Sol 6.1

  1. تعهَّدِ الملك أدناه وأقصاهُ

    وامْدُد من الحكم أوفاه وأبقاهُ

    Tend the realm, its nearest reaches and its farthest.

    And extend the fullest, most enduring governance.

  2. واشهد من الشعب صدقَ الحبِّ يعلنه

    فيما تراه وتلقاه وترضاه

    And witness the people's sincere love as they proclaim it

    In what you see, encounter, and approve.

  3. واشرح له السبْلَ فيما أنت صانعُهُ

    إلى مداه كما يهوى وعقباه

    And explain to them the paths of what you undertake,

    To its fullest reach, as they desire, and its ultimate outcome.

  4. واحمل إلى الريف في أغنى مواسمه

    تحية الملك الأعلى ونعماه

    And carry to the countryside, in its richest seasons,

    The exalted king's greeting and his bounty.

  5. لكل ناحية حق عليك وقد

    ذكرتَ حقَّ القرى في البرِّ ترعاه

    Every district has a claim upon you, and you have

    Remembered the villages' claim, honoring it with kindness.

  6. وزُرتَ في حقله الفلاحَ تكرمه

    فزاره اليسرُ والمعروفُ والجاه

    And you visited the farmer in his field to honor him,

    So prosperity, kindness, and prestige visited him.

  7. أكلت من زاده السهلِ البسيطِ فما

    ألذَّه لك مأكولاً وأشهاه

    You ate of his plain and simple fare—how

    Delicious a meal it was to you, and how appetizing!

  8. وقد شربتَ من الماء المحيط به

    شهد النعيم المصفَّى أو حُميَّاه

    And from the water surrounding him you drank

    The pure honey of bliss, or its intoxicating wine.

  9. تواضعٌ منك هذا في علاك له

    وأنه بك نضرُ الوجه تيَّاه

    In your high station, this is your humility toward him;

    And through you his face is radiant and he is proud.

  10. تَعوَّدَ الشمس يلقى في أشعَّتها

    وفي الهواء النقيِّ الطلق محياه

    He is accustomed to the sun, finding in its rays

    And in the pure, open air his life.

  11. وصحَّ جسماً وعقلاً في الحياة فما

    يَعنيه في القصر أو في الكوخ مأواه

    He is sound in body and mind in life, so it does not

    Matter to him whether his home is in a palace or a hut.

  12. عفٌّ يعاف من الدنيا زخارفَها

    وأن في الفأس والمحراث دنياه

    Self-restrained, he disdains the world's finery,

    And his world lies in the hoe and the plow.

  13. يعطي الحمى يده مستثمراً وإذا

    دعاه بالروح يوم الروع لباه

    He lends his hand to the homeland, cultivating it; and when

    It calls on a day of terror, he answers with his life.

  14. وربما استنزل الأمطار فيه إذا

    لم يجر في الواد بين النيل مجراه

    And sometimes he calls down rain upon it when

    The Nile's stream has not flowed through the valley.

  15. لم تشك حَرَّاً ولا برداً طبيعتُه

    فصيفه في نواحيه كمشتاه

    His constitution complains of neither heat nor cold,

    So, in his surroundings, his summer is like his winter.

  16. ومن تحمّل عبأً وهو يأمله

    أفاده كلُّ ما في الأرض يلقاه

    And whoever bears a burden with hope in it

    Benefits from all he encounters upon the earth.

  17. يا خادم القوم في كبرى وَزارته

    بما قضى من هدى أحكامه اللّه

    O servant of the people in their highest ministry,

    Through guidance whose decrees God has ordained.

  18. بك استعانوا كراماً واستعنت بهم

    دأب الممكن يمناه بيسراه

    Noble as they are, they sought your aid, and you sought theirs,

    In the manner of one strengthening his right hand with his left.

  19. وجئت إقليميَ الرحبَ الخصيبَ وفي

    خير المرافق منه ما تمناه

    And you came to my spacious, fertile province, and among

    Its finest amenities is what it longed for.

  20. وسرتَ بين بنيه الزارعين ضحىً

    كأنهم لك أندادٌ وأشباه

    And walked among its farming sons at midmorning,

    As though they were your equals and your like.

  21. فإن وضعت أساسَ اليوم من حجر

    فللنفائس والآلاء مبناه

    So if you have laid a foundation of stone today,

    Then its edifice is for treasures and blessings.

  22. أثنت عليك ثناءَ الناس أرضُهُمُ

    وللبلاد كما للناس أفواه

    Their land praised you as its people did,

    And lands have mouths, just as people do.

  23. وشاهد الركبَ قلبي وهو مقتربٌ

    منّي فسايره قلبي وجاراه

    And my heart saw the cavalcade as it drew near

    To me, so my heart accompanied it and kept pace with it.

  24. إن لم يجئك من الإقليم شاعرُه

    جاءت مطافك نجواه وذكراه

    If the province's poet did not come to you,

    His whispers and remembrance reached your tour's route.

  25. يهدي إليك سناءً من مدائحه

    ملءَ الزمان وعطراً من سجاياه

    He offers you radiance from his praises,

    Filling all time, and fragrance from his virtues.

  26. وما استطاع إلى ملقاك مرحلة

    وعلة الجسم تمشي في بقاياه

    But he could not travel a stage to meet you,

    While bodily illness walks through what remains of him.

  27. عذر المحب استفزته صبابته

    إلى الحبيب فلم تحمله ساقاه

    A lover's excuse: his ardent longing spurred him

    Toward his beloved, but his legs could not carry him.

  28. وإن فضلك في قومي وفي وطني

    خير الدواء لعلّاتي وأشفاه

    And indeed, your beneficence toward my people and my homeland

    Is the best medicine for my ailments, and the most curative.