كذاthus فليدso let him give منwhoever نازعvied with الخضرal-Khidr الندىgenerosity
كذا فليد من نازع الخضر الندى
وألاand otherwise كماas يسموrises عليAli إلىto العلىthe heights
وألا كما يسمو علي إلى العلى
Thus let whoever vies with al-Khidr in generosity give.
Thus the dew competes with the verdure's green,
Otherwise, [let him rise] as Ali rises to the heights.
Yet upwards my aspirations higher lean,
هماthe two of them أسداtwo lions غيلa thicket وغثياand two rain-showers غمامةa cloud
هما أسدا غيل وغثيا غمامة
وسيفانand two swords لاnot ذماthey both disdained منfrom النقعbattle-dust صقيلاa burnisher
وسيفان لا ذما من النقع صقيلا
They are two lions of a thicket, and two showers from a cloud,
Two lions they, fearless in danger's midst,
And two swords that never disdained battle-dust as a burnisher.
Swords that with flawless blades the foe demean,
لقدindeed دافعاthe two defended عنon behalf of دولةthe realm المجدglory والهوىand love
لقد دافعا عن دولة المجد والهوى
عدواًan enemy حسيراًexhausted أوor عدواًan enemy مضللاled astray
عدواً حسيراً أو عدواً مضللا
They have indeed defended the realm of glory and love
Defending a state where glory love entwine,
Against an exhausted enemy, or an enemy led astray.
Repelling the erring or misguided's spleen,
فظافرهاso its Zafir ماnot زالceased فيin الحربwar ظافراًvictorious
فظافرها ما زال في الحرب ظافراً
وأفضلهاand its Afdal منthan سايرthe rest of الخلقcreation أفضلاmore excellent
وأفضلها من ساير الخلق أفضلا
So its Zafir has never ceased to be victorious in war,
Victorious in war and nobler than all others,
And its Afdal has always been more excellent than the rest of creation.
Their fame the wide world fills, as though sustaining
لعمhas indeed encompassed نداهhis bounty العالمينall the worlds كأنماas though
لعم نداه العالمين كأنما
تكلفhe took responsibility for أرزاقthe provisions الورىhumankind وتكفلاand pledged to provide them
تكلف أرزاق الورى وتكفلا
His bounty has indeed embraced all the worlds, as though
The livelihood of mankind they underwrite,
He had taken on humankind's sustenance and pledged to provide it.
Never abandoning them, the honored sustaining,
فلاso may not خذلتهfail him المشرفيةthe Mashrafi swords غضةfresh
فلا خذلته المشرفية غضة
منwith الماءwater خضراًgreen والأنابيبand the spear-shafts ذبلاdry
من الماء خضراً والأنابيب ذبلا
So may the Mashrafi swords never fail him, fresh
Green as water are their banners midst the fray,
And green with water, nor the dry spear-shafts.
While lances withered and the spears decay.