اطلت على افقك الزاهر

اطلت على افقك الزاهر

سعود من الفلك الذائر

سعود من الفلك الذائر

Over your radiant horizon have appeared

I gazed upon your blossoming horizon,

Auspicious stars from the raging firmament.

Saud, from the revolving heavens,

فأبشر فإن رقاب العدا

فأبشر فإن رقاب العدا

تمد إِلى سيفك الباتر

تمد إِلى سيفك الباتر

Rejoice, for the enemies' necks

So rejoice, for the necks of your enemies

Are stretched toward your cleaving sword.

Stretch out to your piercing sword.

وعما قليل يحل الردى

وعما قليل يحل الردى

بكندهم الناكث الغادر

بكندهم الناكث الغادر

And before long death will descend

And in no time, ruin will befall

Upon their oath-breaking, treacherous count.

Their treacherous, violating leader.

وحصب الورى يوم تسقى الثرى

وحصب الورى يوم تسقى الثرى

سحائب من دمها الهامر

سحائب من دمها الهامر

And mankind's stone-hail, when the earth is watered,

And the battleground's soil, when watered

By clouds of their streaming blood.

By clouds of their blood, the red.

فكم لك من فتكة فيهم

فكم لك من فتكة فيهم

حكت فتكة الاسد الخادر

حكت فتكة الاسد الخادر

How many deadly assaults of yours upon them

So how many killings of them by you!

Have matched the attack of a lion in its lair!

Like the killing of a lurking lion.

كسرت صليبهم عنوة

كسرت صليبهم عنوة

فلله درُّك من كاسر

فلله درُّك من كاسر

You broke their cross by force;

You broke their cross by force—

God be praised for you, breaker that you are!

May God reward you, O breaker!

وغيرت آثارهم كلها

وغيرت آثارهم كلها

فليس لها الدهر من جابر

فليس لها الدهر من جابر

And you altered all their vestiges,

And you changed all their traces—

So none will ever restore them.

Time has no mender for them.

وأمضيت جدك في غزوهم

وأمضيت جدك في غزوهم

فتعساً لجدهم العاثر

فتعساً لجدهم العاثر

You pressed your resolve in warring against them;

And you fulfilled your ancestors' striving against them—

So ruin to their stumbling fortune!

Woe to their stumbling ancestors!

فأدبر ملكهم بالشآم

فأدبر ملكهم بالشآم

وولى كأمسهم الدابر

وولى كأمسهم الدابر

Their dominion in al-Sham retreated,

So their kingdom in Syria retreated

And passed away like their vanished yesterday.

And yesterday's defeat befell them.

جنودك بالرعب منصورة

جنودك بالرعب منصورة

فناجز متى شئت أو صابر

فناجز متى شئت أو صابر

Your troops are victorious through terror;

Your armies are victorious through awe—

So engage whenever you wish, or patiently outlast them.

Charge whenever you wish, or be patient.

فكلهم غارق هالك

فكلهم غارق هالك

بتيار عسكرك الزاخر

بتيار عسكرك الزاخر

For all of them are drowning and perishing

For all of them are drowning, destroyed,

In the surging torrent of your army.

In the torrent of your teeming army.

ثأرت لدين الهدى في العدا

ثأرت لدين الهدى في العدا

فآثرك الله من ثائر

فآثرك الله من ثائر

You avenged the faith of guidance upon the enemies,

You took revenge for the religion of guidance against the enemies,

And God favored you as an avenger.

So may God prefer you, O avenger!

وجاهدت مجتهداً صابراً

وجاهدت مجتهداً صابراً

فلله درك من صابر

فلله درك من صابر

You fought diligently and steadfastly;

And you strove, enduring patiently—

God be praised for you, steadfast as you are!

May God reward you, O endurer!

تبيت الملوك على فرشها

تبيت الملوك على فرشها

وترفل في الزرد السابرى

وترفل في الزرد السابرى

The kings spend the night upon their beds,

Kings sleep on their beds,

While you stride proudly in Sabiri chain mail.

Dressed in smooth silk.

وتوثر جاهد عيش الجهاد

وتوثر جاهد عيش الجهاد

على طيب عيشهم الناضر

على طيب عيشهم الناضر

And you prefer the arduous life of holy war

And you prefer the life of holy war

To the sweetness of their flourishing life.

To their pleasant, luxurious life.

وتسهر جفنك في حق من

وتسهر جفنك في حق من

سيرضيك في جفنك الساخر

سيرضيك في جفنك الساخر

You keep your eyelid wakeful in the service of Him

And you keep your eyelids awake for the sake

Who will reward you for your scornful eyelid.

Of One who will be pleased with your wakefulness.

فتحت المقدس من ارضه

فتحت المقدس من ارضه

فعادت إِلى وصفها الطاهر

فعادت إِلى وصفها الطاهر

You conquered the holy portion of His earth,

You opened the Holy City from its land,

And it returned to its pure condition.

Returning it to its pure description.

وجبت إلى قدسه المرتضى

وجبت إلى قدسه المرتضى

فخلصته من يد الكافر

فخلصته من يد الكافر

You journeyed to His chosen sanctuary,

You came to the Sanctuary of the Chosen One,

And freed it from the unbeliever's hand.

Saving it from the infidel's hand.

وأعليت فيه منار الهدى

وأعليت فيه منار الهدى

وأحييت من رسمه الدائر

وأحييت من رسمه الدائر

You raised within it the beacon of guidance,

And you raised the minaret of guidance there

And revived its effaced traces.

And revived its erased features.

لكم ذخر الله هذي الفتوح

لكم ذخر الله هذي الفتوح

من الزمن الاول الغابر

من الزمن الاول الغابر

For you God stored up these conquests

How much storage has God prepared for you

From the earliest age long past.

Of these openings from the departed early time!

وخصك من بعد مازرته

وخصك من بعد مازرته

بها لاصطناعك في الآخر

بها لاصطناعك في الآخر

And after your visit, He singled you out

And after you visited it, He singled you out

With them, to favor you in this latter age.

With them, for your effort in the end.

محبتكم القيت في النفوس

محبتكم القيت في النفوس

بذكر لكم في الورى طائر

بذكر لكم في الورى طائر

Love for you was cast into souls

Love for you is cast into souls

Through your fame, flying among humankind.

With your memory circulating in the world.

فكم عند ذكر الملوك لهم

فكم عند ذكر الملوك لهم

بمثلك من مثل سائر

بمثلك من مثل سائر

How often, when kings are mentioned, do people find

So when kings are mentioned, who is like you

In one like you a widely current proverb!

Among the outstanding?

رفعت مغارم أَهل الحجاز

رفعت مغارم أَهل الحجاز

بانعامك الشامل الهامر

بانعامك الشامل الهامر

You lifted the levies from the people of the Hijaz,

You lifted the debts of Mecca's people

Through your all-embracing, pouring generosity.

With your all-encompassing, redounding charity.

وأمنّت أَكنافَ تلك البلاد

وأمنّت أَكنافَ تلك البلاد

فهان السّبيل على العابرِ

فهان السّبيل على العابرِ

You made the reaches of those lands secure,

And you secured the regions of those lands—

So the road became easy for the traveler.

The journey is easy for the passerby.

وسحبُ أَياديكَ فيّاضة

وسحبُ أَياديكَ فيّاضة

على واردٍ وعلى صَادر

على واردٍ وعلى صَادر

And the clouds of your bounty overflow

And your hands pour forth,

Upon those arriving and those departing.

On the arriving and the departing.

فكم لك بالشرق من حَامدٍ

فكم لك بالشرق من حَامدٍ

وكم لك بالغربِ من شاكر

وكم لك بالغربِ من شاكر

How many in the East praise you,

So how many in the East thank you,

And how many in the West give you thanks!

And how many in the West are grateful!

وكم بالدُّعاء لكم كل عام

وكم بالدُّعاء لكم كل عام

بمكة من معلنٍ جَاهر

بمكة من معلنٍ جَاهر

How many every year offer prayers for you

And how much, each year in Mecca, is your name

In Mecca, declaring them openly and aloud!

Proclaimed by a public praiser!

وكم بقيت حسبةً في الظّلوم

وكم بقيت حسبةً في الظّلوم

وتلك الذَّخيرةُ للذّاخر

وتلك الذَّخيرةُ للذّاخر

And how much duty to restrain the tyrant still remains,

And you remained a refuge in injustices—

That treasure for whoever lays treasure by!

That supply is for the spendthrift.

يعنف حجاج بيتِ الإله

يعنف حجاج بيتِ الإله

ويسطو بهم سطوةَ الجائر

ويسطو بهم سطوةَ الجائر

He treats the pilgrims to God's House harshly

It violates the pilgrims of God's House,

And assails them with an oppressor's violence.

With the tyranny of the unjust.

ويكشف عما بأيديهمُ

ويكشف عما بأيديهمُ

وناهيك عن مَوقف صاغر

وناهيك عن مَوقف صاغر

He searches into what they have in their hands—

It reveals their secret intentions

What a humiliating scene that is!

And no more to say about a humbled stance.

وقد أُوقفوا بعدما كوشفوا

وقد أُوقفوا بعدما كوشفوا

كأنهم في يد الآسر

كأنهم في يد الآسر

They have been detained after being searched,

And after being exposed, they are held

As though held in a captor's hand.

As if by a captor's hand.

ويُلزمهم حلفاً باطلاً

ويُلزمهم حلفاً باطلاً

وعُقبى اليمين على الفاجر

وعُقبى اليمين على الفاجر

He compels them to a wrongful oath,

And it imposes on them a vain oath—

While the oath's consequences fall upon the wicked man.

The consequence of lying is on the sinner.

وإن عرضت بينهم حُرمَةٌ

وإن عرضت بينهم حُرمَةٌ

فليس لها عنه من ساتر

فليس لها عنه من ساتر

And if a woman appears among them,

And if a sanctity appears between them,

She has no one to shield her from him.

It has no veil from it.

أَليس يخاف غداً عَرضَهُ

أَليس يخاف غداً عَرضَهُ

على الملك القَادر القاهر

على الملك القَادر القاهر

Does he not fear being brought tomorrow

Does it not fear, tomorrow, displaying

Before the Sovereign, the Mighty, the All-Subduing?

Itself to the Able, Supreme King?

وليسَ على حُرَم المسلمين

وليسَ على حُرَم المسلمين

بتلك المشاهد من غائر

بتلك المشاهد من غائر

And the Muslims' womenfolk have no

And it has no right to violate

Zealous protector at those gatherings,

The sanctities of the Muslims.

ولا حاضر نافع زجره

ولا حاضر نافع زجره

فياذلة الحاضر الزاجر

فياذلة الحاضر الزاجر

Nor anyone present whose rebuke helps—

No watcher benefits warning it,

So how abased is the bystander who rebukes!

So shame on the warner of the shameless!

الا ناصحٌ مبلغ نصحه

الا ناصحٌ مبلغ نصحه

إِلى الملك الناصر الظافر

إِلى الملك الناصر الظافر

Is there no adviser to carry his counsel

Except a counselor who conveys his counsel

To King al-Nasir, the triumphant?

To the victorious, supporting King.

ظلوم تضّمن مال الزكاة

ظلوم تضّمن مال الزكاة

لقد تعست صفقة الخاسر

لقد تعست صفقة الخاسر

A tyrant has contracted to collect the zakat revenues—

An oppressor who appropriates the obligatory alms—

Ill-fated indeed is the loser's bargain!

What a lossful deal for the loser!

يُسِر الخيانةَ في باطن

يُسِر الخيانةَ في باطن

ويبدي النصيحة في الظاهر

ويبدي النصيحة في الظاهر

He conceals treachery within

He makes treason easy in private

And outwardly displays good counsel.

And shows advice openly.

فأوقع به حَادثاً أَنه

فأوقع به حَادثاً أَنه

يقبّح أحدوثة الذاكر

يقبّح أحدوثة الذاكر

So bring calamity down upon him, for he

So make an incident befall him

Makes shameful the tale told by whoever recalls him.

That will mar the mention of his memory.

فما للمناكِر من زَاجر

فما للمناكِر من زَاجر

سواك وبالعرفِ من آمر

سواك وبالعرفِ من آمر

For there is no one to restrain wrongdoing

For prohibiting wrong, none can stop it

But you, nor anyone to command what is right.

Except you, with authority's command.

وحاشاك إن لم تزل رسمَها

وحاشاك إن لم تزل رسمَها

فما بالك في النّاس من غَادر

فما بالك في النّاس من غَادر

Far be it from you not to erase their traces—

And far be it from you, if you do not remove its precedent—

Then what is your concern with a traitor among the people? [Wording unclear.]

What is your stance among people then?

ورفعك أَمثالها موسِع

ورفعك أَمثالها موسِع

رداء فخارِك للنّاشر

رداء فخارِك للنّاشر

Removing wrongs like these will broaden

But lifting the likes of it expands

The mantle of your glory for whoever unfolds it.

The mantle of your pride for the displayer.

وآثارك الغرّ تبقى بها

وآثارك الغرّ تبقى بها

وتلك المآثر للآثر

وتلك المآثر للآثر

Your radiant deeds will thereby endure;

And your magnificent traces will remain through them—

Those are exploits for the chronicler.

Those glorious deeds last forever.

نذرتُ النَّصيحة في حقِّكم

نذرتُ النَّصيحة في حقِّكم

وحق الوَفاء على النّاذرِ

وحق الوَفاء على النّاذرِ

I have vowed to give you faithful counsel,

I pledged advice truthfully for you

And fulfillment is binding upon one who vows.

And loyalty's duty upon the fulfiller.

وحبك أَنطَقَني بالقريض

وحبك أَنطَقَني بالقريض

وما أبتَغِى صِلَة الشّاعر

وما أبتَغِى صِلَة الشّاعر

Love of you has made me speak in verse,

And love for you inspired me to poetry—

And I seek no poet's recompense.

I do not seek the poet's connection.

ولا كانَ في ما مضى مكسَبي

ولا كانَ في ما مضى مكسَبي

وبئسَ البِضاعَةُ للتّاجِر

وبئسَ البِضاعَةُ للتّاجِر

Nor was it my livelihood in days gone by;

Nor was its gain mine in the past—

What wretched merchandise for a trader!

Miserable merchandise for the merchant!

إذا الشعر صارَ شِعار الفَتى

إذا الشعر صارَ شِعار الفَتى

فَناهيك من لقب شاهِر

فَناهيك من لقب شاهِر

If poetry becomes a young man's emblem,

When poetry becomes the man's motto,

What a title to make him notorious!

Then no more said for the renowned.

وإن كان نَظمي له نَادراً

وإن كان نَظمي له نَادراً

نقد قيل لا حكمَ للنادر

نقد قيل لا حكمَ للنادر

Though I compose it only rarely,

And if my verse is rarely excellent,

Criticism [unclear]: it is said, 'No ruling applies to rare cases.'

It is said, "No rule for the rare."

ولكنّها خطرات الهَوى

ولكنّها خطرات الهَوى

تَعِن فتلعَب بالخَاطر

تَعِن فتلعَب بالخَاطر

These are merely love's passing impulses,

But it is the notions of passion

Arising, then playing with the mind.

That engage and toy with thought.

وأما وقد زارَ تلك العلا

وأما وقد زارَ تلك العلا

فقد فازَ بالشّرف الباهر

فقد فازَ بالشّرف الباهر

But now that it has visited those lofty heights,

As for visiting those high places,

It has won dazzling honor.

He has won sublime honor.

وان كانَ منك قبولٌ له

وان كانَ منك قبولٌ له

فتلك الكرامةُ للزّائر

فتلك الكرامةُ للزّائر

And if it finds acceptance from you,

And if you accept it,

That is the welcome accorded a visitor.

That is generosity for the visitor.

ويكفيه سمعكَ من سامعٍ

ويكفيه سمعكَ من سامعٍ

ويكفيه لحظكَ من ناظِر

ويكفيه لحظكَ من ناظِر

Your hearing, as a listener, is enough for it,

And it suffices him your hearing as a listener

And your glance, as a beholder, is enough.

And your gaze as a watcher.

ويُزهى على الرَّوضِ غبَّ الحيا

ويُزهى على الرَّوضِ غبَّ الحيا

بما حَازَ من ذِكرِكَ العَاطِر

بما حَازَ من ذِكرِكَ العَاطِر

It boasts over the garden after rain

And he boasts, at the garden, the ardency of life

Through the fragrant renown of you that it has gained.

Through what he gained of your fragrant mention.