أَعَدَّت سَعودَ بَهاءِ الدَولَةِ الفُلكُ

أَعَدَّت سَعودَ بَهاءِ الدَولَةِ الفُلكُ

الأَعلى فَما فيهِ نَجمٌ غَيرُ مَسعودِ

الأَعلى فَما فيهِ نَجمٌ غَيرُ مَسعودِ

Bahāʾ al-Dawla’s auspicious fortunes made ready the celestial sphere—

The sphere has prepared Baha al-Dawla’s good fortunes—

the highest—so that no star within it is anything but fortunate.

the highest sphere, where no star is anything but auspicious.

وَقابَلَ العيدَ مِنهُ حينَ قابَلَهُ

وَقابَلَ العيدَ مِنهُ حينَ قابَلَهُ

مِن ملكِهِ كُلَّ يَومٍ مِنهُ في عيدِ

مِن ملكِهِ كُلَّ يَومٍ مِنهُ في عيدِ

And when the Feast met him, it found its very counterpart in him:

And he met the festival when it met him,

for every day of his reign is, through him, a feast.

every day of his reign itself a festival.

وَلَيسَ يَرضى مَساعيكَ الَّتي بَهَرَت

وَلَيسَ يَرضى مَساعيكَ الَّتي بَهَرَت

بِأَن يَهنَأ موجودٌ بِمَفقودِ

بِأَن يَهنَأ موجودٌ بِمَفقودِ

Nor are your dazzling endeavors content

And your dazzling endeavors are not content

that one man present should prosper through another’s absence.

that what is present should rejoice in what is absent.

فَالإِختِصار عَلى ذا الحَكَمِ أَبلَغ في

فَالإِختِصار عَلى ذا الحَكَمِ أَبلَغ في

صِفاتِ فَضلِكَ مِن إِغراقِ تَجويدِ

صِفاتِ فَضلِكَ مِن إِغراقِ تَجويدِ

Thus, by this judgment, brevity is more eloquent in

So brevity, by this judgment, is more eloquent in

describing your excellence than excessive embellishment.

describing your excellence than excessive embellishment.