لا تيأسن فالرجا كم فرّجا

لا تيأسن فالرجا كم فرّجا

فالرزق مقسوم ومهما فرجا

فالرزق مقسوم ومهما فرجا

Do not despair: how often hope has brought relief!

Do not despair, for hope has often relieved,

For sustenance is apportioned; however it flees, it comes [reading uncertain].

Sustenance is predestined, no matter how much hope is conceived,

ورب أمر كنت منه ايسا

ورب أمر كنت منه ايسا

مستبعدا أسبابه فجا فجا

مستبعدا أسبابه فجا فجا

And many a matter you had despaired of—

And many a matter I had despaired,

You deemed its means remote; then suddenly it came.

Deeming its means impossible, yet it came to pass and was repaired,

وموثق أن أنين موقن

وموثق أن أنين موقن

بالموت لما أن جا له النجا

بالموت لما أن جا له النجا

And many a fettered man groaned like one certain

Certain am I, o confident soul,

Of death, when deliverance came to him.

That death shall come when deliverance is its goal,

واصبر ولا تستعجلن فما سمعت

واصبر ولا تستعجلن فما سمعت

من هجا للصابرين منهجا

من هجا للصابرين منهجا

And be patient; do not be hasty, for I have never heard

So be patient and do not hasten, for never have I heard,

Of anyone disparaging the patient's path.

Any reproach to the patient, nor a path made curved,

وجانب الحرص فكم من خبر

وجانب الحرص فكم من خبر

جا في هجا أربابه فيه هجا

جا في هجا أربابه فيه هجا

And shun greed, for many a report

And avoid greed, for how many a lesson,

Has come in satire of its devotees, lampooning them therein.

Came in censure of its masters, so in it they were sunken,

وثق بإسمعيل واعلم أنه

وثق بإسمعيل واعلم أنه

لا يرتجا باب له فيرتجا

لا يرتجا باب له فيرتجا

And trust in Ismail, and know that

And trust in God, and know that He,

No door of his is sought in hope only to be shut.

Shall not deny a door, so seek and it shall opened be,

ملك جواد قوله وفعله

ملك جواد قوله وفعله

قد حرجا في غيره قدح الرجا

قد حرجا في غيره قدح الرجا

A generous king, whose word and deed

A King of generosity in word and deed alike,

Have forbidden kindling hope in anyone else.

Bringing ease where hardship did strike,

بحر يجر عسكراً على العدى

بحر يجر عسكراً على العدى

أذاً انتموا وجا إذا تموجا

أذاً انتموا وجا إذا تموجا

A sea that drives an army against the foes,

An ocean that makes armies flow,

Bringing harm [middle wording unclear], striking when it surges.

Against enemies surge, billowing as waves grow,

كم للرماح في الصدرو أولجا

كم للرماح في الصدرو أولجا

ومن سعى إلى الفساد أولجا

ومن سعى إلى الفساد أولجا

How often he drove spears into breasts,

How many spears have pierced the chest, and reddened in their trail,

And thrust them into whoever strove for corruption.

And he who strived for corruption, in ruin he did fail,

وكم أباد سيفه من ضيغم

وكم أباد سيفه من ضيغم

يبعثه والمرء جاء مرهجا

يبعثه والمرء جاء مرهجا

And how many a lion his sword has destroyed!

And how many has its sword destroyed, of hosts,

He sends it forth as a man comes raising dust.

Dispatching them while man arrived coerced,

والأرض قد قرت به وكل من

والأرض قد قرت به وكل من

بالضرجا في دمه قد ضرجا

بالضرجا في دمه قد ضرجا

And the earth has found rest through him, and everyone

And the earth remains still, though all who,

Who came bringing harm has been stained with his own blood.

With treachery spilled blood, were bloodied too,

ما صدقت آمال باغ عنده

ما صدقت آمال باغ عنده

كلا ولا ثم رجا من مرجا

كلا ولا ثم رجا من مرجا

No aggressor's hopes came true with him,

No hopes proved true for one whose way,

No indeed; nor did anyone who sowed disorder hope there.

Always strayed, and from the path did sway,

أعرج إلى سما علاه فالليا

أعرج إلى سما علاه فالليا

لي لم تطق منع رجا من عرجا

لي لم تطق منع رجا من عرجا

Ascend to the heaven of his glory, for the nights—

I limp to the Heavens, its heights beyond,

Could not bar the hope of one who ascended.

For the world could not prevent my hopes abscond,

يا أيها الملك الممهد الذي

يا أيها الملك الممهد الذي

عن ذكره أنى له جاما الهجا

عن ذكره أنى له جاما الهجا

O you, the king who brings order,

O King, paved be your remembrance way,

Whose name—how could satire reach it? [Wording unclear.]

From it my songs of praise shall not stray,

عبدك إسمعيل ما لهمه

عبدك إسمعيل ما لهمه

مع الرجا في غيركم معرجا

مع الرجا في غيركم معرجا

Your servant Ismail's aspiration finds no

Your servant Ismail is not inclined,

Path of hope toward anyone other than you.

To hopes beyond You, or thereby find,

والله ما مر بقلبي امل

والله ما مر بقلبي امل

في غيركم لو مرجا اللوم الرجا

في غيركم لو مرجا اللوم الرجا

By God, no hope has crossed my heart

No wish has passed in my heart,

In anyone but you; if it did, reproach would overtake that hope.

But you, nor hope, nor wish to depart,

إليك أشكو حال عبد مارجا

إليك أشكو حال عبد مارجا

وحبكم لقلبه قد مارجا

وحبكم لقلبه قد مارجا

To you I lament the plight of a servant who has not hoped [elsewhere; reading uncertain],

To you I complain the state of a servant estranged,

And love for you has mingled with his heart.

And love of you that within me unchanged,

وما رايت من شكا جور

وما رايت من شكا جور

زمان فلجا إليك الا فلجا

زمان فلجا إليك الا فلجا

And I have never seen anyone complain of the tyranny

I have not seen one who complained of injustice,

Of time and seek refuge with you without prevailing.

And came to you, but found relief and bliss,

ولا من اشتد به كرب عظ

ولا من اشتد به كرب عظ

يم فرجا إلا لديك فرجا

يم فرجا إلا لديك فرجا

Nor anyone beset by great, grievous anguish

Nor one gripped by affliction and fears abound,

Who then hoped for relief anywhere but with you.

Except through you, solace he found,

لا زلت يا مولى الملوك كلما

لا زلت يا مولى الملوك كلما

ماس الرجا لديك فيما سرجا

ماس الرجا لديك فيما سرجا

May you ever remain, O master of kings, whenever

Still you remain, O Master of Kings, whenever,

Hope sways before you [final phrase unclear],

Hope is placed in you, from adversity the recover,

مسالما للحادثات سالماً

مسالما للحادثات سالماً

عليك في دار النجا دار النجا

عليك في دار النجا دار النجا

At peace with life's vicissitudes, unharmed.

Peaceful towards events, peace upon you I bestow,

Deliverance circles around you in the abode of deliverance.

In the Abode of Deliverance, the Abode of Deliverance.