جادَ رَبعاً حَلَلتَهُ يا همامُ

جادَ رَبعاً حَلَلتَهُ يا همامُ

مِن نَدى كَفِّكَ العَزيزُ رِهامُ

مِن نَدى كَفِّكَ العَزيزُ رِهامُ

The dwelling where you alighted was watered, O Hammām,

The dwelling you settled in, O noble one, has been watered

by the bounty of your palm—that precious, gentle rain.

by gentle showers from your noble hand's bounty.

فَقَبيحٌ إِن اِستَزَدت لَهُ صَو

فَقَبيحٌ إِن اِستَزَدت لَهُ صَو

بَ غمامٍ وَأَنتَ فيهِ غمامُ

بَ غمامٍ وَأَنتَ فيهِ غمامُ

How shameful, then, if you sought for it more of the down—

So it is unseemly if you seek more rain for it

—pour of a cloud, when you yourself are a cloud within it.

from a cloud, while you yourself are a cloud within it.

ما بِأَرضٍ لَم تَبدُ فيها صَباح

ما بِأَرضٍ لَم تَبدُ فيها صَباح

ما بِدارٍ حَلَلتُ فيها ظَلامُ

ما بِدارٍ حَلَلتُ فيها ظَلامُ

No land where you have not appeared possesses a morning;

There is no morning in a land where you have not appeared;

no house in which you dwell possesses darkness.

there is no darkness in a house where I have settled.

وَإِذا ما حَلَلتَ في بَلَدٍ فَهُ

وَإِذا ما حَلَلتَ في بَلَدٍ فَهُ

وَ جَميعُ الدُنيا وَأَنتَ الأَنامُ

وَ جَميعُ الدُنيا وَأَنتَ الأَنامُ

And whenever you alight in a country, then it—

And when you settle in a land, it is

—is the whole world, and you are all humankind.

the whole world, and you are all mankind.

سَؤدُدٌ عِندَهُ التَفاخُرُ ذُلُّ

سَؤدُدٌ عِندَهُ التَفاخُرُ ذُلُّ

وَنَدى عِندَهُ الكِرامُ لِئامُ

وَنَدى عِندَهُ الكِرامُ لِئامُ

Yours is a lordly eminence beside which boasting is abasement,

A nobility beside which boasting is abasement,

and a generosity beside which the noble are base.

and a bounty beside which the generous are mean,

وَسَجايا كَأَنَّها الرَوضُ إِلا

وَسَجايا كَأَنَّها الرَوضُ إِلا

أَنَّها لِلعَدُوِّ مَوتٌ زُؤامُ

أَنَّها لِلعَدُوِّ مَوتٌ زُؤامُ

And qualities as though they were a flowering meadow—except

and qualities like a garden, except

that to the enemy they are swift death.

that for the enemy they are swift death.

أَنتُم أَنفَسُ العُلا يا بَني وَر

أَنتُم أَنفَسُ العُلا يا بَني وَر

قاءُ وَالناسُ كُلُّهُم أَجسامُ

قاءُ وَالناسُ كُلُّهُم أَجسامُ

You are the very souls of high glory, O sons of War—

You are the souls of greatness, O sons of Warqa,

—qāʾ; all other people are merely bodies.

and all people are mere bodies.

سَخطُ المال مِن أَكفِكُم ما

سَخطُ المال مِن أَكفِكُم ما

حَمَدَتهُ السُيوفُ وَالأَقلامُ

حَمَدَتهُ السُيوفُ وَالأَقلامُ

Wealth’s displeasure with your hands is what

Wealth's displeasure with your hands is what

the swords and pens have praised.

the swords and pens have praised.