زَفَراتُsighs وَجدٍof yearning ماnot يَبوخُdies down ضِرامُهاits blaze
زَفَراتُ وَجدٍ ما يَبوخُ ضِرامُها
وَمَدامِعٌand tears مُتَناصِرٌmutually sustaining تَسجامُهاtheir streaming
وَمَدامِعٌ مُتَناصِرٌ تَسجامُها
Sighs of yearning whose blaze never dies down,
And tears whose streams sustain one another,
وَهَوىًand love يُماطِلُdelays بِالقَضاءِrepayment غَريمُهُits debtor
وَهَوىً يُماطِلُ بِالقَضاءِ غَريمُهُ
وَصَبابَةٌand longing ماnot يَستَفيقُsobers غَرامُهاits passion
وَصَبابَةٌ ما يَستَفيقُ غَرامُها
And love whose debtor keeps postponing payment,
And longing whose passion never sobers.
لَيتَwould that البَخيلَةَthe withholding woman يَهتَديfinds the way ليto me طَيفُهاher phantom
لَيتَ البَخيلَةَ يَهتَدي لي طَيفُها
إِنif كانَit is لاnot يُهدىsent as a gift إِلَيَّto me سَلامُهاher greeting
إِن كانَ لا يُهدى إِلَيَّ سَلامُها
Would that the withholding woman's phantom found its way to me,
If her greeting cannot be sent to me.
بَيضاءُfair-skinned ماnot عَرَفَhas known الحِفاظَconstancy وِدادُهاher love
بَيضاءُ ما عَرَفَ الحِفاظَ وِدادُها
يَوماًa day وَلاnor صَحِبَhas accompanied الوَفاءَfidelity ذِمامُهاher pledge
يَوماً وَلا صَحِبَ الوَفاءَ ذِمامُها
Fair-skinned, her love has never known constancy
For a day, nor has her pledge kept company with fidelity.
يُنضىis stripped off عَنِfrom اللَيلِthe night البَهيمِpitch-black رِداؤُهاher mantle
يُنضى عَنِ اللَيلِ البَهيمِ رِداؤُها
وَيُماطُand is drawn aside عَنfrom فَلَقِthe break الصَباحِof morning لِثامُهاher veil
وَيُماطُ عَن فَلَقِ الصَباحِ لِثامُها
Her mantle is stripped from a pitch-black night,
And her veil drawn back from the breaking dawn.
تَثنيbends تَثَنّيهاher swaying عَزائِمَthe resolves سَلوَتيof my forgetting
تَثني تَثَنّيها عَزائِمَ سَلوَتي
وَيُقيمُand establishes عُذريmy excuse فيin الغَرامِpassion قَوامُهاher figure
وَيُقيمُ عُذري في الغَرامِ قَوامُها
Her swaying bends my resolve to forget,
And her figure makes my passion excusable.
كَمhow many لَيلَةٍa night بِتناwe spent نَروعُstartling ظَلامَهاits darkness
كَم لَيلَةٍ بِتنا نَروعُ ظَلامَها
بِزَجاجَةٍwith a bottle رَقَّتwas delicate وَراقَand was limpid مُدامُهاits wine
بِزَجاجَةٍ رَقَّت وَراقَ مُدامُها
How many a night we spent startling its darkness
With a delicate bottle and its limpid wine:
صِرفٍunmixed كَسَرناwe broke بِالمِزاجِby mixing مِزاجَهاits temper
صِرفٍ كَسَرنا بِالمِزاجِ مِزاجَها
لِتَلينَso might soften شِزَّتُهاits harshness فَزادَyet increased عُرامُهاits wildness
لِتَلينَ شِزَّتُها فَزادَ عُرامُها
Pure wine whose temper we broke by mixing,
To soften its harshness—yet its wildness grew.
وَبِثَغرِهاand in her mouth أُخرىanother خِتامُthe seal كُؤوسِهاof its cups
وَبِثَغرِها أُخرى خِتامُ كُؤوسِها
مِسكٌmusk وَلَكِنand yet لاnot يُفَضُّis broken خِتامُهاits seal
مِسكٌ وَلَكِن لا يُفَضُّ خِتامُها
And in her mouth, another wine: the seal of its cups
Is musk, but its seal is never broken.
أَتَعودُwill return? أَيّاميmy days بِرامَةَat Ramah بَعدَماafter
أَتَعودُ أَيّامي بِرامَةَ بَعدَما
سَكَنَتsettled بِجَرعاءِon the sandy tract الحِمىof the preserve آرامُهاits gazelles
سَكَنَت بِجَرعاءِ الحِمى آرامُها
Will my days at Ramah return, now that
Its gazelles have settled on the preserve's sandy tract,
وَأَحَلَّهاand lodged her البَينُseparation المُشِتُّscattering مَحَلَّةًin a dwelling
وَأَحَلَّها البَينُ المُشِتُّ مَحَلَّةً
بَعِدَتbecame distant مَراميهاits reaches وَعَزَّand became difficult مَرامُهاits attainment
بَعِدَت مَراميها وَعَزَّ مَرامُها
And scattering separation has lodged her in a dwelling
Whose reaches are distant, whose attainment is hard?
سارَقتُهاI secretly exchanged with her نَظَرَthe glance الوَداعِof farewell فَماyet not اِرتَوَتwas sated
سارَقتُها نَظَرَ الوَداعِ فَما اِرتَوَت
نَفسٌa soul يَزيدُincreases عَلىupon الوُرودِreaching water هُيامُهاits burning thirst
نَفسٌ يَزيدُ عَلى الوُرودِ هُيامُها
I exchanged stolen farewell glances with her, yet unsated remained
A soul whose thirst grows even as it reaches water.
وَتَحادَرَتand cascaded down عَبَراتُهاher tears فَكَأَنَّهاso as though they were
وَتَحادَرَت عَبَراتُها فَكَأَنَّها
دُرَرٌpearls وَهىbroke يَومَthe day الفِراقِof separation نِظامُهاtheir string
دُرَرٌ وَهى يَومَ الفِراقِ نِظامُها
Her tears came cascading down, as though they were
Pearls whose string had snapped on parting day.
فَكَأَنَّهاso as though she were رُفِعَتwere raised سُجوفُthe curtains خُدورِهاof her bowers
فَكَأَنَّها رُفِعَت سُجوفُ خُدورِها
زَهرُthe blossoms الرَبيعِof spring تَفَتَّحَتopened أَكمامُهاtheir calyxes
زَهرُ الرَبيعِ تَفَتَّحَت أَكمامُها
And she, when her bower's curtains were raised, seemed
Spring blossoms whose calyxes had opened.
ياO غادِرينَtreacherous ones وَغادَرواand they left بِجَوانِحيwithin my breast
يا غادِرينَ وَغادَروا بِجَوانِحي
لِبِعادِهِمbecause of their departure ناراًa fire يَشِبُّflares up ضِرامُهاits blaze
لِبِعادِهِم ناراً يَشِبُّ ضِرامُها
O treacherous ones, who left within my breast,
Through their departure, a fire whose blaze keeps flaring!
بِنتُمyou departed فَلاso not عَينيmy eye تَجِفُّdries غُروبُهاits streams
بِنتُم فَلا عَيني تَجِفُّ غُروبُها
أَسَفاًin grief وَلاnor كَبديmy liver يُبَلُّis quenched أُوامُهاits burning thirst
أَسَفاً وَلا كَبدي يُبَلُّ أُوامُها
You departed: my eyes' streams never dry
For grief, nor is my liver's burning thirst quenched.
جودواbe generous لِعَينِto the eye المُستَهامِof the love-distraught بَهَجعَةٍwith a little sleep
جودوا لِعَينِ المُستَهامِ بَهَجعَةٍ
فَعَسىthen perhaps تُمَثِّلُكُمwill picture you لَهاto it أَحلامُهاits dreams
فَعَسى تُمَثِّلُكُم لَها أَحلامُها
Grant the love-distraught one's eye a little sleep;
Perhaps its dreams will summon you before it.
وَلَقَلَّماand indeed rarely طَرَقَvisited by night الخَيالُthe phantom قَريحَةًa wounded eye
وَلَقَلَّما طَرَقَ الخَيالُ قَريحَةً
بِالدَمعِwith tears جَرياًa flowing لِلجُفونِfor the eyelids مَنامُهاits sleep
بِالدَمعِ جَرياً لِلجُفونِ مَنامُها
Rarely does a dream-phantom visit a wounded eye
Whose eyelids know no sleep but the flowing of tears.
لاdo not تُتلِفواdestroy بِالبَينِthrough separation مُهجَةَthe heart عاشِقٍof a lover
لا تُتلِفوا بِالبَينِ مُهجَةَ عاشِقٍ
سِيّانِalike بَينُseparation from حَميمِهاits beloved وَحِمامُهاand its death
سِيّانِ بَينُ حَميمِها وَحِمامُها
Do not destroy through separation a lover's heart:
Parting from its beloved and death are one to it.
أَعداهُinfected him مِنfrom هَيَفِthe slenderness الخُصورِof waists نُحولُهاtheir thinness
أَعداهُ مِن هَيَفِ الخُصورِ نُحولُها
يَومَon the day النَوىof parting وَمِنَand from العُيونِthe eyes سَقامُهاtheir sickness
يَومَ النَوى وَمِنَ العُيونِ سَقامُها
The slenderness of waists infected him with wasting
On parting day, and languid eyes with their sickness.
لِلَّهِto God belongs دَرُّthe excellence شَبيبَةٍof youth ذَهَبَتhas departed نَضاfreshness (start)
لِلَّهِ دَرُّ شَبيبَةٍ ذَهَبَت نَضا
رَةُfreshness (end) حُسنِهاof its beauty وَتَصَرَّمَتand ended أَيّامُهاits days
رَةُ حُسنِها وَتَصَرَّمَت أَيّامُها
God bless that youth! Gone is the freshness
Of its beauty, and its days have run their course.
وَمَآرِبٌand pleasures مِنfrom عيشَةٍa life سَلَفَتhas passed وَإِنand although
وَمَآرِبٌ مِن عيشَةٍ سَلَفَت وَإِن
بَقِيَتremain لَناfor us تَبِعاتُهاits liabilities وَأَثامُهاand its sins
بَقِيَت لَنا تَبِعاتُها وَأَثامُها
And pleasures from a life now past, although
Their liabilities and sins remain with us.
تَتَصَرَّمُpasses away الدُنياthe world وَيَذهَبُand departs بُؤسُهاits misery
تَتَصَرَّمُ الدُنيا وَيَذهَبُ بُؤسُها
وَنَعيمُهاand its bliss وَحَلالُهاand its lawful things وَحَرامُهاand its forbidden things
وَنَعيمُها وَحَلالُها وَحَرامُها
The world passes away, and its misery departs,
As do its bliss, its lawful things and its forbidden.
حاشىexcept خِلافَتَكُمyour caliphate بَنيsons of العَبّاسِal-Abbas فَهfor it (start)
حاشى خِلافَتَكُم بَني العَبّاسِ فَه
يَit (end) إِلىuntil القِيامَةِthe Resurrection فيamong الأَنامِmankind قِيامُهاits standing
يَ إِلى القِيامَةِ في الأَنامِ قِيامُها
Except your caliphate, sons of al-Abbas: it
Will stand among mankind until the Resurrection.
تَبقىendures عَلىthrough الأَيّامِthe days مَوصولاًlinked بِأَيto the days (start)
تَبقى عَلى الأَيّامِ مَوصولاً بِأَي
يامِdays (end) الخُلودِof eternity بَقاؤُهاits survival وَدَوامُهاand its permanence
يامِ الخُلودِ بَقاؤُها وَدَوامُها
It endures through time, linked to the days
Of eternity in its survival and continuance.
أَنتُمyou مَصابيحُlamps الهُدىof guidance وَأَبوكُمُand your forefather الthe
أَنتُم مَصابيحُ الهُدى وَأَبوكُمُ ال
عَبّاسُAbbas غارِبُthe withers هاشِمٍof Hashim وَسَنامُهاand its hump
عَبّاسُ غارِبُ هاشِمٍ وَسَنامُها
You are the lamps of guidance, and your forefather,
Al-Abbas, is Hashim's withers and its hump.
وَإِذاand when اِنتَدَيتُمyou assemble لِلفَخارِfor glory فَأَنتُمُthen you are
وَإِذا اِنتَدَيتُم لِلفَخارِ فَأَنتُمُ
عُمّالُهاits practitioners عُلَماؤُهاits scholars أَعلامُهاits leading lights
عُمّالُها عُلَماؤُها أَعلامُها
When you assemble to vie in glory, you are
Its practitioners, its scholars, its leading lights.
غُرُّillustrious الأَياديin benefactions وَالمَواهِبِand gifts غُزرُهاabundant in them
غُرُّ الأَيادي وَالمَواهِبِ غُزرُها
بيضُbright المَجاليin appearance وَالوُجوهِand faces وِسامُهاhandsome in them
بيضُ المَجالي وَالوُجوهِ وِسامُها
Illustrious in benefactions, abundant in gifts,
Bright in appearance, handsome of face.
آلُhousehold النُبوَّةِof prophethood بُردُهاits mantle وَقَضيبُهاand its staff
آلُ النُبوَّةِ بُردُها وَقَضيبُها
لَكُمُare yours وَمِنبَرُهاand its pulpit مَعاًtogether وَحُسامُهاand its sword
لَكُمُ وَمِنبَرُها مَعاً وَحُسامُها
Household of prophethood! Its mantle and its staff
Are yours, along with its pulpit and its sword.
أَبناءُsons عَمِّof the uncle المُصطَفىof the Chosen One الهاديthe guide وَخَيand the best (start)
أَبناءُ عَمِّ المُصطَفى الهادي وَخَي
رُbest (end) عِصابَةٍcompany وَطِىءَtrod الثَرىthe earth أَقدامُهاits feet
رُ عِصابَةٍ وَطِىءَ الثَرى أَقدامُها
Sons of the uncle of the Chosen One, the guide, and the best
Company whose feet have trodden the earth.
وَأَماand indeed وَمَنby Him who جَعَلَmade الخِلافَةَthe caliphate مِنحَةًa gift
وَأَما وَمَن جَعَلَ الخِلافَةَ مِنحَةً
لَكُمto you يَميناًan oath بَرَّةًtruthful أَقسامُهاits pledges
لَكُم يَميناً بَرَّةً أَقسامُها
Indeed, by Him who made the caliphate a gift
To you—I swear an oath whose pledges are true—
لَتُطَبِّقَنَّshall surely encompass الأَرضَthe earth دَعوَتُكُمyour call عَلىin
لَتُطَبِّقَنَّ الأَرضَ دَعوَتُكُم عَلى
رَغمِspite of العَدوِّthe enemy وَلِلأُنوفِand for the noses رَغامُهاtheir dust
رَغمِ العَدوِّ وَلِلأُنوفِ رَغامُها
Your call shall surely encompass the earth,
Despite the enemy, whose noses will be rubbed in dust.
وَلَتَحكُمُنَّand you shall surely rule عَلىover أَقاصيthe farthest reaches الرومِof Rum عَنfrom
وَلَتَحكُمُنَّ عَلى أَقاصي الرومِ عَن
كَثَبٍnearby فَتُنفَذُso are enforced بِالظُبىby sword-edges أَحكامُهاits decrees
كَثَبٍ فَتُنفَذُ بِالظُبى أَحكامُها
And you shall rule the farthest reaches of Rum from
Close at hand, your decrees enforced by sword-blades.
تَرِدُwill reach الخَليجَthe gulf جِيادُهاits steeds مَنشورَةًunfurled
تَرِدُ الخَليجَ جِيادُها مَنشورَةً
راياتُهاits banners مَنصورَةًvictorious أَعلامُهاits standards
راياتُها مَنصورَةً أَعلامُها
Its steeds will reach the gulf, with unfurled
Banners and victorious standards.
وَلَيُرفَعَنَّand shall surely be raised بِهِthere كَماas رُفِعَتwere raised عَلىabove الthe
وَلَيُرفَعَنَّ بِهِ كَما رُفِعَت عَلى ال
فُسطاطِFustat سودُblack بُنودِهاits banners وَخِيامُهاand its tents
فُسطاطِ سودُ بُنودِها وَخِيامُها
There shall be raised, as once above
Fustat, its black banners and its tents.
وَلِيَنشُرَنَّand shall surely revive المُستَضيءُal-Mustadi بِجودِهِthrough his bounty
وَلِيَنشُرَنَّ المُستَضيءُ بِجودِهِ
رِمَمَthe dead remains السَماحِof generosity وَقَدand already بَلينَhave decayed عِظامُهاits bones
رِمَمَ السَماحِ وَقَد بَلينَ عِظامُها
And al-Mustadi shall surely revive, through his bounty,
The dead remains of generosity, whose bones have crumbled.
وَلَيَنشُرَنَّand shall surely spread العَدلَjustice حَتّىuntil يَرتَعيgraze
وَلَيَنشُرَنَّ العَدلَ حَتّى يَرتَعي
فيin ظِلِّهاits shade طُلسُgray wolves الفَلاof the desert وَبِهامُهاand its lambs
في ظِلِّها طُلسُ الفَلا وَبِهامُها
And he shall spread justice until there graze
In its shade the desert's gray wolves and its lambs.
رَبُّmaster الصَنائِعِof benefactions وَالمَنائِحِand gifts أَثقَلَتhave weighed down
رَبُّ الصَنائِعِ وَالمَنائِحِ أَثقَلَت
بِالطَولِwith bounty أَعناقَthe necks المُلوكِof kings جِسامُهاtheir great gifts
بِالطَولِ أَعناقَ المُلوكِ جِسامُها
Master of favors and gifts, whose great gifts have weighed
Down kings' necks with bounty.
أَعداaided البِلادَthe lands عَلىagainst المُحولِdrought سَخاؤُهُhis generosity
أَعدا البِلادَ عَلى المُحولِ سَخاؤُهُ
فَاِهتَزَّso stirred هامِدُهاtheir barren soil وَأَخصَبَand became fertile عامُهاtheir year
فَاِهتَزَّ هامِدُها وَأَخصَبَ عامُها
His generosity aided the lands against drought,
And their barren soil stirred, their year grew fertile.
وَتَبَجَّسَتand burst forth بِدُعائِهِat his prayer الأَنواءُthe seasonal rains فَاِنand were unbound (start)
وَتَبَجَّسَت بِدُعائِهِ الأَنواءُ فَاِن
حَلَّتwere unbound (end) عَزاليهاtheir spouts وَسَحَّand poured down غَمامُهاtheir clouds
حَلَّت عَزاليها وَسَحَّ غَمامُها
At his prayer the seasonal rains burst forth, and
Their spouts were unbound, their clouds poured down.
وَاللَهُand God أَكرَمُtoo generous أَنfor يَحِلَّto descend عَذابُهُHis punishment
وَاللَهُ أَكرَمُ أَن يَحِلَّ عَذابُهُ
فيupon أُمَّةٍa nation وَالمُستَضيءُwhile al-Mustadi إِمامُهاis its imam
في أُمَّةٍ وَالمُستَضيءُ إِمامُها
God is too generous for His punishment to fall
Upon a nation whose imam is al-Mustadi:
مِعطاؤُهاits lavish giver مِطعامُهاits generous feeder مِطعانُهاits fierce lancer
مِعطاؤُها مِطعامُها مِطعانُها
مِقدامُهاits bold champion صَوّامُهاits constant faster قَوّامُهاits night-worshipper
مِقدامُها صَوّامُها قَوّامُها
Its lavish giver, its generous feeder, its fierce lancer,
Its bold champion, its constant faster and night-worshipper.
بِصَلاحِهِthrough his righteousness صَلُحَتbecame right لَناfor us الدُنياthe world وَفيand in
بِصَلاحِهِ صَلُحَت لَنا الدُنيا وَفي
أَيّامِهِhis days اِبتَسَمَتsmiled لَناupon us أَيّامُهاits days
أَيّامِهِ اِبتَسَمَت لَنا أَيّامُها
Through his righteousness the world was set right for us, and in
His days, its days smiled upon us.
مَلَأَتfilled مَطالِعَهاits horizons أَشِعَّةُthe rays عَدلِهِof his justice
مَلَأَت مَطالِعَها أَشِعَّةُ عَدلِهِ
فَاِنجابَso cleared away عَنهاfrom it ظُلمُهاits oppression وَظَلامُهاand its darkness
فَاِنجابَ عَنها ظُلمُها وَظَلامُها
The rays of his justice filled its horizons,
And its oppression and darkness cleared away.
وَرَمىand struck العِدىthe enemies بِصَوائِبٍwith unerring shots مِنfrom بَأسِهِhis might
وَرَمى العِدى بِصَوائِبٍ مِن بَأسِهِ
وَيَدُand the hand الخَليفَةِof the caliph لاnot تَطيشُgo astray سِهامُهاits arrows
وَيَدُ الخَليفَةِ لا تَطيشُ سِهامُها
He struck the foes with unerring shots of his might;
The caliph's hand lets none of its arrows stray.
دانَتsubmitted لَهُto him الأَملاكُthe kings بَعدَafter شَماسِهاtheir unruliness
دانَت لَهُ الأَملاكُ بَعدَ شَماسِها
طَوعاًwillingly وَأَذعَنَand yielded لِلقِيادِto being led خِطامُهاtheir halters
طَوعاً وَأَذعَنَ لِلقِيادِ خِطامُها
Kings submitted to him after their unruliness,
Willingly, their halters yielding to the lead.
وَأَطاعَهُand obeyed him شَرقُthe east البِلادِof the lands وَغَربُهاand their west
وَأَطاعَهُ شَرقُ البِلادِ وَغَربُها
وَحِجازُهاand their Hijaz وَعِراقُهاand their Iraq وَشَآمُهاand their Sham
وَحِجازُها وَعِراقُها وَشَآمُها
The east of the lands obeyed him, and their west,
Their Hijaz, their Iraq, and their Sham.
لَولاwere it not for تَمَسُّكُهاtheir adherence بِطاعَتِهِto obeying him لَماwould not
لَولا تَمَسُّكُها بِطاعَتِهِ لَما
صَحَّتbe sound عَقيدَتُهاtheir creed وَلاnor إِسلامُهاtheir Islam
صَحَّت عَقيدَتُها وَلا إِسلامُها
Had they not clung to obedience to him, neither
Their creed nor their Islam would have been sound.
أَنّىwhence لَهاfor them بِمُراغَمٍa refuge عَنfrom أَمرِهِhis command
أَنّى لَها بِمُراغَمٍ عَن أَمرِهِ
لَوif حاوَلَتهُthey attempted it لَسُفِّهَتwould be deemed foolish أَحلامُهاtheir judgments
لَو حاوَلَتهُ لَسُفِّهَت أَحلامُها
What refuge could they find from his command?
Had they attempted it, their judgment would be deemed foolish.
وَبِهِand through him عِبادَتُهاtheir worship تَتِمُّis completed وَنُسكُهاand their rites
وَبِهِ عِبادَتُها تَتِمُّ وَنُسكُها
وَنِكاحُهاand their marriages وَصَلاتُهاand their prayer وَصِيامُهاand their fasting
وَنِكاحُها وَصَلاتُها وَصِيامُها
Through him their worship and their rites are fulfilled,
Their marriages, their prayers, and their fasting.
فَاِسلَمso live safely أَميرَCommander المُؤمِنينَof the Faithful لِدَولَةٍfor a realm
فَاِسلَم أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ لِدَولَةٍ
ماnot ريعَwere frightened مُذsince رُدَّتwere returned إِلَيكَto you سَوامُهاits grazing herds
ما ريعَ مُذ رُدَّت إِلَيكَ سَوامُها
Live safe, Commander of the Faithful, for a realm
Whose herds have known no fright since they were returned to you.
وَاِحكُمand rule عَلىover الأَيّامِthe days مالِكَas master أَمرِهاof their affairs
وَاِحكُم عَلى الأَيّامِ مالِكَ أَمرِها
حُكمَwith the rule المُطاعِof one obeyed فَفيfor in يَدَيكَyour hands زِمامُهاtheir reins
حُكمَ المُطاعِ فَفي يَدَيكَ زِمامُها
Rule over the days, master of their affairs,
As one obeyed: their reins are in your hands.
وَلَتَشكُرَنَّكَand shall surely thank you أُمَّةٌa nation أَولَيتَهاyou bestowed upon it
وَلَتَشكُرَنَّكَ أُمَّةٌ أَولَيتَها
نَعماءَblessings ماnot خَطَرَتhad occurred بِهاto it أَوهامُهاits imaginings
نَعماءَ ما خَطَرَت بِها أَوهامُها
A nation will surely thank you: you have granted it
Blessings its imagination never conceived.
حَصَّنتَyou fortified بَيضَتَهاits heartland بِكُلِّwith every كَتيبَةٍbattalion
حَصَّنتَ بَيضَتَها بِكُلِّ كَتيبَةٍ
لاnot يَرهَبُfears المَوتَdeath الزُؤامَdreadful غُلامُهاits young warrior
لا يَرهَبُ المَوتَ الزُؤامَ غُلامُها
You fortified its heartland with every battalion
Whose young warrior fears no dreadful death.
أَنتَyou الَّذيare he who خَضَعَتbowed down لِعِزَّةِbefore the might بَأسِهِof his valor
أَنتَ الَّذي خَضَعَت لِعِزَّةِ بَأسِهِ
وَسُطاهُand his onslaught تيجانُthe crowns المُلوكِof kings وَهامُهاand their heads
وَسُطاهُ تيجانُ المُلوكِ وَهامُها
You are he before whose mighty valor
And onslaught kings' crowns and heads have bowed.
وَالكَعبَةُand the Kaaba البَيتُthe House الحَرامُthe Sacred وَإِنalthough سَمَتit rose
وَالكَعبَةُ البَيتُ الحَرامُ وَإِن سَمَت
شَرَفاًin honor فَقَومُكَyet your people صيدُهاits proud chiefs وَكِرامُهاand its nobles
شَرَفاً فَقَومُكَ صيدُها وَكِرامُها
And the Kaaba, the Sacred House—though it rises
High in honor—your people are its proud chiefs and nobles.
بِعُلاكَin your eminence يَفخَرُtakes pride حِجرُهاits Hijr وَحَطيمُهاand its Hatim
بِعُلاكَ يَفخَرُ حِجرُها وَحَطيمُها
وَإِلَيكَand to you يُنسَبُis ascribed رُكنُهاits Corner وَمَقامُهاand its Station
وَإِلَيكَ يُنسَبُ رُكنُها وَمَقامُها
Your eminence is the pride of its Hijr and Hatim;
To you its Corner and its Station are ascribed.
لَكَyours is راحَةٌa palm أُمسىhas come to يُراحُbe comforted بِجودِهاby its bounty الthe
لَكَ راحَةٌ أُمسى يُراحُ بِجودِها ال
عافيsuppliant وَتَتعَبُand grow weary فيover النَدىgenerosity لُوّامُهاits reprovers
عافي وَتَتعَبُ في النَدى لُوّامُها
Yours is a palm whose bounty now gives rest to
The suppliant, while its reprovers tire themselves over its largesse.
إِنif عَزَّbecame precious مَذخوراًwhen hoarded أَهانَتهُit held it cheap وَإِنand if
إِن عَزَّ مَذخوراً أَهانَتهُ وَإِن
جَمَعَتgathered ظُباهاits sword-edges فَرَّقَتdispersed أَقلامُهاits pens
جَمَعَت ظُباها فَرَّقَت أَقلامُها
If hoarded wealth is prized, it holds it cheap; and if
Its sword-edges gather it, its pens disperse it.
وَلَكَand yours are الكَتائِبُthe battalions وَالجُيوشُand the armies إِذاwhen سَرَتthey march
وَلَكَ الكَتائِبُ وَالجُيوشُ إِذا سَرَت
مَلَأَfilled البَسيطَةِthe earth مَجرُهاtheir vast host وَلُهامُهاand their mighty mass
مَلَأَ البَسيطَةِ مَجرُها وَلُهامُها
Yours are the battalions and armies, when they march,
Their vast hosts and mighty masses filling the earth.
وَالأَعوَجِيّاتُand the A'waj-bred horses الجِيادُthe noble steeds مُغيرُهاtheir raiders
وَالأَعوَجِيّاتُ الجِيادُ مُغيرُها
يَومَon the day الوَغاof battle وَصُفونُهاand their standing poised وَصِيامُهاand their standing still
يَومَ الوَغا وَصُفونُها وَصِيامُها
And the noble steeds of A'waj's line, those that charge
On battle-day, those standing poised and those standing still.
وَالأَرضُand the earth عامِرُهاits settled land وَغامِرُهاand its waste land وَقوand the long ranges (start)
وَالأَرضُ عامِرُها وَغامِرُها وَقو
دُlong ranges (end) جِبالِهاof its mountains وَوِهادُهاand its lowlands وَإِكامُهاand its hillocks
دُ جِبالِها وَوِهادُها وَإِكامُها
And the earth, its settled lands and wastes, the long ranges
Of its mountains, its lowlands and its hillocks;
وَالزاخِراتُand the swelling seas وَماand what بِهِنَّis in them مِنَof الجَواships (start)
وَالزاخِراتُ وَما بِهِنَّ مِنَ الجَوا
ريships (end) المُنشَآتِraised aloft كَأَنَّهاas though they were أَعلامُهاtheir mountains
ري المُنشَآتِ كَأَنَّها أَعلامُها
And the swelling seas, with all the vessels upon them,
Raised aloft, as though they were their mountains.
فَاِستَجلِهاso behold her unveiled عَرَبِيَةًArabic تَحلوare sweet مَعاher meanings (start)
فَاِستَجلِها عَرَبِيَةً تَحلو مَعا
نيهاher meanings (end) وَيَعذُبُand are delightful فيwithin القُلوبِhearts كَلامُهاher words
نيها وَيَعذُبُ في القُلوبِ كَلامُها
So behold her unveiled—an Arabic ode, sweet in
Meaning, her words a delight to hearts.
بِحِماكَin your sanctuary مَنشَأُهاher birthplace وَتَحتَand beneath سَوابِغِthe ample reaches of
بِحِماكَ مَنشَأُها وَتَحتَ سَوابِغِ
الظِلِّshade المَديدِfar-reaching ثَواؤُهاher dwelling وَمَقامُهاand her abode
الظِلِّ المَديدِ ثَواؤُها وَمَقامُها
Within your sanctuary she was born, and beneath the ample
And far-reaching shade she dwells and stays.
بَوَلائِكُمthrough loyalty to you تَرجوshe hopes for النَجاةَsalvation وَفيكُمُand for you
بَوَلائِكُم تَرجو النَجاةَ وَفيكُمُ
يَومَon the day الخِصامِof dispute جِدالُهاher argument وَخِصامُهاand her contention
يَومَ الخِصامِ جِدالُها وَخِصامُها
Through loyalty to you she hopes for salvation; for you
On the day of contention she argues and contends.
وَعَلَيكُمُand upon you تَعويلُهاher reliance فيin يَومِهاher present day
وَعَلَيكُمُ تَعويلُها في يَومِها
وَبِكُمand through you سَتُغفَرُwill be forgiven فيon غَدٍthe morrow أَجرامُهاher sins
وَبِكُم سَتُغفَرُ في غَدٍ أَجرامُها
On you she relies in her present day,
And through you her sins will be forgiven tomorrow.
هِيَshe ماas long as ظَفِرتَyou have won بِهاher كَريمَةُthe noble daughter قَومِهاof her people
هِيَ ما ظَفِرتَ بِها كَريمَةُ قَومِها
وَعَلَيكَand incumbent on you ياO خَيرَbest الوَرىof mankind إِكرامُهاis honoring her
وَعَلَيكَ يا خَيرَ الوَرى إِكرامُها
As long as you possess her, she is her people's noble daughter;
And you, best of mankind, must honor her.
مِدَحاًpraises إِذاif الشُعَراءُthe poets يَوماًone day حاوَلَتseek
مِدَحاً إِذا الشُعَراءُ يَوماً حاوَلَت
عِرفانَknowledge مودَعِهاof their hidden treasures نَبَتfall short أَفهامُهاtheir understandings
عِرفانَ مودَعِها نَبَت أَفهامُها
Praises which, should poets ever seek
To fathom what they hold, their minds would fail.
وَإِذاand when جَرواthey race فيin حَلبَةٍan arena وَجَرَتand she races إِلىtoward
وَإِذا جَروا في حَلبَةٍ وَجَرَت إِلى
شَأوٍa goal تَبَيَّنَbecomes clear نَقصُهُمtheir deficiency وَتَمامُهاand her perfection
شَأوٍ تَبَيَّنَ نَقصُهُم وَتَمامُها
When they race in an arena and she runs toward
A goal, their deficiency and her perfection become clear.
لَهُمُtheirs is مِنَof الآدابِliterature شَوكُthe thorns قَتادِهاof its qatad
لَهُمُ مِنَ الآدابِ شَوكُ قَتادِها
مَرعىًas pasture وَليwhile mine is سَعدانُهاits sa'dan وَثُمامُهاand its thumam
مَرعىً وَلي سَعدانُها وَثُمامُها
In letters, theirs are the thorns of its qatad
To graze upon; mine are its sa'dan and thumam.
فَتَلَقَّso welcome أَيّامَthe days الهَناءِof happiness بِنِعمَةٍwith a blessing
فَتَلَقَّ أَيّامَ الهَناءِ بِنِعمَةٍ
صافٍpure نَداهاits bounty سابِغٍample إِنعامُهاits favors
صافٍ نَداها سابِغٍ إِنعامُها
Welcome, then, the days of happiness with a blessing
Whose bounty is pure and whose favors are abundant.
يُبليwears out الدُهورَthe ages جَديدُهاits freshness وَتَكُرُّand return عاreturning (start)
يُبلي الدُهورَ جَديدُها وَتَكُرُّ عا
ئِدَةًreturning (end) عَلَيكَto you بِمِثلِهاwith its like أَعوامُهاits years
ئِدَةً عَلَيكَ بِمِثلِها أَعوامُها
Its freshness wears out the ages, and its years return,
Bringing you the same blessings anew.
Sol 6.1