اللّهُ جارُ الوزيرِ الصَّدْرِ ما طَلَعَتْ

اللّهُ جارُ الوزيرِ الصَّدْرِ ما طَلَعَتْ

شَمْسٌ وأحْيا دَريسَ الهامِدِ السَّبَلُ

شَمْسٌ وأحْيا دَريسَ الهامِدِ السَّبَلُ

May God be the chief vizier's guardian as long as there rises

The minister's bosom friend, for as long as the sun rises

a sun, and rain revives the withered remnants of lifeless earth.

And gives life to the winding paths of al-Hamid's abode,

غَمْرُ الرِّداءِ كَسُحْبِ الجَوِّ هاطِلَةً

غَمْرُ الرِّداءِ كَسُحْبِ الجَوِّ هاطِلَةً

وللصَّوارِمِ من أوْصافِهِ خَجَلُ

وللصَّوارِمِ من أوْصافِهِ خَجَلُ

His mantle brims with bounty, like the sky's clouds pouring rain,

The ample folds of his cloak are like the pouring rain clouds

and sharp swords are put to shame by his qualities.

And his swords have a shyness to their attributes.

ماضٍ وَقورٌ لَدى سَلْمٍ ومُعْتَركٍ

ماضٍ وَقورٌ لَدى سَلْمٍ ومُعْتَركٍ

في العَزْمِ والحِلْمِ منهُ الرِّيحُ والجَبَلُ

في العَزْمِ والحِلْمِ منهُ الرِّيحُ والجَبَلُ

Resolute and dignified in peace and in battle,

Calm and dignified whether in peace or in the fray,

the wind takes resolve from him, the mountain forbearance.

In resolve and forbearance, he is the wind and the mountain.

خِرْقٌ يُميتُ نفوسَ المَحْلِ من كرَمٍ

خِرْقٌ يُميتُ نفوسَ المَحْلِ من كرَمٍ

من غيرِ مَنٍّ ويَحْيا عِنْدهُ الأمَلُ

من غيرِ مَنٍّ ويَحْيا عِنْدهُ الأمَلُ

Resourceful, he slays the souls of drought through generosity,

A piercing blade that kills the souls of the abode from generosity

without reminders of favors; and hope lives in his presence.

Without tallying and brings hope alive in his presence.

والعَهْدُ والوِدُّ منهُ لا يُحيِلُهُما

والعَهْدُ والوِدُّ منهُ لا يُحيِلُهُما

على التَّقادُمِ لا غَدْرٌ ولا مَلَلُ

على التَّقادُمِ لا غَدْرٌ ولا مَلَلُ

His pledge and affection are changed by neither

Loyalty and love from him do not change

treachery nor weariness, however long the years.

With the passage of time, no treachery or boredom.

صاحي النُّهى لا يَحِلُّ الخطْبُ حَبْوتَهُ

صاحي النُّهى لا يَحِلُّ الخطْبُ حَبْوتَهُ

لكنْ طَروبٌ بأذْكارِ العُلى ثَمِلُ

لكنْ طَروبٌ بأذْكارِ العُلى ثَمِلُ

Clear-minded, no calamity loosens his clasp about his knees;

The counselor of propriety, it is not right that his speech be professing love,

yet rapturous, he is drunk on mentions of lofty glory.

Rather it brims with the remembrance of the Most High.

جَيْشٌ تَفُلُّ صُروفَ الدَّهر سوْرتُهُ

جَيْشٌ تَفُلُّ صُروفَ الدَّهر سوْرتُهُ

وتَنكُصُ البيضُ عنْ لُقياهُ والأسَلُ

وتَنكُصُ البيضُ عنْ لُقياهُ والأسَلُ

He is an army; his fury blunts the vicissitudes of time,

An army whose ranks the vicissitudes of fate have turned

and bright swords and spears recoil from meeting him.

And the white blades recoil from engaging with it and the weapons.

إذا الذَّوابِلُ ذَلَّتْ عنْ طِعانِ عِدىً

إذا الذَّوابِلُ ذَلَّتْ عنْ طِعانِ عِدىً

خافَتْ مَزابرَهُ اللبَّاتُ والمُقَلُ

خافَتْ مَزابرَهُ اللبَّاتُ والمُقَلُ

When slender lances prove too feeble to thrust at foes,

When the clouds give up spearing the enemy,

throat-hollows and eyes take fright at his pens.

They fear his tombs, the lionesses, and the twisting snakes.

مُحمَّدٌ عضدُ الدينِ الذي شَهِدَتْ

مُحمَّدٌ عضدُ الدينِ الذي شَهِدَتْ

بفضْلِهِ النُّبَلاءُ الغُرُّ والدُّوَلُ

بفضْلِهِ النُّبَلاءُ الغُرُّ والدُّوَلُ

Muhammad, ʿAdud al-Din, whose merit is attested

Muhammad is the pillar of the faith, as

by illustrious nobles and dynasties.

The nobles have testified to his virtue and states.

يَثْعَنْجِرُ الجودُ جَوْداً من أنامِلِهِ

يَثْعَنْجِرُ الجودُ جَوْداً من أنامِلِهِ

إذا السَّحابُ جَهامٌ ماؤهُ سَمَلُ

إذا السَّحابُ جَهامٌ ماؤهُ سَمَلُ

Bounty gushes in torrents from his fingertips,

Generosity flows spontaneously from his fingers

when the clouds are rainless, their water mere dregs.

When the clouds are a roaring, flooding rain.

ويصْدُر السَّفْر عنء سلْسالِ موْرِدِه

ويصْدُر السَّفْر عنء سلْسالِ موْرِدِه

وقد سَقَى القَوْمَ منهُ العَلُّ والنَّهلُ

وقد سَقَى القَوْمَ منهُ العَلُّ والنَّهلُ

And travelers depart from the sweet waters of his watering place,

And travel sets out from the place of his flowing spring,

once first and second draughts from it have quenched the people.

Having quenched the people with the sublime and pure water.

لا يَعْرِفونَ ثِمالاً غيرَ نِعْمَتِهِ

لا يَعْرِفونَ ثِمالاً غيرَ نِعْمَتِهِ

حتى إذا ظَعَنوا عن جُودِهِ قَفَلوا

حتى إذا ظَعَنوا عن جُودِهِ قَفَلوا

They know no refuge but his bounty,

They know no wealth but his blessings

so, when they depart from his generosity, they return home.

Until when they turn away from his generosity, they depart.

بَرٌّ تُحَصِّنُهُ التَّقْوى ويَعْصِمُهُ

بَرٌّ تُحَصِّنُهُ التَّقْوى ويَعْصِمُهُ

إِخْلاصُهُ وعلى الرَّحْمنِ يَتّكِلُ

إِخْلاصُهُ وعلى الرَّحْمنِ يَتّكِلُ

Righteous, fortified by piety and protected

Righteous, fortified by piety and protected

by his sincerity; he trusts in the All-Merciful.

By his sincerity, and upon the Merciful he relies.

تَنْبُو سِهامُ الرَّزايا عَنْ سَوابِغِه

تَنْبُو سِهامُ الرَّزايا عَنْ سَوابِغِه

إذا رُشِقْنَ وتَخْزى دونَهُ ثُعَلُ

إذا رُشِقْنَ وتَخْزى دونَهُ ثُعَلُ

The arrows of calamity glance off his ample coats of mail

The arrows of misfortunes glance off his perfections,

when they are loosed, and Thuʿal is shamed before him.

While humiliation falls short of reaching him.

فَعاشَ للْمَجدِ والعَلْياءِ مُبْتَدِراً

فَعاشَ للْمَجدِ والعَلْياءِ مُبْتَدِراً

إِحْرازَ أقْصاهُما ما أطَّتِ الإِبِلُ

إِحْرازَ أقْصاهُما ما أطَّتِ الإِبِلُ

So may he live for glory and lofty honor, hastening

He lived for glory and supremacy, striving

to attain the utmost of both, as long as camels groan.

To gain their utmost extent for as long as camels kneel.