نيطَتْ حمائلُ سَيفِهِ

نيطَتْ حمائلُ سَيفِهِ

بالفارسِ الشَّهْمِ الزَّمِيعِ

بالفارسِ الشَّهْمِ الزَّمِيعِ

His sword's straps were hung

The sheaths of his sword are adorned

upon the valiant, resolute horseman,

With the brave, bold, and skilled horseman.

بمُعَفرِ الغُلْبِ الكُما

بمُعَفرِ الغُلْبِ الكُما

ة وقاتل المَحْلِ الشَّنيعِ

ة وقاتل المَحْلِ الشَّنيعِ

the one who casts mighty warriors into dust

With the victorious, overwhelming, complete warrior,

and slays hideous drought.

And the fighter of the abhorred situation.

في سَلْمِهِ وَنَدِيِّهِ

في سَلْمِهِ وَنَدِيِّهِ

للَحْلِ والخَطْبِ الفَظيعِ

للَحْلِ والخَطْبِ الفَظيعِ

In his peace and in his council,

In his peace and pleasure,

for settling matters and facing dreadful crises,

For the situation and tremendous event.

يَمٌّ يَجيشُ عُبابُهُ

يَمٌّ يَجيشُ عُبابُهُ

وقَعائِدُ الطَّوْدِ الرَّفيعِ

وقَعائِدُ الطَّوْدِ الرَّفيعِ

he is a sea whose billows surge,

A sea that surges its billows,

and the foundations of a lofty mountain.

And the bases of the lofty mountains.

لو حَلَّ قَيْظَ تَنوفَةٍ

لو حَلَّ قَيْظَ تَنوفَةٍ

عادَتْ عَذاةً منْ رَبيعِ

عادَتْ عَذاةً منْ رَبيعِ

Were he to settle in a wasteland's summer heat,

If the heat of Tanufa descends,

it would turn to pleasant, springtime land.

It would turn to a gentle spring.

تاجُ المُلوكِ فتى المَسا

تاجُ المُلوكِ فتى المَسا

عي الغُرِّ والمَجْدِ البَديعِ

عي الغُرِّ والمَجْدِ البَديعِ

Crown of kings, champion of endeavors

The crown of kings is the young man of valor and wonderful glory,

illustrious, and of wondrous glory,

And stern, lofty glory in the face of fear and ample chest.

والعِزَّةِ القَعْساءِ عند ال

والعِزَّةِ القَعْساءِ عند ال

خوْفِ والصَّدْرِ الوَسِيعِ

خوْفِ والصَّدْرِ الوَسِيعِ

and of unyielding might in times of

It reveals the darkness and worries

fear, and of a spacious breast.

Of either a worried or shaken person.

يجْلُو الدُّجى والهَمَّ عنْ

يجْلُو الدُّجى والهَمَّ عنْ

عَوَّامِ هَمٍّ أوْ هَزيعِ

عَوَّامِ هَمٍّ أوْ هَزيعِ

He dispels darkness and sorrow from

With the evident, sharp sword for the weak

one swimming through grief or a stretch of night,

And the generous palm.

بالواضِحِ البَسَّام للْعا

بالواضِحِ البَسَّام للْعا

فِينَ والكَفِّ النَّفوعِ

فِينَ والكَفِّ النَّفوعِ

with a radiant face that smiles on those

The view of the minister from the pen

seeking aid, and a beneficent hand.

Is the most effective in the coats of mail.

رأيُ الوزيرِ منَ القَنا

رأيُ الوزيرِ منَ القَنا

الخَطِيِّ أنْفَذُ في الدُّروعِ

الخَطِيِّ أنْفَذُ في الدُّروعِ

The minister's counsel, more than the spears

And the dash of his determination corrects

of al-Khatt, pierces coats of mail.

The youth of the cutting sword.

وَغِرارُ عَزْمَتِهِ يُبِرُّ

وَغِرارُ عَزْمَتِهِ يُبِرُّ

على شَبا السَّيْفِ القَطُوعِ

على شَبا السَّيْفِ القَطُوعِ

And the edge of his resolve surpasses

His pens are like his steeds

the edges of the keen-cutting sword.

In war and swift foray.

أقْلامُهُ كَجيادِهِ

أقْلامُهُ كَجيادِهِ

في الحُضْرِ والشَّدِّ السَّريعِ

في الحُضْرِ والشَّدِّ السَّريعِ

His pens are like his steeds

So the shield is like the stirring up

in galloping and swift racing.

That prevents prisoner or casualty.

فالطِّرْسُ كالهَيْجاءِ يُعْ

فالطِّرْسُ كالهَيْجاءِ يُعْ

رِبُ عن أسيرٍ أو صَريعِ

رِبُ عن أسيرٍ أو صَريعِ

So the page, like battle, tells

A hidden thing, when its wrap is opened,

of a captive or one struck down.

Upon the carriages in the textiles.

نَدُسٌ إذا تُلِيَتْ عُلا

نَدُسٌ إذا تُلِيَتْ عُلا

هُ على الرَّكائبِ في النُّسوعِ

هُ على الرَّكائبِ في النُّسوعِ

Astute: when his lofty merits are recited

And he came while still raw

on riding-camels girded with saddle-straps,

Praise is sufficient without undertaking.

وَوَرَدْنَ وَهيَ خَوامِسٌ

وَوَرَدْنَ وَهيَ خَوامِسٌ

أغْنى الثَّناءُ عن الشُّروعِ

أغْنى الثَّناءُ عن الشُّروعِ

and they arrive for their fifth-day watering,

One of spirit for the heights,

that praise makes drinking needless.

Not the spirit of extinguished embers.

ذُو صَبْوَةٍ بهَوَى المَعالي

ذُو صَبْوَةٍ بهَوَى المَعالي

لا هَوَى الخَوْدِ الشَّمُوعِ

لا هَوَى الخَوْدِ الشَّمُوعِ

His passion is the love of lofty honors,

But the lovers do sleep,

not love of a playful young beauty.

And his habit is to shun resting.

لكنْ يَنامُ العاشِقونَ

لكنْ يَنامُ العاشِقونَ

وشَأنُهُ هَجْر الهُجوعِ

وشَأنُهُ هَجْر الهُجوعِ

Yet lovers sleep,

My praise of him the courser extends

while his way is to forsake slumber.

To every ambiguous and faint thing.

مَدْحي لَهُ السَّيَّارُ يَط

مَدْحي لَهُ السَّيَّارُ يَط

وِي كُلَّ غامِضَةٍ وَرِيعِ

وِي كُلَّ غامِضَةٍ وَرِيعِ

My far-ranging praise of him traverses

A praise that its superiority sprouted

every hidden hollow and height.

Between kindness and deed.

مَدْحٌ تَوَلَّدَ فَضْلُهُ

مَدْحٌ تَوَلَّدَ فَضْلُهُ

بينَ المَوَدَّةِ والصَّنيعِ

بينَ المَوَدَّةِ والصَّنيعِ

Praise whose excellence was born

between affection and benefaction.