’s reward is the share allotted him,
that he may be a warning through the ages.
وَمَن يَكُن لِواجِبٍ نابِذاً
لَهُ مَعَ الفَضلِ جَزاءُ حُسنِ
But whoever casts duty aside
receives, along with honor, a handsome reward.
قاعِدَةً قَرَّرَها قَومَنا
تَتِمَّةً لِمُردَفاتِ المِحَنِ
A maxim our people have laid down,
to complete affliction’s many synonyms.
وَالمَجلِسُ العالي المُهَيّا لَهُ
مَن ساءَ تَوفيقاً وَأُبدي الظَنَنِ
And the supreme, overseeing Council holds sway over
whoever is ill-starred and gives voice to suspicions.
هُوَ الَّذي يَفصِلُ في أَمرِهِ
وَيَحكُمَن حُكمُهُ المُستَسَنِ
It is the one that decides his case,
and its approved judgment shall surely prevail.
وَذاكَ مِن جُملَةٍ أَرزائَنا
مَجلِسُ حُكمٍ في الوَرى مُؤتَمَنِ
And this is among the sum of our calamities:
a court of judgment, trusted among mortals.
أَقَلُّ تَأديبَ بِهِ لِلَّذي
أَقَلَّ إِخلاصٌ لَهُ يَعرِفَنِ
The least chastisement it metes out to one
whom it knows to have shown it less devotion
مُؤَبَّدُ الأَبعادِ عَن خِدمَةٍ
كانَ لَهُ فيها عَظيمُ المِنَنِ
is perpetual banishment from a post
in which he had rendered mighty services.
فَمَن أَتاهُ مُنعِماً ساءَهُ
وَمَن أَتاهُ مُجرِماً هَنينِ
Whoever comes before it as a benefactor, it wrongs;
and whoever comes before it as a criminal, it treats gently.
Sol 5.6