وافى السرور وصح ترجيح الأمل

وافى السرور وصح ترجيح الأمل

بهلاك علجٍ لا يعادله مثل

بهلاك علجٍ لا يعادله مثل

Joy has arrived, and hopeful expectation has proved true,

Joy has arrived and hope is restored,

through the death of a brute who has no equal:

With the death of an evil that has no equal.

عين المآثم والمظالم والردى

عين المآثم والمظالم والردى

شر العوالم إن تفكر أو عمل

شر العوالم إن تفكر أو عمل

the very embodiment of sins, injustices, and ruin,

The eye of disasters, oppressions and ruin,

the worst in all worlds, whether he thought or acted.

The worst of worlds if you think or act.

كذب اسمه لا يحمدنه ناطقٌ

كذب اسمه لا يحمدنه ناطقٌ

إذا كان في ثوب المساوي قد رفل

إذا كان في ثوب المساوي قد رفل

His name was a lie; let no speaker ever praise him,

His name is a lie, no speaker praises him,

when he had strutted in the robe of misdeeds.

If he was clothed in equality he pretended.

جزار سمي للفضائل جازراً

جزار سمي للفضائل جازراً

مهدي ولكن بالرذائل محتفل

مهدي ولكن بالرذائل محتفل

Called Jazzar, he was a butcher of virtues;

A butcher named virtues slaughterer,

Mahdi—'guided'—yet reveling in vices.

Guided, but reveling in vice.

بحياته كان الغلا ثم الوبا

بحياته كان الغلا ثم الوبا

والقحط والجور الذي لا يحتمل

والقحط والجور الذي لا يحتمل

While he lived, there were high prices, then plague,

His life was oppression then plague,

and drought, and oppression that could not be borne.

And famine and injustice that cannot be endured.

وبموته زال العنا يا حبذا

وبموته زال العنا يا حبذا

هذا المنى غبا التعدي والوجل

هذا المنى غبا التعدي والوجل

And with his death, suffering vanished—how welcome

And by his death, sorrow departed. How wonderful,

this fulfillment of wishes! Oppression and fear have vanished.

This fate, the transgression and terror have vanished.

حاز المقدر عند ملكٍ يجتدى

حاز المقدر عند ملكٍ يجتدى

فيض المهالك في جحيمٍ لم يزل

فيض المهالك في جحيمٍ لم يزل

He gained his destined lot before a King whose bounty is sought:

The destined has met a king who pulls him violently,

a flood of destruction in a hell that never ends.

The torrents of destruction in an eternal hell.

للَه درك يا منون لقد بدت

للَه درك يا منون لقد بدت

منك الحياة وطاب حكمك واعتدل

منك الحياة وطاب حكمك واعتدل

God bless you, O Death! Indeed, there has appeared

God bless you oh death! Life has appeared from you,

life from you; your judgment proved pleasing and just.

And your rule has become good and balanced.

فاز الأنام وأرخوه بمقصدٍ

فاز الأنام وأرخوه بمقصدٍ

هلك الشقي وإلى جهنم قد رحل

هلك الشقي وإلى جهنم قد رحل

Mankind triumphed, and dated his passing with this thought:

People have won and chronicled with purpose,

'The wretch has perished, and to Hell he has departed.'

The wretched has perished and to hell travelled.