يَزيدُYazid يَزيدُYazid الخَيرthe Good لَولاwere it not for سَماحُهhis generosity
يَزيدُ يَزيدُ الخَير لَولا سَماحُه
لَعادَwould have become الزَّمانُtime وَهوَand it أَربَدُashen-gray أَسفَعُdusky
لَعادَ الزَّمانُ وَهوَ أَربَدُ أَسفَعُ
Yazid, Yazid the Good—were it not for his generosity,
Good increases good if not for his tolerance
Time would have turned ashen-gray and dusky.
Time would have returned, colder and balder
تَقَبَّلَhe took on أَخلاقَthe virtues of المُهَلَّبِal-Muhallab نَجدَةًvalor
تَقَبَّلَ أَخلاقَ المُهَلَّبِ نَجدَةً
وَمَكرُمَةًand nobility وَالنَّجمُand the star مِنfrom حَيثwhere يَطلُعُit rises
وَمَكرُمَةً وَالنَّجمُ مِن حَيث يَطلُعُ
He took on al-Muhallab’s virtues: valor
He embraced the manners of the slaughtered nobly
And nobility; a star comes from where it rises.
And generously, and the star from where it rises
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