1. هُنِّيت بالفرمان والنيشانِ

    من جانب المَلِك العظيم الشانِ

    Congratulations on the firman and the decoration,

    from the king of majestic standing.

  2. ملكٌ إذا عُدَّ الملوك وَجَدْتَها

    من دونه بالعزِّ والسلطان

    A king who, when kings are counted, you find them

    beneath him in might and sovereignty.

  3. متفردٌ في العالمين وواحدٌ

    بين الأنام فما له من ثان

    Unique in all the worlds, and peerless

    among humankind: he has no equal.

  4. وتقول إنْ أبْصَرْته في موكبٍ

    أسَدُ الأُسودِ بحومَةِ الميدان

    And if you saw him in a procession, you would say:

    "The lion of lions in the heart of the battlefield."

  5. خَلَبَ القلوبَ جمالهُ وجلالُهُ

    فجلالهُ وجمالهُ سيَّان

    His beauty and majesty have captivated hearts;

    his majesty and beauty are equal.

  6. نَعِمَتْ بدولته البلاد وأشرقَتْ

    إشراقَ دين الله في الأَديان

    The lands have prospered under his rule and shone

    as God's religion shines among religions.

  7. وأمَدَّها من سيرةٍ نبويَّةٍ

    في حكمةٍ بالأَمنِ والإِيمانِ

    And, drawing upon a prophetic way of life, he supplied them

    wisely with security and faith.

  8. ولقد أعزَّ الدِّين دينَ محمَّد

    عبد العزيز بملكه الخاقاني

    Indeed, the faith, Muhammad's faith, has been exalted

    by Abd al-Aziz through his imperial rule.

  9. ولقد تلافى الله فيه عبادَه

    فالناس منه بحوزةٍ وأمان

    And indeed, through him God came to His servants' aid;

    through him, the people enjoy protection and safety.

  10. فبالله يعلم والبريَّة كلُّها

    أنَّ المليك خليفةُ الرحمن

    By God, he knows, as does all creation,

    that the king is the All-Merciful's vicegerent.

  11. كالشمس في كبد السماء وضوؤها

    يغشى بكلِّ النفع كلَّ مكان

    Like the sun in the heart of the sky, whose light

    covers every place with every benefit.

  12. قد كانَ سِرُّ اللطف فيه مكتَّماً

    حتَّى استبان وضاقَ بالكتمان

    The secret of graciousness within him had been concealed,

    until it became clear and could no longer bear concealment.

  13. ولقد أراد الله في تأييده

    أن يرجعَ الطاغين بالخذلان

    And indeed, in supporting him, God intended

    to send the tyrants back in defeat.

  14. وإذا نظرت إلى طويَّة ذاته

    نظراً إلى المعروف والإِحسان

    And if you look into his inmost nature,

    with an eye to kindness and beneficence,

  15. أيقَنْتَ أنَّ وجوده لوجودنا

    كالماء يَنْقَعُ غلَّةَ الظَّمآن

    you become certain that his existence is to ours

    as water that quenches a thirsty man's burning thirst.

  16. ملك إذا زخرَتْ بحار نواله

    يُخشى على الدُّنيا من الطوفان

    A king whose seas of bounty, when they swell,

    make one fear a deluge upon the world.

  17. فاقَتْ بنو عثمان في سلطانها

    بالدِّين والدُّنيا بني ساسان

    The sons of Uthman, in their sovereignty, surpassed

    the sons of Sasan in faith and worldly affairs.

  18. فَتَحوا البلادَ ودَوَّخوها عنْوَةً

    وجَرَتْ مدائحهم بكلِّ لسان

    They conquered the lands and subdued them by force,

    and their praises flowed upon every tongue.

  19. فهم العباد الصَّالحون وذكرهم

    قد جاءَ بعد الذكر في القرآن

    They are the righteous servants, and mention of them

    came after the Reminder in the Quran.

  20. هذا أمير المؤمنين وهذه

    آثاره من حازمٍ يقظان

    This is the Commander of the Faithful, and these

    are his works, from a resolute and vigilant man.

  21. جعل العراق بنامق في جنَّة

    محفوفةً بالرَّوح والرَّيحان

    Through Namiq, he placed Iraq in a paradise,

    surrounded by repose and fragrant basil.

  22. فردٌ من الأَفراد بين رجاله

    لم يختصم بكماله اثنان

    A singular man among the exceptional men in his service,

    whose perfection no two have disputed.

  23. تعم المشيرُ عليه في آرائه

    الصادق العرفات في الثوران

    [Opening unclear] the marshal, in his counsels to him,

    the truthful one, [word unclear], amid upheaval.

  24. ما حلَّ في بَلَدٍ وآب لمنزلٍ

    إلاَّ وآمنها من الحدثان

    He never settled in a town and returned to a dwelling

    without securing it against the blows of fate.

  25. لا تعجبنَّ لنامق في فتكه

    ليثُ الحروب وفارس الفرسان

    Do not marvel at Namiq's deadly assault:

    the lion of wars, the foremost of horsemen.

  26. تروي صوارمُه الفخار عن الوغى

    لا عن فلانٍ حديثها وفلان

    His sharp swords recount glory from battle;

    their tale comes not from so-and-so and so-and-so.

  27. يَفْتَضُّها بالمشرفيَّة والقنا

    بكراً من الهيجاء غيرَ عوان

    He deflowers her with Mashrafi swords and spears,

    a virgin battle, not one fought before.

  28. ولربَّما أغْنَتْهُ شدَّة بأسه

    عن كلِّ هنديٍّ وكلّ يماني

    And often the sheer force of his valor has spared him

    the need for any Indian sword or any Yemeni blade.

  29. أعيانُ من رفع الوزارة شأنها

    ألفَتْهُ عينَ أولئك الأَعيان

    The eminent men who raised the vizierate's standing

    found him the foremost of those eminent men.

  30. يا أيُّها الرُّكن الأشدّ لدولة

    بنيت قواعدها على أَركان

    O strongest pillar of a state

    whose foundations were built upon pillars,

  31. دارَتْ بشانيها رَحى تدميرها

    فكأَنَّها الأَفلاك بالدوران

    its millstone of destruction turned upon its hater,

    as though it were the celestial spheres in rotation.

  32. أحكَمْتَها بالصِّدقِ منك مبانياً

    في غاية الإِحكام والإِتقان

    You made its structures sound through your own sincerity,

    with the utmost solidity and perfection.

  33. فحظيتَ من ملك الزَّمان بما به

    فخرٌ على الأَمثال والأَقران

    Thus you won from the king of the age what brings you

    glory above your peers and equals.

  34. ولقد بلغتَ من العناية مبلغاً

    يسمو برتبتها على كيوان

    And indeed, you attained such a measure of favor

    that its rank rises above Kaywan.

  35. سُسْتَ العراقَ سياسة ملكيَّة

    ما ساسها ذو التَّاج نوشروان

    You governed Iraq with a kingly policy

    such as crowned Nushirwan never employed.

  36. وَسَّعْتَ كلّ الضيق من أحوالها

    حتَّى من الطرقات والبنيان

    You widened all that was narrow in its affairs,

    even in the roads and buildings.

  37. قرَّبتَ أرباب الصَّلاح بأسرهم

    ومَحوْتَ أهل البغي والعصيان

    You brought all the righteous near,

    and wiped out the people of oppression and rebellion.

  38. وكذا الهماوند الذين تنمَّروا

    وتمرَّدوا بالظلم والعدوان

    And likewise the Hamawand, who raged like tigers

    and rebelled in oppression and aggression.

  39. دمَّرْتَهُمْ لمَّا عَلِمْتَ فسادَهم

    وضِرارهم بالأَهل والأَوطان

    You destroyed them when you learned of their corruption

    and their harm to the people and homelands.

  40. خَلَعوا من السلطان طاعتَه الَّتي

    في غيرها نَزْعٌ من الشيطان

    They cast off obedience to the sultan, though

    any departure from it is a tug from Satan.

  41. لله درُّك من حكيمٍ عارفٍ

    إنَّ الحسام دواء داء الجاني

    God bless you, wise and discerning man!

    Indeed, the sword is the remedy for the offender's malady.

  42. جَرَّدْتَ من هِمَمِ الرَّئيس مهنَّداً

    ما أغْمَدَته القين في الأَجفان

    From the chief's lofty resolves you drew an Indian blade,

    which the smith had never sheathed.

  43. وعَلِمْتَ ما في بأسه من شدَّةٍ

    معْ أنَّه في لُطفه روحاني

    And you knew the strength within his valor,

    though he is ethereal in his gentleness.

  44. لبَّاك حينَ دعوتَه لقتالهم

    لا بالبطيء لها ولا المتواني

    He answered you when you summoned him to fight them,

    neither slow to respond nor remiss.

  45. فمضى بأعناق العصاة غرارهُ

    والسَّيف لم يقطعْ بكفِّ جبان

    Then his blade's edge swept through the rebels' necks;

    and a sword never cuts in a coward's hand.

  46. فكسا بما أمضى بهم بيض الظبا

    بدمٍ من الأَوداج أحمرَ قاني

    Thus, by the strokes he dealt them, he clothed the white sword-edges

    in deep-crimson blood from the jugular veins.

  47. وسَرَتْ به من طيب ذاتك نفحةً

    عطريَّة الأَنفاس والأَردان

    And through him passed a waft from your own fragrance,

    sweet-scented in breath and sleeves.

  48. هُنِّيت بالولد الجميل ونَيلِهِ

    رُتَبَ العُلى من حضرة السلطان

    Congratulations on your handsome son and his attainment

    of lofty ranks from the sultan's august presence.

  49. أضحى أميرَ لوائه في عسكرٍ

    لا زال منصوراً مدى الأَزمان

    He has become commander of his brigade in an army—

    may it remain victorious throughout the ages.

  50. وبما حباك الله في تأييده

    والفخرُ في نيشانك العثماني

    And on what God has bestowed on you in supporting him;

    and glory lies in your Ottoman decoration.

  51. لاحتْ أشِعَّته عليك لجوهر

    كالنجم لا بل كالشمس في اللَّمعان

    Its rays shone upon you from a jewel

    like a star—no, like the sun in brilliance.

  52. هذا محلُّ الافتخار فدم به

    بالعزِّ والتمكين والإِمكان

    This is cause for pride; may you endure with it

    in glory, authority, and capability.

  53. فرن المؤيّد جوهراً في جوهرٍ

    فرأت به بغداد سعْدَ قران

    The divinely aided one [word unclear], a jewel within a jewel,

    and Baghdad saw in it an auspicious conjunction.

  54. فرحٌ على فرحٍ يدوم سروره

    تجلو القلوب به من الأَحزان

    Joy upon joy, whose delight endures,

    with which you cleanse hearts of sorrows.