حبستْنا السماءُ حبساً كريماً

حبستْنا السماءُ حبساً كريماً

من كريمٍ وعِندَ حُرٍّ كريمِ

من كريمٍ وعِندَ حُرٍّ كريمِ

The sky held us in a gracious captivity,

The sky has imprisoned us in a generous confinement,

from a generous one, and with a noble, generous man.

From a generous one, and in the abode of a noble free man.

فظللنا بما ادَّعيناه من حل

فظللنا بما ادَّعيناه من حل

مٍ وعلم ونائلٍ ونعيمِ

مٍ وعلم ونائلٍ ونعيمِ

So we spent the day with all we had wished for: forbearance,

So we have remained in the protection that we claimed,

learning, bounty, and delight,

Of solution, knowledge, attainment and blessing.

في أمانٍ ومَأمَنٍ بين غَيْثٍ

في أمانٍ ومَأمَنٍ بين غَيْثٍ

وغياثٍ لحادث وقديمِ

وغياثٍ لحادث وقديمِ

in safety and sanctuary, between rain

In safety and refuge, between pouring rain

and succor for troubles new and old—

And help for an old and recent accident.

قاسمٍ قاسمِ العطايا الذي حا

قاسمٍ قاسمِ العطايا الذي حا

ز العُلى وحْدَهُ بغيرِ قسيمِ

ز العُلى وحْدَهُ بغيرِ قسيمِ

Qasim, dispenser of gifts, who attained

A divider, dividing the gifts, who alone

glory alone, with no one to share it.

Attained the heights, without an associate.

فرأينا العُلا أحَظَّ به مِنْ

فرأينا العُلا أحَظَّ به مِنْ

هُ بها في قضاءِ كُلِّ حكيمِ

هُ بها في قضاءِ كُلِّ حكيمِ

So we found glory more fortunate in him than

So we saw the heights were more deserving of him

he in it, in every sage's judgment.

Than them, in the judgement of every wise one.

كَسْرَوِيٌّ شرابهُ من رحيقٍ

كَسْرَوِيٌّ شرابهُ من رحيقٍ

ومِزاجُ الرحيقِ من تَسْنيمِ

ومِزاجُ الرحيقِ من تَسْنيمِ

His drink is fit for Khosrau, of pure wine,

Like a heavenly drink, his drink of pure wine,

and the wine is blended with Tasnim.

And the blend of pure wine is from gentle blowing.

وغناءٌ كأَنَّهُ أرْيَحيّا

وغناءٌ كأَنَّهُ أرْيَحيّا

تُ الصِبى تستخِفُّ حِلْمَ الحليمِ

تُ الصِبى تستخِفُّ حِلْمَ الحليمِ

And singing, as though it were the exuberant impulses

And songs that are like the playing of youths

of youth, unsettling the composure of the self-possessed.

Mocking the patience of the forbearing.

قَيِّمٌ كلّهُ وإنْ صِيغَ مِنْ أعْ

قَيِّمٌ كلّهُ وإنْ صِيغَ مِنْ أعْ

وجَ ذي عطفةٍ ومن مُستقيمِ

وجَ ذي عطفةٍ ومن مُستقيمِ

All of it is sound, though fashioned from the crooked—

All righteous, though created from one bending over

with its curve—and from the straight.

With kindness and uprightness.

في رِباعٍ مثلِ الرياضِ يُحَيِّي

في رِباعٍ مثلِ الرياضِ يُحَيِّي

كَ بأنفاسها رَقيقُ النسيمِ

كَ بأنفاسها رَقيقُ النسيمِ

In dwellings like gardens, it greets

In gardens like meadows, reviving you

you with their breath—the gentle breeze.

With its gentle breezes, gently blowing.

مَنْ سقَى ما سقَى وأسمعَ ما أسْ

مَنْ سقَى ما سقَى وأسمعَ ما أسْ

مع لم يُبِق غايةً للنديمِ

مع لم يُبِق غايةً للنديمِ

He who served what he served, and let us hear what he let us hear,

Whoever drank what he drank, and heard what was heard

left nothing more for a drinking companion to desire.

Left no pinnacle for the cupbearer.

جعل الله ريح دولتِهِ الده

جعل الله ريح دولتِهِ الده

رَ نَسيماً يَفوقُ كلَّ نَسيمِ

رَ نَسيماً يَفوقُ كلَّ نَسيمِ

May God make the wind of his ascendancy, for all

May God make the wind of his enduring kingdom

time, a breeze surpassing every breeze.

A breeze surpassing all other breezes.