لعلَّ زمانِي بالعُذَيْبِ يعودُ

لعلَّ زمانِي بالعُذَيْبِ يعودُ

فيَقربَ قُرْبٌ أو يَصُدَّ صدودُ

فيَقربَ قُرْبٌ أو يَصُدَّ صدودُ

Perhaps my days at al-ʿUdhayb will return,

Perhaps my time with happiness will return,

So closeness may draw near, or estrangement turn away.

So proximity comes close or barriers depart.

فأُبصِر كُثبانا وهنَّ رَوادفٌ

فأُبصِر كُثبانا وهنَّ رَوادفٌ

عليهن أغصانٌ وهن قُدود

عليهن أغصانٌ وهن قُدود

Then I may behold dunes that are rounded haunches,

I will then see dunes, with branches leaning on them,

With boughs upon them that are slender figures.

And I will pluck the rose on my cheek while it is wet,

وأَقطِف ورد الخدِّ وهْو مُضرَّجٌ

وأَقطِف ورد الخدِّ وهْو مُضرَّجٌ

وأَجنِي أَقاحَ الثَّغْرِ وهْو بَرود

وأَجنِي أَقاحَ الثَّغْرِ وهْو بَرود

And pluck the cheek's rose, dyed crimson,

And pick the fruits of my lips while they are cool,

And gather the daisies of the mouth, which is cool.

And reveal my arms for embraces under pretext,

وأُبدِي ذراعي للعناقِ ذَريعةً

وأُبدِي ذراعي للعناقِ ذَريعةً

فَتَنْهى عن الإفراط فيه نُهود

فَتَنْهى عن الإفراط فيه نُهود

And offer my arm as a pretext for embracing,

Then shyness prevents excessiveness in it.

Then breasts restrain excess in that embrace.

The moon will flow to me while forbidden,

ويَسْرِي إليّ البدرُ وهْو مُمنَّع

ويَسْرِي إليّ البدرُ وهْو مُمنَّع

ويغدو إليّ الظبيُ وهْو شَرود

ويغدو إليّ الظبيُ وهْو شَرود

And the full moon comes to me by night, though guarded,

And the gazelle will come to me distracted.

And the gazelle comes to me at dawn, though elusive.

I will give the right of play a bridle,

وأُعطي يمينَ اللهوِ فَضْلةَ مِقْوَدي

وأُعطي يمينَ اللهوِ فَضْلةَ مِقْوَدي

وأَغْدو وأغصانُ الشَّبيبِة غِيدُ

وأَغْدو وأغصانُ الشَّبيبِة غِيدُ

And give pleasure's right hand the loose end of my rein,

And walk while the branches of youth chant.

And go forth while youth's boughs are supple.

And I will magnify the extent of love over shame,

وأُكبر مقدارِ الهوى عن كبيرة

وأُكبر مقدارِ الهوى عن كبيرة

وأحمِي عفافي دونَها وأَذود

وأحمِي عفافي دونَها وأَذود

And hold love's worth too high for a grievous sin,

And protect my chastity from it and defend.

And guard my chastity against it, keeping it at bay.

One morning I surrendered to love without doubt,

غَداةَ أُلبِّي الحبَّ من غيرِ ريبةٍ

غَداةَ أُلبِّي الحبَّ من غيرِ ريبةٍ

على أنّ شيطانَ الغرام مَريد

على أنّ شيطانَ الغرام مَريد

When I answer love's call without cause for suspicion,

That the devil of passion is rebellious.

Although the demon of passion is rebellious.

And a night Suwaid's heart crossed intentions of longing,

وليل تَخطَّتْ بي سُوَيدا فؤادِه

وليل تَخطَّتْ بي سُوَيدا فؤادِه

عَزائمُ شوقٍ والنجومُ رُكود

عَزائمُ شوقٍ والنجومُ رُكود

And through the black core of a night's heart I was borne

While the stars slumbered motionless.

By resolves of longing, while the stars stood still.

I ventured into the darkness of its severe darkness,

أَخوض غِمارا من عَجاج ظلامِه

أَخوض غِمارا من عَجاج ظلامِه

بحيث تقول الجنُّ أين تريد

بحيث تقول الجنُّ أين تريد

I plunge into the depths of its dust-cloud darkness,

Where jinn ask: where are you heading?

Where the jinn ask, 'Where are you bound?'

A darkness like the pupils of demons in its color,

ظلامٌ كأَحْداقِ الجآذرِ لونُه

ظلامٌ كأَحْداقِ الجآذرِ لونُه

دَجَا فضياءُ النارِ ليس يفيد

دَجَا فضياءُ النارِ ليس يفيد

A darkness colored like the pupils of young wild cows,

The light of fire does not penetrate it.

So black that firelight is of no avail.

I abused it without a proper course,

تَعسفتُه سَعْيا على غيرِ منهجٍ

تَعسفتُه سَعْيا على غيرِ منهجٍ

وكُدْر القَطا عن أَخْمَصَيَّ تَحيد

وكُدْر القَطا عن أَخْمَصَيَّ تَحيد

I forced my way through it, following no path,

And the turbidity of the dark screened my steps.

While dusky sandgrouse swerved away from my soles.

So my enemy in the woods roared,

فبادرَ عَدْوِي من بني الغاب أَهْرَتٌ

فبادرَ عَدْوِي من بني الغاب أَهْرَتٌ

عظيمُ القَراعَبْلُ الذراعِ عَنود

عظيمُ القَراعَبْلُ الذراعِ عَنود

Then a wide-mawed son of the thicket intercepted my run,

Huge handed, strong armed and stubborn.

Massive-backed, thick of foreleg, and headstrong.

An angry brother, the valleys echoed his roar,

أخو حَنَقٍ غَصَّ الفَلا بزئيرِه

أخو حَنَقٍ غَصَّ الفَلا بزئيرِه

له وَثْبةٌ في سيرِه ووَئيد

له وَثْبةٌ في سيرِه ووَئيد

A creature of rage, whose roaring choked the wilderness,

He pounced in his walk, ferocious.

His gait holding a leap and a measured tread.

So I subdued him, breaking the neck of the treacherous,

فأَلْجمتُه عَضْبَ الغِرارين كاسرا

فأَلْجمتُه عَضْبَ الغِرارين كاسرا

هو الموتُ لولا أنْ يقال حديد

هو الموتُ لولا أنْ يقال حديد

Then I bridled him with a crushing, keen two-edged sword—

He is death, if it were not said to be of iron.

It is death itself, save that it is called iron.

When the sword sheath revealed him, he shone as if

إذا مَجَّه الغِمدُ اسْتنارَ كأنه

إذا مَجَّه الغِمدُ اسْتنارَ كأنه

شبابٌ له بعد الهُدوء وقُود

شبابٌ له بعد الهُدوء وقُود

When the scabbard spits it out, it gleams as though

A youth, after calmness, burning with firewood.

A blaze, fueled anew after repose.

With one strike, I scattered his body,

فشَتَّتُّ من شِطْرَيْه شَمْلا بضربةٍ

فشَتَّتُّ من شِطْرَيْه شَمْلا بضربةٍ

لها عادةٌ لا تبتدى فتعود

لها عادةٌ لا تبتدى فتعود

I sundered the union of his two halves with a stroke

It has a habit of not starting yet recurs.

Whose custom is never to need a second stroke.

And I walked on while the enthusiasm of youth drove me,

وسرتُ وصِنْوِى حافزٌ من صبابةٍ

وسرتُ وصِنْوِى حافزٌ من صبابةٍ

يسوق اعتزامي تارة ويقود

يسوق اعتزامي تارة ويقود

And I went on, my companion a spur of yearning,

Urging my determination, leading at times.

Now driving my resolve, now leading it.

Until bonfires appeared vast,

إلى أنْ تراءتْ مُضْرَماتٌ شَواسع

إلى أنْ تراءتْ مُضْرَماتٌ شَواسع

كما حَدَّقتْ تحتَ الظلام أُسود

كما حَدَّقتْ تحتَ الظلام أُسود

Until distant, kindled fires came into view,

As if they peeked under the darkness, black.

Like lions staring through the darkness.

Glimpsing and hiding like the blinking resisted,

تلوح وتخبو مثلَ غَمْضٍ تَعافُه

تلوح وتخبو مثلَ غَمْضٍ تَعافُه

عيون لها من حولهن هُجود

عيون لها من حولهن هُجود

They flashed and faded, like a blink disdained

By vigilant eyes with dreamers around.

By eyes with sleepers all around them.

In front of a tent, every seeker took refuge,

أمامَ خِباءٍ حَفَّه كلُّ طالبٍ

أمامَ خِباءٍ حَفَّه كلُّ طالبٍ

دمى فله حرصٌ عليه شديد

دمى فله حرصٌ عليه شديد

Before a tent encircled by every seeker

He is keen to defend it, firmly intent.

Of statue-like beauties, each fiercely intent upon it.

إذا صافحتْ أجفانَه سِنةُ الكَرَى

إذا صافحتْ أجفانَه سِنةُ الكَرَى

نَقتْها لذكرى خَطْرةٍ فتَحيد

نَقتْها لذكرى خَطْرةٍ فتَحيد

If sleep's first drowsiness brushed his eyelids,

If the eyelids of the old (death) touched him,

They cleared it away at a passing recollection, and it fled.

It takes him to the memory of a fleeting idea.

وإنّ هبَّ معتلُّ النسيم تَيقَّظوا

وإنّ هبَّ معتلُّ النسيم تَيقَّظوا

كما تُوقظ الخُلْدَ الحَذورَ رُعود

كما تُوقظ الخُلْدَ الحَذورَ رُعود

And if even a faint breeze stirred, they woke,

And if the breeze blew languidly, they woke up,

As thunderclaps awaken the wary mole.

As thunder rouses the ever-cautious sleeper.

قَدِ اسْتَلأَموا فالمُرْهَفات سواعدٌ

قَدِ اسْتَلأَموا فالمُرْهَفات سواعدٌ

لأَيمانِهم والسابغاتُ جلود

لأَيمانِهم والسابغاتُ جلود

They had donned armor: their keen blades were forearms

They took the weapons in their hands and put on armor,

For their right hands, and their coats of mail were skins.

So I was cautious of the fierceness of the people among them,

بحيث أُراعى غِرَّةَ القومِ منهم

بحيث أُراعى غِرَّةَ القومِ منهم

إذا عَنَّ طَرْفٌ أو تَرنَّح جيدُ

إذا عَنَّ طَرْفٌ أو تَرنَّح جيدُ

There I watched among them for the men's unguarded moment,

If a glance or a sigh escaped a youth,

If an eye appeared or a neck swayed,

Fearing violation of the tribe’s daughter’s honor,

حِذارا على سِرِّ ابنةِ القومِ يغتدى

حِذارا على سِرِّ ابنةِ القومِ يغتدى

لمعدومه بين الوُشاة وُجود

لمعدومه بين الوُشاة وُجود

Guarding the tribe's daughter's secret, lest there arise

While modesty exists among the debauchees.

Among tale-bearers an existence for what had none.

I walked briskly at first dawn,

أدبٌ دَبيبَ الفجرِ أولَ وقِته

أدبٌ دَبيبَ الفجرِ أولَ وقِته

وأسَعى كسَعْىِ الظلِّ وهْو مديد

وأسَعى كسَعْىِ الظلِّ وهْو مديد

I creep as dawn creeps at its earliest hour,

Until I entered the tent stealthily, as

And move as a shadow moves when it stretches long.

The master shepherd approaches his worried herd.

إلى أن دخلتُ الخِدْرَ حَبْوا كما دَنا

إلى أن دخلتُ الخِدْرَ حَبْوا كما دَنا

إلى ثَلَّةِ الراعي المُهوِّم سِيدُ

إلى ثَلَّةِ الراعي المُهوِّم سِيدُ

Until I crawled into the inner chamber, as there draws near

So I kissed the sun, but rather its perfection,

To a dozing shepherd's flock a wolf.

Is more than the sun and the shining moon.

فَقبّلتُ مثلَ الشمسِ لا بل كَمالُها

فَقبّلتُ مثلَ الشمسِ لا بل كَمالُها

على الشمس والبدر المنير يزيد

على الشمس والبدر المنير يزيد

I kissed one like the sun—no, rather, her perfection

As the kisses of the mouths of kings in reverence,

Surpasses the sun and the radiant moon.

The ground at the door of the royal abode, though distant.

كتقبيل أفواه الملوك مهابةً

كتقبيل أفواه الملوك مهابةً

ثرى باب دارِ المُلْك وهْو بعيد

ثرى باب دارِ المُلْك وهْو بعيد

As kings' mouths kiss in awe

Certain that crooked paths above it,

The earth at the palace gate, though it is far away,

Lead to the King of Kings, then return.

يقينا بأن الأَعْوَجيات فوقَه

يقينا بأن الأَعْوَجيات فوقَه

تسير بشاهِنْشاهَ ثم تعود

تسير بشاهِنْشاهَ ثم تعود

Certain that the Aʿwaj steeds over it

That life, righteousness, generosity and dew,

Carry Shahanshah, then return.

Are his gifts or property and slaves.

وأن الحَيا والبِرّ والجود والندى

وأن الحَيا والبِرّ والجود والندى

عطاياه أو مِلْكٌ له وعبيد

عطاياه أو مِلْكٌ له وعبيد

And that rain, goodness, generosity, and bounty

He is the highest ambition and ability,

Are his gifts—or his possessions and servants.

Unique in generosity and bounty.

هو الناسُ طُرّا في اعتزامٍ وقُدرةٍ

هو الناسُ طُرّا في اعتزامٍ وقُدرةٍ

وفي الجود والفضلِ العَميم وَحيد

وفي الجود والفضلِ العَميم وَحيد

He is all mankind in resolve and power,

When the remembrance occurs on earth though distant,

And peerless in generosity and all-embracing grace.

Its kingdoms prostrate when hearing.

إذا خَطَرتْ ذكراه أرضاً وإنْ نأتْ

إذا خَطَرتْ ذكراه أرضاً وإنْ نأتْ

فأَملاكُها عند السماع سُجود

فأَملاكُها عند السماع سُجود

If remembrance of him crosses a land, however remote,

For every arrogant in arrogance there is an end,

Its kings prostrate themselves on hearing it.

And each reaches the bottom of what they built.

لكلِّ تَغالٍ في تَعالٍ نهايةٌ

لكلِّ تَغالٍ في تَعالٍ نهايةٌ

وكلٌّ لأَدْنَى ما بناهُ صَعيد

وكلٌّ لأَدْنَى ما بناهُ صَعيد

Every striving to rise ever higher has a limit,

He delivered to the world fully his justice,

And all are ground beneath the least of what he built.

So every day there is happiness.

أفاض على الدنيا سَوابغَ عدله

أفاض على الدنيا سَوابغَ عدله

ففي كل يوم للسعادة عيد

ففي كل يوم للسعادة عيد

He lavished on the world the ample robes of his justice,

Oh son of the helper of the kingdom, of opinion and service,

So every day is a festival for happiness.

Your purpose for both types is proper.

فيا بْنَ مغيثِ المُلْك بالرأيِ والقَنا

فيا بْنَ مغيثِ المُلْك بالرأيِ والقَنا

فقَصْدُك للنوعين منه سَديد

فقَصْدُك للنوعين منه سَديد

O son of him who rescued the realm with counsel and spears,

Your father who strengthened the Caliphate after

Your pursuit of both of his ways is sound.

Its pillars were shaken by hypocrisy,

أبوك الذي شد الخلافةَ بعد ما

أبوك الذي شد الخلافةَ بعد ما

تَزعزع منها بالنفاق عمود

تَزعزع منها بالنفاق عمود

Your father is he who strengthened the caliphate after

And whitened the darkness of the nights through his justice,

One of its pillars was shaken by hypocrisy,

And before that, their days were gloomy.

وَبيَّضَ مُسْودَّ الليال بعَدْلِه

وَبيَّضَ مُسْودَّ الليال بعَدْلِه

وأيامُها من قبلِ ذلك سود

وأيامُها من قبلِ ذلك سود

And whitened the blackness of its nights with his justice,

So he straightened the crooked nights through his justice,

Though before that its days were black.

And subjugated the difficult fate while stubborn.

فقَوَّم معوجَّ الليالي بعدله

فقَوَّم معوجَّ الليالي بعدله

وذلَّل صعبَ الدهر وهْو كَنود

وذلَّل صعبَ الدهر وهْو كَنود

He straightened the crooked nights with his justice,

Thus he left you for the world and religion a guardian,

And tamed harsh time, though it was thankless.

To fight for both and be skillful.

فأَبقاكَ للدنيا وللدين عصمةً

فأَبقاكَ للدنيا وللدين عصمةً

تجرِّد حَرْبا فيهما وتُجيد

تجرِّد حَرْبا فيهما وتُجيد

Then he left you as a safeguard for the world and the faith,

To abolish injustice in its existence,

You unleash war for both, and do so well.

And bring dead justice back to life when absent.

فتُعدم حىَّ الظلم عِند وجوده

فتُعدم حىَّ الظلم عِند وجوده

وتُحيِي دفينَ العدل وهْو فقيد

وتُحيِي دفينَ العدل وهْو فقيد

You annihilate living injustice wherever it appears,

And be fair, except in giving gifts, as its injustice

And revive buried justice, though it had been lost.

Is sure with your scattering of money.

وتُنصف إلا في العَطايا فظُلْمُها

وتُنصف إلا في العَطايا فظُلْمُها

بتَشْتيتِ شَمْلِ المال منك أكيدِ

بتَشْتيتِ شَمْلِ المال منك أكيدِ

You are just, except in gifts: their injustice

To you and from you people come and go,

In your scattering of wealth's hoard is beyond doubt.

So your purpose between perishment and eternity remains.

إليك وعنك الناسُ آتٍ وراحلٌ

إليك وعنك الناسُ آتٍ وراحلٌ

فقَصْدُك بين البِيدِ ليس يَبيد

فقَصْدُك بين البِيدِ ليس يَبيد

People come to you and depart from you,

It brings good news of your past generosity,

So the quest for you across the deserts never dies.

And delegations keep coming to your gifts.

يُبشر ماضٍ قادما عنك بالغنى

يُبشر ماضٍ قادما عنك بالغنى

ويَلْقى وفودا من نَداك وفود

ويَلْقى وفودا من نَداك وفود

A departing man brings an arriving one glad tidings of riches from you,

Praising you in prose and poetry is a joy,

And delegations meet delegations coming from your bounty.

That adorns a sermon or poem.

لمدحِك بين النظم والنثر بهجةٌ

لمدحِك بين النظم والنثر بهجةٌ

تَجمَّل منها خطبةٌ وقَصيد

تَجمَّل منها خطبةٌ وقَصيد

Praise of you has a splendor in verse and prose,

Your attributes guide the eulogizers to compose them,

From which speeches and odes take their adornment.

So every literary person eulogizing you is excellent.

صِفاتُك تَهْدى المادحين لنَظْمِها

صِفاتُك تَهْدى المادحين لنَظْمِها

فكلُّ أديبٍ قال فيك مُجيد

فكلُّ أديبٍ قال فيك مُجيد

Your qualities guide your praisers in setting them to verse,

If they were silent, your sublime traits would stand as a poet,

So every writer who speaks of you excels.

Eloquently composing a hymn for you among the people.

ولو سَكتوا قامتْ مَعاليك شاعرا

ولو سَكتوا قامتْ مَعاليك شاعرا

فصيحاً له بين الأَنام نشيد

فصيحاً له بين الأَنام نشيد

And were they silent, your lofty deeds would stand forth as a poet,

In each of your deeds is a miracle,

Eloquent, with a song among mankind.

With witnesses from the necessities of visions.

ففي كل فعلٍ من فِعالك مُعْجِزٌ

ففي كل فعلٍ من فِعالك مُعْجِزٌ

له من ضرورات العِيان شهود

له من ضرورات العِيان شهود

In every deed of yours there is a marvel,

Your days are days of continual granting,

With witnesses supplied by the certainties of direct sight.

And days of calamity in which an infant grows old.

فيوماك يومٌ بالنوال مُدَيِّم

فيوماك يومٌ بالنوال مُدَيِّم

ويومُ وغى فيه يَشيب وليد

ويومُ وغى فيه يَشيب وليد

Your two days are a day that rains gifts unceasingly,

You see determination in the war of existence as a duty,

And a day of battle in which an infant's hair turns gray.

A promise there is a sin and threat.

ترى العزم في حرب وجودٍ شريعةً

ترى العزم في حرب وجودٍ شريعةً

تَجرَّم وعدٌ عندها ووعيد

تَجرَّم وعدٌ عندها ووعيد

You deem resolve in war and generosity a law,

Your granting before requests is requesting,

Under which promises and threats incur guilt.

And your gain before searching is gain.

نوالُك من قبلِ المسائِل سائل

نوالُك من قبلِ المسائِل سائل

وصَيْدُك من قبلِ التَّلبُّثِ صِيد

وصَيْدُك من قبلِ التَّلبُّثِ صِيد

Your bounty flows before petitions are made,

The messengers of death and demise are subservient to your view,

And your quarry is caught before any delay.

For them in the wild are a guide and courier.

ورُسْلُ المَنايا والمُنَى طوعُ ما تَرَى

ورُسْلُ المَنايا والمُنَى طوعُ ما تَرَى

لها في البَرايا رائدٌ وبريد

لها في البَرايا رائدٌ وبريد

The messengers of death and hopes obey whatever you decree,

Generosity that brings growth of honor and richness,

They have a scout and a courier among humankind.

And determination which reaps the summit of grandeur.

فجودٌ عَميمٌ يُنبِت العزّ والغنى

فجودٌ عَميمٌ يُنبِت العزّ والغنى

وعزمٌ له هامُ الكُماةِ حَصيد

وعزمٌ له هامُ الكُماةِ حَصيد

An all-embracing generosity that makes honor and riches grow,

Oh self this is the first of the covenant of sublimity,

And a resolve for which warriors' heads are a harvest.

Oh fortune this promise to gain prominence.

فيا نفس هذا أولُ العهدِ بالعُلَى

فيا نفس هذا أولُ العهدِ بالعُلَى

ويا حظّ هذا الوعدُ أنْ سأَسود

ويا حظّ هذا الوعدُ أنْ سأَسود

O soul, this is your first acquaintance with greatness,

And this most honorable, glorious position,

And O fortune, this is the promise that I shall attain preeminence.

Which I strove for insistently and aspired.

وهذا المقام الأَشرف الأَمجد الذي

وهذا المقام الأَشرف الأَمجد الذي

له كنتُ أسعىَ جاهِدا وأَرود

له كنتُ أسعىَ جاهِدا وأَرود

And this is the noblest, most glorious station

And this most virtuous authority shelters me,

For which I earnestly strove and searched.

In its shade I am then happy.

وهذا الجَناب الأَفْضلىُّ يَكُنُّنى

وهذا الجَناب الأَفْضلىُّ يَكُنُّنى

ذَرى ظِلَّه إني إذاً لسعيد

ذَرى ظِلَّه إني إذاً لسعيد

And this is the Afḍalī court; I am sheltered

Oh time wait, I no longer have an ambition,

By the refuge of its shade—surely, then, I am fortunate.

For an event that takes me suddenly to perish.

فيا دهر مَهْلا ما بقي فيَّ مَطْمعٌ

فيا دهر مَهْلا ما بقي فيَّ مَطْمعٌ

لحادثةٍ تنَتْاشُنى فتَؤود

لحادثةٍ تنَتْاشُنى فتَؤود

O Time, gently now: no opening remains in me

Am I not in the abode of the kingdom, which in it,

For a calamity to snatch at me and weigh me down.

For its Master, permanence of the Masters lasts?

ألستُ بدار المُلْك وهْي التي بها

ألستُ بدار المُلْك وهْي التي بها

لمالِك رِقِّ المالِكين خُلود

لمالِك رِقِّ المالِكين خُلود

Am I not in the royal palace, where

I will take my revenge on your twists forcibly,

The master who holds masters in bondage lives forever?

Take me, or else its changes will be arrested.

سآخذ ثأري من صروفِك عنوةً

سآخذ ثأري من صروفِك عنوةً

أَقِدْني وإلا صَرْفُه سيُقيد

أَقِدْني وإلا صَرْفُه سيُقيد

I shall take revenge upon your vicissitudes by force;

So providence continues to run by his command,

Give me redress, or his sway will exact it.

Its dispositions and events are soldiers.

فلا زالتِ الأَقدارُ تجرِى بأمره

فلا زالتِ الأَقدارُ تجرِى بأمره

تَصاريفُها والحادثاتُ جنود

تَصاريفُها والحادثاتُ جنود

May the destinies never cease to run at his command,

And he continues envied by an eye, for he

In all their turns, while events are his armies.

Ascended high, no envious person matched him.

ولا زال محسودا لعَيْنٍ فإنه

ولا زال محسودا لعَيْنٍ فإنه

عَلا مُرتقيً لم يَرْقَ فيه حسود

عَلا مُرتقيً لم يَرْقَ فيه حسود

And may he ever be an object of envy to the eye, for he

So the arena of honor will accompany his lifetime,

Has climbed to a height no envier has reached.

Continued existence for ages renewed.

فسيحَ مَجالِ العِزّ يَصْحب عُمْرَه

فسيحَ مَجالِ العِزّ يَصْحب عُمْرَه

بقاءٌ على مرِّ الزمان جديد

بقاءٌ على مرِّ الزمان جديد

Wide be his field of glory; may his lifetime be attended

By permanence, ever fresh as time passes.