سِرْ سَرَّكَ اللُه فيما أنت مُنتظِرُ

سِرْ سَرَّكَ اللُه فيما أنت مُنتظِرُ

فقَد جَرى بالذي تَهوى لك القدرُ

فقَد جَرى بالذي تَهوى لك القدرُ

Go forth—may God gladden you in what you await.

Keep your secret, may God keep you while you wait

For destiny has unfolded for you as you desire.

For what you desire has come to pass

وأظفرتكَ بما أمَّلْتَ أربعةٌ

وأظفرتكَ بما أمَّلْتَ أربعةٌ

النَّصرُ والفَتحُ والإقبالُ والظَّفَرُ

النَّصرُ والفَتحُ والإقبالُ والظَّفَرُ

And four have secured for you what you hoped for:

And four things have made you successful

Victory, conquest, good fortune, and triumph.

Victory, opening, prosperity and triumph

لم يعلُ نجمُكَ في أعلى مَطالِعِه

لم يعلُ نجمُكَ في أعلى مَطالِعِه

حتى غدَتْ أنجُمُ الأعداءِ تَنتشِرُ

حتى غدَتْ أنجُمُ الأعداءِ تَنتشِرُ

No sooner had your star risen to its highest station

Your star did not rise to its highest ascension

than your enemies’ stars began to scatter.

Until the stars of your enemies scattered

وكيفَض يَبعُدُ أمرٌ أنتَ طالبُه

وكيفَض يَبعُدُ أمرٌ أنتَ طالبُه

واللهُ طالبُه والبدوُ والحَضَرُُ

واللهُ طالبُه والبدوُ والحَضَرُُ

And how can a thing you seek remain far off,

How could something you seek not come about

when God seeks it, and nomads and townsfolk too?

When God and the nomads and the settled desire it

يا ناصرَ الدولةِ استعجِلْ إجابتَها

يا ناصرَ الدولةِ استعجِلْ إجابتَها

فقد دَعَتْكَ وما في صفوِها كَدَرُ

فقد دَعَتْكَ وما في صفوِها كَدَرُ

O Nasir al-Dawla, hasten to answer her,

O supporter of the state, hasten its response

for she has called you, and no murk clouds her clarity.

For it has called you and there is no defect in its purity

مُلْكٌ تجدَّدَض لم يُدْمَ السِّنانُ له

مُلْكٌ تجدَّدَض لم يُدْمَ السِّنانُ له

عِزّاً ولم يَتحلَّ الصَّارمُ الذَّكَرُ

عِزّاً ولم يَتحلَّ الصَّارمُ الذَّكَرُ

A reign renewed: no spearhead was bloodied to win it

A renewed kingdom whose authority time has not eroded

glory, nor did the keen, hard-steeled sword adorn itself.

Honor and the sharp sword has not worn out

بابُث السَّعادَةِ مفتوحٌ لداخِله

بابُث السَّعادَةِ مفتوحٌ لداخِله

وأنتَ داخلُه والسادُة الغُرَرُ

وأنتَ داخلُه والسادُة الغُرَرُ

The gate of happiness is open to whoever enters it,

The door of good fortune is open to those who enter

and you enter it, as do the illustrious lords.

And you have entered, and the excellent masters

فالمُلْكُ مُبتَسِمٌ والأَمرُ مُنتَظِمٌ

فالمُلْكُ مُبتَسِمٌ والأَمرُ مُنتَظِمٌ

والدَّهرُ من دولةِ الأَوغادِ يَعتَذِرُ

والدَّهرُ من دولةِ الأَوغادِ يَعتَذِرُ

So the kingdom smiles, and affairs are well ordered,

So the kingdom is smiling and order is arranged

and time apologizes for the rule of scoundrels.

And time apologizes for the rule of the wicked

فما انتظارُكَ والآفاقُ ناظرةٌ

فما انتظارُكَ والآفاقُ ناظرةٌ

إليك والحَضرَةُ الغرَّاءُ تَنتَظِرُ

إليك والحَضرَةُ الغرَّاءُ تَنتَظِرُ

Why, then, do you wait, while the horizons gaze

Why do you wait when horizons are watching you

toward you, and the radiant court is waiting?

And the brilliant court is waiting

وقد نَجا البدرُ إذ طافَ الكُسوفُ به

وقد نَجا البدرُ إذ طافَ الكُسوفُ به

وزالَ عن مُشتَهيهِ الخوفُ والحَذَرُ

وزالَ عن مُشتَهيهِ الخوفُ والحَذَرُ

And the full moon survived when the eclipse encircled it,

The full moon has been saved now that the eclipse has passed it

and fear and apprehension have left those who long for it.

And fear and caution have gone from the one who desires it