Sol 6.1

  1. عاود جهادكَ مقضيَّ المشيئاتِ

    واستكمل النصر سلميَّ الفتوحاتِ

    Resume your struggle, with your wishes fulfilled,

    And complete your victory, peaceful in your conquests.

  2. برئتَ من علة طالت وطال بما

    صبرت أجرُك في ماضٍ وفي آت

    You recovered from an illness that lingered; and for

    Your patience, your reward grew, in the past and in time to come.

  3. فجئت في صحة للخير دائمة

    أصح قولاً وأعمالاً ونيات

    So you came in lasting health for doing good,

    Sounder in speech, deeds, and intentions.

  4. وما تزال تداوي ما بطائفة

    مخدوعة من تَعلّات وعلات

    And still you treat the afflictions of a faction,

    Deluded, with its pretexts and ailments.

  5. توعَّدوا بانتقاضٍ أو بمؤتمر

    فهل مضى يوم تأديب المحاماة

    They threatened rebellion or a conference—

    Has the day of disciplining the bar, then, passed?

  6. يمهدون بتمويهٍ لتبرئةٍ

    ويدفعون إليها بالنداءات

    They pave the way with deception for exoneration,

    And press for it with their appeals.

  7. إذا رووا عنك ما الرائي يكذبه

    فما يضرك من تلك الروايات

    If they report about you what an eyewitness disproves,

    Then what harm can those reports do you?

  8. فاترك صحائفهم تجلو مواقفهم

    فإنها بهِمُ شرُّ السعايات

    So leave their newspapers to reveal their positions,

    For they are the worst denunciations against them.

  9. يطالبونك بالصعب العسير على

    ما أسلفوا من سياسات وثورات

    They demand of you the hard and arduous, despite

    The policies and revolutions they put forward before.

  10. وما لهم يضعون الشوك في سبلٍ

    رأيتها المستقيمات الأمينات

    And why do they lay thorns in paths

    You have found straight and safe?

  11. فإن همُ حكموا عن هين عجزوا

    وإن خلوا أرجفوا بالمستحيلات

    For if they govern, they fail at even easy tasks,

    And if left free, they spread alarming rumors of the impossible.

  12. أمن طلابهم الموت الزؤام إلى

    طلاب حكم وسلطان وثارات

    Do they turn from seeking swift, dreadful death to

    Seeking rule, power, and vengeance?

  13. وهل يريدون في مجرى الدماء لهم

    وفي مَجرِّ الضحايا المهرجانات

    And do they want, amid flowing blood, for themselves—

    And amid the dragging of victims—festivals?

  14. وبعد ما كذبوا الجهال ما وعدوا

    لم يبرحوا يستغلون الجهالات

    And after deceiving the ignorant with their promises,

    They have not ceased exploiting ignorance.

  15. فوضى أقلية تودي بمملكة

    فكيف تترك فوضى الأكثريات

    A minority's anarchy ruins a kingdom;

    So how can you allow the anarchy of majorities?

  16. لا رأى في الأمر إلا للمحيط به

    ولا مكانة إلا للكفايات

    None has a say in the matter but one who fully grasps it,

    And standing belongs only to competence.

  17. وما النيابة والشورى لمتخذٍ

    للعيش من شيع الأهواء آلات

    Neither representation nor consultation is for one who uses

    The factions of whim as tools for his livelihood.

  18. أمانة عندك الدستور تحفظه

    وأنت أقوى على حفظ الأمانات

    The constitution is a trust in your keeping; you safeguard it,

    And you are best able to safeguard trusts.

  19. فإن تشأ فأداء لا أوان له

    وإن تشأ فأداء بعد ساعات

    If you wish, its fulfillment has no appointed time;

    And if you wish, its fulfillment comes a few hours later.

  20. تريده جامعاً للقوم شملهم

    لا للنزاع وتفريق الجماعات

    You want it to unite the people's ranks,

    Not for strife and the division of communities.

  21. فليتق اللّه فيه طالبوه فما

    طلابه بأباطيل وسوءات

    So let those who seek it fear God concerning it, for

    Its pursuit is not through falsehoods and shameful deeds.

  22. أشفقتُ مما جنته منهمُ فئة

    وجئت أطلب في الجاني الشفاعات

    I was alarmed by what a faction among them had committed,

    And came to seek intercession for the offender.

  23. عسى لهم في الذي أبدوه من عنت

    عذر لديك وستر للخفيّات

    Perhaps they have, for the obstinacy they displayed,

    An excuse in your eyes, and a veil over what is hidden.

  24. فيهم قريبي وجاري والشريك ولي

    على جميعهمُ حق الرعايات

    Among them are my kinsman, my neighbor, and my partner; and I have

    A claim to consideration from them all.

  25. وإن تكن فدية منهم وتضحية

    ترضيك عنهم ففي ترك العداوات

    And if a ransom and sacrifice from them

    Would reconcile you to them, it lies in renouncing enmities.

  26. لقد أخذت من الدنيا حقائقها

    وما أراحك أصحاب الخيالات

    You have indeed grasped the realities of the world,

    And the men of fancy have given you no rest.

  27. ولو يغالون في خير أعَنْتَهُمُ

    على التعجُّل فيه والمقالات

    Were they to go to extremes in doing good, you would help them

    In hastening it and in their pronouncements.

  28. يكابر الرهط في رأيي ومعتقدي

    وهل يكابر يوماً في مروءاتي

    The group stubbornly disputes my opinion and my belief;

    But does it ever dispute my honorable deeds?

  29. حمل الجبال على الإنسان أهون من

    حمل الأذى وجدال المخطئ العاتي

    Bearing mountains is easier for a person than

    Bearing harm and arguing with a defiant person in the wrong.

  30. ليت القصائد إذ أمضيتها نذراً

    في كلِّ ناحيةٍ عادت بشارات

    Would that the poems, when I dispatched them as warnings

    In every quarter, had returned as glad tidings.

  31. وليتني بعد ما أحكمتها ذمماً

    للجانبين توليت السفارات

    And would that, after I had made them binding pledges

    For both sides, I had undertaken diplomatic missions.

  32. ولو ملكت جعلت الناس كلهمُ

    ملائكاً وجميع الأرض جنات

    Had I the power, I would make all people

    Angels, and the whole earth gardens.

  33. يا خادم الشعب في حزب بلغت به

    كبرى الرياسة موفور الكرامات

    O servant of the people in a party through which you reached

    The highest leadership, richly endowed with honors,

  34. والمخلص الحر للتاج الذي ظفرت

    بك الوزارة منه بالضمانات

    And free, loyal servant of the crown, from which

    The ministry won guarantees through you,

  35. ومحكم النيل تحميه وتحرسه

    ضخم القناطر فياض الخزانات

    And controller of the Nile, which you protect and guard,

    With mighty barrages and overflowing reservoirs.

  36. فما تخيفك نقصاناً موارده

    ولا يخيفك طغيان الزيادات

    So its supplies give you no fear of shortage,

    Nor does the surge of excess water frighten you.

  37. وللمهندس في المجرى تصرُّفه

    وللسماء ينابيع البحيرات

    And the engineer has his control of the watercourse,

    And to the sky belong the springs of the lakes.

  38. تناول الشرق من واديك قدوته

    حكومة وتقاليداً وعادات

    The East took its model from your valley,

    In government, traditions, and customs.

  39. وقرَّبت بين أهليه عواطفهم

    قبل اقتراب المراسي والمطارات

    And their affections drew its peoples together

    Before the harbors and airports drew near.

  40. بدأت بالفرس والأفغان ممتلكاً

    قلوبهم بالمواثيق المصونات

    You began with the Persians and Afghans, winning

    Their hearts through safeguarded covenants.

  41. وعوض الود حراً كل مملكة

    عمالها من حقوق وامتيازات

    And friendship, freely given, compensated every kingdom

    For its agents' rights and privileges.

  42. ولان في الأرض جبارٌ يساورها

    وقد أمدك جبار السموات

    And a tyrant on earth, assailing it, grew pliant,

    And the Almighty of the heavens had aided you.

  43. ما زلت ترتاضه حتى اطمأن فإن

    أرضيته مرة أرضاك مرات

    You kept taming him until he felt secure; then if

    You pleased him once, he pleased you many times.

  44. إن كان لا بد من عهد عليك له

    فالعهد أفضل من تلك المداراة

    If there must be a covenant binding you to him,

    Then the covenant is better than such appeasement.

  45. فما تضيق بك الدنيا غداً وبه

    بعد المساواة فيها والمصافاة

    Then tomorrow the world will not be too narrow for you and him,

    Once equality and sincere friendship prevail within it.

  46. سبقت ظني إلى ما ودَّه وطني

    وأمتي وتجاوزت النبوّات

    You outstripped my expectations in reaching what my homeland desired,

    And my nation, and you surpassed the prophecies.

  47. لتفصلنَّ غنياً في قضيتها

    عن البراهين فيها والشهادات

    You will surely decide its case, with no need

    Of proofs and testimonies concerning it.

  48. وإنك المثل الأعلى لملتمسٍ

    وسائلاً وأمانيّاً وغايات

    And you are the highest model for one seeking

    Means, aspirations, and goals.