Sol 6.1

  1. لو لَم يَقُد نَحوَكَ العِدى الرَغَبُ

    أَنزَلَهُم تَحتَ حُكمِكَ الرَهَبُ

    Had hope not led your foes toward you,

    fear would have brought them under your rule.

  2. فَكَيفَ يُنجي الفِرارُ مِن مَلِكٍ

    تَطلُبُ أَعداءَ مُلكِهِ النُوَبُ

    How then could flight save anyone from a king

    whose kingdom's foes are pursued by calamities?

  3. وَمَن تَوَلّى الإِلَهُ نُصرَتَهُ

    فَلَيسَ يَحمي طَريدَهُ الهَرَبُ

    And he whose victory God undertakes—

    flight cannot protect the fugitive he pursues.

  4. بَني شَبيبٍ هُبّوا فَقَد رُفِعَت

    عَن عَفوِ مُلغي الجَرائِمِ الحُجُبُ

    Sons of Shabib, arise: lifted now are

    the veils from the pardon of him who effaces crimes.

  5. وَعادَ سَيفُ الهُدى لِعادَتِهِ

    فَكُلُّ ما تَأمُلونَهُ كَثَبُ

    And the Sword of Guidance has returned to his custom;

    so everything you hope for is close at hand.

  6. عَلامَ تَظمَونَ في مُجاوَرَةِ ال

    شِركِ وَغَيثُ الإِسلامِ مُنسَكِبُ

    Why do you thirst while dwelling beside

    polytheism, when Islam's rain is pouring down?

  7. حَلَّأتَهُم عَنوَةً وَلَولاكَ ما

    مُدَّ لِقَيسٍ في أَرضِهِم طُنُبُ

    You drove them off by force; but for you, no

    tent-rope for Qays would have been stretched in their land.

  8. فَحينَ فاقَ العِقابَ ما اِقتَرَفوا

    قِدماً وَجازَ الجَزاءَ ما اِكتَسَبوا

    When their crimes surpassed punishment,

    long ago, and their deeds exceeded requital,

  9. عُدتَ إِلى العادَةِ الَّتي أَلِفوا

    فَماتَ في طَيِّ صَفحِكَ الغَضَبُ

    you returned to the practice they had known,

    and anger died enfolded in your pardon.

  10. لَحاوَلوا نُصرَةً عَلَيكَ وَكَم

    طالَبِ أَمرٍ قَد غالَهُ الطَلَبُ

    They surely sought victory over you—and many a

    seeker of an aim has been destroyed by seeking it.

  11. حَتّى إِلى أَخفَقَت ظُنونُهُمُ

    تَهافَتَت نَحوَ قَصرِكَ العُصَبُ

    Until, their hopes having failed,

    bands rushed headlong toward your palace,

  12. تَنحو هُماماً في ظِلِّ خِدمَتِهِ

    تُجنى المَعالي وَتُكسَبُ الرُتَبُ

    seeking a hero, in the shade of whose service

    high honors are harvested and ranks attained.

  13. فَعايَنوا هَديَ حَضرَةٍ يَنفُقُ ال

    جِدُّ لَدَيها وَيَكسُدُ اللَعِبُ

    So they witnessed the ways of a court where

    earnestness sells and frivolity finds no buyers.

  14. وَمَن رَأى بَعثَهُ الكَتائِبَ لا

    يَنفَعُ حامَت عَن نَفسِهِ الكُتُبُ

    Whoever has seen him dispatch the battalions finds no

    help in letters, though they rally to defend him.

  15. ما ظَفِروا فيكَ بِالَّذي طَلَبوا

    فَليَظفَروا مِنكَ بِالَّذي طَلَبوا

    They did not gain against you what they sought;

    so let them gain from you what they sought.

  16. قَد بَذَلوا الطاعَةَ الَّتي مَنَعوا

    فَاِستَرجَعوا النِعمَةَ الَّتي سُلِبوا

    They have offered the obedience they once withheld,

    so regained the favor of which they were stripped.

  17. وَأَنتَ مَن تَردَعُ الوَسائِلُ مِن

    سُطاهُ ما لَيسَ تَردَعُ القُضُبُ

    And you are one whose fury pleas restrain,

    as keen-edged swords cannot restrain it.

  18. عَواطِفٌ طالَما كَسَوتَ بِها

    مَن سَلَبَتهُ رِماحُكَ السُلُبُ

    Acts of kindness with which you have so often clothed

    those whom your long spears stripped bare.

  19. قَد هَذَّبَتهُم لَكَ الخُطوبُ وَلو

    لا النارُ ما كانَ يَخلُصُ الذَهبُ

    Hardships have refined them for you; and were it

    not for fire, gold would never be purified.

  20. فَاِكشِف مُحَيّا الرِضى فَصَفحَتُهُ

    تَبدو لَهُم تارَةً وَتَحتَجِبُ

    Unveil the face of favor, for its countenance

    appears to them at times and then is veiled.

  21. لِتَرجِعَ العِزَّةُ الَّتي ذَهَبتَ

    فَهُم عِبِدّاكَ حَيثُ ما ذَهَبوا

    Let the glory that departed return,

    for they are your slaves wherever they go.

  22. مُشَرَّدو ذي السُيوفِ إِن بَعُدوا

    وَوارِدو ذي الحِياضِ إِن قَرُبوا

    Driven abroad by these swords, if they go far,

    and drinkers at these pools, if they draw near.

  23. عِزٌّ مُقيمٌ بِالشامِ تَكلَؤُهُ

    وَذِكرُهُ في البِلادِ مُغتَرِبُ

    A glory abiding in Syria, which you guard,

    while its fame travels abroad through the lands.

  24. عِندَ مُلوكِ الزَمانِ يَعرِفُهُ

    مُتَوَّجٌ مِنهُمُ وَمُعتَصِبُ

    Among the kings of the age, it is known

    to the crowned and the turbaned alike.

  25. فَليَهنِ مَولاكَ أَنَّ دَولَتَهُ

    تَنتَجِبُ الصَفوَ ثُمَّ تَنتَخِبُ

    May your lord rejoice that his dynasty

    selects the choicest, then selects again.

  26. أَولى الوَرى أَن تَكونَ طاعَتُهُ

    فَرضاً عَلى كُلِّ مُسلِمٍ يَجِبُ

    Most worthy of all men to be obeyed

    as a duty binding on every Muslim

  27. مَن ذَلَّلَ الدَهرَ بَعدَ عِزَّتِهِ

    حَتّى تَجَلَّت عَن أَهلِهِ الكُرَبُ

    is he who humbled Time after its defiance,

    until sorrows were dispelled from his people.

  28. فَالعَدلُ فاشٍ وَالجَورُ مُكتَتِمٌ

    وَالخَوفُ ناءٍ وَالأَمنُ مُقتَرِبُ

    Justice spreads, while oppression hides;

    fear is far away and safety close at hand.

  29. إِنَّ أَجَلَّ المُلوكِ كُلِّهِمِ

    رَضوا بِهَذا القَضاءِ أَو غَضِبوا

    Truly the greatest of all kings—

    whether they accept this judgment or rage—

  30. مَلكٌ إِلَيهِ تُعزى العُلى أَبَداً

    وَيَنتَمي الفَخرُ حينَ يَنتَسِبُ

    is a king to whom high glory is always ascribed,

    and glory claims kinship whenever it traces its descent.

  31. مِنَ الأُلى غَيرَ ضُمَّرِ الخَيلِ ما

    قادوا وَغيرَ الكُماةِ ما ضَرَبوا

    Of those who, apart from lean steeds, have never

    led aught, nor struck any but armored champions.

  32. المَطَرُ الجَودُ إِن هُمُ سُئِلوا

    وَالعَدَدُ الدَثرُ إِن هُمُ رَكِبوا

    Copious rain when they are asked,

    a vast multitude when they ride forth.

  33. أَبلَجُ تَسمو بِمَدحِهِ قالَةُ ال

    شِعرِ وَتُزهى بِذِكرِهِ الخُطَبُ

    Radiant: through his praise rise the speakers of

    poetry, and orations glory in his name.

  34. ذو راحَةٍ في النَدى يُقِرُّ لَها

    بِأَنَّها لا تُساجَلُ السُحُبُ

    His is a giving palm to which the clouds concede

    that none can rival it in bounty.

  35. عِدٌ مِنَ الجودِ لا يَغيضُ وَإِن

    دامَ إِلَيهِ الذَميلِ وَالخَبَبُ

    A perennial spring of bounty that never dwindles, though

    ambling and trotting toward it never cease.

  36. لِتَترُكِ التُركُ ذِكرَ سالِفِها

    فَحَسبُ مَن ذي العُلى لَهُ حَسَبُ

    Let the Turks cease speaking of their forebears;

    these high deeds are lineage enough for any man.

  37. كَم حُزتَ سِرباً تَحمي جَآذِرَهُ ال

    بيضَ هُناكَ الجُيوشُ لا السُرَبُ

    How many a herd you won, whose fawns were guarded—

    white fawns—there by armies, not by herds.

  38. فَكُنتَ سِتراً وَالرَوعُ قَد كَشَفَت

    عَمّا تُجِنُّ البُرودُ وَالنُقُبُ

    You were their covering, when terror had laid bare

    what mantles and face-veils conceal.

  39. لِلَّهِ أَفعالُكَ الَّتي نَخَرَت

    ما لَيسَ تَطوي بِمَرِّها الحِقَبُ

    Glory to God for your deeds, which have worn away

    what the passing ages cannot efface.

  40. مَلَأتَ أُفقَ العَلاءِ مِن هَمِمٍ

    تَحسُدُها في بُروجِها الشُهُبُ

    You filled the horizon of glory with aspirations

    envied by the stars in their constellations.

  41. فَما يُجاريكَ في الدُنيا أَحَدٌ

    أَنّى تَساوى البِحارُ وَالقُلُبُ

    So no one in this world can keep pace with you;

    how could seas and wells be equal?

  42. وَالرومُ قَتلى خَوفٍ وَوَقعِ ظُبىً

    إِن زَهِدوا في اللِقاءِ أَو رَغِبوا

    And the Byzantines fall to fear and the stroke of blades,

    whether they shun battle or desire it.

  43. وَقَد دَرَوا أَنَّهُم وَما وَهِموا

    إِن نَكَّبوا عَن بِلادِهِم نُكِبوا

    They knew—and were not mistaken—that they,

    if they turned away from their lands, would meet disaster.

  44. مُظَفَّرٌ مَن تُظِلُّهُ هَذِهِ ال

    راياتُ لا مَن تُظِلُّهُ الصُلُبُ

    Victorious is he shaded by these

    banners, not he shaded by crosses.

  45. في كُلِّ يَومٍ يَزورُ أَرضَهُمُ

    مِن ذِكرِ ذا العَزمِ جَحفَلٌ لَجِبُ

    Every day their land is visited

    by a clamorous host of this resolve's renown.

  46. فَاِرمِ بِهِ عُدوَةَ الخَليجِ فَقَد

    طارَت هَباءً في ريحِهِ حَلَبُ

    So hurl it against the gulf's shore, for

    Aleppo has flown like dust before its wind.

  47. أَو فَتَرَبَّث فَقَد ظَفِرتَ مَعَ ال

    خَفضِ بِأَقصى ما يَبلُغُ النَصَبُ

    Or bide your time: you have won, while at

    ease, the utmost that toil can attain.

  48. وَشِم ظُباكَ الَّتي إِذا نَصَلَت

    فَمِن دِماءِ المُلوكِ تَختَضِبُ

    And sheathe your blades, which, when drawn,

    dye themselves with the blood of kings.

  49. فَطالَما أَضرَمَت بَوارِقُها

    ناراً أُسودُ الوَغى لَها حَصَبُ

    How often their flashes have kindled

    a fire whose fuel is the lions of war!

  50. وَكَيفَ تَستَعصِمُ البِلادُ وَأَع

    مارُ حُماةِ البِلادِ تُنتَهَبُ

    And how can the lands hold out, when the life-

    spans of their defenders are plundered?

  51. وَصالِحٌ مَن قَتَلتَهُ وَهوَ مَن

    قَد كانَ يُجنى مِن بَأسِهِ الحَرَبُ

    And Salih is the man you slew, and he was one

    from whose might ruin used to be reaped.

  52. أَثبَتُهُم وَطأَةً إِذا زَلَّتِ ال

    أَقدامُ خَوفاً وَاِصطَكَّتِ الرُكَبُ

    The firmest-footed of them, when

    feet slipped in fear and knees knocked together.

  53. فَليَسلُ نَصرٌ عَنِ العَواصِمِ فَال

    قاتِلُ في حُكمِهِم لَهُ السَلَبُ

    Let Nasr cease yearning for al-Awasim, for the

    slayer, by their own ruling, is entitled to the spoils.

  54. ما بالُهُ يَمنَعُ الحُقوقُ وَما

    مِثلُ أَميرِ الجُيوشِ يُغتَصَبُ

    Why does he withhold what is due? One

    like the Commander of the Armies cannot be despoiled.

  55. يا مُصطَفى المُلكِ كُلُّ عارِفَةٍ

    إِلَيكَ تُعزى وَمِنكَ تُكتَسَبُ

    O chosen one of the realm, every favor

    is ascribed to you and obtained from you.

  56. عُمَّ بِجَدواكَ مَن أَتاكَ لَها

    وَما لَهُ في البِلادِ مُضطَرَبُ

    Embrace with your bounty whoever comes seeking it,

    with nowhere in the lands to turn.

  57. وَاِخصُص بِها مَن وَفى فَلَيسَ لَهُ

    إِلّا إِلى ذا الجَنابِ مُنقَلَبُ

    And single out for it the loyal man, who has

    nowhere to return but this court.

  58. فَكَيفَ يَعدو أَبا سَماوَةَ ما

    يَرجو وَأَنتَ السَبيلُ وَالسَبَبُ

    How, then, could Abu Samawa miss what

    he hopes for, when you are the path and the means?

  59. وَقَد أُضيفَت لَهُ إِلى الخِدمَةِ ال

    قُربى فَصَحَّ الوَلاءُ وَالنَسَبُ

    And to his service has been added

    kinship: his allegiance and lineage are thus assured.

  60. بَلِّغهُ ياعُدَّةَ الإِمامِ مَدىً

    ما بَلَغَتهُ آباؤُهُ النُجُبُ

    Bring him, O mainstay of the Imam, to a height

    his noble forefathers never reached.

  61. وَاِردُد إِلَيهِ تُراثَ والِدِهِ

    تَثنِ إِلَيهِ الأَعِنَّةَ العَرَبُ

    And restore to him his father's inheritance:

    the Arabs will turn their reins toward him.

  62. فَمِن عَجيبَ الأَشياءِ أَن يُصبِحَ ال

    مُلكُ شَعاعاً وَيُحرَزَ اللَقَبُ

    It is among the strangest things that

    sovereignty should lie scattered, while its title is kept.

  63. وَاِسمَع لَها جَمَّةَ المَحاسِنِ مِن

    أَحسَنِ ما يُصطَفى وَيُنتَخَبُ

    And hear her, rich in beauties, one of

    the finest things singled out and chosen.

  64. غَرّاءَ لَو نوجِيَت بِما ضَمِنَت

    صُمُّ الجِبالِ اِستَخَفَّها الطَرَبُ

    Radiant—if what she holds were whispered to

    the solid mountains, rapture would carry them away.