Sol 6.1

  1. هَنيئاً بهِ يا ناصِرَ الدّين مَوْسِما

    يُغادِرُ أهْلَ الشّركِ نهْباً مُقَسّما

    Joy to you in it, O Nasir al-Din—a season

    That leaves the people of polytheism as divided spoil.

  2. وبُشْراكَ طوْعَ النّصْرِ والعِزِّ والعُلَى

    بما أبْرَمَ الصُّنْعُ الجميلُ وأحْكَما

    And glad tidings to you, in accord with victory, might, and glory,

    For what fair providence has decreed and made secure.

  3. حُبيتَ بهِ نصْراً عزيزاً مؤبَّداً

    وفُزْتَ به صُنْعاً جَميلاً مُتمَّما

    Through it you were granted a mighty, everlasting victory,

    And gained a gracious favor brought to completion,

  4. وفتْحاً مُبيناً واعْتِلاءً مُخَلِّداً

    لذِكْرِكَ في صفْحِ الزّمان مُرَسِّما

    And a clear conquest, and an ascent conferring immortality,

    Inscribing your remembrance upon the page of time.

  5. سلكْتَ سَبيلاً للمحامِدِ لاحِباً

    وأوْضَحْتَ معْنىً للمكارِمِ مُبْهَما

    You followed a broad, clear path to praise,

    And clarified an obscure meaning of noble deeds.

  6. وبُوِّءْتَ مِن أفْقِ الخِلافةِ مظْهَراً

    يُطاولُ لمّا أنْ سَما شُهُبَ السّما

    You were established on the horizon of the caliphate in a station

    That, rising high, rivals the bright stars of heaven.

  7. فقدْ جعلتْهُ الأنْجُمُ الزُّهْرُ مَطْلِعاً

    إلى مُرْتَقى السّبْعِ الطِّباقِ وسُلَّما

    The radiant stars have made it a rising-place

    And a ladder to the summit of the seven layered heavens.

  8. ومازِلْتَ ترْجوكَ الخلائِفُ مانِحاً

    نَدى يدِكَ العُلْيا عُلاً وتكرُّما

    The caliphs have ever looked to you as one who grants

    The bounty of your exalted hand, in greatness and generosity,

  9. لِما جُزْتَهُ من رُتْبةِ النّجمِ مُعْلِياً

    بما حُزْتَهُ من شيمَةِ الحِلْمِ مُعْلِما

    For the star-high rank you have surpassed, ascending,

    Distinguished by the forbearance you have acquired.

  10. بكَ اسْتَنْصرَ الأمْلاكُ بَدْءاً وعَودَةً

    فأنجدَ كُلٌّ في رضاكَ وأتْهَما

    Kings sought your aid, time and again;

    Each went to Najd and Tihamah to gain your favor.

  11. بأكْرَمَ مَن أهْدى وأعْلَمَ منْ هَدى

    وأرْحمَ مَن آوَى وأحْزَمَ مَنْ حَمى

    The most generous giver, the most learned guide,

    The most merciful host, the most resolute protector—

  12. دعَتْ منكَ موْلىً مُفْضِلاً مُتطَوِّلاً

    فوالَيْتَ إنعاماً وأوْلَيْتَ أنْعُما

    They invoked in you a lord, gracious and munificent;

    You bestowed favor upon favor and granted blessings.

  13. وما أحْجَمَتْ إلا توَقَّتْك مانِعاً

    ولا أقْدَمَتْ إلا تلقّتْكَ مُنْعِما

    They never drew back without guarding against your restraint,

    Nor advanced without meeting you as a benefactor.

  14. ولا استَنشقَتْ روحَ الحياةِ وقد جرتْ

    لديْك رياحُ النّصْرِ إلا تَنَسُّما

    Nor did they inhale the breath of life, when there blew

    Beside you the winds of victory, except by breathing their breeze.

  15. فكمْ همّةٍ نصْريّةٍ راعَتِ العِدَى

    وكم ذمّةٍ مرْعيّةٍ حاطَتِ الذَّمَا

    How many a Nasrid resolve has terrified the foe!

    How many an honored covenant has safeguarded pledged rights!

  16. ستتْرُكُ أرضَ الشِّرْكِ وهْيَ بلاقِعٌ

    وتُلْقي علَيْها النّقْعَ في الجوّ مِيسَما

    You will leave the land of polytheism a wilderness,

    And raise over it dust, a brand upon the sky,

  17. بحيثُ تُراعُ الوَحْشُ أن تصلَ السُّرى

    ببَيْدائِها والطّيْرُ أن تترنّما

    Where wild beasts fear to continue their night journeys

    Across its desert, and birds fear to sing.

  18. لقد خطَبَ الخَطّيُّ فتْحَ بِلادِه

    وخاطَبَهُ الهِنديُّ عنكَ فأفْهَما

    The Khatti spear has sought the conquest of its lands,

    And the Indian sword addressed it on your behalf, making itself understood.

  19. فللهِ منْها إذ تحُلُّ حِلالَهُ

    صنائِعُ جلّتْ قبْلُ أن تُتَوهَّما

    What wonders there, by God, as you enter its encampments—

    Deeds too mighty even to be imagined!

  20. بكلِّ كميٍّ إنْ سَرَى أسَرَ العِدَى

    وإن حلّ مغنىً خِلْتَ ما فيهِ مَغْنَما

    With every armored warrior who captures foes when he travels by night,

    And, when he occupies a dwelling, makes all within it seem spoil;

  21. وإن زارَ أرْضَ الشّرْكِ عفَّى طُلولها

    وحكّم فيهِمْ سيفَهُ فتحَكّما

    Who, visiting the land of polytheism, effaces its ruins

    And gives his sword authority over them, which it exercises;

  22. وإنْ خفّ جيشُ النصْرِ أو عادَ قافِلاً

    فيكْلأُ في أعْقابِه مَن تقدّما

    Whether the army of victory hastens forth or returns home,

    He who led the advance keeps watch at its rear.

  23. ويُقْدِمُ لا يَثْني أعنّةَ عزْمِهِ

    بحيثُ يهابُ الليْثُ أنْ يتقدّما

    He charges, never turning back the reins of his resolve,

    Where the lion fears to advance.

  24. ويُحْجِمُ عنْ أن ينْثَني وهْو مُفْرَدٌ

    بحيثُ يعافُ الجمْعُ أن يتلوّما

    He shrinks from turning back, though alone,

    Where an entire host shuns lingering.

  25. فلم يرْعَ في الأرْجاءِ إلا تأخُّراً

    ولمْ يرْضَ في الهيجاءِ إلا تقدُّما

    He feared nothing in all the lands except retreat,

    And accepted nothing in battle except advance.

  26. ولوْلا ابْنُ نصْرٍ ناصِرُ الدّين يوسُفٌ

    لما أعْلَتِ الأمْلاكُ للعِزِّ مَعْلَما

    Were it not for Ibn Nasr, Nasir al-Din Yusuf,

    Kings would never have raised a monument to might,

  27. ولا راعَ أحْزابَ الضّلالِ جِهادُها

    وقد راقَ ثغْرُ الثّغْرِ عنهُ تبسُّما

    Nor would their holy war have terrified the factions of error,

    While the frontier's mouth shone with a smile through him.

  28. ولا ارْتاحَتِ الخيْلُ العِتاقُ إلى المَدى

    فسامَتْ مَذاكيها البُروقَ تلَوُّما

    Nor would the noble steeds have rejoiced at the course,

    Their seasoned racers making lightning seem to linger.

  29. ولا ثَنَتِ السُّمْرُ العَوالي لدى الوغَى

    ذوابِل في الأيدي تَروقُ تنعُّما

    Nor would the tall brown spears have bent in battle,

    Slender shafts in hands, delighting in their graceful suppleness.

  30. أسنّتُها في مُلْتَقى الحرْبِ أنجُمٌ

    تجلّتْ فجَلّت من دُجَى النّقْعِ مُظْلِما

    Their spearheads, where battle meets, are stars

    That gleamed and cleared the blackness from the dust's darkness.

  31. هوَيْنَ ليَجْعَلْنَ النّجيعَ مَوارِداً

    كأنّ طُيوراً في ذَرى الجوِّ حُوَّما

    They swooped down to make shed blood their watering places,

    Like birds wheeling in the heights of the air.

  32. ترى حُمْرَها فجْراً يَروقُ وزُرْقَها

    تُحَيِّيكَ في ليْلِ العجاجَةِ أنجُما

    You see their red as a delightful dawn, and their blue

    As stars greeting you in the night of swirling dust.

  33. ومِن عجَبٍ أنّ السّيوفَ جداوِلٌ

    تشُبُّ أُوارَ الحرْبِ لا تنْقَعُ الظَّما

    It is a wonder that swords are streams

    That kindle the blaze of war, not quench thirst.

  34. إذا هي سالَتْ في مدَى النّقْعِ خِلْتَها

    تشُقُّ منَ الخطّيِّ دوْحاً مُنَعَّما

    When they flow through the expanse of dust, you imagine them

    Cleaving luxuriant groves of Khatti spears.

  35. وعوْجاءَ للأغْراضِ يسْبِقُ سهْمُها

    ويَكْلَفُ منها بالقَصيِّ إذا رمَى

    And a curved bow, whose arrow speeds toward its targets,

    From which he favors the distant mark whenever he shoots.

  36. فيُبْدي لدى النّزْعِ الحَنينَ كأنّهُ

    يحاولُ إعْراباً وإنْ كان أعْجَما

    It voices a yearning moan when drawn, as though

    Seeking articulate speech, though itself inarticulate.

  37. وللهِ موْلًى أُعْمِلَتْ عزَماتُهُ

    لتَحْرُسَ أيْقاظاً وتوقِظَ نُوَّما

    How wondrous a lord whose resolves were set to work

    To guard the wakeful and awaken the sleeping!

  38. فأرْسَلَها سُمْراً وأعْمَلَها ظُباً

    وفوّقَها في مُلْتَقى الحرْبِ أسْهُما

    He sent them forth as brown spears and wielded them as blades,

    And nocked them as arrows where battle meets.

  39. وما لَقِيَ الأعْداءَ إلا مُجَدّلاً

    ولا اقتحَمَ الهيْجاءَ إلا مُصَمِّما

    Never has he met foes without felling them,

    Nor plunged into battle without firm resolve,

  40. ولا احْتمَلَ الهِنديَّ إلا مُجَرّداً

    ولا اعْتَقَل الخطّيَّ إلا مُقَوَّما

    Nor borne the Indian sword except unsheathed,

    Nor couched the Khatti spear except straightened,

  41. ولا يُنْهِدُ الأجْنادَ إلا مُمَلَّكاً

    ولا يُنْجِدُ الأمْلاكَ إلا مُحَكَّما

    Nor roused armies except as their sovereign,

    Nor aided kings except with authority entrusted to him,

  42. ولا يسْتَجِدُّ العزْمَ إلا مُؤيَّداً

    ولا يسْتَجيدُ الطِّرْفَ إلا مُطَهَّما

    Nor renewed his resolve except with support,

    Nor chosen a steed except one splendidly formed.

  43. يهُبُّ هُبوبَ الرّيحِ حتّى كأنّهُ

    تجسّدَ من هبّاتِها وتجَسَّما

    He rises as the wind rises, until he seems

    To have taken flesh and body from its gusts.

  44. إذا رامَ أمْلاكُ الزّمانِ إلى العُلى

    نُهوضاً وسَبْقاً للنّدى وتقدُّما

    When the kings of the age seek, toward glory,

    An ascent, precedence in bounty, and advancement,

  45. فناصرُ دينِ اللهِ أشْرَفُ مُنتَدىً

    وأكْرَمُ في صَحْبِ الرّسالةِ مُنتَمى

    The defender of God's faith is noblest in assembly,

    And noblest in descent among the Companions of the Message.

  46. يُحيّيك بالبَدْرِ المنيرِ إذا انتهَى

    كمالاً ويُنْمَى للصِّحابِ إذا انْتَمى

    He greets you with the shining full moon when it attains

    Perfection, and traces his ancestry to the Companions.

  47. وأيْنَ مُحيّاهُ منَ الفجْرِ إنْ بَدا

    وجَدْواهُ من صوْبِ الغَمامِ إذا هَمى

    What is dawn beside his countenance when it appears,

    Or the clouds' downpour beside his bounty when they stream?

  48. جَوادٌ مَتى ضنّ المُلوكُ فرِفْدُهُ

    جَوادٌ لهُ خصْلُ السّباقِ إذا ارْتَمى

    Generous—when kings grow miserly, his bounty is

    A courser that wins the prize when it races forth.

  49. رأَى جُودَهُ للقاصِدينَ مؤَمَّلاً

    فأصْبحَ مُغْرىً بالمكارِمِ مُغْرَما

    He saw his generosity become the hope of those who sought him,

    And became enamored of noble deeds, passionately devoted.

  50. فيُرْوَى حديثُ الجودِ عنهُ مُسَلْسَلاً

    وسَلْسالُهُ تَرْوى به الأنفُسُ الظِّما

    The tale of generosity is told of him in an unbroken chain,

    And its sweet flowing water slakes thirsty souls.

  51. لهُ شيَمٌ أعْلَتْ معالِمَ للهُدى

    بها قد أتانا مُحْكَمُ الذِّكْرِ مُعْلِما

    His are virtues that raised landmarks of guidance,

    Which the clear Revelation has come to teach us.

  52. لهُ ذِمَمٌ مَن رامَ بالغَدْرِ خَفْرَها

    أبَتْ أنْ يُرى إلا خَذولاً مُذَمَّما

    His are pledges: whoever seeks through treachery to violate them,

    They let him appear only faithless and reviled.

  53. يغُضُّ جُفوناً أو يعُضُّ أنامِلاً

    علَى حالَتَيْهِ هيبَةً وتندُّما

    He lowers his eyelids or bites his fingertips,

    In his two states, from awe and remorse.

  54. فما يتوقّى الخَطْبَ إلا تخيُّلاً

    ولا يتلقّى الحرْبَ إلا توهُّما

    He guards against calamity only in fancy,

    And meets war only in imagination.

  55. ويوسُفُ يُعْلي للخِلافةِ مَعْلماً

    ويُلْبِسُها ثوْباً منَ العِزِّ مُعْلَما

    Meanwhile Yusuf raises a monument to the caliphate

    And clothes it in an embroidered robe of might.

  56. إذا راحَتِ الأبطالُ وهْيَ عَوابِسٌ

    منَ الرّوعِ لا يزْدادُ إلا تبسُّما

    When the champions go about with frowning faces

    From terror, he only smiles the more.

  57. يُقيمُ صَغا الدّين الحَنيفِ حُسامُهُ

    إذا ما أمالَ السّمْهَريَّ المُقَوَّما

    His keen sword straightens the leaning of the true faith

    Whenever he tilts his straightened Samhari spear.

  58. خلائِقُ لو أُظْهِرْنَ للنّجْمِ ما ارْتَقى

    وللّيْثِ ما اسْتَشْرى وللغَيْثِ ما هَمى

    Virtues which, if shown to the star, would keep it from ascending,

    And to the lion, from fierceness; and to rain, from pouring.

  59. عزائِمُ لو أُعْمِلْنَ للدّهْرِ ما اعْتَدى

    وللبَدْرِ ما اسْتَعْلى وللبحْرِ ما طَما

    Resolves which, if brought against time, would keep it from transgression,

    And the full moon from rising, and the sea from overflowing.

  60. ملامِحُ لو اطْلِعْنَ للصُبْحِ ما بَدا

    وللَّيْلِ ما أهْداكَ بدراً مُتمَّما

    Features which, if shown to dawn, would keep it from appearing,

    And to night, from offering you a perfect moon.

  61. وبُشْرى بهِ عيداً لنَصْرِكَ عائِذاً

    وهُنّئْتَه يوماً أغَرَّ ومَوْسِما

    Glad tidings of it—a feast seeking the shelter of your victory;

    May you be congratulated upon it, a radiant day and season.

  62. أفَضْتَ من النّعْماءِ فيه غَمائِماً

    تَجودُ الذي وافَى عُلاكَ ويمّما

    You poured forth in it clouds of blessings,

    Raining bounty on whoever came to your exalted presence and sought it.

  63. فكمْ رحْمةٍ نعْتادُ منْها توسُّعاً

    وكمْ آيةٍ نَزْدادُ فيها توسُّما

    How many a mercy whose abundance we continually enjoy!

    How many a sign in which our discernment increases!

  64. بسطتَ إلى التّقبيلِ راحتَك التي

    تؤمّنُ مُرْتاعاً وتوجِدُ مُعْدِما

    You stretched out for kissing your palm, which

    Reassures the frightened and enriches the destitute.

  65. لقدْ أصبَحَتْ طوْعَ النّدى مُتوجَّهاً

    لمَن قدْ رَجى نَيْل المُنَى ومُيَمَّما

    Obedient to bounty, it has become a place to turn

    For whoever hopes to attain his wishes, a destination.

  66. وعَبدُكَ يُلفي في حُلاها مدائِحاً

    يفُضُّ بها مِسْك الثّناءِ مُخَتَّما

    Your servant finds in its adornments praises

    With which he opens the sealed musk of praise,

  67. بما هو للأفْهامِ أقرَبُ مُرْتَقىً

    وأبعدُ في شَأوِ البلاغةِ مُرتَمى

    In words offering understanding the nearest ascent,

    Yet reaching farthest on eloquence's course.

  68. وما القصْدُ إلا أن يُقبّلَها وقد

    صرَفْتَ لهُ وجْهَ القَبول تكرُّما

    His purpose is only to kiss it, while you have

    Graciously turned toward him the face of acceptance,

  69. ليُبْدي لديْكَ المَدْحَ روْضاً مُفوَّفاً

    ووشْياً يَروقُ النّاظرينَ مُنَمْنَما

    That he may display before you praise as a variegated garden,

    And intricate embroidery delighting those who behold it,

  70. وزَهْراً نَضيراً في رياضِ بَلاغةٍ

    ودُرّاً بأجْيادِ الطُّروسِ مُنَظَّما

    And fresh flowers in the gardens of eloquence,

    And pearls strung around the necks of manuscript pages.

  71. فَيا سامِعاً من وَصفِه كُلَّ معْجِبٍ

    يَروقُ ذَوي الألْبابِ فَذّاً وتوْأما

    O you who hear in his description every marvel

    That delights discerning minds, singly and paired:

  72. إذا أنتَ لم يُقْنِعْك في الشّعْرِ وصْفُه

    فخُذْ منهُ ما نَتْلوهُ في الذِّكْرِ مُحكَما

    If his description in poetry does not convince you,

    Then take of him what we recite, firmly established in Revelation.

  73. ورُجْعى إلى ذِكرِ الحِجازِ ومَن بهِ

    تَلا مُحْكَمَ الآياتِ حيثُ تلَوَّما

    Now back to the mention of the Hijaz, and him who there

    Recited the clear verses wherever he lingered;

  74. ومَنْ طابَ ذِكْراً حينَ حلّ بطَيْبةٍ

    وسارَ إلى بَطْحاءِ مكَّةَ مُحْرِما

    And him whose remembrance was sweet when he alighted at Taybah

    And journeyed to the plain of Mecca in pilgrim consecration;

  75. وأضْحى كما تَبْغي العُلَى متوسِّلاً

    بزَوْرَتِهِ في رَيْعِها مُتوسِّما

    Who came, as high aspiration desires, seeking intercession

    Through his visit, discerning signs upon its heights.

  76. وإنّ حَجيجَ اللهِ عادَ إلى مِنىً

    وطافَ ببيْتِ اللهِ سَبْعاً وأحْرَما

    Indeed, God's pilgrims have returned to Mina,

    Circled God's House seven times, and entered consecration.

  77. وما كان للقَصْدِ الحَميدِ مُخَيِّباً

    فطُوبى لمَن أضحى لديْهِ مُخَيِّما

    No worthy purpose has ever been disappointed there;

    Blessed is whoever makes his camp there.

  78. فمِن زَفَراتٍ رَجْعُها يُذْهِبُ الأسى

    ومنْ جَمَراتٍ رمْيُها ينقعُ الظّما

    What sighs, whose echoes banish sorrow,

    And ritual stones whose casting quenches thirst,

  79. ومن زورَةٍ فازُوا بها اليومَ دونَنا

    لَدى عرَفاتٍ إذْ عَلَوْا منهُ مَعْلَما

    And a visitation they have attained today, without us,

    At Arafat, when they ascended one of its landmarks!

  80. ولمّا سرى الرَّكْبُ الحِجازيُّ لم نزَلْ

    نُردِّدُ لوْ تُجْدي عَسى ولعلَّما

    When the Hijazi caravan traveled by night, we never ceased

    Repeating—if only they helped—'perhaps' and 'maybe.'

  81. لقدْ عَمَروا طوْعَ الهُدى أربُعَ التُقى

    فما صوّحَ المرْعى ولا أقْفَرَ الحِما

    They inhabited, obedient to guidance, the abodes of piety;

    The pasture did not wither, nor the sanctuary become deserted.

  82. سَرَوْا وظلامُ الليلِ يُضْمِرُ منهُمُ

    إلى مطْلَعِ الإصْباحِ سرّاً مُكتَّما

    They traveled by night, whose darkness concealed their

    Closely guarded secret until the rise of dawn.

  83. وضاقَتْ صُدورُ البيد عنهُمْ كأنّهُم

    ظُنونٌ أبى إيضاحُها أنْ تُرَجَّما

    The deserts' breasts grew narrow around them, as though they were

    Thoughts whose clarity would not suffer guesswork.

  84. وزَمّوا مَطايا العزْمِ تَبتَدِرُ السُّرى

    وتستَقْبِلُ البيتَ العَتيقَ وزَمْزَما

    They bridled the mounts of resolve, racing into night travel,

    And facing the Ancient House and Zamzam.

  85. إذا سَمعوا ذِكْرَ النّبيِّ محمّدٍ

    يَميلونَ سَبْقاً نحوَهُ وتقدُّما

    When they hear mention of the Prophet Muhammad,

    They incline toward him, racing and pressing forward.

  86. فيا لَيْتَ شِعرى مَن لسَمْعي بسَمْعِهِ

    وقد هَيْنَمَ الحادي به وترنَّما

    Would that I knew who could grant my ears his hearing,

    While the camel-driver murmurs his name and sings!

  87. هَنيئاً لمن آوَى لعِزِّ جَنابِهِ

    وبُشْرى لمَن صَلّى علَيْهِ وسلّما

    Blessed is whoever seeks refuge in his mighty presence,

    And glad tidings to whoever invokes blessings and peace upon him!

  88. ومَنْ خلّفوا للقَلبِ أضحى مُسلّياً

    بِهمْ ولأحْكامِ القَضاءِ مُسَلِّما

    Those they left behind now console their hearts

    Through them, submitting to the decrees of fate.

  89. قَضَوْا حجَّهُمْ لمّا أقَمْنا نُقيمُ مِنْ

    جِهادِ العِدَى فرْضاً علَيْنا مُحتَّما

    They completed their pilgrimage while we stayed to fulfill,

    Through war against the foe, a duty laid inexorably upon us,

  90. لدى ملِكٍ إنْ ساجَلَ البدْرَ والحَيا

    تجِدْ هدْيَهُ أجْلَى ويُمْناهُ أكْرَما

    Beside a king who, if he vies with the full moon and rain,

    You find his guidance brighter and his right hand more generous.

  91. تُؤمِّلُ أمْلاكُ الزّمانِ على النّوى

    مَواهِبَ نُعْماهُ فلازالَ مُنعِما

    The kings of the age, across the distance, look forward to

    The gifts of his favor—may he never cease bestowing them.