Sol 6.1

  1. اسعَدْ كَمَا سَعِدَتْ بِكَ الأَيَّامُ

    واسْلَمْ كَمَا بِكَ يسلَمُ الإِسلامُ

    Be happy, as the days have been happy through you,

    and be safe, as through you Islam is kept safe.

  2. وابْهَرْ بملك ثابتٍ أَركانُهُ

    فِي باذخٍ للعزِّ لَيْسَ يُرَامُ

    And dazzle with a kingdom whose pillars stand firm,

    in a lofty height of glory beyond reach.

  3. وانعَمْ بحمَّامٍ حِمىً لَكَ فَأْلُهُ

    وَعَلَى عَدُوِّكَ تَرْحَةٌ وحِمامُ

    And enjoy a bathhouse whose omen is protection for you,

    and, for your enemy, sorrow and death.

  4. مِمَّا بَنَتْهُ لَكَ السُّعودُ وأَبدَعَتْ

    فِيهِ المُنى وتأَنَّقَ الإِحكامُ

    A work the auspicious stars built for you, made wondrous

    by wishes, where craftsmanship excelled.

  5. وتدفَّقَتْ فِيهِ المياهُ كَمَا جَرى

    فِي كَفِّكَ الإِفضالُ والإِنعامُ

    And waters gushed within it, just as flow

    in your palm generosity and bounty.

  6. متأَلِّفُ الأَضْدادِ إِلّا أَنَّهُ

    فِيهِ طباعُ زمانِهِ أَقسامُ

    It brings opposites together, except that

    within it, the temperaments of its seasons are apportioned.

  7. فكأَنَّ سيفَكَ فِي يمينكَ شادَهُ

    حَتَّى التقى فِيهِ ندىً وضِرامُ

    As though your sword in your right hand had built it,

    until dew and flame met within it.

  8. وكأَنَّما يَسْرِي لِمُثْعَبِ مائِهِ

    دِيَمٌ يخالِطُ بَرْقَهُنَّ غمامُ

    And as though toward its waterspout flowed

    steady rains, whose lightning mingles with cloud.

  9. مُتَفَرِّجُ الأَبوابِ عن صَحْنٍ ثوى

    فِيهِ الصباحُ وشُرِّدَ الإِظلامُ

    Its doors open wide onto a courtyard where dwells

    the morning, and darkness has been driven out.

  10. وتَخَيَّلَتْ فِيهِ خُيُولُكَ خافِقاً

    من فوقِها الرَّاياتُ والأَعْلامُ

    And there your horses pranced, with fluttering

    banners and standards above them.

  11. يتلُوهُ مُنْفَجَرُ المياهِ كَأَنَّها

    من فيضِ جودِكَ فِي الأَنامِ سِجامُ

    Next comes the waters' gushing source, as though they were

    showers from your bounty overflowing among mankind.

  12. وتَلِيهُ من جَوِّ الربيعِ سجِيَّةٌ

    فِيهَا تساوى الليلُ والأَيَّامُ

    Then follows a temper drawn from springtime air,

    in which night and day are equal,

  13. مُفْضٍ إِلَى شكلِ الهجيرِ ونارُهُ

    بَرْدٌ عَلَيْكَ وإِنْ غَلى وسلامُ

    leading to the likeness of noonday heat, whose fire

    is coolness and peace for you, though it seethes.

  14. فكأَنَّهُ صدرُ المتيَّمِ هاجَهُ

    من ذِكْرِ من يَهْوى جوىً وغرامُ

    As though it were a lovesick lover's breast, stirred

    by burning longing and passion at the memory of the one he loves.

  15. وتأَلَّفَتْ من مائِهِ ورُخَامِهِ

    شكلانِ تُشْكِلُ فيهما الأَوهامُ

    And from its water and its marble were formed

    two forms that confound the imagination:

  16. هل تَحْتَ ذَاكَ الماءِ ماءٌ جامدٌ

    أَم ذابَ من فوقِ الرُّخامِ رخامُ

    Is there frozen water beneath that water,

    or has marble melted down upon the marble?

  17. وكأنما رِيقُ الحبيبِ جَرى عَلَى

    ثغرٍ كَمَا نَظَمَ الفريدَ نِظامُ

    And as though the beloved's saliva flowed over

    a mouth, like choice pearls threaded on a string.

  18. فَهُوَ الَّذِي لِهَوى النفوسِ هواؤُهُ

    ترتاحُهُ الأَرواحُ والأَجسامُ

    For it is the place whose air suits the desire of souls;

    spirits and bodies delight in it.

  19. وهُوَ الزمانُ شتاؤُهُ ومَصِيفُهُ

    وخريفُهُ وربيعُهُ البَسَّامُ

    And it is time itself—its winter and its summer,

    its autumn and its smiling spring.

  20. وهو الحياةُ نعيمُها ونسيمُها

    وسرورُها لَكَ سَرْمَدٌ ودَوَامُ

    And it is life—its bliss and its breeze,

    and its joy, everlasting and enduring for you.

  21. فانعَمْ بِهِ وبكُلِّ زَهْرَةِ عِيشَةٍ

    مَا غَرَّدَتْ فَوْقَ الغصونِ حَمَامُ

    So delight in it, and in every blossom of life,

    as long as doves sing above the boughs.