أَجدِر بِمَن عاداكَ أَن يَتَذَلَّلا

أَجدِر بِمَن عاداكَ أَن يَتَذَلَّلا

وَبِمَن أَرَدتَ لِقاءَهُ أَن يَنكُلا

وَبِمَن أَرَدتَ لِقاءَهُ أَن يَنكُلا

How fitting that whoever opposes you should humble himself,

Worthy of being humble is he who opposed you

and that whoever you seek to meet should shrink back.

And of turning back is he whom you intended to meet

لَم يُزجِ أَرمانوسُ نَحوَكَ رُسلَهُ

لَم يُزجِ أَرمانوسُ نَحوَكَ رُسلَهُ

حَتّى تَخَوَّفَ أَن يَكونَ الفَيصَلا

حَتّى تَخَوَّفَ أَن يَكونَ الفَيصَلا

Romanos sent no envoys toward you

Armenos did not dispatch his messengers to you

until he feared it would be the final reckoning.

Until he feared the decisive separation

كَالعَيرِ يوعِرُ جاهِداً فَإِذا رَأى

كَالعَيرِ يوعِرُ جاهِداً فَإِذا رَأى

إيعارَهُ ضَرَراً عَلَيهِ أَسهَلا

إيعارَهُ ضَرَراً عَلَيهِ أَسهَلا

Like a wild ass straining over rough ground, which, when it sees

Like a camel herd scaring away actively, but when it sees

its rough passage harming it, takes the level way.

Its liveliness causing it harm, it calms down

قَد نابَ عَن إِسلامِهِ اِستِسلامُهُ

قَد نابَ عَن إِسلامِهِ اِستِسلامُهُ

بَعدَ الخُضوعِ عَلَيهِ سِتراً مُسبَلا

بَعدَ الخُضوعِ عَلَيهِ سِتراً مُسبَلا

His capitulation has taken the place of his conversion to Islam,

His surrender to Islam was negated by his submission

after submission, as a veil drawn down over him.

After humiliation, he cloaked himself in robes

ما فالَ رَأيُ الرومِ لَما عاجَلوا

ما فالَ رَأيُ الرومِ لَما عاجَلوا

طَلَبَ الأَمانِ مَخافَةً أَن يُعجَلا

طَلَبَ الأَمانِ مَخافَةً أَن يُعجَلا

The Romans' judgment did not fail when they hastened

The opinion of Rome did not matter when they hastened

to seek safe conduct, for fear of being overtaken.

To seek safety, fearing they would be rushed

فَاِستَنزَلوا عَن مُلكِهِم مَن لا يَرى

فَاِستَنزَلوا عَن مُلكِهِم مَن لا يَرى

فيهِ بِمِثلِ فِعالِهِم مُستَنزَلا

فيهِ بِمِثلِ فِعالِهِم مُستَنزَلا

Thus they induced one to withdraw from their realm who sees

They came down from their kingdom, one who does not see

no cause to withdraw from it in deeds like theirs.

In their actions, a descent befitting his stature

وَاِستَصفَحوا هَذي الصِفاحَ فَأَطفَأوا

وَاِستَصفَحوا هَذي الصِفاحَ فَأَطفَأوا

بِخُضوعِهِم مِنها حَريقاً مُشعَلا

بِخُضوعِهِم مِنها حَريقاً مُشعَلا

They begged pardon of these sword-blades, and extinguished

And they sought this reconciliation, so they extinguished

through their submission a fire blazing from them.

With their submission a blazing fire

قَد ماجَ بَحرُهُم فَلَم يَحفِل بِهِ

قَد ماجَ بَحرُهُم فَلَم يَحفِل بِهِ

بَحرٌ يُغادِرُ كُلَّ بَحرٍ جَدوَلا

بَحرٌ يُغادِرُ كُلَّ بَحرٍ جَدوَلا

Their sea surged, but stirred no concern

Their sea roared but did not care for

in a sea that leaves every sea a mere stream.

A sea that leaves every river a stream

وَالريحُ إِن هَبَّت يَهُزُّ هُبوبُها

وَالريحُ إِن هَبَّت يَهُزُّ هُبوبُها

نارَ الذُبالِ بِأَن تُحَرَّكَ يَذبُلا

نارَ الذُبالِ بِأَن تُحَرَّكَ يَذبُلا

And when the wind blows, its blowing stirs

And if the wind blew, the fervor of its blowing

the wicks' flame by moving Yadhbul.

Would diminish the fire of tinder by stirring up ashes

عَنِيَت بِشَمسِ العَزمِ بَعدَ بُزوغِها

عَنِيَت بِشَمسِ العَزمِ بَعدَ بُزوغِها

وَلَوَ اِنَّها طَلَعَت عَلَيهِم طَلعَةً

وَلَوَ اِنَّها طَلَعَت عَلَيهِم طَلعَةً

I meant the sun of resolve after its rising.

You focused on the sun of determination after its rising

Had it risen upon them even once,

And even if it rose upon them one time

لَرَأَيتَهُم مِنها هَباءً مُهمَلا

لَرَأَيتَهُم مِنها هَباءً مُهمَلا

في هُدنَةٍ قَد قَلَّدَتهُمُ مِنَّةً

في هُدنَةٍ قَد قَلَّدَتهُمُ مِنَّةً

you would have seen them reduced by it to discarded dust.

You would have seen them from it as scattered dust, disregarded

In a truce you have placed a favor around their necks,

In a truce which gave them a favor they refused to be ignorant of

تَأبى صَنائِعُ رَبِّها أَن تُجهَلا

تَأبى صَنائِعُ رَبِّها أَن تُجهَلا

ضَلَّ السَبيلَ فَلَم يَفُز بِنَجاتِهِ

ضَلَّ السَبيلَ فَلَم يَفُز بِنَجاتِهِ

whose giver's benefactions refuse to go unrecognized.

Who lost the way did not succeed in his salvation

He lost the way and failed to win deliverance—

He who remained seeking other than your forgiveness as a refuge

مَن ظَلَّ يَطلُبُ غَيرَ عَفوِكَ مَوئِلا

مَن ظَلَّ يَطلُبُ غَيرَ عَفوِكَ مَوئِلا

فَليَقهَرِ الأَديانَ غَيرَ مُدافِعٍ

فَليَقهَرِ الأَديانَ غَيرَ مُدافِعٍ

whoever kept seeking a refuge other than your pardon.

So let it defeat religions without a defender

So let it conquer the faiths, unopposed—

A religion you guaranteed victory by supporting

دينٌ غَدَوتَ بِنَصرِهِ مُتَكَفِّلا

دينٌ غَدَوتَ بِنَصرِهِ مُتَكَفِّلا

أَمُبَلِّغَ الرُسُلِ المُرادَ لَقَد رَأَوا

أَمُبَلِّغَ الرُسُلِ المُرادَ لَقَد رَأَوا

the faith whose victory you have undertaken to secure.

The messenger delivering the intentions saw

O you who grant the envoys their desire, they have indeed seen

Without your palace what saddens the sent

مِن دونِ قَصرِكَ ما يَسوءُ المُرسِلا

مِن دونِ قَصرِكَ ما يَسوءُ المُرسِلا

جَيشاً تَظَلُّ لَهُ الشَواهِقُ خُشَّعاً

جَيشاً تَظَلُّ لَهُ الشَواهِقُ خُشَّعاً

before your palace what distresses their sender:

An army which lofty pillars bow down humbly to

an army before which the lofty peaks remain bowed,

And the earth almost shakes because of it

وَتَكادُ مِنهُ الأَرضُ أَن تَتَزَلزَلا

وَتَكادُ مِنهُ الأَرضُ أَن تَتَزَلزَلا

حَتّى رَأَوكَ وَمَن رَآكَ فَلَم يُرَع

حَتّى رَأَوكَ وَمَن رَآكَ فَلَم يُرَع

and at which the earth almost quakes.

Until they saw you, and whoever saw you did not refrain from

Until they saw you—and who has seen you without being awed?

Despairing while looking upon that horde

يَئِسوا وَقَد نَظَروكَ ذاكَ الجَحفَلا

يَئِسوا وَقَد نَظَروكَ ذاكَ الجَحفَلا

وَتَحَقَّقوا ما رابَهُم بِتَوَهُّمٍ

وَتَحَقَّقوا ما رابَهُم بِتَوَهُّمٍ

They despaired, having seen you as that mighty host.

And they realized what they had doubted with imagination

They confirmed what had alarmed them in conjecture,

And saw plainly what they had imagined

وَرَأَوا عِياناً ما رَأَوهُ تَخَيُّلا

وَرَأَوا عِياناً ما رَأَوهُ تَخَيُّلا

خَطَبَت إِلَيكَ السِلمَ أَملاكُ الوَرى

خَطَبَت إِلَيكَ السِلمَ أَملاكُ الوَرى

and saw with their own eyes what they had seen in imagination.

The masters of the world sought peace from you

The kings of mankind sought peace from you,

So their delegations became continuous at your door

فَغَدَت وُفودُهُمُ بِبابِكَ مُثَّلا

فَغَدَت وُفودُهُمُ بِبابِكَ مُثَّلا

كَم قَد أَتَتكَ مُخِفَّةً وَأَعَدتَها

كَم قَد أَتَتكَ مُخِفَّةً وَأَعَدتَها

and their delegations came to stand at your gate.

How many came to you humiliated and you prepared them

How many came to you lightly laden, and you sent them back

To where they cannot endure what you enabled

لا تَستَطيعُ بِما أَنَلتَ تَحَمُّلا

لا تَستَطيعُ بِما أَنَلتَ تَحَمُّلا

شَيَّدتَ لِلإِسلامِ فَلتَسلَم لَهُ

شَيَّدتَ لِلإِسلامِ فَلتَسلَم لَهُ

unable to bear the load of what you bestowed.

You established glory for Islam, so let it submit to it

You built for Islam—may you remain safe for it—

Through your supremacy, glory that has no cracks

بِعُلاكَ عِزّاً لا يَريمُ مُؤَثَّلا

بِعُلاكَ عِزّاً لا يَريمُ مُؤَثَّلا

لا يَطمَعَنَّ بِأَن يُسامِيَ ذا العُلى

لا يَطمَعَنَّ بِأَن يُسامِيَ ذا العُلى

through your eminence, a firmly founded glory that never departs.

Let no climber aspire to rise to this loftiness

Let none aspire to rival this eminence—

A towering one, even if reaching the highest clouds

سامٍ وَلَو كانَ السِماكَ الأَعزَلا

سامٍ وَلَو كانَ السِماكَ الأَعزَلا

كَلّا وَلا رَيّاً يُؤَمِّلُ دونَها

كَلّا وَلا رَيّاً يُؤَمِّلُ دونَها

no lofty one, even if he were al-Simak the Unarmed.

No, by rain does one who hopes without it hope

No; nor should anyone hope to quench his thirst below it—

A downpour, even if the pouring rains flooded

ظامٍ وَلَو شامَ الغُيوثَ الهُطَّلا

ظامٍ وَلَو شامَ الغُيوثَ الهُطَّلا

لَمّا اِرتَضَتكَ لَها الخِلافَةُ عُدَّةً

لَمّا اِرتَضَتكَ لَها الخِلافَةُ عُدَّةً

no thirsty man, even if he spies the pouring rains.

When the caliphate approved you as support for it

When the caliphate chose you as its resource,

Then got you to straighten what deviated

ثُمَّ اِنتَضَتكَ فَكُنتَ عَضباً مِقصَلا

ثُمَّ اِنتَضَتكَ فَكُنتَ عَضباً مِقصَلا

أَصبَحتَ صاحِبَ رَأيِها إِن عَضَّها

أَصبَحتَ صاحِبَ رَأيِها إِن عَضَّها

then drew you, you proved a keen, severing sword.

You became an advisor when an era twisted it

You became its counselor whenever it was bitten

And a decisive healer when its sickness lingered

زَمَنٌ وَحاسِمَ دائِها إِن أَعضَلا

زَمَنٌ وَحاسِمَ دائِها إِن أَعضَلا

وَلَتَذخَرَن طَيُّ العَصاءَ لِرَعيِ ما

وَلَتَذخَرَن طَيُّ العَصاءَ لِرَعيِ ما

by time, and the eradicator of its illness when it grew intractable.

It will hoard obedience for shepherding what

And let Tayy save the staff for herding what

You kept and leave the withered and worn

أَبقَيتَ وَلتَذَرِ الوَشيجَ الذُبَّلا

أَبقَيتَ وَلتَذَرِ الوَشيجَ الذُبَّلا

قَد أَصبَحوا فِرَقاً بِكُلِّ مَفازَةٍ

قَد أَصبَحوا فِرَقاً بِكُلِّ مَفازَةٍ

you have spared, and abandon the slender spear-shafts.

They have become in every desolate place

They have become scattered bands in every wilderness,

Scattered groups from a fire that cannot be lit

فَرَقاً مِنَ النارِ الَّتي لا تُصطَلا

فَرَقاً مِنَ النارِ الَّتي لا تُصطَلا

أَنزَلتَهُم دارَ الهَوانِ وَلَو رَضوا

أَنزَلتَهُم دارَ الهَوانِ وَلَو رَضوا

in fear of the fire at which none can warm themselves.

You brought them down to the abode of disgrace, and if they accepted

You lodged them in the house of humiliation; even had they accepted

Other than your authority, they would not have taken it as a dwelling

بِسُطى سِواكَ لَما اِرتَضَوها مَنزِلا

بِسُطى سِواكَ لَما اِرتَضَوها مَنزِلا

وَسَلَبتَ حَسّاناً بِعِزِّكَ عِزَّةً

وَسَلَبتَ حَسّاناً بِعِزِّكَ عِزَّةً

another's assaults, they would not have chosen it as a dwelling.

And you stripped the Romans through your honor of honor

With your might you stripped Hassan of his might,

And it would have had disappointment over what escaped it

وَلَكانَ ذا وَجدٍ بِما عَنهُ سَلا

وَلَكانَ ذا وَجدٍ بِما عَنهُ سَلا

فَاِذعَر بِذا العَزمِ الأُسودَ الغُلبَ في

فَاِذعَر بِذا العَزمِ الأُسودَ الغُلبَ في

and he would have grieved over what he has ceased to mourn.

So frighten in its dense forests the blackened defeat, and leave

So with this resolve terrify the thick-necked lions in

The ostriches scattered about

غاباتِها وَذَرِ النَعامَ الجُفَّلا

غاباتِها وَذَرِ النَعامَ الجُفَّلا

فَسُيوفُ عَزمِكَ لَو لَقيتَ مُهَلهِلاً

فَسُيوفُ عَزمِكَ لَو لَقيتَ مُهَلهِلاً

their thickets, and leave the fleeing ostriches.

Your swords of determination, if you met

The swords of your resolve—had you met Muhalhil

A mocker on a day of dogs with them, would return him silenced

يَومَ الكُلابِ بِها لَعادَ مُهَلِّلا

يَومَ الكُلابِ بِها لَعادَ مُهَلِّلا

وَسِهامُ رَأيِكَ ما رَمَيتَ بِها العِدى

وَسِهامُ رَأيِكَ ما رَمَيتَ بِها العِدى

with them on the day of al-Kulab, he would have returned proclaiming God's oneness.

And the arrows of your opinion, whenever you shot them at an enemy

And the arrows of your judgment: never did you shoot them at the foes

They always made every limb slain

إِلّا أَصارَت كُلَّ عُضوٍ مَقتَلا

إِلّا أَصارَت كُلَّ عُضوٍ مَقتَلا

وَليَلبَسِ الطَوقَ المُرَصَّعَ ناكِثٌ

وَليَلبَسِ الطَوقَ المُرَصَّعَ ناكِثٌ

but they made every limb a mortal target.

And let the oath breaker wear the studded necklace

Let the oath-breaker wear the jeweled collar,

And find the cross lighter than it to carry

وَجَدَ الصَليبَ أَخَفَّ مِنهُ مَحمَلا

وَجَدَ الصَليبَ أَخَفَّ مِنهُ مَحمَلا

وَليَهنِ مَولانا عَزائِمُ غادَرَت

وَليَهنِ مَولانا عَزائِمُ غادَرَت

who found the cross lighter to bear than it.

And let our Master’s resolves that deserted

And may our lord be gladdened by resolves that left

The flatterer who never ceased to flatter, languish

مُتَذَلِّلاً مَن لَم يَزَل مُتَدَلِّلا

مُتَذَلِّلاً مَن لَم يَزَل مُتَدَلِّلا

وَاِنتابَهُ أَهلُ البِلادِ وَطالَما

وَاِنتابَهُ أَهلُ البِلادِ وَطالَما

humbled one who had always been pampered.

And let it destroy those who forsook it, though long

And the people of the lands flocked to it, though for long

Its people had intended to turn away from it

قَد رامَ عَنهُ أَهلُهُ مُتَحَوَّلا

قَد رامَ عَنهُ أَهلُهُ مُتَحَوَّلا

قَد صارَ صُبحُ الشامِ لَيلاً مُسفِراً

قَد صارَ صُبحُ الشامِ لَيلاً مُسفِراً

its own people had sought a place away from it.

The dawn of Syria has become an unveiling night

Syria's dawn has become radiant by night,

And the dawn in it would have been a very dark night

وَلَكانَ فيهِ الصُبحُ لَيلاً أَليَلا

وَلَكانَ فيهِ الصُبحُ لَيلاً أَليَلا

مُذ ظَلَّ بَأسُكَ عَونَهُ إِن نابَهُ

مُذ ظَلَّ بَأسُكَ عَونَهُ إِن نابَهُ

though its dawn would otherwise have been pitch-dark night,

Since your might stood by it if misfortune struck it

since your might has remained its aid whenever it is visited

And your generosity was its rain if the times aridified

خَطبٌ وَجودُكَ غَيثَهُ إِن أَمحَلا

خَطبٌ وَجودُكَ غَيثَهُ إِن أَمحَلا

فَليَرمِ مَن أَصبَحتَ عُدَّتَهُ العِدى

فَليَرمِ مَن أَصبَحتَ عُدَّتَهُ العِدى

by calamity, and your generosity its rain whenever it suffers drought.

So let those whose preparedness against the enemy is through you

Let him whose resource you have become strike the foes

Hope from certainty that they will not be disgraced

بِكَ عَن يَقينٍ أَنَّهُ لَن يُنضَلا

بِكَ عَن يَقينٍ أَنَّهُ لَن يُنضَلا

وَليَرقَ مَن رامَ العُلُوَّ بِنائِلٍ

وَليَرقَ مَن رامَ العُلُوَّ بِنائِلٍ

with you, certain that he will not be outshot.

And let those whose rising ambition with attainment was to

And let whoever seeks height rise through a gift,

Match your fame return disappointed and dejected

فَنَداكَ يَحكي العارِضَ المُتَهَلِّلا

فَنَداكَ يَحكي العارِضَ المُتَهَلِّلا

فَبِمِثلِ هَذا البَأسِ يَحمي مَن حَمى

فَبِمِثلِ هَذا البَأسِ يَحمي مَن حَمى

for your bounty is like the beaming rain-cloud.

With such might is protected who you protect

With such might does a protector protect,

And with such generosity ascends who you raise

وَبِمِثلِ هَذا الجودِ يَعلو مَن عَلى

وَبِمِثلِ هَذا الجودِ يَعلو مَن عَلى

أَيُّ الخَلائِقِ لَم تَدِن لَكَ طاعَةً

أَيُّ الخَلائِقِ لَم تَدِن لَكَ طاعَةً

and with such generosity does one who rises rise high.

Which of the creations has not submitted obedience to you

Which of creation has not bowed in obedience to you?

Which of the cities has not become with you an impenetrable refuge

أَيُّ المَدائِنِ لَم تَصِر بِكَ مَعقِلا

أَيُّ المَدائِنِ لَم تَصِر بِكَ مَعقِلا

لَو قيلَ لِلأَيّامِ وَهيَ خَبيرَةٌ

لَو قيلَ لِلأَيّامِ وَهيَ خَبيرَةٌ

Which city has not become a stronghold through you?

If it were said to the days, and they are knowledgeable

Were the days, well-informed as they are, asked,

Is there anyone like the victorious among the people? They would say no

هَل كَالمُظَفَّرِ في الأَنامِ لَقُلنَ لا

هَل كَالمُظَفَّرِ في الأَنامِ لَقُلنَ لا

إِنَّ الزَمانُ أَرادَ كَشفَكَ لِلوَرى

إِنَّ الزَمانُ أَرادَ كَشفَكَ لِلوَرى

'Is anyone among mankind like al-Muzaffar?' they would say, 'No.'

Time wanted to expose you to all

Indeed, Time wished to reveal you to mankind,

So you volunteered to fend it off and were impartial to correct

فَسَطا لِتَردَعَهُ وَجارَ لِتَعدِلا

فَسَطا لِتَردَعَهُ وَجارَ لِتَعدِلا

فَعَدَلتَ حَتّى لَم تَجِد مُتَظَلِّماً

فَعَدَلتَ حَتّى لَم تَجِد مُتَظَلِّماً

so it struck for you to restrain it, and wronged for you to act justly.

You were just until you found none wronged

You dealt so justly that you found no complainant,

And you prevented until you left none reduced

وَمَنَعتَ حَتّى لَم تَدَع مُتَبَذِّلا

وَمَنَعتَ حَتّى لَم تَدَع مُتَبَذِّلا

عِزٌّ أَنالَكَ ذو الجَلالِ بَقاءَهُ

عِزٌّ أَنالَكَ ذو الجَلالِ بَقاءَهُ

and protected so well that you left none exposed to humiliation.

Glory the Majestic granted you eternal

A glory—may the Lord of Majesty grant you its continuance!

So you contained thereby the pride fully completed

فَلَقَد حَوَيتَ بِهِ الفَخارَ مُكَمَّلا

فَلَقَد حَوَيتَ بِهِ الفَخارَ مُكَمَّلا

وَأَراكَ مَحموداً مُبَلَّغَ رُتبَةٍ

وَأَراكَ مَحموداً مُبَلَّغَ رُتبَةٍ

For through it you have attained honor in full.

And I see you attained praiseworthy rank

And may He show you praised, raised to a rank

Not reached by lesser conquerors of old

ما نالَ أَدناها الأَكاسِرَةُ الأُلى

ما نالَ أَدناها الأَكاسِرَةُ الأُلى

فَلَقى الشَآمَ وَساكِنيهِ عِصمَةً

فَلَقى الشَآمَ وَساكِنيهِ عِصمَةً

whose lowest degree the ancient Khosrows never reached.

The Levant and its inhabitants were protected

Thus He granted Syria and its inhabitants protection

When the darkness upon it became shaded

أَن أَصبَحَ الضِرغامُ فيهِ مُشبِلا

أَن أَصبَحَ الضِرغامُ فيهِ مُشبِلا

مَلِكٌ إِذا حَمَلَ المَغارِمَ عَنهُمُ

مَلِكٌ إِذا حَمَلَ المَغارِمَ عَنهُمُ

in the lion's now having cubs there.

A king who when he carried their burdens

A king who, when he bears their financial burdens for them,

Rewarded, and if he paid kindness, he was most rewarding

أَجزى وَإِن بَذَلَ المَكارِمَ أَجزَلا

أَجزى وَإِن بَذَلَ المَكارِمَ أَجزَلا

سَهلٌ عَلى الطُلّابِ صَعبٌ في الوَرى

سَهلٌ عَلى الطُلّابِ صَعبٌ في الوَرى

meets them fully, and when he bestows favors, gives lavishly.

Easy upon seekers, hard to find in the world

Accessible to petitioners, formidable among mankind:

Most generous with the awed whom you made feel at ease

أَكرِم بِهِ مُستَصعِباً مُستَسهَلا

أَكرِم بِهِ مُستَصعِباً مُستَسهَلا

يا مُصطَفى المَلِكُ المُظَفَّرِ لَم تَدَع

يا مُصطَفى المَلِكُ المُظَفَّرِ لَم تَدَع

how noble he is, hard to subdue and easy to approach!

O chosen one, the King bestowed with triumph, you have left

O chosen one of King al-Muzaffar, you have left no

In this praise, to an ennobled one, no way in

في ذا الثَناءِ لَدى مُجِدٍّ مَدخَلا

في ذا الثَناءِ لَدى مُجِدٍّ مَدخَلا

حَرَّمتُهُ إِلّا عَلَيكَ فَلَن تَرى

حَرَّمتُهُ إِلّا عَلَيكَ فَلَن تَرى

opening in this praise for any diligent praiser.

I made it exclusive to you, so you will never see

I have made it forbidden to all but you; never shall you see it

For other than you, ever, from me made permissible

أَبَداً لِغَيرِكَ ما حَيِيتُ مُحَلَّلا

أَبَداً لِغَيرِكَ ما حَيِيتُ مُحَلَّلا

ماذا أَرومُ وَكُلُّ أَكدَرَ قَد صَفا

ماذا أَرومُ وَكُلُّ أَكدَرَ قَد صَفا

made lawful for anyone else as long as I live.

What could I want when all bitterness has cleared

What should I seek, when all that was murky has cleared

For me through your presence, and all bitterness dissolved?

لي في ذُراكَ وَكُلُّ مُرٍّ قَد حَلا

لي في ذُراكَ وَكُلُّ مُرٍّ قَد حَلا

حَسبُ المَطامِعِ رَوضُ بِشرِكَ مَرتَعاً

حَسبُ المَطامِعِ رَوضُ بِشرِكَ مَرتَعاً

for me in your shelter, and every bitterness has turned sweet?

It suffices ambitions as your serenity pastures

The meadow of your cheerful welcome suffices as a pasture for aspirations,

And it satisfies wishes as your stream of generosity flows

وَكَفى المُنى مُنهَلُّ جودِكَ مَنهَلا

وَكَفى المُنى مُنهَلُّ جودِكَ مَنهَلا

وَالآنَ أَغناني عَنِ الثَمَدِ الحَيا ال

وَالآنَ أَغناني عَنِ الثَمَدِ الحَيا ال

and the downpour of your generosity suffices as a watering-place for hopes.

And now your spirit has made me needless of

And now I need no scant water, thanks to the rain

Other praisings, and forgot me the remembered places

هامي وَأَنساني المَحَلَّ المُمحِلا

هامي وَأَنساني المَحَلَّ المُمحِلا

pouring down, which has made me forget the drought-stricken place.