Sol 6.1

  1. لكَ الحَمد فَرض في دُعاء صَلاتي

    وَمِنكَ الرضا بِالمَدح عَنكَ صِلاتي

    Praise to you is a duty in the supplication of my prayer,

    And your pleasure in my praise is my reward from you.

  2. وَشُكريَ في أَثنا ثنائك واجبٌ

    لأنجالك الأَقيال طول حياتي

    And my thanks, amid praise of you, are owed

    To your princely sons throughout my life.

  3. ونظم القَوافي في حسين فَريضة

    عَلى مَن يَصون القول عن هفوات

    And composing rhymes for Hussein is a duty

    Upon whoever guards his speech against slips,

  4. عَلى مَن يَجيد الشعر في مَدح كامل

    بِما قد حَواه مِن بَديع صفات

    Upon whoever excels in verse in praise of Kamil,

    For the wondrous qualities he possesses,

  5. ومن حسن تدبير به النصر خادم

    لقائد جيش الزحف في الغزوات

    And for sound judgment, through which victory is a servant

    To the commander of the advancing army in campaigns.

  6. ومن خُلُق يَرويه عَنهُ معنعناً

    لنا حلمُ عَلياه بنص ثقات

    And for a character recounted of him through a chain of narrators

    To us by the forbearance of his eminence, on trustworthy testimony.

  7. وَيحمله عنه النسيم بعَرفه

    لينشره منه على عرفات

    And the breeze carries it from him with its fragrance,

    To spread it from him over Arafat.

  8. فَيا لَكَ من بدر تَأهلت في الهَنا

    بِشَمس فَنالَت أَرفع الدرَجات

    So, what a full moon you are, wedded in bliss

    To a sun who thus attained the highest ranks!

  9. وَأَشرَقَت الدُنيا بِأَنوارك الَّتي

    أَضاءَت بِسهل الأَرض وَالفلوات

    And the world shone with your lights, which

    Illumined the earth’s plains and open wastes.

  10. وَأَنعشتَ بِالأَفراح أَرواحَ أمة

    وَجودُك فيها أَعظم الحَسَنات

    And with joys you revived the spirits of a people,

    And your generosity among them is the greatest of good deeds.

  11. وَفاضَ عَلى الأَوطان بحر مكارم

    مَدى الدَهر يَجري مِن جَزيل هِبات

    And a sea of noble deeds overflowed upon the homelands,

    Flowing through all time with lavish gifts.

  12. وَحسبك مِن أَبناء عَصرك أَنهم

    لَهُم فيكَ ما يُتلى بِكل لُغات

    And it is enough for you that the sons of your age

    Have words about you recited in every tongue,

  13. وَأَنهم حلّوا سطور طُروسهم

    بِأَنفس ما يُهدى لِخَير ولاة

    And that they adorned the lines of their manuscripts

    With the most precious gifts offered to the best of rulers.

  14. وَقد رقموا ما نمقوا مِن مَدائح

    عَلى جَبهة الأَوراق في صفحات

    And they inscribed the praises they embellished

    On the brow of the paper, across its pages,

  15. وَصاغوا مِن الدرّ الثَمين قَلائِداً

    تُحاكي حَلال السحر في نَفَثات

    And fashioned necklaces from precious pearls

    That rival lawful magic in breathed incantations.

  16. فَمُر بِالَّذي تَرضى فَدَهرُك طائعٌ

    وَأَنت دَواماً نافذ الكَلِمات

    So command whatever pleases you, for your age obeys,

    And your words forever carry authority.

  17. وَبادر إِلى ما فيهِ لِلنَفس نُزهة

    بِرَوض تَهانٍ يَزدَهي بِنبات

    And hasten to what offers the soul delight,

    In a garden of congratulations, resplendent with plants.

  18. فَقَد غَرّدت فَوقَ الغُصون بَلابلٌ

    وَغَنَت لَكِ الورقا عَلى أَثلات

    For nightingales have warbled above the branches,

    And the gray dove has sung for you upon the tamarisks.

  19. وَقامَت عَلى دَوح السُرور عَنادلٌ

    تَصحح مِنها لَحنَها بِأَناة

    And nightingales stood upon the spreading trees of joy,

    Patiently perfecting their own melody.

  20. وَتعرب عَما في الضَمائر بِالثَنا

    عَليك مَع الإِخلاص في الدَعوات

    And give voice to what lies in the hearts through praise

    Of you, with sincerity in their prayers.

  21. وَمُذ جاءَ في يَوم الزَفاف برتبة ال

    مشيرِ بشيرٌ من كرام ذوات

    And since there came, on the wedding day, announcing the rank of

    Field marshal, a herald from among noble personages,

  22. توالت مَسرات عَلى مصر في حمى

    عَزيز يذل الأَسد في الأَجمات

    Joys followed one another for Egypt, under the protection of

    A mighty ruler who humbles the lion in the thickets.

  23. فَقالَت لَهُ جُوزيت عَني كَما تَشا

    بِطُول بَقاء في دَوام ثَبات

    So she said to him: May you be rewarded on my behalf, as you wish,

    With long life in lasting steadfastness,

  24. وَعز وَتَأييد لِأَكرم دَولة

    بِها كُل شَيء وافر البَرَكات

    And glory and support for the noblest state,

    In which all things abound in blessings.

  25. وَأَسعَدت الأَيّام شبلَك كاملاً

    بِميلاد صِيدٍ مِن بَنيه كُماة

    And may the days gladden your lion-cub, Kamil,

    With the birth of proud champions among his sons.

  26. وَذَلِكَ مِنها بِالصَريح بشارة

    رَواها عَلى التَحقيق بَعض رُواة

    And that is an explicit glad omen from them,

    Related with certainty by some narrators.

  27. وَأَكّدَها عِندَ الجَميع شَهامة

    عَلَيها مَدار الفَوز في العَزمات

    And it was confirmed before all by valor,

    On which success in resolute undertakings depends.

  28. وَهنّاك بِالتَأهيل مَجدي مؤرَخاً

    زَواج حسين بِالمَسَرّة آتي

    And Magdi congratulated you on your marriage, dating it thus:

    Hussein’s marriage comes with joy.