بشائر غنت في خمائل من ورد — Aloshari

بَشائر غَنت في خَمائل من وَرد

فأصبح شَمل العز مُنتظم العقد

Glad tidings sang in groves of roses,

so glory's company became a well-strung necklace.

وَريح قبول قَد سَرَت فَرَوت لَنا

أَحاديث عَن صَدر الوزارة وَالمَجد

And an east wind has blown, recounting to us

tidings of the foremost in the vizierate and in glory.

وَطوق مِن الخنكار جاءَ مُرَصعاً

فَحَلى بِهِ جيد المَكارم وَالحَمد

And a jeweled collar came from the Khunkar,

so he adorned with it the neck of noble deeds and praise.

وَسيب إِلى الخَضراء مِن كَفه همى

أَلَم تَرَها قَد أَصبَحَت جنة الخُلد

And bounty poured from his palm upon al-Khadra;

have you not seen her become the Garden of Eternity?

بِهِ رَد للحدباء فَضل شَبابها

فَأضحت عَروساً بعلها الأسد الوَردي

Through him al-Hadba's youthful splendor was restored,

and she became a bride whose husband is the ruddy lion.

لَهُ ابتسمت تيهاً بِهِ وَتَبَخترت

وَمالَت كَما مالَ القَضيب مِن الرند

To him she smiled, proud of him, and strutted,

and swayed as a bough of laurel sways.

حُسام جَلال طالَما كانَ مغمداً

فَلَما أَتاه النَصر سل مِن الغمد

A sword of majesty, long kept sheathed,

was drawn from its sheath when victory came to him.

أَرق مِن الماء الزلال لِوافد

وَلَكنهُ أَمضى مِن الصارم الهندي

Gentler than limpid water to a visitor,

yet sharper than an Indian blade.

أَجل بَني عَبد الجَليل لأَنه

لعقدهم المَنظوم وَاسطة العقد

The most eminent of the sons of Abd al-Jalil, for he

is the central jewel of their well-strung necklace.

كسته يَد الخاقان برداً مِن العلى

فَبورك مِن كَأس وَبورك مِن بَرد

The Khagan's hand clothed him in a mantle of high honor;

so blessed be the cup, and blessed be the mantle!

وَقَلده سَيفاً مِن النَصر صارِماً

تَطول بِهِ أَيدي الكَتائب وَالجُند

And he girded him with a keen sword of victory,

with which the hands of battalions and troops reach farther.

وَألبسه درعاً مِن العَزم ضافياً

تَكون مِن نور الكياسة والرشد

And he clothed him in ample armor of resolve,

formed from the light of discernment and sound judgment.

فَأَضحى خَليقاً للرعاية قائِماً

بِأعبائِها ماضي الشبا مرهف الحَد

Thus he became worthy of stewardship, shouldering

its burdens, keen of point and finely honed of edge.

أَنامله تَروي العفاة مِن الظَما

وَأَسيافه يَوم الوَغى للعدى تردي

His fingertips quench the thirst of seekers of bounty,

and his swords lay enemies low on the day of battle.

فَنائِله يعزى إِلى البَحر مده

وَآباؤُه تنمى إِلى العَز وَالمَجد

So his bounty's tide is traced to the sea,

and his forebears' lineage is traced to honor and glory.

كَريم مَتى أَمدحه أَمدحه وَالوَرى

مَعي وَإِذا ما لمته لمته وَحدي

A generous man: whenever I praise him, I praise him, and all mankind

is with me; and when I reproach him, I reproach him alone.

يُعطر رَوض النظم وَرد مَديحه

فَيَكسب مِن أَوصافِهِ عَبق الند

The roses of his praise perfume the garden of verse,

so it gains from his qualities the fragrance of incense.

وَتصدح أَطيار المجيدين باسمه

كَأَنهم قَد كرروا سورة الحَمدِ

And the birds of accomplished poets sing his name,

as though they had repeated the Sura of Praise.

وَيَحلو لأَفواه المغنين مدحه

أَلَم تَرَ في أَصواتهم لذة الشَهد

And his praise tastes sweet in singers' mouths;

have you not perceived in their voices the delight of honey?

حَنانيك قُم وَالبس كساء إمارة

جعلت لَها مِن سالف العَصر وَالعَهد

I beg your kindness: rise and don the cloak of governorship,

for which you were made in times and ages long past.

وَقُم رافِلاً وَاسحب ذُيول مسرة

غَدا بدرها الوَضاح في شرف السعد

And rise in flowing robes, and trail the hems of joy,

whose radiant full moon now stands at the height of good fortune.

تَهن بِها وَاعلم بِأَنك كفؤها

وَأنك بَيت الجود يا كَعبة الوَفد

Rejoice in it, and know that you are worthy of it,

and that you are the house of generosity, O Kaaba of delegations.

لَقَد زنتها لَما تمطيت ظَهرها

كَما زينت وَجه الفَتى شامة الخَد

Indeed, you adorned it when you mounted its back,

as a mole on the cheek adorns a young man's face.

تَأَلف مِن بَعد التشتت شَملها

وَيا طالَما طالَت بِهِ شقة البُعد

Its company was reunited after dispersal,

and oh, how long the gulf of separation had kept it apart!

وَنامَت بِعَين في حِماك قَريرة

وَمِن قَبل ذا أَودت بِها شدة السهد

And it slept beneath your protection, its eye at peace,

though before this, severe sleeplessness had undone it.

وَكُن للرَعايا وَالِداً وَاعف عَنهُم

لتظفر في الدارين بِالأَجر وَالحَمد

And be a father to your subjects, and pardon them,

that you may win reward and praise in both worlds.

وَخُذ مِن فَمي بكراً إِلَيك زففتها

لتبلغ مِن إحسانكم غاية القَصد

And take from my mouth a maiden I have led to you as a bride,

so she may attain through your beneficence the utmost goal.

رَقيقة طَبع بنت يَوم سبكتها

بِقالب ذهن قَد أَتاكَ بِلا وَعد

Delicate in nature, a daughter of a day, whom I cast

in the mold of a mind that came to you without prior promise.

لَئن أغلقت أَبواب كُل كَريمة

فإنك فتاح المكارم وَالرَفد

Even if the doors of every noble deed are shut,

you open the doors of noble deeds and bounty.

فَلا زلت مَحروس الجَناب مكرماً

مُطاعاً بِما تَهوى مِن الحر وَالعَبد

So may you ever remain protected in person and honored,

obeyed in all you desire by free man and slave,

مَدى الدَهر ما انهل الغمام وَما أَتت

بَشائر غَنت في خَمائل مِن وَرد

through all time, as long as clouds pour down and there come

glad tidings that sing in groves of roses.