حَازَ الْفَخَارَ التَّلِيدِي

حَازَ الْفَخَارَ التَّلِيدِي

مِنْ طَارِفٍ وَتَلِيدِ

مِنْ طَارِفٍ وَتَلِيدِ

He won ancestral glory

The worthy one attained the esteemed relics

He has attained enduring glory,

From both the newly acquired and the inherited.

From precious and venerated lands

from both the newly acquired and the ancient.

أَبُو الْمَحَاسِنِ أَحْسِنْ

أَبُو الْمَحَاسِنِ أَحْسِنْ

فَمَا حَوَى مِنْ فَرِيدِ

فَمَا حَوَى مِنْ فَرِيدِ

Abu al-Mahasin—how excellent!

Oh most virtuous one do good

Abu al-Mahasin has truly excelled

And what rare gems he has gathered!

So what he contains is unmatched

in the unparalleled virtues he has gathered.

مَنْ لَيْسَ يُحْصِي ثَنَاءً

مَنْ لَيْسَ يُحْصِي ثَنَاءً

عَلَيْهِ شِعْرُ لَبِيدِ

عَلَيْهِ شِعْرُ لَبِيدِ

One whose praises cannot be numbered

He whose praise cannot be quantified

He is one whose praises cannot be enumerated,

By the poetry of Labid.

Not even by the poetry of Labid

not even by the poetry of Labid.

مَنْ زَارَ مِنْهُ هُمَاماً

مَنْ زَارَ مِنْهُ هُمَاماً

آوَى لِرُكْنٍ شَدِيدِ

آوَى لِرُكْنٍ شَدِيدِ

Whoever visits the noble-hearted lord in him

Whoever visited him in yearning

Whoever visits such a valiant hero

Takes refuge with a mighty pillar,

Found shelter in his formidable pillar

takes refuge in a mighty pillar,

وَنَالَ مَا يَرْتَجِيهِ

وَنَالَ مَا يَرْتَجِيهِ

مِنْ رَبِّ عَرْشٍ مَجِيدِ

مِنْ رَبِّ عَرْشٍ مَجِيدِ

And gains what he hopes for

And attained what he aspires

and attains all that he hopes for

From the Lord of a glorious Throne.

From the Lord of the Majestic Throne

from the Lord of the Glorious Throne.

لاَ غَرْوَ إِنَّا قَطَعْنَا

لاَ غَرْوَ إِنَّا قَطَعْنَا

إِلَيْهِ شُمَّخَ بِيدِ

إِلَيْهِ شُمَّخَ بِيدِ

No wonder we have crossed

Without doubt we tread the path

It is no wonder that we have crossed

Toward him, towering desert heights,

To him barefoot in humility

towering, desolate deserts to reach him,

تَسْتَوْكِفُ الْفَضْلَ فَضْ

تَسْتَوْكِفُ الْفَضْلَ فَضْ

لَ اللهِ الْمُغْنِي الْحَمِيدِ

لَ اللهِ الْمُغْنِي الْحَمِيدِ

Seeking showers of bounty—the bounty

You suffice seeking virtue for

seeking the outpouring of grace, the grace

Of God, the Enricher, the Praiseworthy.

God is the Enricher, the Praiseworthy

of God, the Enricher, the Praiseworthy.

فَالْبَحْرَ زُرْنَا وَلَكِنْ

فَالْبَحْرَ زُرْنَا وَلَكِنْ

بَحْرَ النَّوَالِ الْمُرِيدِ

بَحْرَ النَّوَالِ الْمُرِيدِ

So we visited the sea—and yet

So we visited the sea but

For it is the sea we have visited, but

A willing sea of bounty.

The sea of the devout aspirant

a sea of willing, sought-after bounty.

وَالْغَيْثُ فَهُمْ بِفَضْلٍ

وَالْغَيْثُ فَهُمْ بِفَضْلٍ

مَا بَعْدَهُ مِنْ مَزِيدِ

مَا بَعْدَهُ مِنْ مَزِيدِ

And the rain—so they have bounty

And the rain so they are in bounty

And the abundant rain—so aspire to a grace

Beyond which there is no more.

Beyond that is no increase

beyond which there is no further increase.