لقد فزتُ من نثر الكلامِ ونظمِه

لقد فزتُ من نثر الكلامِ ونظمِه

بما استصْغَرَ الدرَّ المصونَ لعُظْمِهِ

بما استصْغَرَ الدرَّ المصونَ لعُظْمِهِ

Indeed, from speech in prose and verse I have gained

I have excelled in prose and verse

What, by its greatness, made treasured pearls seem small.

With words that belittle the guarded pearl in its grandeur

وأيدتُ بالمعنى الذي راقَ ماؤه

وأيدتُ بالمعنى الذي راقَ ماؤه

فأروِ به من شئتَ منا واظْمِهِ

فأروِ به من شئتَ منا واظْمِهِ

And I was aided by the meaning whose water was clear;

And I have supported with pleasing meaning

So quench with it the thirst of whomever you wish among us, and make him thirsty.

Quench with it whom you wish of us and muzzle him

ووفّيتُ حقّ المُلْكِ بالخدمةِ التي

ووفّيتُ حقّ المُلْكِ بالخدمةِ التي

تجرّدَ ذيلُ العزمِ عن ساقِ حزْمِه

تجرّدَ ذيلُ العزمِ عن ساقِ حزْمِه

And I paid kingship its due through service in which

And I have fulfilled the right of the kingdom with service

Resolve's hem drew back from the shin of its firmness.

That the train of resolve has cast off from the leg of its determination

فإن تدعُ أن قيلَ الوفاءُ أباً له

فإن تدعُ أن قيلَ الوفاءُ أباً له

فحاً إذا ما العزُّ كان ابنَ عمّهِ

فحاً إذا ما العزُّ كان ابنَ عمّهِ

So if you call because loyalty was named his father,

If you claim that loyalty is a disgrace to it

Then [unclear word], when glory was his cousin.

Then disgrace, when honor is the cousin of its uncle

ألبّيكَ ألفاً أيها الصارخُ الذي

ألبّيكَ ألفاً أيها الصارخُ الذي

غدا منه حربُ الدهرِ يُدْعى بسَلْمِه

غدا منه حربُ الدهرِ يُدْعى بسَلْمِه

I answer you a thousand times, O caller who

I say to you a thousand times, O you who cry out

Made Time's war come to be called his peace.

From which the war of fate is called by its peace

ومَنْ ذا الذي يا بنَ الكرامِ يحيدُ عن

ومَنْ ذا الذي يا بنَ الكرامِ يحيدُ عن

ولايةِ من يَعْنو الأنامُ بحكمِه

ولايةِ من يَعْنو الأنامُ بحكمِه

And who is it, O son of the noble, who turns aside from

And who, O son of nobles, deviates

Allegiance to one under whose rule humankind bows?

From the allegiance of one whose rule brings people together

وماذا مكانُ الحِلْمِ عنهُ ولو جرى

وماذا مكانُ الحِلْمِ عنهُ ولو جرى

للقمانَ هذا لم يؤيَّدْ بحِلمِه

للقمانَ هذا لم يؤيَّدْ بحِلمِه

And what place has forbearance apart from him? Even had this befallen

And what place does forbearance have with him? And if this flows

Luqman, he would not have been aided by his forbearance.

To Luqman, he would not be supported by his forbearance

فإنْ زاغَ عمّا دمتُه فيه زائغٌ

فإنْ زاغَ عمّا دمتُه فيه زائغٌ

So if a wayward one strays from what I [unclear verb] in him—

If he deviates from what I make him constant in