عَزْمَةٌ صَحَّ فَأْلُها بِالنَّجاحِ

عَزْمَةٌ صَحَّ فَأْلُها بِالنَّجاحِ

بَيْنَ ذِي مِخْلَبٍ وَذَاتِ جَنَاحِ

بَيْنَ ذِي مِخْلَبٍ وَذَاتِ جَنَاحِ

A resolve whose omen proved true in success,

A firm resolve to which success clings

among creatures with claws and creatures with wings:

Between claw and wing it springs

مِن فُهُودٍ وَمِن صُقُورٍ حَدَاهَا

مِن فُهُودٍ وَمِن صُقُورٍ حَدَاهَا

يَمَّهَا في غُدُوِّها وَالرَّوَاحِ

يَمَّهَا في غُدُوِّها وَالرَّوَاحِ

cheetahs and falcons, urged onward

From cheetahs and from falcons freed

by their goal in their morning departure and evening return.

It charged headlong, nothing heeding

أَرْسَلَتْها سَعَادَةُ المَلِكِ الصَّا

أَرْسَلَتْها سَعَادَةُ المَلِكِ الصَّا

لحِ فاسْتَقْبَلَتْ وُجُوهَ الصَّلاحِ

لحِ فاسْتَقْبَلَتْ وُجُوهَ الصَّلاحِ

The good fortune of King al-Salih sent them forth,

The happy king sent it ahead

and they faced the prospects of prosperity.

And it met with righteousness instead

مَلِكٌ ضَرَّجَ الثَّرى مِن دِمَاءٍ

مَلِكٌ ضَرَّجَ الثَّرى مِن دِمَاءٍ

خلت زنكها خدود المِلاحِ

خلت زنكها خدود المِلاحِ

A king who stained the earth crimson with blood,

A king who stained the earth with red

whose hue [uncertain reading] you would take for the cheeks of beauties.

Of blood till cheeks with shame were lead

كُلُّ يَومٍ مِن صَيْدِهِ عِيدُ نَحْر

كُلُّ يَومٍ مِن صَيْدِهِ عِيدُ نَحْر

في وُحُوش وَفي عِدًى كالأَضَاحِي

في وُحُوش وَفي عِدًى كالأَضَاحِي

Every day of his hunting is a Feast of Sacrifice,

Each day for him a feast of prey

among wild beasts and foes like sacrificial victims.

On beasts or rogues who disobey

عَوَّدَ الخَيلَ يَومَ صَيْدٍ تَصَدا

عَوَّدَ الخَيلَ يَومَ صَيْدٍ تَصَدا

هُ وَيَوْماً تَكنِيهِ أَمْرَ الكِفَاحِ

هُ وَيَوْماً تَكنِيهِ أَمْرَ الكِفَاحِ

He schooled the horses—one day in a hunt he pursued,

He trained his steed for hunting day

and another day in what you call the business of combat.

And discipline for battle's fray

ضُمَّرٌ دُونَ سَوْطِها يَلْهَبُ البَرْ

ضُمَّرٌ دُونَ سَوْطِها يَلْهَبُ البَرْ

قُ وَتَشْكُو الكَلالَ هُوْجُ الرِّيَاحِ

قُ وَتَشْكُو الكَلالَ هُوْجُ الرِّيَاحِ

Lean steeds: lightning blazes beneath their whip,

Afire, his whip makes lightning play

and the raging winds complain of exhaustion.

As the tired horses pant and bray

فَهْيَ قَيْدُ الظِّباءِ في كُلِّ قَفْرٍ

فَهْيَ قَيْدُ الظِّباءِ في كُلِّ قَفْرٍ

لَمْ تَفُتْها مِثلَ القَضَاءِ المُتَاحِ

لَمْ تَفُتْها مِثلَ القَضَاءِ المُتَاحِ

So they fetter the gazelles in every wilderness;

Capturing gazelles where they stray

none have escaped them, as none escapes allotted fate.

Nothing escapes, no beast can stay

وَضَوَارٍ تَوَدُّ أَنفسَها مِن

وَضَوَارٍ تَوَدُّ أَنفسَها مِن

جِدَّةٍ لَوْ نَزَتْ علَى الأََشْبَاحِ

جِدَّةٍ لَوْ نَزَتْ علَى الأََشْبَاحِ

And beasts of prey whose very souls long,

Hyenas wishing they could fly

in their vigor, to spring upon bodily forms.

From dreadful doom, escape deny

مَا رَأَتْها الوُحُوشُ إلا وَقَالَتْ

مَا رَأَتْها الوُحُوشُ إلا وَقَالَتْ

لا تَحِيدِي فَمَا لَنا مِن بَرَاحِ

لا تَحِيدِي فَمَا لَنا مِن بَرَاحِ

The wild beasts never saw them without saying:

Seeing it come, beasts only cry

"Do not turn aside, for we have no escape."

Spare us, no rest for us to lie

مِن مَهَاةٍ ومِن فَرًى وَغَزَالٍ

مِن مَهَاةٍ ومِن فَرًى وَغَزَالٍ

طَال مِنها نَواحُها في النَّواحِي

طَال مِنها نَواحُها في النَّواحِي

From oryx, from wild ass and gazelle,

With musk deer, rabbits, deer to die

their wailing lingered long throughout the regions.

Their wails echo from mountain high

مَغْنَمٌ قَد أَحَلَّهُ اللُّهُ واللَّ

مَغْنَمٌ قَد أَحَلَّهُ اللُّهُ واللَّ

هُ تَعَالَى مِن رَازِقٍ فَتَّاحِ

هُ تَعَالَى مِن رَازِقٍ فَتَّاحِ

Spoils God has indeed made lawful; and God—

Spoils that Allah granted from on high

exalted is He—what a Provider and Opener!

From a generous hand that satisfy