Sol 6.1

  1. أَيا ناصرَ الدينِ الَّذي عَمَّ فَضلُهُ

    وَقَد شَمَلَتنا بِالنَوالِ شَمائِلُه

    O Nasir al-Din, whose bounty embraces all,

    and whose noble traits have enfolded us in generosity.

  2. تَبسَّمَ هَذا القطرُ إِذ أَنتَ حاضِرٌ

    بِهِ وَجَرى سَلسالُه وَجداولُه

    This land smiled when you were present

    within it, and its sweet waters and streams flowed.

  3. ففي كُلِّ رَوضٍ مِنهُ عَينٌ قَريرةٌ

    وَفي كُلِّ زَهرٍ مِنهُ زَهرٌ تُشاكِلُه

    So in each of its gardens is a contented eye,

    and in each of its blossoms is a bloom that you resemble.

  4. يُنافِسُني فيك الزَمانُ حسادة

    إِذا رُمتُ لُقياك اِستَمَرّت شَوغِلُه

    Time vies with me for you, out of envy;

    whenever I seek to meet you, its distractions persist.

  5. وَلي زَمَنٌ لَم أُبصِرَ السيِّدَ الَّذي

    إِذا لَم نَزُرهُ زارَنا مِنهُ نائِلُه

    And it has been some time since I saw the lord who,

    if we do not visit him, has bounty that comes from him to visit us.

  6. كَريمٌ قَصَدناهُ لِدَفعِ مُلِمَّةٍ

    مِن الدَهرِ فانثالَت عَلَينا فَواضِلُه

    A generous man—we sought him to ward off a calamity

    from fate, and his favors poured down upon us.

  7. فَمِن جودِهِ في كُلِّ جِيدٍ قَلائِدٌ

    بِها يَزدَهي حُسناً عَلى مَن يُطاوِلُه

    So from his generosity there are necklaces on every neck,

    with which it glories in beauty above whoever rivals it.

  8. وَما الفَخرُ إِلا ما يروِّضُ فكرُهُ

    وَلا الهَجرُ إِلا ما تَفِيضُ أَنامِلُه

    And glory is nothing but what his mind cultivates,

    and estrangement is nothing but what his fingertips pour forth.

  9. وَجاورَ هَذا النِيلَ نَيلُ بنانِهِ

    وَرامَ مُضاهاةً لِمَن لا يُماثِلُه

    And the bounty of his fingertips dwelt beside this Nile,

    and the Nile sought to rival one it cannot equal.

  10. وَأَنّى يُضاهي واحدٌ عشرَ أَنمُلٍ

    تُمَدُّ مِن البَحرِ الخِضَمِّ نَوافِلُه

    And how can one rival ten fingertips,

    whose gifts are replenished from the vast ocean?