أمبتسم الأضحَى ومَطلع الفِطرِ

أم الدّولَة الغَراء وَضاحَة البشرِ

I smile at dawn and at the start of Eid

Mother of the glorious state and radiance of mankind

ليالٍ وَأَيامٌ تَماثَلْنَ بَهجَةً

هيَ المِسكُ والكافور في اللونِ والنشرِ

Nights and days alike in their splendor

The musk and camphor in color and diffusion

عَبِيريةُ الرَّيا ربيعية الحُلَى

كَرَقراقَةٍ عَذراءَ تطلُعُ مِن خِدرِ

My scent is springtime, my sweets are springtime's

Like the warbling of a pure maiden emerging from her boudoir

بِها اشتَمل الدهرُ المَحاسِنَ وارتَدى

وَمِنها استَمدت صفحة الشَّمسِ والبَدرِ

With her the ages donned beauty and were adorned

And from her the page of sun and moon drew radiance

فَحَذيا كَما انهَلَّت شَآبِيبُ مُزنةٍ

وَدنيا كَما انشَق الكِمام عَن الزَّهرِ

So welcome as the showers of Muzna have descended

And welcome as the veil splits from the blossom

ألا هُو شِبل البأسِ زارَ هِزَبرَه

فَقرَّ قَرارُ الناسِ منهُ عَلى الزأرِ

Behold the cub of valor visited its lair

So the people's resolve against it weakened into wailing

وَسَيلُ الندَى أَفضَى إِلى البَحرِ فَيضُه

وَما بَرِحت تُفضي السيولَ إلى البَحرِ

The torrent of dew poured forth its abundance

And the torrents never ceased to pour into the sea

تَجلّى هِلالاً والسعود تَحفُّه

بهالَة بَدرِ المُلك في شُبْهَةِ الزُّهرِ

It shone crescent-like and the Saudis magnify it

With the aura of the full moon in semblance of blossom

وَحَطَّ يَفاعاً شامخَ الأنفِ رحلَهُ

عَلى الجَبلِ الراسي من الفخرِ لا الصَخرِ

And it alighted loftily, the ride of its stately nose

Upon the mountain firm in pride, not in rock

وَجاءَ كَما حيَّا الرياضَ نَسيمُها

عَلى قَدَرٍ ضَخم السرادِقِ والقَدْرِ

And it came as its breeze revived the gardens

In a capacious canopy and capacious pot

تَرَى السعدَ والإقبالَ واليمنَ حولهُ

تُواكِبه سبحا إلى جَيشِهِ المجرِي

You see luck, success and prosperity around it

Accompanying it in procession with chanting

وَقد أرْسَلتْ أمطارَها السُّحبُ خدمة

لهُ فأَحاطَتْ ساطِعَ النّقعِ بالقَطْرِ

And the clouds sent down their rains in service

To it, surrounding the brilliant armor with rainfall

ولَمْ تَستَطِعْ شمسُ الظهيرَة لَفحَه

بِما فَوْقَه مِن ظِلّ ألْوية النّصْرِ

Yet the noonday sun with its ferocity

Could not touch it under the shade of the standards of victory

مُنِيرٌ مُنيفٌ وَجْهُهُ ومَحَلُّه

عَلى القَصْرِ مِن لألائِهِ ما عَلى العَصْرِ

Radiant, splendid is its face and its place

In the palace - from its banners as on the prayer mat

تَناصَرَتِ البُشرى بِيَومِ قُدومِهِ

عَلى الحَضرةِ العلياء في البدْوِ والحَضْرِ

Good tidings spread on the day of its arrival

To the noble court in desert and in town

وأَضْحَى بِهِ يَبْأَى سَريرٌ وَمِنْبَرٌ

كَبَأوِ اليَراع الصُّفر والأَسَل السُّمرِ

With it, a throne and pulpit became adorned

Like the saddlebags of the blond foal and the sorrel camel

وكانَ عَلَى وَفْقِ الأمانِي وحُكْمِها

تَلاقي النّدى والوَرْد في الزّمنِ النضْرِ

And it accorded with the hopes and their wisdom

The meeting of dew and rose in the tender time

زَكا زَكَرِياءُ المُبارَك مَنْشَأ

فَصَرّح عن مَعْروفِهِ نَابِتُ البَكرِ

Pure Zakariyya in his blessed origins

Clarified his excellent traits, sprouting in purity

وأُوتِيَ مِن آبائِهِ الحُكمُ والحِجَى

صَبِيّاً فكانَ الكهْلَ في بُرْدَةِ الغِرِّ

And he was granted wisdom and insight from his forefathers

As a child, so he became the elder in the prime of youth

ورُبَّ صَغير في سِنيه سَنَاؤُه

جَليلٌ لَدى الجُلَّى كَبيرٌ عَن الكِبْرِ

And many a little one in his years has aged

Exalted to the exalted, great beyond great

كِنيُّ أبيه بُورِك اسْماً وكُنْيَةً

على النَّجلِ من وَسميْهما كرَمُ النَّجرِ

The namesake of his father, blessed in name and epithet

For the grandson from marking them both with nobility

ويَسْرِي إلى الأرْواحِ مِنْهَا حُبورُها

كَمِثل سُرَى الأرْواحِ في غُرّةِ الفَجْرِ

And it flows into souls their fervor

As the souls' flowing at first light

هُمَامٌ يَدِقُّ المَدْحُ عَنْهُ جَلالةً

ولَو صِيغَت الشِّعرَى لهُ بَدَلَ الشِّعرِ

Aspirations whose praise transcends telling it

Even were the verses composed for it instead of prose

إذا ما احتَبى في مَجلِسِ الملك أو حبا

فَقُل في الجبالِ الشُّمِّ والأبْحُرِ الخُضْرِ

When gathered in the king's company or loved

Then say, in the Syrian mountains and the green sea

لهُ الصَّدْرُ مِن بَيتِ الإمارَةِ رُتْبَةً

وحُقَّ لِذاكَ البَيتِ مرْتبَةُ الصَّدْرِ

For its chest from the House of Leadership is its rank

And for that House the rank of the chest is its right

تَولّعَ بِالْعَليا مَغيباً وَمَشْهدا

فَمِنْ خَبرٍ يُسلي الزّمانَ وَمِن خُبْرِ

It is enamored with the sublime, absent and present

So from news that consoles time, and from great news

وَأَرْبى عَلَى الأملاكِ مَجداً وَسُؤْدَداً

فجرَّ عَلى الأفلاكِ أرْدِيَة الفَخْرِ

And it attained glory and fortune on kingdoms

Thus it poured on the celestial spheres the garments of pride

يَهيمُ بِإعْدادِ العَتادِ لِبَذْلِهِ

وَيَهْوَى عَوانَ الحَرْب للفَتْكةِ البِكْرِ

It is preoccupied with preparing equipment for its sacrifice

And it desires the aid of war for the virgin raid

وَلا يَرْتَضِي عِزّاً وَقُوداً لِنارِه

سِوى المَنْدَلِ الهِندِيِّ والعَنبرِ الشِّحْرِي

And it accepts no honor and fuel for its fire

Other than Indian steel and fragrant algum wood

لَقَد آنَسَتْ نُورَ الهُدى مِنهُ تُونِسٌ

كَما آنَس الأُمّالُ نَارَ النَدَى الغَمرِ

Indeed Tunis basked in the light of its guidance

As the white camels bask in the fire of kindled campfires

أَقُول وَقد أمَّ الوُفودُ قِبَابَه

مُطنّبَةً فَوقَ السِّمَاكَيْنِ والنَّشْرِ

I say, and delegations have crowded its domes

Embroidered above the columns and stucco

على رِسلِكُم إنّ الكَواكِبَ بَعضُ ما

تَدُوسُ مَطاياكُم إلى الكَوْكَبِ الدرِّي

Upon your envoys - indeed the planets are but some of what

Your steeds will trample, unto the splendid planet

هَنيئاً لأمْر اللّهِ أنْ شُدَّ أزْرُهُ

بِآل أَبي حَفص أُلى النّهي والأمْرِ

Good fortune for the command of God that its arm was strengthened

By the House of Abu Hafs, most sublime in prohibition and command

وَأنْ قامَ يَحيْى المُرْتَضى وَسَلِيلُه

لإظْهَارِهِ أثْنَاءَ قَاصِمَة الظَّهْرِ

And that Yahya the Righteous and his scion rose up

For its manifestation during the decisive confrontation

أَميراً حَبا مِنْهُ أميراً بِمُلكِه

فأدْرَكَ ثَأر الدينِ في البَغْي والكفرِ

A beloved prince through it a prince in his kingdom

Who attained vengeance for the religion against rebellion and unbelief

وقَلَّدَهُ العَهْدَ الإمَامِيَّ راضِياً

بِسيرَتِه الحُسْنَى وآثارِهِ الغُرِّ

And delegated him the Imami covenant, pleased

With his beautiful conduct and youthful undertakings

فَناطَ نِجادَ السَيْف منه بِعاتِقي

نَجيدٍ وأَعطى القَوْس أبرعَ مَن يَبْرِي

So he girded the swordblade of immaculate lineage from it

Upon the shoulders of a graceful and accomplished archer

وَما هِيَ إلا دَوْلَةٌ عُمَرِيَّةٌ

يَدومُ بِها الإقبالُ مُنْفَسِحَ العُمْرِ

And this is none but an Umarite state

In which good fortune endures, of lasting life

تَرى غَدَها يَسْمُو إلَيْهَا وأمسَها

يُديمُ إليها اللحْظَ كَرّاً عَلى كَرِّ

You see its tomorrow rising to it and its yesterday

Keeping eyes fixed on it, repeatedly, again and again

قَضَتْ نَذْرَها الدُّنيا بتَأمينِ أهْلِها

وَفاءً فأوْفَوْا للدّيانَةِ بِالنّذْرِ

It fulfilled its vow to the world by securing its people

Loyally, and they were loyal to religion through their vow

حَمَوْها كَما يَحْمي الهِزَبرُ عَرينَه

وأسيافُهم أمضَى من النابِ والظُّفرِ

They defended it as the hissing serpent defends its nest

And their swords are sharper than fang and claw

ولَم تَكُن الدُّنيا لتَعدِلَ عَنْهُم

وَهُم فِئَة التّقوى وطائِفَة البِرِّ

And the world was not apt to turn away from them

As they are the party of piety and the faction of righteousness

أيمَّة عَدل أقسَطوا حينَ أسْقَطوا

عنِ الناسِ ما آدَ الرّقابَ مِن الإصْرِ

An equitable nation who were most just when they lifted

From the people what had burdened necks with shackles

تُضيءُ دَياجيرَ الليالي وُجوهُهم

فَنَحنُ طوالَ الدَّهرِ في وَسطَ الشّهرِ

Their faces illuminate the nights' lamps

Thus we are amidst the month, for all time

وَفَوْا بالذي أعْيا الأئِمّةَ قبْلَهُم

وأَعيْا فُحولَ النَّظْمِ قبليَ والنثْرِ

And they fulfilled what exhausted the Imams before them

And exhausted the staunch poets before me and prose

أولئِكَ حِزْبُ اللّهِ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِمُ

وَإن كُنت مُرْتاباً فَسل محكم الذكرِ

They are God's party; in them is no doubt

And if you are uncertain, ask the decisive Scripture

سَليل الهُدى والمَجدِ والجودِ هاكَها

مُضَمَّخَةً بالمَدْح والحَمد والشكرِ

Scion of guidance, glory, and generosity - take them

Steeped in praise, laud, and thanks

هَدايا مِن المَنظومِ أَرجو قَبولَها

وَقد أَقبَلتْ تَخْتال في حَبَر الحَبرِ

Gifts from these verses, I hope for acceptance

As they come forth resplendent in the ink of the pen

عَلى أنّ أغْلَى المَدْحِ دُونَكَ قَاصِرٌ

ولَو كانَ مَقْصورَ البَيانِ عَلى السِحرِ

Except that the dearest praise under you is inadequate

Even if the eloquence of meaning were confined to sorcery