حمداً لمن جعل الوجود سعيداً

حمداً لمن جعل الوجود سعيداً

بتموج ملأ الممالك جودا

بتموج ملأ الممالك جودا

A camel-driver’s chant for him who made existence glad—

Praise to him who made existence happy,

with a surging wave that filled the realms with bounty.

with a surge that filled the realms with bounty.

ألفاك شمس علىً وليث عرينة

ألفاك شمس علىً وليث عرينة

بهما الخلافة تبلغ المقصودا

بهما الخلافة تبلغ المقصودا

Existence found you a sun of loftiness and a lion in his lair;

He found you a sun of glory and a lion in its lair;

through both, the Caliphate attains its desired end.

through both, the caliphate attains its goal.

فغدا ينقل في الوظائف ذاتك ال

فغدا ينقل في الوظائف ذاتك ال

عظمى وينعش لبك المحسودا

عظمى وينعش لبك المحسودا

Thus it began advancing through the offices your most—

So he began transferring from office to office your

exalted person, and reviving through you what was envied.

most exalted person, and reviving your envied mind.

أفرتبةٌ أعطيتها وتأخرت

أفرتبةٌ أعطيتها وتأخرت

عن أن تسبّح فضلك المجهودا

عن أن تسبّح فضلك المجهودا

Was there ever a rank you were granted that fell short

Has any rank bestowed on you, then, held back

of proclaiming your hard-won merit?

from extolling your hard-won merit?

أو ظلت يوماً والياً لولايةٍ

أو ظلت يوماً والياً لولايةٍ

وتركت فيها فاجراً وعنيدا

وتركت فيها فاجراً وعنيدا

Or did it ever linger a day—and nights—over an appointment,

Or did you ever serve as governor of a province

leaving in it a profligate, defiant man?

and leave in it an evildoer and a defiant man?

مزق غيوم الارتكاب فإنه ال

مزق غيوم الارتكاب فإنه ال

شوم الذي ترك الحدائق بيدا

شوم الذي ترك الحدائق بيدا

Rend the clouds of wrongdoing, for it is the—

Rend the clouds of wrongdoing, for it is the

evil omen that turned the gardens into wastelands.

ill fortune that has left gardens as wastelands.

وانحر بعدلك والعفاف الجور وال

وانحر بعدلك والعفاف الجور وال

إسراف والتدليس والتنديدا

إسراف والتدليس والتنديدا

Slaughter, with your justice and integrity, tyranny and—

And slaughter, with your justice and chastity, oppression and

extravagance, deceit, and vilification.

extravagance, deception, and vilification.

ما أنت إلّا عاتق المجد الذي

ما أنت إلّا عاتق المجد الذي

صارت له درر الثناء عقودا

صارت له درر الثناء عقودا

You are but glory’s neck, for which

You are none other than glory’s shoulder, for which

the pearls of praise have become necklaces.

the pearls of praise have become necklaces.

لا زال مولانا يمدك بالرضا

لا زال مولانا يمدك بالرضا

ويقول صار بك الزمان سعيدا

ويقول صار بك الزمان سعيدا

May our lord never cease sustaining you with his favor

May our master ever sustain you with favor,

and saying: “Through you, the age has become happy.”

and say, “Through you, the age has become happy.”

لما زهت بعدالتي عدليتي

لما زهت بعدالتي عدليتي

أرختُ أعدلَ حاكمٍ خورشيدا

أرختُ أعدلَ حاكمٍ خورشيدا

When my Ministry of Justice flourished through my justice,

When my judiciary shone through my justice,

I set its chronogram: “Khurshid, the most just of rulers.”

I marked the date: “The most just ruler—Khurshid.”