Sol 6.1

  1. لمَنْ علَمٌ في هضْبَةِ المُلْكِ خفّاقُ

    أفاقَتْ بهِ منْ غَشْيَةِ الهَرْجِ آفاقُ

    Whose banner flutters upon the height of kingship?

    Through it, horizons awoke from the swoon of turmoil.

  2. تُقِلّ رِياحُ النّصْرِ منْهُ غَمامةً

    تُمَدُّ لَها أيْدٍ وتخْضَعُ أعناقُ

    The winds of victory bear aloft from it a cloud,

    Toward which hands are stretched and necks bow.

  3. وبَيعَةُ شُورَى أحْكَمَ السّعْدُ عقْدَها

    وأُعْمِلَ إجْماعٌ علَيْها وإصْفاقُ

    And an allegiance pledged by consultation, whose knot good fortune tightened,

    Was secured by unanimity and collective assent.

  4. قَضى عُمَرٌ فيه بحقّ محمّدٍ

    فسُجِّلَ عهْدٌ للوَفاءِ وميثاقُ

    Umar ruled in this matter for Muhammad's rightful claim,

    So a covenant of fidelity and a compact were recorded.

  5. أحُلْماً تَرى عيْنايَ أمْ هيَ يَقظَةٌ

    أعِنْدَكُما في مُشْكِلِ الأمْرِ مِصْداقُ

    Is it a dream my eyes see, or is it waking reality?

    Have you both proof in this perplexing affair?

  6. وِفاضٌ لفَضْلِ اللهِ في الأرضِ تُبْتَغى

    ومُجْتَمَعاتٌ لا تَريبُ وأسواقُ

    Provision-bags are sought throughout the land for God's bounty,

    And gatherings free of suspicion, and markets.

  7. وسرْحٌ تُهَنّيه الكَلاءَةُ بالكُلى

    وفَلْحٌ لسَقْيِ الغيْثِ قام لهُ ساقُ

    And herds that watchful care gladdens with pasture,

    And crops whose stalks have risen, watered by the rain.

  8. وقد كانَ طيْفُ الحُلْمِ لا يُعمِلُ الخُطى

    وللفِتْنَةِ العَمياءِ في الأرضِ إطْباقُ

    Yet the phantom of a dream had been unable to stir its steps,

    While blind strife lay over the land.

  9. وللغَيْثِ إمْساكٌ وفي الأرضِ رَجّةٌ

    وللدّينِ والدُنْيا وُجومٌ وإطْراقُ

    Rain was withheld, and the land trembled,

    And religion and worldly life stood dismayed and downcast.

  10. فكُلّ فَريقٍ فيهِ للبَغْيِ رايةٌ

    وكلُّ طَريقٍ فيه للعَيْثِ طُرّاقُ

    Every faction there had a banner of rebellion,

    And every road had marauders bent on devastation.

  11. أجَلْ إنّهُ من آلِ يعْقوب وارِثٌ

    يحِنُّ لهُ البيتُ العَتيقُ ويشْتاقُ

    Yes, he is an heir of the house of Yaqub,

    For whom the Ancient House yearns and longs.

  12. لهُ من جَناحِ الرّوحِ ظِلٌّ مُسجَّفٌ

    ومنْ رَفْرَفِ العِزِّ الإلاهِيِّ رُسْتاقُ

    He has a curtained shade from the Spirit's wing,

    And a domain beneath the canopy of divine glory.

  13. أطَلَّ على الدُنْيا وقدْ عادَ ضوْؤهَا

    دُجىً وعلَى الأحْداقِ للذُعْرِ إحْداقُ

    He appeared over the world when its light had turned

    To darkness, and terror encircled the eyes.

  14. وأشْرَقَتِ الأرْجاءُ منْ نُورِ ربِّها

    وساحَ بِها للهِ لُطْفٌ وإشْفاقُ

    And the far reaches shone with their Lord's light,

    And God's gentleness and compassion spread through the world.

  15. فمِنْ ألْسُنٍ للّهِ بالشُّكْرِ أعلَنَتْ

    وكان لَه منْ قبْلُ همْسٌ وإطْباقُ

    Then tongues openly proclaimed their thanks to God,

    When before there had been whispers and closed lips for Him.

  16. وليْسَ لأمْرٍ أبْرَمَ اللهُ ناقِضٌ

    وليسَ لمَسْعىً أنْجَحَاللهُ إخْفاقُ

    Nothing can undo a matter God has made firm,

    Nor can an endeavor God has blessed with success fail.

  17. محَمّدُ قد أحْيَيْتَ دينَ محمّدٍ

    وللخَلْقِ أذْماءٌ تَفيضُ وأرْماقُ

    Muhammad, you have revived the religion of Muhammad,

    While people's last breaths and flickers of life were ebbing away.

  18. ولو لمْ تثِبْ غَطّى على شفَقِ الضُحى

    دمٌ لسُيوفِ البَغْيِ في الأرضِ مُهْراقُ

    Had you not risen, the glow of morning would have been covered

    By blood spilled across the land by rebellion's swords.

  19. فأيْمِنْ بمَشْحونٍ منَ الفُلْكِ سابِحٍ

    لهُ باخْتيارِ اللهِ حطٌّ وإيساقُ

    So take good omen from a laden ship afloat,

    Whose unloading and loading are by God's choice.

  20. أقَلَّكَ والدّأماءُ تُظْهِرُ طاعة

    إلَيْكَ وصفْحُ الماءِ أزْرَقُ رَقْراقُ

    It carried you, while the sea showed obedience

    To you, and the water's surface was blue and shimmering.

  21. فخُطّتْ لتقْويمِ القَوامِ جداوِلٌ

    وصحّتْ منَ التّوفيقِ واليُمْنِ أوْفاقُ

    So tables were drawn to restore right order,

    And concordances of success and good fortune proved true.

  22. تَبارَكَ مَنْ أهْداكَ للخَلْقِ رحْمَةً

    ومُستَبْعَدٌ أنْ يُهمِلَ الخَلْقَ خلاّقُ

    Blessed is He who gave you to the people as a mercy,

    And unlikely it is that the Creator should neglect creation.

  23. هوَ اللهُ يبْلو النّاسَ بالخَيْر فِتْنَةً

    وبالشّرِّ والأيّامُ سُمٌّ وتَرْياقُ

    He is God, who tests people with good as a trial,

    And with evil; days are poison and antidote.

  24. سمَتْ منْكَ أعْناقُ الوَرى لخَليفَةٍ

    لهُ في مَجالِ السّعْدِ وخْدٌ وإعْناقُ

    Through you, people's necks rose toward a caliph,

    Who trots and races through the field of good fortune.

  25. وقالوا بَنانٌ ما استقلَّ بكفّهِ

    تفيضُ على العافينَ أمْ هيَ أرْزاقُ

    They said, ‘Are those fingers rising in his palm,

    Pouring forth upon suppliants, or are they gifts of sustenance?’

  26. وأطْنَبَ فيكَ المادِحونَ وأغْرَقوا

    فلمْ يُجْدِ إطْنابٌ منْكَ ولمْ يغْنِ إغْراقُ

    The panegyrists praised you at length and went to extremes,

    Yet lengthy praise could not do you justice, nor exaggeration suffice.

  27. ألسْتَ منَ القومِ الذينَ أكُفُّهُمْ

    غَمامُ ندىً إنْ أخْلَفَ الغيْثَ غَيْداقُ

    Are you not of the people whose palms

    Are clouds of bounty, lavish when the rain fails?

  28. ألسْتَ منَ القومِ الذينَ وُجوهُهُمْ

    بُدورٌ لَها في ظُلمَةِ الرّوْعِ إشْراقُ

    Are you not of the people whose faces

    Are full moons shining in the darkness of terror?

  29. رياضٌ إذا العافِي اسْتَظَلّ ظِلالَها

    فَفيها جَنىً مِلْءَ الأكُفِّ وإيرَاقُ

    Gardens: when a suppliant seeks their shade,

    There is fruit enough to fill the palms, and flourishing leaves.

  30. أبوكَ وَليُّ العَهْدِ لوْ سالَمَ الرّدَى

    وجَدُّكَ قد فاقَ المُلوكَ وإنْ فاقُوا

    Your father was the heir apparent—had he made peace with death;

    And your grandfather surpassed kings, even when they excelled.

  31. فمَنْ ذا لهُ جدٌّ كجَدّكَ أو أبٌ

    لَلآلئُ والمجْدُ المؤثّلُ نسّاقُ

    Who has a grandfather like yours, or a father?

    Pearls indeed, and firmly rooted glory strings them together.

  32. وحسْبُ العُلَى في آلِ يعْقوبَ أنّهُمْ

    همُ الأصْلُ في العَلْياءِ والناسُ ألْحاقُ

    It suffices for the eminence of the house of Yaqub that they

    Are the root of greatness, while others are appendages.

  33. أُسودُ سُروجٍ أو بُدورُ أسِرّةٍ

    فإنْ حارَبوا راعُوا وإن سالَموا راقُوا

    Lions in saddles, or full moons upon thrones:

    When they wage war, they terrify; when they make peace, they delight.

  34. يَطولُ لتحْصيلِ الكَمالِ سُهادُهُمْ

    فهُمْ للمَعالي والمَكارِمِ عُشّاقُ

    Their sleepless nights grow long in pursuit of perfection,

    For they are lovers of lofty aims and noble deeds.

  35. لَئِنْ نسِيَتْ إحْسانَ جدِّكَ فِرْقَة

    تُزَرُّ علَى أعْناقِهِمْ منْهُ أطْواقُ

    Even if a faction has forgotten your grandfather's kindness,

    Its collars are clasped around their necks.

  36. أجارَتْ خُروجَ ابْنِ ابْنِهِ عنْ تُراثِهِ

    ولمْ تدْرِ ما ضمّتْ منَ الذِّكْرِ أوْراقُ

    It sanctioned his grandson's departure from his inheritance,

    And did not know what pages preserved of remembrance.

  37. ومنْ دونِ ما رامُوهُ للهِ قُدْرَةٌ

    ومن دونِ ما أمّوهُ للفتْحِ أغْلاقُ

    But God's power stands between them and what they sought,

    And before their intended goal stand locks barring victory.

  38. خُذِ العَفْوَ وابْذُلْ فِيهمُ العُرْفَ ولْتَسَعْ

    جَريرَةَ مَنْ أبْدى لكَ الغَدْرَ أخْلاقُ

    Embrace forgiveness and bestow kindness upon them; let

    Your noble character encompass the offense of whoever showed you treachery.

  39. فربَّتَما تَنْبو مهَنّدَةُ الظُّبا

    وتَهْفو حُلومُ القوْمِ والقومُ حُذّاقُ

    For sometimes even Indian-forged blades glance off,

    And people's judgment falters, though they are skilled.

  40. وما الناسُ إلا مُذْنِبٌ وابْنُ مُذْنِبٍ

    ولِلّهِ إرْفادٌ علَيْهِمْ وإرْفاقُ

    People are only sinners and children of sinners,

    And God grants them support and kindness.

  41. ولا تَرْجُ في كلِّ الأمورِ سوى الذي

    خزائِنُهُ ما ضرّها قطُّ إنْفاقُ

    In all affairs, place your hope in none but the One

    Whose treasuries spending has never diminished.

  42. إذا هوَ أعطى لمْ يَضِرْ منْعُ مانِعٍ

    وإنْ حُشِدَتْ طسْمٌ وعادٌ وعِمْلاقُ

    If He gives, no withholder's refusal can harm,

    Even if Tasm, Ad, and Imlaq are mustered together.

  43. عرَفْتَ الرّدى واسْتأثَرَتْ بكَ للعِدَى

    تُخومٌ بمُخْتَطِّ الصّليبِ وأعْماقُ

    You knew death, and, for your foes, you were claimed

    By frontiers and deep reaches in the domain of the Cross.

  44. فيَسّرَ لليُسْرَى وأحْيَى بكَ الوَرى

    وللرّوعِ إرْعادٌ علَيْكَ وإبْراقُ

    Then He eased the way toward ease and revived humankind through you,

    While terror thundered and flashed its lightning over you.

  45. فجازِ صَنيعَ اللهِ وازْدَدْ بشُكْرِهِ

    مَواهِبَ جودٍ غيْثُها الدّهْرَ دفّاقُ

    So repay God's favor, and gain through thanking Him

    Gifts of generosity whose rain pours abundantly forever.

  46. فأوْفِ لمَنْ أوفى وكافِ الذي كَفى

    فأنْتَ كريمٌ طهُرَتْ منْهُ أعْراقُ

    Be faithful to Him who was faithful, and repay Him who sufficed,

    For you are noble, of pure ancestral stock.

  47. وتَهْنيكَ يا مَوْلَى المُلوكِ خِلافةٌ

    شجَتْها تَباريحٌ إليْكَ وأشْواقُ

    And may the caliphate gladden you, O master of kings,

    Which pangs and longings for you had grieved.

  48. فقدْ بلَغَتْ أقصى المُنى بكَ نفسُها

    وكمْ فازَ بالوصْلِ المُهَنّأِ مُشْتاقُ

    Through you, its soul has attained its utmost desires;

    How many a longing lover has won blissful union!

  49. فلا راعَ منْها السِّرْبَ للدّهْرِ رائِعٌ

    ولا نالَ منْها جِدّةَ السّعْدِ إخْلاقُ

    May no terror ever frighten its flock,

    And may no decay touch the freshness of its good fortune.

  50. أمَوْلايَ راعَ الدّهْرُ سِرْبي وغالَني

    فطَرْفيَ مذعورٌ وقلْبِيَ خفّاقُ

    O my lord, time has frightened my flock and assailed me,

    So my gaze is terrified and my heart is pounding.

  51. وليسَ لكَسْري غيْرَكَ اليومَ جابِرٌ

    ولا ليَدي إلا بمَجْدِكَ إعْلاقُ

    Today, none but you can mend my brokenness,

    And my hand has nothing to cling to but your glory.

  52. ولي فيكَ وُدٌّ واعْتِدادٌ غرَسْتُهُ

    فراقَت بِه منْ يانِعِ الحمْدِ أوْراقُ

    I have love and confidence in you, which I planted,

    And through it, leaves of ripened praise grew lovely.

  53. وقد عيلَ صبْري في ارْتِقابي خليفَةً

    تُحَلُّ بهِ للضُّرِّ عنّي أوْهاقُ

    My patience has been exhausted in waiting for a caliph

    Through whom the nooses of affliction would be loosened from me.

  54. وأنتَ حُسامُ اللهِ والله ناصِرٌ

    وأنتَ أمينُ اللهِ واللهُ رَزّاقُ

    You are God's sword, and God is the helper;

    You are God's trustee, and God is the Provider.

  55. وأنتَ الأمانُ المُسْتَجار منَ الرّدى

    إذا لمْ يكُنْ عزْمٌ حَثيثٌ وإرْهاقُ

    You are the refuge sought against death,

    When no urgent resolve or coercion is at work.

  56. ودونَكَها منْ ذائِعِ الحمْدِ مُخْلِصٍ

    لهُ فيكَ تقْييدٌ يَروقُ وإطْلاقُ

    And take this from a sincere man whose praise is widespread,

    Whose words about you delight, whether bound or free.

  57. إذا قالَ أمّا كُلُّ سمْعٍ لقوْلِه

    فمُصْغٍ وأمّا كلّ أنْفٍ فنشّاقُ

    When he speaks, every ear, at his words,

    Listens, and every nose eagerly inhales.

  58. ودُمْ خافِقَ الأعْلامِ بالنّصْرِ كلّما

    ذهبْتَ لمسْعىً لم يكُنْ فيه إخْفاقُ

    May your banners ever flutter with victory whenever

    You set out on an endeavor, with no failure in it.