Sol 6.1

  1. لِيَهْنِ المُلْكَ مالِكُه الجديدُ

    ووارِثُه وإن رَغِمَ الحَسودُ

    May the kingdom rejoice in its new master,

    And its heir, despite the envious one’s chagrin.

  2. أتيتَ به أبا المنصور فَرْدا

    تُنِير به الليالي وهي سود

    You brought him forth peerless, Abu al-Mansur,

    You light the nights with him, though they are black.

  3. يلوح عليه منك هُدىً وفَضْل

    ويظهر فيه منك حِجاً وجود

    Your guidance and excellence shine upon him,

    And your wisdom and generosity appear in him.

  4. حكاك كما حكيت أباكَ شِبْها

    كذاكَ الأُسْدُ أشْبُلُها الأسود

    He resembles you, as you resembled your father;

    So it is with lions: their cubs are lions.

  5. ولدتَ الشمسَ يا صبحَ المعالي

    فأَنجَبَ والدٌ ونما وليدُ

    You have begotten the sun, O dawn of lofty glories;

    Thus a father has sired a noble child, and a newborn has flourished.

  6. فأفْنيةُ الزمان به مِلاَءٌ

    وكوكبها بأسْعُده سعيد

    So time’s courtyards are filled with him,

    And its star is fortunate through his auspicious stars.

  7. وَليدٌ كانتِ الدنيا ترجِّي

    وِلادتَه وترقُبُه السعود

    A newborn—the world had hoped for

    His birth, and the auspicious stars awaited him.

  8. تباشرت الليالي والمعالي

    بمولده وجُدِّدت العُهُود

    The nights and lofty glories rejoiced together

    At his birth, and covenants were renewed.

  9. وكم رَصَدته آمالُ البرايا

    حوافلَ قبلَ يُظْهِره الوجودُ

    And how many hopes of humankind awaited him,

    Brimming, before existence brought him forth.

  10. وكم هتفت به رُهُنُ الأماني

    لُطْلِقها ونادته الوفود

    And how often the captives of hope called to him,

    To free them, and delegations called upon him.

  11. وكم رَجَتِ الخلافةُ أن تراه

    كما يرجو أحِبَّتَه العمِيد

    And how often the caliphate hoped to see him,

    As a lovesick man longs for his loved ones.

  12. إلى أن تَمَّ أمرُ الله فيه

    ولاح السعدُ واقترب البعيد

    Until God’s decree concerning him was fulfilled,

    Good fortune shone, and the distant drew near.

  13. فألقتْ حَمْلَها الدنيا تماما

    به ولكّل حاملةٍ حُدُود

    So the world delivered its burden in full,

    In him—and every bearer has an appointed term.

  14. وأعطِيتِ الخلافة ما تمنَّتْ

    به والله يفعل ما يريد

    And the caliphate was granted what it wished for

    Through him; God does whatever He wills.

  15. وأُطلِع بدرُها وعلا ضُحاها

    وأسفر صُبْحُها ونأى الهجود

    Its full moon was made to rise, and its morning light rose high;

    Its dawn shone clear, and slumber fled.

  16. وقرّ الملك واتَّطَدَتْ بُناه

    فأمكنه التزيُّد والصعود

    Sovereignty grew firm, and its structures were secured,

    So it could grow and rise.

  17. وعزَّ الحقّ وارتفعتْ قَنَاه

    وجَدّ الوعد واشتّد الوعيد

    Truth grew mighty, and its spears rose high;

    The promise grew earnest, and the threat grew stern.

  18. فكيف إذا نما واشتد حتى

    تَتمَّ به المصادرُ والورود

    What then, when he grows and gains strength, until

    All departures and arrivals are accomplished through him,

  19. وقاد الخيلَ واعتقل العوالي

    وخافته التهائم والنُّجُود

    And he leads the cavalry and holds long lances at his thigh,

    And the lowlands and uplands fear him,

  20. وشنّ على العِدَا من كلّ فَجّ

    كتائبَ لاتُحَاد ولا تحِيدُ

    And he unleashes upon his foes, from every pass,

    Battalions none can turn aside, that never swerve,

  21. على قُبٍّ سوابقَ طاوياتٍ

    أياطِلَها كما تُطْوَى الْبُرُودُ

    On lean-bellied, fleet steeds that fold

    Their flanks as striped cloaks are folded?

  22. فعُمِّر عُمْر باقيةِ الليالي

    تواصِلُه السلامة والخلود

    So may he live for all the nights that remain,

    With well-being and immortality ever attending him.

  23. يُصَرف أمره قبضا وبسطا

    يُشَدّ الحلّ فيه والعقود

    He directs his affairs, withholding and bestowing;

    In him the powers to loose and bind are secured.

  24. ويُرضِي الدّينَ والدنيا جميعاً

    وتُمْحَى في القلوب به الحُقُود

    And he pleases religion and the world alike,

    And through him grudges are erased from hearts.

  25. عزِيزِيٌّ نِزارِيٌّ مليكٌ

    له الدنيا ومَن فيها عبيد

    An ʿAzizi, a Nizari sovereign:

    The world is his, and all within it are slaves.

  26. فآيات القُرَانِ له تُرَاثٌ

    أبناء النبيّ له جُدُود

    Thus the Qur’an’s verses are his inheritance,

    The Prophet’s sons are his forefathers.

  27. نَمَا بين المكارم والمعالي

    فطارِفُها له وله التليد

    He grew amid noble virtues and lofty glories;

    His are their new-won honors, and his their ancestral ones.

  28. فَهنَّاك الإله به العطايا

    وإن رغَم المُعَادِي والحَقُود

    May God make the gifts a joy to you through him,

    Though the hostile and spiteful be humbled.

  29. وقابل نجمَك الإسعادُ فيه

    وشدّ بقاءَ نُعماك المزيد

    And may good fortune greet your star in him,

    And may further bounty ensure your blessings endure.

  30. فأنت أعزُّ مَنْ مَلَك البرايا

    ومن خَفَقتْ بنُصْرته البُنُود

    For you are the mightiest of those who have ruled humankind,

    And of those for whose victory banners have fluttered.

  31. عليك صلاة ربك ما أَضاءت

    بَوارِقُ مُزْنةٍ وأخضرَّ عود

    Upon you be your Lord’s blessing, as long as there flash

    A raincloud’s lightning bolts, and a bough grows green.