اذا موسمٌ زان الزمانَ ورودُهُ

اذا موسمٌ زان الزمانَ ورودُهُ

فانَّ بهاء الدين زينُ المواسِمِ

فانَّ بهاء الدين زينُ المواسِمِ

If a festival's arrival adorns time,

If the season has adorned itself with flowers,

then Baha al-Din is the adornment of festivals.

Then the splendor of al-Din is the adornment of seasons.

وشيكُ القِرى لا يخمد القرُّ ناره

وشيكُ القِرى لا يخمد القرُّ ناره

ولا يحبسُ المعروف خُلْف الغمائم

ولا يحبسُ المعروف خُلْف الغمائم

He is swift with hospitality; cold does not quench his fire,

The nearby villages, their fires never die out,

nor do the clouds' broken promises hold back his bounty.

Good deeds are never held back behind the clouds.

تلاقيه من جْدواه في زيِّ ديمةٍ

تلاقيه من جْدواه في زيِّ ديمةٍ

دلوحٍ وعند البأس في زيِّ صارمِ

دلوحٍ وعند البأس في زيِّ صارمِ

In his bounty you find him in the guise of a steady raincloud,

You see him in the garb of humility in times of peace,

heavy with rain—and in battle, in the guise of a keen sword.

Gentle, and in times of strife in the garb of a warrior.

فيفني ويغني حدُّه وانسكابهُ

فيفني ويغني حدُّه وانسكابهُ

اذا شدَّ في ضرب الطُّلى والمكارمِ

اذا شدَّ في ضرب الطُّلى والمكارمِ

So his edge destroys, and his outpouring enriches,

His striking and flowing sword obliterates and enriches;

when he strives to strike necks and perform noble deeds.

When unsheathed against the skulls and honorable deeds.

فلا ضربِ اِلا الهبرُ في قِمَم العدى

فلا ضربِ اِلا الهبرُ في قِمَم العدى

ولا جودَ الا ساجمٌ اِثرَ ساجمِ

ولا جودَ الا ساجمٌ اِثرَ ساجمِ

Then no blow but a cleaving stroke to the enemies' heads,

None strikes with the sword but him, at the peaks of the enemy,

and no bounty but one downpour following another.

None is generous but him, one glorious feat after another.

تُشدُّ حُباهُ في رجيبِ نديِّه

تُشدُّ حُباهُ في رجيبِ نديِّه

إِلى ليِّنِ الأعطاف صُلْب المعاجمِ

إِلى ليِّنِ الأعطاف صُلْب المعاجمِ

His knee-bands are fastened in his grand assembly,

His love pulls those hardened with animosity

around one supple of flank, yet firm when tested.

Toward the softness of accord, even the rigid ones.

يُصرفِّه ندْمانهُ يوم سلْمهِ

يُصرفِّه ندْمانهُ يوم سلْمهِ

وترهبُهُ الأبطالُ يوم المَلاحمِ

وترهبُهُ الأبطالُ يوم المَلاحمِ

His boon companions sway him in peacetime,

Regret turns him back the day he makes peace,

and champions dread him on days of battle.

Champions awe him the day battles flare up.

فعاش أبو الفضل الهُمامُ مظفَّراً

فعاش أبو الفضل الهُمامُ مظفَّراً

تقادُ المباغي نحوهُ بالخزائمِ

تقادُ المباغي نحوهُ بالخزائمِ

So may Abu al-Fadl, the valiant, live victorious,

So Abu Al-Fadl lives honored and supported,

with the things he seeks led toward him by nose-rings.

With seeks of glory coming to him in multitudes.

اذا ما نضا عيداً تقمَّص مثلهُ

اذا ما نضا عيداً تقمَّص مثلهُ

مُطاعاً فأقْصى غائبٍ مثلُ قادمِ

مُطاعاً فأقْصى غائبٍ مثلُ قادمِ

Whenever he casts off a festival, he dons another like it,

If he passes a feast, none can take his place,

obeyed, so the most distant absentee is like one who has arrived.

Obeyed whether absent or present alike.