غداً تُبدي مَدامِعُنا الخَفَايا

غداً تُبدي مَدامِعُنا الخَفَايا

إذا زُمَّت لطَيْبَتِها المَطايا

إذا زُمَّت لطَيْبَتِها المَطايا

Tomorrow our tears will reveal what is hidden,

Tomorrow our tears will reveal the secrets

When the mounts are bridled for their destination.

When tied for their goodness are the tents

وقَفنَا نَحمَدُ العَبَراتِ لمَّا

وقَفنَا نَحمَدُ العَبَراتِ لمَّا

رأينا البَينَ مَذمومَ السَّجَايا

رأينا البَينَ مَذمومَ السَّجَايا

We stood praising tears when

We stood praising the teardrops when

We saw that separation was vile in character.

We saw the separation condemned for its evil

كأنَّ خُدُودَهنَّ إذا استقلَّتْ

كأنَّ خُدُودَهنَّ إذا استقلَّتْ

شَقِيقٌ فيه من طَلٍّ بَقايا

شَقِيقٌ فيه من طَلٍّ بَقايا

Their cheeks, when they depart, are like

As if their cheeks when they thinned

Red anemones still bearing remnants of dew.

Have remnants of fresh juice in them

وقَد فَوَّقنَ بالألحاظِ نَبلاً

وقَد فَوَّقنَ بالألحاظِ نَبلاً

قلوبُ العاشِقين لها رَمايا

قلوبُ العاشِقين لها رَمايا

And they have nocked arrows with their glances;

And they surpassed with glances arrows

The hearts of lovers are their targets.

The hearts of lovers are their target

تَمنَّينَا اللِّقاءَ فكان حَتفاً

تَمنَّينَا اللِّقاءَ فكان حَتفاً

وكم أُمنِيَّةٍ جَلَبت مَنايا

وكم أُمنِيَّةٍ جَلَبت مَنايا

We wished for a meeting, and it proved fatal;

We wished for the meeting but it was mortal

And how many a wish has brought death!

And how many wishes brought death

أرَى الآفاقَ قد مُلِئَت سُروراً

أرَى الآفاقَ قد مُلِئَت سُروراً

بتَغِليبِ الأميرِ أبي السَّرايا

بتَغِليبِ الأميرِ أبي السَّرايا

I see the horizons filled with joy

I see the horizons filled with delight

Through victory granted to the emir Abu al-Saraya,

By the victory of the Prince, my master of the house

بمَولودٍ يَراه اللهُ لَيثاً

بمَولودٍ يَراه اللهُ لَيثاً

وغَيثاً يَستَهِلُّ علَى البَرايا

وغَيثاً يَستَهِلُّ علَى البَرايا

Through a newborn whom God sees as a lion,

With a newborn whom God sees as a lion

And as rain pouring upon all creation.

And a rain that flows on the lands

نَجِيبٌ أنتَجَتْه كِرامُ قَومٍ

نَجِيبٌ أنتَجَتْه كِرامُ قَومٍ

فجاءَ شَبِيهَهم حَزماً ورَايا

فجاءَ شَبِيهَهم حَزماً ورَايا

A noble son born of noble people,

A noble one whom the generous people produced

He came resembling them in resolve and judgment.

So he came out resembling them, determined and pioneering

ثَناي عَليهِمُ مادُمتُ حَيَّاً

ثَناي عَليهِمُ مادُمتُ حَيَّاً

ثَناءَ المُستهامِ علَى الثَّنايا

ثَناءَ المُستهامِ علَى الثَّنايا

My praise of them, as long as I live,

I will praise them as long as I live

Is a lovesick lover's praise of front teeth.

The praise of the admirer for the praised

كأنَّي بالأميرِ وقَد بَلاهُ

كأنَّي بالأميرِ وقَد بَلاهُ

يُكشِّفُ زَائداً عنه البَلايا

يُكشِّفُ زَائداً عنه البَلايا

I picture the emir, having put him to the test,

As if I see the Prince who was tested

Dispelling calamities from him ever more,

Revealing more than his afflictions

وقَطَّعَ أنفُسَ الحُسَّادِ غَيظاً

وقَطَّعَ أنفُسَ الحُسَّادِ غَيظاً

بسُؤدُدِه فَطيَّرَها شَظايا

بسُؤدُدِه فَطيَّرَها شَظايا

And he has torn the souls of the envious apart with rage

And he cut the souls of the envious with rage

Through his eminence, scattering them into splinters.

With his sword he made them fragments

وأَصْبَحَتِ الدُّروعُ له شُفوقاً

وأَصْبَحَتِ الدُّروعُ له شُفوقاً

خِفاقاً والسُّروجُ له حَشايا

خِفاقاً والسُّروجُ له حَشايا

And armor has become tender toward him,

And the armors became devoted to him

Fluttering, while saddles are cushions for him.

Flapping, and the horses devoted to him neighing

إذا ما سَابقَ الأَكفاءَ يَوماً

إذا ما سَابقَ الأَكفاءَ يَوماً

إلى الغاياتِ خَلَّفَهم رَزايا

إلى الغاياتِ خَلَّفَهم رَزايا

If ever he races his equals one day

If he ever competes the equals one day

Toward the finish, he leaves them ruined.

To the goals, he leaves them regrets

يَجورُ على التَّليدِ إذا استُمِيحَت

يَجورُ على التَّليدِ إذا استُمِيحَت

أنَاملُه ويَعدِلُ في القَضايا

أنَاملُه ويَعدِلُ في القَضايا

He wrongs his ancestral wealth when bounty is sought

He wrongs the tradition if his fingers are allowed

From his fingers, yet he is just in judgments.

And he makes justice in the cases

حَياةُ المَجدِ أن يَحياَ وَتُفْنِي

حَياةُ المَجدِ أن يَحياَ وَتُفْنِي

أعادِيه الحوادثُ والرَّزايا

أعادِيه الحوادثُ والرَّزايا

Glory lives through his life and the destruction of

The life of glory is to live and perish

His enemies by events and calamities.

His enemies and regrets

فقُل لأَبي المُظفَّرِ قد ظَفِرنا

فقُل لأَبي المُظفَّرِ قد ظَفِرنا

بما نَرجو لديك من العَطايا

بما نَرجو لديك من العَطايا

So tell Abu al-Muzaffar: we have obtained

So tell Abu Al-Muzaffar we have won

The gifts we hope for from you.

What we hope from you of gifts

فَضُلتَ فكنتَ بَحراً حينَ كانوا

فَضُلتَ فكنتَ بَحراً حينَ كانوا

ثِماداً يُسْتَمَدُّ مِنَ الرَّكايا

ثِماداً يُسْتَمَدُّ مِنَ الرَّكايا

You excelled: you were a sea when they were

You excelled so you were an ocean when they

Scant waters drawn from wells.

Were thirsty, drawing from bits

ولولا الفَضلُ لم نَشعُر بنَقصٍ

ولولا الفَضلُ لم نَشعُر بنَقصٍ

ولولا النُّسكُ لم تَبرَ الخطايا

ولولا النُّسكُ لم تَبرَ الخطايا

Without excellence, we would not perceive deficiency,

And were it not for grace, we would not feel deficiency

And without devotion, sins would not be cleared away.

And were it not for devotion, sins would not be absolved

ومن يُهدِ الحيَا لرياضِ حَمدٍ

ومن يُهدِ الحيَا لرياضِ حَمدٍ

يَفُزْ مِنها بألطافِ الهَدَايا

يَفُزْ مِنها بألطافِ الهَدَايا

And whoever bestows rain on gardens of praise

And whoever guides the living to praiseworthy gardens

Wins from them delightful gifts,

Wins from it the blessings of guidance

كما جادَ السَّحابُ الجَودُ أرضاً

كما جادَ السَّحابُ الجَودُ أرضاً

فأبرَزَ من مَحاسِنها الخَبايا

فأبرَزَ من مَحاسِنها الخَبايا

Just as generous clouds lavished rain upon a land

Just as the rain cloud overflowed generously on land

And brought its hidden beauties to light.

And brought out from it the treasures

وقَد جاءتْ مدائحُنا نُقوداً

وقَد جاءتْ مدائحُنا نُقوداً

فلا تَجعَل جوائزَها نَسايا

فلا تَجعَل جوائزَها نَسايا

Our praises have arrived as ready cash;

And our praises have come as coins

So do not make their rewards deferred payments.

So do not make their rewards forgotten