يا علاء الدين يا أع

يا علاء الدين يا أع

لى ندىَّ منه أشد

لى ندىَّ منه أشد

O ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn, O highest—

O Aladdin, O most sublime inspiration

—in bounty, stronger than him [wording unclear].

Whose dew is most intense

والذي آوى إلى ركن

والذي آوى إلى ركن

ندىَّ منه أشد

ندىَّ منه أشد

And he to whose pillar I turn for refuge—

He who sought refuge in the corner of holiness

—of bounty, mightier [wording unclear].

His dew is most intense

والذي أضمن عنه

والذي أضمن عنه

أنه ينجز وهدى

أنه ينجز وهدى

And he for whom I vouch—

He who I am certain of

that he fulfils, and has guided.

That he fulfills and guides

جد فقد طل البرايا

جد فقد طل البرايا

بأب زاك وجد

بأب زاك وجد

Be generous, for all creatures have been sprinkled with dew [reading uncertain]—

Exert yourself, for the deserts have longed

by a virtuous father and grandfather.

For an righteous father and exertion

وندى كالقطر سدّ

وندى كالقطر سدّ

جلّعن حصرٍ رعدِ

جلّعن حصرٍ رعدِ

And bounty like rain—a dam—

And dew like rainfall has blocked

too great for confinement; thunder [wording unclear].

All places of thunder and lightning

بك أستعد على دهر

بك أستعد على دهر

ى والحاكم يعدي

ى والحاكم يعدي

Through you I arm myself against my age,

With you I ready myself for an eternal life

and the judge grants redress.

And the Ruler transcends

سيدي غيرك يرمي ال

سيدي غيرك يرمي ال

مدح في مقامكم كردي

مدح في مقامكم كردي

My master, someone other than you casts the—

My lord, none but you, who compose

—praise in your station: a Kurd [wording unclear].

Eulogies in your standing, a Kurd views

ويرى في وجه من يق

ويرى في وجه من يق

صده خطة رد

صده خطة رد

And he sees in the face of one who—

And sees in the face of those who intend

—seeks him a course of rejection.

To harm, a misguided scheme

إن كانون الذي أص

إن كانون الذي أص

بح يقرونا بدَردِ

بح يقرونا بدَردِ

Indeed, Kānūn, which has—

If the star that has risen, brings us full moons

—come to host us with toothlessness:

And the cold is very cold

شملتي فيه شمال

شملتي فيه شمال

قرة والبرد بردي

قرة والبرد بردي

my wrap in it is a north wind—

You see me everyday

—biting cold; and the cold is my cloak.

In dire straits and exertion

وتراني كل يوم

وتراني كل يوم

منه في أينٍ وجهدِ

منه في أينٍ وجهدِ

And you see me every day—

Yearning to walk to

—because of it, in weariness and hardship.

Your door, intending and arriving

الحم المشي الى

الحم المشي الى

بابك قصد وأسدى

بابك قصد وأسدى

[Unclear verb] walking toward—

I console myself with forgetfulness

—your door: purpose, and he bestowed [wording unclear].

Of any eulogy composed for me, waning

أتسلى بالنسايا

أتسلى بالنسايا

عن مديح لي تئدِ

عن مديح لي تئدِ

I console myself with deferred payments—

And I hope for the generosity of your palm

—away from praise of mine that you bury alive.

Unlike any other generous palm

وأرجى جود كف

وأرجى جود كف

لك سبط غير جعدِ

لك سبط غير جعدِ

And I hope for the bounty of a hand—

So grant it to me today, and I will be thankful

—of yours, open, not clenched.

For building and praising

فاعطنيها اليوم واغنم

فاعطنيها اليوم واغنم

شكري الباني وحمدي

شكري الباني وحمدي

So give it to me today, and gain—

For I am the feast of hands

—my gratitude, which builds, and my praise.

And the servants of poetry, your servant

فأنا عيد الأيادي

فأنا عيد الأيادي

وعبيد الشعر عبدي

وعبيد الشعر عبدي

For I am the feast of benefactions,

and poetry’s ʿUbayd is my slave.