لِلداوري يُمنٌ بَعيد أَضاحي

لِلداوري يُمنٌ بَعيد أَضاحي

وَعزائمٌ مَقرونة بِنَجاحِ

وَعزائمٌ مَقرونة بِنَجاحِ

For al-Dawari, good fortune at the Feast of Sacrifices,

The governor has a distant grace, achievements

And resolves joined with success,

Paired with success, care from him to keep the flock

وَعِناية مِنهُ بِحفظ رَعية

وَعِناية مِنهُ بِحفظ رَعية

نالَت بِهمته عَظيم فَلاح

نالَت بِهمته عَظيم فَلاح

And care from him to protect subjects

Through his effort it attained great prosperity

Who attained great prosperity through his resolve,

His works for the land's benefit and reform

وَقِيامه فِيما يَعود عَلى الوَرى

وَقِيامه فِيما يَعود عَلى الوَرى

في مَصره بِالنَفع وَالإِصلاح

في مَصره بِالنَفع وَالإِصلاح

And his efforts toward what brings humankind

And truly he's the best appointed king

In his Egypt, benefit and reform.

Whose threats make lions in thickets cower

وَعَلى الحَقيقة فَهوَ خَير مملَّك

وَعَلى الحَقيقة فَهوَ خَير مملَّك

تَخشى بوادرَه ليوثُ بِطاح

تَخشى بوادرَه ليوثُ بِطاح

And in truth, he is the finest sovereign;

It's he who ruled the country and its people

The lions of the plains fear his onslaughts.

With justice, zeal and clemency

وَهُوَ الَّذي ساسَ البِلاد وَأَهلَها

وَهُوَ الَّذي ساسَ البِلاد وَأَهلَها

بَعَدالة وَحَماسة وَسَماح

بَعَدالة وَحَماسة وَسَماح

And he is the one who governed the land and its people

And strove therein for civilization's spread

With justice, valor, and generosity.

Its morn and eve's advancement and approach

وَاِهتم فيها باِنتِشار تَمدن

وَاِهتم فيها باِنتِشار تَمدن

وَتَقدم بِمَسائها وَصَباح

وَتَقدم بِمَسائها وَصَباح

And he took care to spread civilization there,

His steeds raced in fertile plains swift and free

And progress, evening and morning.

With surplus lead and wide berth as they encroached

وَجَرَت بِمضمار الخُصوبة خَيله

وَجَرَت بِمضمار الخُصوبة خَيله

فَسَمَت بِسَبق زائد وَبراح

فَسَمَت بِسَبق زائد وَبراح

And his horses ran on the racecourse of fertility,

With this land he created what made it

So they rose high, with an ample lead and room to range.

Master of wealth's crisis and great approach

وَبِهَذِهِ الأَوطان أَنشأ ما بِهِ

وَبِهَذِهِ الأَوطان أَنشأ ما بِهِ

مَلكت أَزمة ثَروة وَرباح

مَلكت أَزمة ثَروة وَرباح

And in these lands he established that through which

Made it strut in robes of bliss

She gained the reins of wealth and profit.

Beneath the shade of spears and lances' broach

وَغَدَت بِهِ تَختال في حلل الهَنا

وَغَدَت بِهِ تَختال في حلل الهَنا

مِن تَحت ظل صَوارم وَرِماح

مِن تَحت ظل صَوارم وَرِماح

And through him she came to strut in robes of bliss,

Grazing in meadows of integrity,

Beneath the shade of keen swords and spears.

Marveling in beauty's veil and coach

وَتَظل تَرتَع في رِياض نَزاهة

وَتَظل تَرتَع في رِياض نَزاهة

وَتَميس عُجباً في جَميل وشاح

وَتَميس عُجباً في جَميل وشاح

And she keeps grazing in meadows of purity,

Achieving lofty honor robed

And sways proudly in a lovely sash.

In serious garb, no jest its broach

وَتَفوز بِالمَجد الرَفيع وَتَكتَسي

وَتَفوز بِالمَجد الرَفيع وَتَكتَسي

أَثواب جد لم يُشَب بِمزاح

أَثواب جد لم يُشَب بِمزاح

And wins exalted glory, and dons

Wise governance for it is healing

Robes of earnestness unmixed with jest,

From deep afflicting wounds its approach

وَقَويم تَدبير لَها فيهِ الشِفا

وَقَويم تَدبير لَها فيهِ الشِفا

مِن مُعضِلات داميات جِراح

مِن مُعضِلات داميات جِراح

And sound governance, wherein lies her cure

Eloquent his words that garlanded its cheeks

For intractable troubles with bleeding wounds.

With genuine pearls, proficient their approach

وَلَقَد تَحلى جيدها مِن لَفظه

وَلَقَد تَحلى جيدها مِن لَفظه

بِجَواهر في نَظمهن صِحاح

بِجَواهر في نَظمهن صِحاح

And indeed her neck became adorned through his words

A smile plays on its lips in season

With jewels, flawless in their stringing.

Of feast, after the rain's first encroach

وَلَهُ تَبسم ثَغرَها في مَوسم

وَلَهُ تَبسم ثَغرَها في مَوسم

لِلعيد عَن در بَديع أَقاح

لِلعيد عَن در بَديع أَقاح

And for him her mouth smiled in the season

In his glory the historian declaimed

Of the feast, revealing pearls like exquisite daisies.

For the governor a distant grace, achievements

وَلَديهِ مَجدي قالَ فيهِ مؤرخاً

وَلَديهِ مَجدي قالَ فيهِ مؤرخاً

لِلداوري يمن بِعيد أَضاحي

لِلداوري يمن بِعيد أَضاحي

And in his presence Majdi said of him, composing a chronogram:

For al-Dawari, good fortune at the Feast of Sacrifices.