دم أبا فاتك حليف بقاء

دم أبا فاتك حليف بقاء

فائض العدل والسنى السناء

فائض العدل والسنى السناء

Endure, Abu Fatik, companion of lasting life,

Blood of Abu Fatak, eternal ally,

overflowing with justice and lofty in splendor;

Overflowing with justice and praised for excellence,

قادراً قاهراً تذل وتردي

قادراً قاهراً تذل وتردي

كل ضد بعزة قعساء

كل ضد بعزة قعساء

powerful and overpowering, humbling and destroying

Able and victorious, you humble and destroy

every foe with unassailable might;

Every foe with mighty wrath,

آمراً ناهياً يخاف ويرجى

آمراً ناهياً يخاف ويرجى

منك يوم السراء والضراء

منك يوم السراء والضراء

commanding and forbidding: feared and hoped for

Commanding and forbidding, feared and hoped for

from you are days of prosperity and adversity;

In days of ease and tribulation alike,

قابضاً باسطاً معزاً مذلاً

قابضاً باسطاً معزاً مذلاً

نافذ العزم ثاقب الآراء

نافذ العزم ثاقب الآراء

withholding and bestowing, exalting and humbling,

Withholding and bestowing, honoring and debasing,

irresistible in resolve, penetrating in judgment.

Unwavering in resolve, piercing in insight.

أصبح الكامل بين شاور ذخراً

أصبح الكامل بين شاور ذخراً

لأبي الفتح سيد الوزراء

لأبي الفتح سيد الوزراء

Al-Kamil, [apparently son of] Shawar, has become a treasure

You have perfected Al-Kamil among the elite counselors

for Abu al-Fath, lord of the viziers.

For Abu Al-Fath, chief of ministers.

أنتما لا خلت ممالك مصر

أنتما لا خلت ممالك مصر

منكما حصنها من الأعداء

منكما حصنها من الأعداء

You two—may the realms of Egypt never be bereft

You both defend the realms of Egypt

of you—are their fortress against enemies.

Shielding her from enemies.

أنت يمنى يديه إن عن خطب

أنت يمنى يديه إن عن خطب

تتوقاه سائر الأعضاء

تتوقاه سائر الأعضاء

You are his right hand if a calamity arises

You are his right hand, that if calamities appear,

that all his other limbs guard against.

The rest of his body seeks your protection.

يا أبا فاتك نداء ولي

يا أبا فاتك نداء ولي

ما بدا بإخلاص وده من خفاء

ما بدا بإخلاص وده من خفاء

O Abu Fatik—the call of a loyal friend,

O Abu Fatak, my patron, I cry

whose sincere affection shows no concealment.

With sincerity and affection once hidden.

لك دون الأنام عقد ثنائي

لك دون الأنام عقد ثنائي

فنتقد دره وعقد ولائي

فنتقد دره وعقد ولائي

Yours alone, among all people, is the necklace of my praise;

For you, beyond all people, my ode of praise

so examine its pearls and the bond of my allegiance.

That distinguishes and honors the sublime.

أنطقتني مناقب علمتني

أنطقتني مناقب علمتني

كيف أثني بها على العلياء

كيف أثني بها على العلياء

Virtues have given me voice and taught me

Your virtues have moved my tongue

how to praise the heights of glory through them.

To tell how I extol the exalted ones,

ويمين كريمة وجبين

ويمين كريمة وجبين

مستهلان بالحيا والحياء

مستهلان بالحيا والحياء

And a generous right hand and a brow,

And your generous hand and brow

both streaming with rainlike bounty and modesty,

Adorned with life and modesty.

أغنياني عن التملق حتى

أغنياني عن التملق حتى

قال وجهي أبقيتما في مائي

قال وجهي أبقيتما في مائي

have spared me the need for flattery, until

They spare me from flattery, until

my face said, 'You two have kept my water within me.'

My face says "you have sustained me."

ولو أني دعوت جود شجاع

ولو أني دعوت جود شجاع

في مهم لبى نداه ندائي

في مهم لبى نداه ندائي

And were I to call upon Shujaʿ's generosity

Had I called for your munificence and valor

in a pressing matter, his bounty would answer my call.

In time of need, you would have answered my call.

قلت للمدعي مديح شجاع

قلت للمدعي مديح شجاع

مدح الشمس ما لها من ضياء

مدح الشمس ما لها من ضياء

I said to the one claiming to praise Shujaʿ:

I said to the one claiming to praise your valor,

'The sun's own radiance is its praise.'

"To praise the sun adds nothing to its radiance."

لو نظمنا له الكواكب كانت

لو نظمنا له الكواكب كانت

دون ما يستحقه من ثناء

دون ما يستحقه من ثناء

Were we to string the stars for him, they would be

If we composed the stars in your honor, it would fall short

short of the praise he deserves.

Of what you deserve in acclamation.

وقليل نظم النجوم لملك

وقليل نظم النجوم لملك

جاز في المجد أنجم الجوزاء

جاز في المجد أنجم الجوزاء

And stringing the stars is little for a king

Too few are the stars to praise a king

who has surpassed in glory the stars of al-Jawza.

Who has surpassed the stars of Gemini in glory.

لم يكن شربك الدواء لسقم

لم يكن شربك الدواء لسقم

يرتجى برؤه بشرب الدواء

يرتجى برؤه بشرب الدواء

Your drinking medicine was not because of an illness

Your drinking the medicine was not to cure sickness,

whose cure is hoped for by drinking medicine.

Hoping to gain health by drinking medicine.

إنما احتلت للأطباء جوداً

إنما احتلت للأطباء جوداً

منك حتى غمرتهم بالعطاء

منك حتى غمرتهم بالعطاء

You merely devised a ruse for the physicians, out of generosity

Rather, you bestowed generosity on physicians

from you, until you flooded them with gifts.

Until you overwhelmed them with gifts.

فتمل الملك العظيم وجرر

فتمل الملك العظيم وجرر

ذيل عز وصحة وشفاء

ذيل عز وصحة وشفاء

So long enjoy great dominion, and trail

So the great king was delighted, and dragged

the hem of glory, health, and healing.

The train of might, health, and recovery.

وتمل العام الذي أنت أولى

وتمل العام الذي أنت أولى

فيه من كل منعم بالهناء

فيه من كل منعم بالهناء

And long enjoy the year in which you are more deserving

And so was delighted the year of which you are most worthy

of happiness than anyone blessed with comfort.

To be felicitated with glad tidings.