يا جَلالَ الدينِ يا مَلِكاً

يا جَلالَ الدينِ يا مَلِكاً

هُوَ في أَفعالِهِ مَلِكُ

هُوَ في أَفعالِهِ مَلِكُ

O Jalal al-Din, O king,

O Jalal al-Din, O King

who is a king in his deeds,

He is kingly in his deeds

وَجَواداً مالَهُ أَبَداً

وَجَواداً مالَهُ أَبَداً

بِالنَدى في الناسِ مُشتَرِكُ

بِالنَدى في الناسِ مُشتَرِكُ

and generous one, whose wealth is always

And generous, he never withholds

shared among the people through bounty;

Sharing bounty among people

يا مَصونَ العِرضِ وافِرَهُ

يا مَصونَ العِرضِ وافِرَهُ

وَحِمى الأَعراضِ مُنتَهَكُ

وَحِمى الأَعراضِ مُنتَهَكُ

O you whose honor is guarded and whole,

O protector of honor, abundant in it

while the sanctuary of honor is violated;

And sanctuary for the chaste, violated

وَالصَدوقَ الوَعدِ في زَمَنٍ

وَالصَدوقَ الوَعدِ في زَمَنٍ

أَهلُهُ إِن حَدَّثوا أَفِكوا

أَهلُهُ إِن حَدَّثوا أَفِكوا

and faithful to your promise in an age

And truthful in promise in an era

whose people lie whenever they speak:

Whose people, if they speak, they lie

أَنتَ وَالأَحلامُ طائِشَةٌ

أَنتَ وَالأَحلامُ طائِشَةٌ

ثابِتُ الأَراءِ مُحتَنَكُ

ثابِتُ الأَراءِ مُحتَنَكُ

you, while minds are flighty,

You and vain dreams are incompatible

are steadfast in judgment, seasoned by experience.

Firm in purpose, well tested

لَكَ بِالإِقبالِ دارٌ وَإِن

لَكَ بِالإِقبالِ دارٌ وَإِن

رُغِمَت أَعداؤُكَ الفَلَكُ

رُغِمَت أَعداؤُكَ الفَلَكُ

For you, with good fortune, turns—though

Good fortune is yours, even if

your enemies are humbled—the celestial sphere.

Your enemies lament their fate

فَاِبقَ مَنصوراً فَقَد هَبَطوا

فَاِبقَ مَنصوراً فَقَد هَبَطوا

وَاِرقَ مَوفوراً فَقَد هَلَكوا

وَاِرقَ مَوفوراً فَقَد هَلَكوا

So remain victorious, for they have fallen;

So remain victorious, they have descended

and rise, undiminished, for they have perished.

And continue blessed, they have perished

وَاِستَمِع مِن شاعِرٍ يَدُهُ

وَاِستَمِع مِن شاعِرٍ يَدُهُ

بِكَ بَعدَ اللَهِ تَمتَسِكُ

بِكَ بَعدَ اللَهِ تَمتَسِكُ

And listen to a poet whose hand

And listen to a poet whose hand

clings to you, after God.

Clings to you after God

هَزَّهُ فيكَ الرَجاءُ فَآما

هَزَّهُ فيكَ الرَجاءُ فَآما

لُهُ في الصَدرِ تَعتَرِكُ

لُهُ في الصَدرِ تَعتَرِكُ

Hope in you has stirred him, so his hopes

Hope in you shook him so intensely

contend within his breast.

His heart was gripped with fervor

حَلَّ زَوراءَ العِراقِ كَما

حَلَّ زَوراءَ العِراقِ كَما

حَلَّ قيعانَ السَما السَمَكُ

حَلَّ قيعانَ السَما السَمَكُ

He settled in al-Zawra of Iraq, as

He came to the barrens of Iraq like

fish settled in the hollows of the sky.

Fish flock to the depths of the sky

أَنا في تَوقيعِ جائِزَتي

أَنا في تَوقيعِ جائِزَتي

طولَ هَذا اللَيلِ مُرتَبِكُ

طولَ هَذا اللَيلِ مُرتَبِكُ

I am, over the authorization of my reward,

I brood on the prize of my ode

bewildered throughout this night.

All this long night, distressed

فَلَقَد كادَت ضُلوعي مِن

فَلَقَد كادَت ضُلوعي مِن

حَرِّ نارِ الفِكرِ تَنسَبِكُ

حَرِّ نارِ الفِكرِ تَنسَبِكُ

For my ribs have nearly, from

My ribs nearly ignited from

the heat of thought's fire, melted.

The heat of anxious thought

شاعِ أَمري فيهِ وَاِمتَلَأَت

شاعِ أَمري فيهِ وَاِمتَلَأَت

بِحَديثي الطُرقُ وَالسِكَكُ

بِحَديثي الطُرقُ وَالسِكَكُ

My affair has become known there, and filled

Spread word of my affair in it and the

with talk of me are the roads and lanes.

Roads and paths filled with my talk

رَجَموا فيَّ الظُنونِ فَكَم

رَجَموا فيَّ الظُنونِ فَكَم

مَسلَكٍ في الإِثمِ قَد سَلَكوا

مَسلَكٍ في الإِثمِ قَد سَلَكوا

They hurled conjectures at me—how many

They bombarded me with suspicions so

paths of sin have they trodden!

Many wicked paths they have walked

مِحنَةٌ لَم يُرمَ قَطُّ بِها

مِحنَةٌ لَم يُرمَ قَطُّ بِها

سوقَةٌ قَبلي وَلا مَلِكُ

سوقَةٌ قَبلي وَلا مَلِكُ

An ordeal never inflicted upon

An ordeal the likes of which no

a commoner before me, nor upon a king;

Captain or king was cast before

سِيَّما وَالأَمرُ في يَدِ مَن

سِيَّما وَالأَمرُ في يَدِ مَن

هُوَ في الإِحسانِ مُنهَمِكُ

هُوَ في الإِحسانِ مُنهَمِكُ

especially when the matter is in the hands of one

Especially as the matter is in the hand of one

who is engrossed in doing good,

Immersed in benevolence

وَدِما الأَموالِ طافِحَةٌ

وَدِما الأَموالِ طافِحَةٌ

بِيَدِ السُؤالِ تَنسَفِكُ

بِيَدِ السُؤالِ تَنسَفِكُ

and the blood of wealth is overflowing,

And the blood of wealth overflows

spilled at the hands of petitioners.

At the hand of asking, it pours out

فَتَدارَك قِصَّتي فَعَلى

فَتَدارَك قِصَّتي فَعَلى

يَدِكَ المَبسوطَةِ الدَرَكُ

يَدِكَ المَبسوطَةِ الدَرَكُ

So remedy my plight, for in

So take up my story, for upon

your outstretched hand lies relief.

Your outstretched palm lies requital

وَاِقتَنِص حُرَّ الثَناءِ فَما

وَاِقتَنِص حُرَّ الثَناءِ فَما

كُلَّ وَقتٍ يَعلَقُ الشَرَكُ

كُلَّ وَقتٍ يَعلَقُ الشَرَكُ

And capture the choicest praise, for not

And seize the essence of praise, for not

at every moment does the snare catch.

Always does glory attach itself