بِجدّكِthrough your good fortune أَصحَبgrew yielding الجدّthe hard ground الحزونrugged
بِجدّكِ أَصحَب الجدّ الحزون
وَأَطلَعَand brought forth فَجرَهits dawn الفَتحُvictory المُبينُmanifest
وَأَطلَعَ فَجرَه الفَتحُ المُبينُ
Through your good fortune, rugged ground grew yielding,
And manifest victory ushered in its dawn.
وَفيand in كَنَفيكَyour two protective flanks سولِمَتِwere reconciled اللّياليthe nights
وَفي كَنَفيكَ سولِمَتِ اللّيالي
وَفارَقَand forsook طَبعَهُits nature الزَّمَنُtime الخَؤُونُtreacherous
وَفارَقَ طَبعَهُ الزَّمَنُ الخَؤُونُ
Within your shelter, the nights were reconciled,
And treacherous time forsook its nature.
وَمِنكَand from you تَعلَّمَlearned القطعcutting المَواضيthe keen swords
وَمِنكَ تَعلَّمَ القطع المَواضي
وَقَدwhile already زَبَنَتlashed out بِهِwith it الحَربُwar الزَّبونُfierce
وَقَد زَبَنَت بِهِ الحَربُ الزَّبونُ
From you the keen swords learned to cut,
While savage war lashed out with it.
وَأَنتَand you are السَّيفُthe sword لَمnever تَمسَسهُtouched it نارfire
وَأَنتَ السَّيفُ لَم تَمسَسهُ نار
وَلاnor شَحَذَتsharpened مَضارِبَهُits striking edges القيونُthe smiths
وَلا شَحَذَت مَضارِبَهُ القيونُ
You are the sword that no fire has touched,
Nor have smiths sharpened its striking edges.
تَرَقْرَقُshimmer فَوقَover صَفحَتِهِits surface الأَمانيhopes
تَرَقْرَقُ فَوقَ صَفحَتِهِ الأَماني
وَيَقطرand drips مِنfrom غَراريهِits two edges المَنونُdeath
وَيَقطر مِن غَراريهِ المَنونُ
Hopes shimmer across its surface,
And death drips from its two edges.
وَقَبلَكَand before you ماnever سَمِعتُI heard بِذيof one possessing فَقارٍgrooves (Fiqar)
وَقَبلَكَ ما سَمِعتُ بِذي فَقارٍ
يُبيرُannihilates الفَقرَpoverty كانَit existed وَلاand will not يَكونُexist
يُبيرُ الفَقرَ كانَ وَلا يَكونُ
Before you, I had never heard of a Dhu al-Fiqar
That annihilates poverty: it existed, but shall be no more.
وَلاnor غَيثٌrain سَماوَتهُwhose sky سَريرٌa throne
وَلا غَيثٌ سَماوَتهُ سَريرٌ
وَلاnor لَيثٌa lion وِسادَتُهُwhose pillow عَرينُa lair
وَلا لَيثٌ وِسادَتُهُ عَرينُ
Nor of rain whose sky is a throne,
Nor of a lion whose pillow is a lair,
وَلاnor قَمَرٌa moon لَهُfor it الهَيجاءُbattle هالٌa halo
وَلا قَمَرٌ لَهُ الهَيجاءُ هالٌ
وَلاnor تاجٌa crown لَهُfor it الدّنياthe world جَبينُa brow
وَلا تاجٌ لَهُ الدّنيا جَبينُ
Nor of a moon with battle for its halo,
Nor of a crown with the world for its brow.
جُبِلتَyou were fashioned نَدىًof generosity وَعَفواًand forgiveness وَاِنتِقاماand vengeance
جُبِلتَ نَدىً وَعَفواً وَاِنتِقاما
وماءٌand water كلُّevery مجبولٍfashioned creature وَطينُand clay
وماءٌ كلُّ مجبولٍ وَطينُ
You were fashioned of generosity, forgiveness, and vengeance,
While every other creature is water and clay.
وَمُلْكُكَand your reign عَمَّمَcovered الأَقطارَthe regions قطْراًwith rain
وَمُلْكُكَ عَمَّمَ الأَقطارَ قطْراً
فَأمرعَتِso grew lush الأَواعِثُthe sandy tracts وَالحزونُand the rugged lands
فَأمرعَتِ الأَواعِثُ وَالحزونُ
Your reign spread rain throughout the regions,
So sandy tracts and rugged lands grew lush.
تَلَألَأglitter تَحتَهُbeneath it غُررُbright brows اللّياليof the nights
تَلَألَأ تَحتَهُ غُررُ اللّيالي
إِذاwhen الأَيّامُthe days عِندَwith سِواكَothers besides you جونُdark
إِذا الأَيّامُ عِندَ سِواكَ جونُ
The nights' bright brows glitter beneath it,
When days with others are dark.
وَأَنتَand you أَقَمتَraised لِلجَدوىfor bounty مَناراًa beacon
وَأَنتَ أَقَمتَ لِلجَدوى مَناراً
يُبينُshines clearly لِشائِميهِfor those watching for it وَلاand does not يَبينُvanish
يُبينُ لِشائِميهِ وَلا يَبينُ
You have raised a beacon for bounty:
It shines for those watching for it, and never fades.
وَعِندَكَand with you مَشربthe draught النّعمىof favor زلالٌclear and sweet
وَعِندَكَ مَشرب النّعمى زلالٌ
إِذاwhen عَبقتreek مَشارِبهاits drinking pools الأجونُstagnant and foul
إِذا عَبقت مَشارِبها الأجونُ
With you, the draught of favor is pure,
When its stagnant drinking pools reek.
تَحَكَّمَhas free command فيover عَطائِكyour bounty كلُّevery عاطٍseeker
تَحَكَّمَ في عَطائِك كلُّ عاطٍ
وَقَدthough already شِيدَتwere raised مِنَfrom المَنْعِwithholding الحُصونُfortresses
وَقَد شِيدَت مِنَ المَنْعِ الحُصونُ
Every seeker has free command of your bounty,
Though fortresses have been raised from withholding.
لَقَدindeed أَشعَرتَyou clothed دينَthe faith اللَّهِof God عِزّاًin glory
لَقَد أَشعَرتَ دينَ اللَّهِ عِزّاً
تَتيهُexult لَهُin it المَشاعِرُthe sacred sites وَالجحونُand al-Jahun
تَتيهُ لَهُ المَشاعِرُ وَالجحونُ
You have indeed clothed God's faith in glory,
In which the sacred sites and al-Jahun exult.
وَقامَand rose بِنَصرِهِto its defense وَالناسُwhile the people فَوضىwere in disorder
وَقامَ بِنَصرِهِ وَالناسُ فَوضى
قويٌّa mighty one منكfrom you فيin الجُلَّىthe gravest crisis أَمينُtrustworthy
قويٌّ منك في الجُلَّى أَمينُ
While people were in chaos, there rose to defend it
A mighty champion in you, trustworthy in the gravest crisis.
رَجَعتَyou turned back مُلوكَهمtheir kings وهُمwhile they were خُيوفٌafraid
رَجَعتَ مُلوكَهم وهُم خُيوفٌ
أَسيرٌa captive فيin صِفادِكَyour fetters أَوor كَنينُin hiding
أَسيرٌ في صِفادِكَ أَو كَنينُ
You turned their kings back in terror—
Either captive in your fetters or in hiding.
فَبَرنَسْتَso you hooded البِرِنسَthe Prince لِقاعِto the depths خَسْفٍof humiliation
فَبَرنَسْتَ البِرِنسَ لِقاعِ خَسْفٍ
وَجَرّعَand made swallow مرُّthe bitterness جَوْسِكَof your ravaging جوسلينُJoscelin
وَجَرّعَ مرُّ جَوْسِكَ جوسلينُ
You hooded the Prince in a pit of humiliation,
And your ravaging made Joscelin swallow bitterness.
إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle الفِعلُthe verb عُلَّgrew weak تَلاهُfollowed it حَذْفٌdeletion
إِذا ما الفِعلُ عُلَّ تَلاهُ حَذْفٌ
يُتاحُis prescribed لِمُنْتَهاهُfor its ending أَوor سكونُvowellessness; stillness
يُتاحُ لِمُنْتَهاهُ أَو سكونُ
When a verb is weak, deletion follows it,
Prescribed for its ending—or else quiescence.
غَنواthey prospered حَتّىuntil غَزوتَهُمُyou raided them فَغنّىthen sang الصthe… (echo fragment)
غَنوا حَتّى غَزوتَهُمُ فَغنّى الص
صَدىecho فيin أَرضِهمtheir land حفّdispersed (reading uncertain) القطينُthe inhabitants
صَدى في أَرضِهم حفّ القطينُ
They prospered until you raided them; then sang the—
Echo in their land; the inhabitants had dispersed.
وَكَمand how often عَبَرَadvanced الصّليبُthe cross بِهمwith them صَليباrigid
وَكَم عَبَرَ الصّليبُ بِهم صَليبا
فَرَدَّتهso sent it back قَناكَyour spears وَفيهِand within it لينُsoftness
فَرَدَّته قَناكَ وَفيهِ لينُ
How often the cross advanced with them, rigid and strong,
Only for your spears to send it back softened.
وَماand never خَطَرَتthey swayed بِدارِin the abode الشّركِof polytheism إِلّاexcept that
وَما خَطَرَت بِدارِ الشّركِ إِلّا
هَوىfell النّاقوسُthe church bell وَاِرتَفَعand rose الأذينُthe call to prayer
هَوى النّاقوسُ وَاِرتَفَع الأذينُ
Whenever they swayed in the abode of polytheism,
The church bell fell and the call to prayer rose.
مَلَأتَyou filled عِظامَthe vast expanses ساحِهُمُof their courtyards عِظاماًwith bones
مَلَأتَ عِظامَ ساحِهُمُ عِظاماً
فَكلّso every ملاًopen plain لقوكَthey met you بِهِupon it جرينُa threshing floor
فَكلّ ملاً لقوكَ بِهِ جرينُ
You filled their vast courtyards with bones;
So every plain where they met you became a threshing floor.
بِإنَّبat Inab فيalong القَناthe lances تجريthey flowed نجيعاًas fresh blood
بِإنَّب في القَنا تجري نجيعاً
كَأَنَّas though عُيونَthe eyes أَكعُبِهاof their joints عيونُsprings
كَأَنَّ عُيونَ أَكعُبِها عيونُ
At Inab, they flowed as gore along the lances,
As though the eyes of their joints were springs.
وَبَينand among حرارِthe black-rock tracts صَرخَدof Sarkhad ذُبْنَthey melted حَرّاًwith heat
وَبَين حرارِ صَرخَد ذُبْنَ حَرّاً
لَهُwithin it فيin كُلِّevery حَبحَبَةٍflare (uncertain) كَمينُan ambush
لَهُ في كُلِّ حَبحَبَةٍ كَمينُ
Amid Sarkhad's black-rock tracts they melted in a heat
With an ambush lurking in every flare.
وَفَيْنَand returned (reading uncertain) مِنَfrom العُرَيْمَةal-Uraymah فيin عرامٍfierce violence
وَفَيْنَ مِنَ العُرَيْمَة في عرامٍ
لَهُwhose فيin جونِهاits recess الأَقصىfarthest وَجونُa pounding
لَهُ في جونِها الأَقصى وَجونُ
They returned from al-Uraymah in a fierce assault,
Whose pounding reached its farthest recess.
وَكَمand how many حَرمٍa sanctuary لِحارِمَof Harim غادَرَتهُthey left it
وَكَم حَرمٍ لِحارِمَ غادَرَتهُ
وَدارَتهand its precinct لِمَنسَفِهاfor its winnower درينُwithered stubble
وَدارَته لِمَنسَفِها درينُ
And many a sanctuary of Harim they left,
Its precinct withered stubble for its winnower.
وفيand in شَعْراءthe thicket قُورُسof Qurus صُغْنthey fashioned شِعْراًpoetry
وفي شَعْراء قُورُس صُغْن شِعْراً
تُدارُis made to turn عَلىupon غِرارَيهits two edges اللَّجونُal-Lajun
تُدارُ عَلى غِرارَيه اللَّجونُ
In Qurus's thicket they fashioned poetry,
Upon whose two edges al-Lajun is made to turn.
وَقائِعُbattles صِرْنَthey became فيin صَنعاءَSana'a طَيراًbirds
وَقائِعُ صِرْنَ في صَنعاءَ طَيراً
يوقعُهاmakes them alight عَلىupon عَدْنٍAden عدونُa swift courier
يوقعُها عَلى عَدْنٍ عدونُ
Battles that became birds in Sana'a,
Which a swift courier makes alight upon Aden.
نَماكَsired you أَبٌa father إِذاwhen عُدَّis reckoned اِنتِساباًin lineage
نَماكَ أَبٌ إِذا عُدَّ اِنتِساباً
تَراقىascended مصعداًclimbing upward والنّاسwhile others دونُwere below
تَراقى مصعداً والنّاس دونُ
A father sired you who, when lineage is reckoned,
Ascends ever higher, while others remain below.
شمالاًthe left hand كانwere أملاكُthe kings البراياof humankind
شمالاً كان أملاكُ البرايا
وَقَدand when قيسواthey were measured بِهِagainst him وهوَwhile he was اليَمينُthe right hand
وَقَد قيسوا بِهِ وهوَ اليَمينُ
The kings of humankind were the left hand,
When measured against him, who was the right.
قَضىhe passed away وَقَضاؤُهand his decree فيon الأرضِthe earth حَتْمٌbinding
قَضى وَقَضاؤُه في الأرضِ حَتْمٌ
وَطاعَةُand obedience أَهلِهاof its people لِبَنيهِto his sons دينُa religious duty
وَطاعَةُ أَهلِها لِبَنيهِ دينُ
He passed away, yet his decree on earth is binding,
And its people's obedience to his sons is a sacred duty.
لِهذاfor this اليومِday تُنْتَخَبare chosen القوافيthe rhymes
لِهذا اليومِ تُنْتَخَب القوافي
وَيذخرُand keeps in store نَفسهitself الدُّرُّthe pearl المَصُونُtreasured
وَيذخرُ نَفسه الدُّرُّ المَصُونُ
For this day the rhymes are chosen,
And the treasured pearl keeps itself in store.
وَنَحنُand we أَحقُّmore entitled منكthan you بأَنto نُهنّاour being congratulated
وَنَحنُ أَحقُّ منك بأَن نُهنّا
إذاwhen قرَّتwere gladdened بِرُؤيَتِكَby seeing you العيونُthe eyes
إذا قرَّت بِرُؤيَتِكَ العيونُ
We are more entitled than you to congratulations,
When eyes are gladdened by the sight of you.
سَلِمتَmay you remain safe لَناfor us فَإِنّاfor we كلُّevery صعبٍhardship
سَلِمتَ لَنا فَإِنّا كلُّ صعبٍ
نُوازيهwe face it بِأَنthrough the fact that تبقىyou remain يَهونُgrows easy
نُوازيه بِأَن تبقى يَهونُ
May you be safe for us, for every hardship
We face grows easy so long as you remain.
تُرابِطُناstand watch with us بِعِقوَتِكَin your courtyard التّهانيfelicitations
تُرابِطُنا بِعِقوَتِكَ التّهاني
وَيَغبِطُناand envy us بِدَولَتِكَfor your reign القرونُthe ages
وَيَغبِطُنا بِدَولَتِكَ القرونُ
Felicitations stand watch with us in your courtyard,
And the ages envy us your reign.
Translation model: Sol 6.1