Sol 6.1

  1. أَبا حَسَن إن السّيادة والمجدا

    حُبيتَ بها ميراثَ من وَرثَ الأَزْدا

    O Abu Hasan, surely lordship and glory

    were bestowed on you, a legacy from an heir of Azd.

  2. وأَنت إذا عُدَّ العتيكُ وآلُهُ

    أَعزُّهُم نفساً وأَكرمُهم جَدَّا

    And you, when al-Atik and his kin are counted,

    are the most exalted in person and noblest in ancestry,

  3. وأَوسعُهم رَبعاً وامنعهم حمىً

    وأَنداهم كفاً وأوفاهم عهدا

    with the broadest homestead and the best-defended domain,

    and the most generous of hand and most faithful to a pledge.

  4. تبوَّأتَ من نبهانَ أَشرفَ رتبةٍ

    وحزت اللبّاب المحضَ والحسبَ الصّردا

    You have attained the noblest rank among Nabhan,

    and gained the purest essence and unalloyed ancestral honor.

  5. وأُوتيتَ حلْماً واحتمَالاً وعفةً

    وصَبراً فَلا ضِغْناً حملت ولا صَدّا

    And you were granted forbearance, endurance, and self-restraint,

    and patience, so you harbored neither rancor nor aversion.

  6. وأَنت جَوادٌ يملك الجودُ مالَهُ

    فيغني ذوي الحاجات أَو يكرم الوَفْدَا

    And you are a generous man whose wealth is ruled by generosity,

    so he enriches those in need or honors the visiting delegation.

  7. وأصبحتَ معلوماً لك الفضلُ كلّه

    إِذا ذكرت السادات كنت به فردَا

    And you are now known to possess all excellence;

    when the chieftains are named, you are unrivaled in it.

  8. ويعلمُ أَنّ المرء أَنفعُ ماله

    له ما أَماطَ الذمَّ واجتلبَ الحمدَا

    And he knows that the most beneficial part of a man’s wealth

    is what wards off blame and wins him praise.

  9. فلم يبقَ حُرٌ لم تقلّدهُ منّةً

    فيكره أَن يدْعى لصاحبها عَبدَا

    Thus no free man remains whom you have not bound with a favor,

    who might then resent being called its giver’s slave.

  10. بقيتَ لنا يا ذَهلُ في عزّ رتبة

    وملك ولاقى جدُّك اليُمنَ والسّعدَا

    May you live on for us, O Dhahl, in exalted rank

    and dominion; may your fortune find blessing and happiness.