Sol 6.1

  1. ظَهيراك التوكُّل والمَضاء

    فَعُمْرُ الكُفْر آن له انْقِضاءُ

    Your two supporters are trust in God and resolve;

    for unbelief's lifespan is now due to end.

  2. يدُ الإيمَانِ عَالِيَةٌ عَليه

    كَما يَعْلو على الظُّلَم الضّياءُ

    The hand of faith is raised above it,

    as light rises above the darkness.

  3. وبيضُ الهِنْد ظَامِئَةٌ إليهِ

    ومِن دَمِه يسوغُ لها ارْتِواءُ

    And India's gleaming swords thirst for it;

    and from its blood they will drink their fill with ease.

  4. أعُبَّادَ المَسيح دنا رَدَاكُمْ

    وأَخْرَسَ نَأْمةَ الجَرَس النِّداءُ

    O worshippers of Christ, your doom is near;

    and the call has silenced the bell's faint sound.

  5. لِمَ استعجَلتُمُ حُمْرَ المنايا

    وأنتم عن تَقَحُّمِها بِطاءُ

    Why did you summon crimson deaths in haste,

    when you are slow to plunge into them?

  6. رَحى الهَيْجاءِ دائِرةٌ عليكُم

    بما يَنْهدُّ خِيفَتَه حِراءُ

    The millstone of battle turns against you

    with a terror that would make Hira crumble.

  7. هُو الزّمنُ الذي كُنْتُمْ وُعِدتم

    تجلّى الحقّ فارتفع المراءُ

    This is the time you were promised;

    truth has shone forth, and disputation has ceased.

  8. وما لا يُستطاعُ له دفاع

    فليسَ وراءَه إلا الفناءُ

    And that which cannot be warded off

    has nothing beyond it but annihilation.

  9. رَمى بِكُمُ مِنَ المنْجاةِ يَأسٌ

    وما لَكُمُ بما خُنتمْ رَجاءُ

    Despair has cast you away from safety;

    and your treachery leaves you no hope.

  10. تَماطيتُم لِقَاء الأُسْد غُلْباً

    وكيفَ ومَوْعِدُ البَيْن اللِّقاءُ

    You hung back from meeting the thick-necked lions—

    and how could you face them, when meeting is the hour of parting?

  11. وقُلْتُمْ نحن أكْفَاءٌ وَأنَّى

    تُضاهي نارَ أخضركم ضُحاءُ

    You said, 'We are equals!' Yet how

    could your greenwood's fire rival the morning blaze?

  12. دَعاوي البَأْس عادَتكُم ولكِنْ

    بِحيثُ يُمَدُّ لِلْمَجْرى الخَلاءُ

    Claims of valor are your habit—but only

    where open space is spread out for the racecourse.

  13. تَعَالَوْا إنَّها أسدٌ خِمَاصٌ

    بأيْديها لَكُمْ أسلٌ ظِماءُ

    Come forward! They are hungry lions,

    with thirsty spears in their hands for you.

  14. حصادُكُمُ على الأسْيافِ دَيْنٌ

    ومِنْ تلك الأكفِّ لَهُ اقْتضاءُ

    Reaping you is a debt laid upon the swords,

    and those hands will exact its payment.

  15. ستَصْدِمكُم وَتصْمِدُكُم خُيولٌ

    مِنَ الأسطُول ضَمَّرها الجِراءُ

    Steeds will crash into you and bear down upon you—

    steeds of the fleet, made lean by racing,

  16. كأمثالِ المَذَاكي سابحاتٍ

    لها عَدْوٌ لِمَنْ فيهِ اعتِداءُ

    swimming like mature racehorses,

    their gallop aimed at whoever harbors aggression.

  17. مِنَ الدُّهْم السوابق لا لغوب

    يُثَبّطُ جَرْيَهُنّ ولا عَناءُ

    Black front-running steeds, with no weariness

    or toil to hold back their speed.

  18. صحاحٌ تُشْبِهُ الآجَالَ جَرْياً

    بِآيةِ ما يُجلّلُها الهناءُ

    Sound of limb, they race like destined deaths,

    as the pitch that cloaks them bears witness.

  19. هِيَ الغِرْبانُ تَسْمِيَةً وَمَعْنىً

    وَلَيْس لها سِوى ماء هَوَاءُ

    They are ravens both in name and meaning,

    and no air is theirs but water.

  20. نَواعِبُ أوْ نواعٍ لِلأعادي

    بِما عُقْباه قَتْلٌ أو سِبَاءُ

    Cawing ravens—or heralds of death to the enemy—

    of what will end in slaughter or captivity.

  21. بَناتُ الماء حاملة كُماة

    بِأَهْلِ النار سَطْوَتُها العياءُ

    Daughters of the water, bearing armored warriors;

    their onslaught upon Hell's people is an incurable scourge.

  22. يُسَرُّ بِها الهُدى ويَقَرُّ عَيْناً

    وَلكنّ الضّلال بِها يُساءُ

    Guidance rejoices in them, its eyes at peace,

    but error is distressed by them.

  23. عَلى سِير الإمارَة لم تَرِمْها

    لَدَيْها يَشْفَعُ البَأس الحياءُ

    They keep to the course of command, never abandoning it;

    with them, modesty accompanies valor.

  24. أولَئِك زُمْرَةُ التَّوْحيد يُنمى

    بها نَسَبٌ لطُهْرَته نَماءُ

    Those are the company of Divine Unity; exalted

    through them is a lineage whose purity brings increase.

  25. خَضِيب نصولها يأبى نُصولاً

    فتِلك عَبيطَة فيها الدّماءُ

    The crimson dye of their blades refuses to fade;

    for the blood upon those blades is fresh.

  26. فِدَاءٌ للخليفَة مَنْ عَلَيْها

    وقلّ لَهُ إذا كَثُر الفِداءُ

    All aboard them are a ransom for the caliph;

    and however great the ransom, it is little for him.

  27. إمامٌ نوّر الدُنيا هُداهُ

    وَقد أعْيا بظُلْمَتِها اهتِداءُ

    An imam whose guidance illuminated the world,

    when its darkness had made finding the way impossible.

  28. لَه في المَجدِ والعَلْيا انْتِهَاءٌ

    ومِنْهُ في انتِهائِهما ابتِداءُ

    His is the utmost height of glory and eminence;

    and where both reach their limit, from him they begin anew.

  29. غِنىً في راحَتَيْه لِلأماني

    وللإيمانِ مِلْؤهما غَنَاءُ

    In his two palms lies wealth for every wish,

    and their fullness offers succor to faith.

  30. فلا تجزعْ لداهِيَة بِنَادٍ

    أما ناديه للجُلّى جَلاءُ

    So fear no calamity in any gathering:

    does not his court dispel the gravest affliction?

  31. إذا الأهوال حَلَّتْ ثم جلّت

    فَيَحْيى المُرْتَضَى مِنها وِقاءُ

    When terrors descend, then grow immense,

    then Yahya al-Murtada is a shield against them.

  32. هُو الهادي إلَى الخَيْراتِ يُهْدى

    له المَدْحُ المُحَبّر والثّنَاءُ

    He is the guide to good; offered

    to him are finely wrought praise and acclaim.

  33. وهَلْ تُعْيي مُعَالجَةٌ لخطبٍ

    وما تُمْضي إرادَتُه شِفاءُ

    Could treating any crisis prove too hard,

    when what his will carries out is a cure?

  34. هَنِيئاً عامُ إقْبال جديدٌ

    بِيُمْنِ طُلوعِه عَمّ الهَناءُ

    Joy to you for a new year of good fortune;

    through its auspicious dawning, happiness has spread everywhere.

  35. وَإعدادٌ لِغَزْو الشّرْك تَزْكو

    بِنِيّته المَثُوبَةُ والجَزاءُ

    And preparation for war against polytheism, which increases

    reward and recompense through its intent.

  36. جَوارٍ مُنْشَآتٌ في تَبَارٍ

    إلى الفَوْزِ العظيمِ بما تَشاءُ

    Ships with sails raised, vying

    toward great triumph in whatever you desire.

  37. وجُرْدٌ مُقْرَبَاتٌ أيّدَتْها

    على مَنْ غُلْتَ في الأرضِ السماءُ

    And sleek, prized steeds, strengthened

    by heaven against those you have struck down on earth.

  38. تدمّرُهُم رِياحاً ليسَ مِنها

    وَقد هبّت بإعصافٍ رُخاءُ

    They destroy them like winds; not one of these,

    once they blow in tempest, is a gentle breeze.

  39. كَتائبُ لا يُحيطُ بها كِتابٌ

    يضيقُ برَحْبه عنها الفَضاءُ

    Battalions no book can encompass;

    space, for all its vastness, is too narrow for them.

  40. إذا نَزَلَتْ بِساحات الأعادي

    صَباحاً لم يُلَبّثُها الضُّحاءُ

    When they descend upon the enemy's courtyards

    at dawn, they do not linger till forenoon.

  41. فَلِلتّثْليثِ وهْنٌ واتّضاعٌ

    وللتّوحيد أيد وارتِقاءُ

    Thus for the Trinity are weakness and abasement,

    and for Divine Unity, strength and ascent.