زَمانَ الحِمى هَل مِن مَعاد فنطمَعا

زَمانَ الحِمى هَل مِن مَعاد فنطمَعا

وَنُمسكُ أَكباداً تَذوبُ وَأَضلُعا

وَنُمسكُ أَكباداً تَذوبُ وَأَضلُعا

O days of the sanctuary, is there a return, so we may hope

The days of fever, will there be a return so we may hope?

and keep our melting livers and ribs intact?

As we endure melting livers and ribs.

وَيا مَنزلُ الأَحبابِ هَل فيكَ وَقفَةٌ

وَيا مَنزلُ الأَحبابِ هَل فيكَ وَقفَةٌ

تجَدّدُ تَذكاري وَإِن كانَ موجِعا

تجَدّدُ تَذكاري وَإِن كانَ موجِعا

And O abode of loved ones, is there a pause within you

O dwelling of loved ones, is there a stop in you

that renews my remembrance, even if it is painful?

Where my reminiscing is renewed, even if it is painful?

وَيا نَسمَاتَ المُنحَنى كَيفَ أَهلهُ

وَيا نَسمَاتَ المُنحَنى كَيفَ أَهلهُ

وَهَل طابَ بَعدي ذَلِكَ الحَيُّ مَرتَعا

وَهَل طابَ بَعدي ذَلِكَ الحَيُّ مَرتَعا

And O breezes of the bend, how are its people?

O breezes of the bending riverbank, how are its people?

And since I left, is that encampment a pleasant pasture?

And did that lively place become good after me for pasturing?

قَضى الدَهرُ فينا بِالفِراقِ وَطالَما

قَضى الدَهرُ فينا بِالفِراقِ وَطالَما

عَهِدناهُ قِدماً بِالجَماعاتِ مَولَعا

عَهِدناهُ قِدماً بِالجَماعاتِ مَولَعا

Time decreed separation for us, though so often

Fate decreed separation between us and for so long

we had known it of old to be enamored of gatherings.

We knew it to hasten gatherings with its feet.

نَبيتُ وَنَغدو وَاللَيالي بمرصدٍ

نَبيتُ وَنَغدو وَاللَيالي بمرصدٍ

تُراقبُ مِنّا كُلَّ شَملٍ تَجَمَّعا

تُراقبُ مِنّا كُلَّ شَملٍ تَجَمَّعا

We pass the night and go forth at dawn, while the nights lie in wait,

We sleep and get up while the nights ambush

watching every union of ours that comes together.

Every collected group from us.

وَلَو لَم تَروِّعْنا بِتَصديعِ أُلفةٍ

وَلَو لَم تَروِّعْنا بِتَصديعِ أُلفةٍ

كَفانا اِرتِياعاً خَوفَ أَن نتَصَدَّعا

كَفانا اِرتِياعاً خَوفَ أَن نتَصَدَّعا

Even if they did not frighten us by sundering a bond,

If only it didn't startle us by splitting up intimacy

fear that we might be sundered would be fright enough.

Fear of splitting up was enough to frighten us.

وَيا رُبَّ يَومٍ قَد أَطالَ تَلَهُّفي

وَيا رُبَّ يَومٍ قَد أَطالَ تَلَهُّفي

فَلَم يُرِنِي إَلّا حَبيباً مُودِّعا

فَلَم يُرِنِي إَلّا حَبيباً مُودِّعا

And oh, how many a day has prolonged my yearning,

O Lord of a day whose longing I prolonged

and shown me nothing but a beloved taking leave.

It only showed me a lover bidding farewell.

فَمِن عَبرَةٍ سالَت بِنَحري وَزَفرةٍ

فَمِن عَبرَةٍ سالَت بِنَحري وَزَفرةٍ

بِها رُحتُ مِن بَعد الوَداعِ مشيّعا

بِها رُحتُ مِن بَعد الوَداعِ مشيّعا

So, with a tear that ran down my neck, and a sigh,

So from the flowing tears on my throat and a sigh

I departed after farewell, escorted by them.

With which I went after bidding farewell, seeing off.

وَباكية لَما أَظَلَّ فراقَنا

وَباكية لَما أَظَلَّ فراقَنا

وَما أَوشَكَت تَرجو لِوَصليَ مَرجَعا

وَما أَوشَكَت تَرجو لِوَصليَ مَرجَعا

And a woman wept when our parting loomed,

And a crying woman whose separation darkened

and scarcely hoped for a return to union with me.

And nearly hoped for the return of our union.

تُكفكفُ دوني عَبرةً بَعدَ عَبرةٍ

تُكفكفُ دوني عَبرةً بَعدَ عَبرةٍ

عَلى صَفحِ خَدٍ باتَ بِالدَمعِ أَسفَعا

عَلى صَفحِ خَدٍ باتَ بِالدَمعِ أَسفَعا

She wiped away before me tear after tear

Lessen before me a tear after a tear

on the surface of a cheek darkened with tears.

On a cheek that spent the night shedding tears.

أَقِلي فَقَد أَشجَيتِ بِالنَوحِ أَضلُعي

أَقِلي فَقَد أَشجَيتِ بِالنَوحِ أَضلُعي

وَغادَرتِ قَلبي بِالشُجونِ مروَّعا

وَغادَرتِ قَلبي بِالشُجونِ مروَّعا

Weep less! Your lament has filled my ribs with sorrow,

Calm down for you have distressed my ribs with wailing

and left my heart terrified by grief.

And left my heart frightened with passions.

وَكُفِّي أَليمَ اللَحظِ عَن قَلبِ مُدنَفٍ

وَكُفِّي أَليمَ اللَحظِ عَن قَلبِ مُدنَفٍ

رمتهُ النَوى مِن قَبلِ سَهميكَ أَربَعا

رمتهُ النَوى مِن قَبلِ سَهميكَ أَربَعا

And spare a wasting heart the pain of your glance,

And spare the painful glance on a coercible heart

which separation struck with four arrows before your two.

Pelted from before by your arrows four times.

فَما بِاختياري كانَ ذا البُعدُ بَينَنا

فَما بِاختياري كانَ ذا البُعدُ بَينَنا

وَلَكِنَّهُ شأَنٌ أَبى أَن يَضيّعا

وَلَكِنَّهُ شأَنٌ أَبى أَن يَضيّعا

This distance between us was not of my choosing,

This distance between us was not of my choosing

but a matter that would not suffer neglect.

But it is fate that refused to be lost.

ذَريني وَهَذا الشَوقُ يُتلفُ مُهجَتي

ذَريني وَهَذا الشَوقُ يُتلفُ مُهجَتي

فَإني رَأيتُ الخَسفَ أَعظَمَ مَصرَعا

فَإني رَأيتُ الخَسفَ أَعظَمَ مَصرَعا

Leave me, though this longing destroys my lifeblood,

Leave me as this longing keeps wasting my spirit

for I have found abasement a worse death.

For I saw perishing as a greater fate.

أَبى اللَهُ أَن أَرضى المقامَ بِبَلدةٍ

أَبى اللَهُ أَن أَرضى المقامَ بِبَلدةٍ

أَرى الفَضلَ فيها بِالخُمولِ ملفّعا

أَرى الفَضلَ فيها بِالخُمولِ ملفّعا

God forbid that I consent to dwell in a town

God refused that I be content residing in a town

where I see merit shrouded in obscurity.

Where I see excellence in it with laziness dressed up.

فَما وَطَني أَرضٌ نَبَتْ بِفضائِلي

فَما وَطَني أَرضٌ نَبَتْ بِفضائِلي

وَلَو كانَ فيها العَيشُ أَخضَرَ مُمرَعا

وَلَو كانَ فيها العَيشُ أَخضَرَ مُمرَعا

A land that rejects my virtues is no homeland of mine,

So my homeland is not a land that grew with my merits

even if life there is green and lush.

Even if living in it was most verdant and lush.

وَلا أَصطَفِي مَن كانَ فَضلي عَدوَّهُ

وَلا أَصطَفِي مَن كانَ فَضلي عَدوَّهُ

وَلَو جادَ لِي مِن بَعدُ بِالودّ أَجمَعا

وَلَو جادَ لِي مِن بَعدُ بِالودّ أَجمَعا

Nor do I befriend one who counts my merit his enemy,

Nor do I choose one whose enmity was my merit

even if he later lavishes all his affection on me.

Even if he is later generous to me altogether.

مَعاهدُ فيها يُبرزُ اللؤمُ صَفحهُ

مَعاهدُ فيها يُبرزُ اللؤمُ صَفحهُ

وَتُنكر وَجه الحُرّ إِلّا مُقنَّعا

وَتُنكر وَجه الحُرّ إِلّا مُقنَّعا

Haunts where baseness bares its face,

The treaty there shows meanness its face

and a free man's face is disowned unless masked.

While the face of the noble is denied unless masked.

أَناخَ بِها رَكب الغِواية عائِشاً

أَناخَ بِها رَكب الغِواية عائِشاً

وَجاسَ حِماها مَربَعاً ثُمَ مَربَعا

وَجاسَ حِماها مَربَعاً ثُمَ مَربَعا

The caravan of error has encamped there to live,

There the band of misguidance camped heedlessly

and roamed its protected grounds, pasture after pasture.

And settled protecting it square by square.

وَمَدَّ أَتِيُّ الجَهلِ بِالجورِ فوقَها

وَمَدَّ أَتِيُّ الجَهلِ بِالجورِ فوقَها

إِلى أَن غَدا حَوضُ الخباثِ مُترعا

إِلى أَن غَدا حَوضُ الخباثِ مُترعا

And ignorance's torrent spread injustice over it,

And the ignorant's minion extended over it

until the pool of the wicked was filled to the brim.

Until the basin of wickedness became a pasture.

فَيا لَكَ شَرّاً أَيُّ أَمٍّ تَمَخَّضت

فَيا لَكَ شَرّاً أَيُّ أَمٍّ تَمَخَّضت

بِهِ وَغَذَتهُ الشُؤمَ حَتى تَرَعرَعا

بِهِ وَغَذَتهُ الشُؤمَ حَتى تَرَعرَعا

O what an evil! What mother labored

So evil be to you, which mother gave birth to it

to bear it, and fed it ill omen until it grew?

And nourished its misfortunes until it was nurtured.

وَيا لَكِ أَياماً أَرَتنا صُروفَها

وَيا لَكِ أَياماً أَرَتنا صُروفَها

عَجائب لَم يَطرُقنَ في الحلم مَضجَعا

عَجائب لَم يَطرُقنَ في الحلم مَضجَعا

And oh, what days! Their vicissitudes have shown us

And evil be to you, days, that showed us its phases

wonders that never visited a bed in dreams.

Miracles that did not occur to one asleep in their bed.

وَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا أَن نَرى الشَمسَ أَشرَقَت

وَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا أَن نَرى الشَمسَ أَشرَقَت

مِنَ الغَرب حَتّى تَجعلَ الغَرب مَطلَعا

مِنَ الغَرب حَتّى تَجعلَ الغَرب مَطلَعا

Nothing remains but to see the sun rise

Until only remains that we see the sun rise

from the west, making the west its rising-place.

From the west until it makes the west a horizon.

فَيا دَهرُ جَدٌّ ذاكَ أَم أَنتَ هازِلٌ

فَيا دَهرُ جَدٌّ ذاكَ أَم أَنتَ هازِلٌ

وَكَيفَ بِمَن لَم يَدرِ لِلهَزَلِ مَنزَعا

وَكَيفَ بِمَن لَم يَدرِ لِلهَزَلِ مَنزَعا

O Time, is this earnest, or are you jesting?

So O time, was that serious or are you jesting?

And what of one who knows no way to jest?

And how can one not prone to jesting have an escape?

تَدَرّعتُ فيكِ الصَبر حَتّى إِذا عَفا

تَدَرّعتُ فيكِ الصَبر حَتّى إِذا عَفا

تَخذتُ حِمى العَبّاس حِصناً وَمَفزَعا

تَخذتُ حِمى العَبّاس حِصناً وَمَفزَعا

I wore patience as armor amid you until it wore away;

I armored myself in you with patience until when it was done

then took the sanctuary of Abbas as a fortress and refuge.

I took the Abbasid sanctuary as fort and refuge.

مَليكٌ غَدا قطبَ المَكارم وَالنَدى

مَليكٌ غَدا قطبَ المَكارم وَالنَدى

وَباتَ حماهُ لِلرَغائبِ مَجمَعا

وَباتَ حماهُ لِلرَغائبِ مَجمَعا

A sovereign who has become the axis of noble deeds and generosity,

A just king who became the axis of favors and munificence

whose sanctuary has become a gathering place for aspirations.

And his protective shadow became a place for wishes.

سُلالةُ بَيتِ المَجدِ وَالعِزِّ وَالعُلى

سُلالةُ بَيتِ المَجدِ وَالعِزِّ وَالعُلى

وَصَفوةُ مَن في دستهم قَد تَرَبَّعا

وَصَفوةُ مَن في دستهم قَد تَرَبَّعا

Scion of a house of glory, might, and loftiness,

The descendants of the house of glory, honor, and loftiness

and the choicest of those who have occupied their throne.

And elite of those whom in their grasp became biennal.

همامٌ تَولَّى الأَمرَ وَهوَ عَلى شَفا

همامٌ تَولَّى الأَمرَ وَهوَ عَلى شَفا

فَشيّدَ مِن أَركانِهِ ما تَضَعضَعا

فَشيّدَ مِن أَركانِهِ ما تَضَعضَعا

A valiant man who assumed command when it was on the brink,

A vigilant one who assumed command while he

and rebuilt the pillars of it that had tottered.

Was on the brink so he built what was crumbling.

وَناهضَ جَيشَ الحادِثات بِهمّةٍ

وَناهضَ جَيشَ الحادِثات بِهمّةٍ

قَد اِتَخَذَتْ أُفْق السماكينِ مَوضِعا

قَد اِتَخَذَتْ أُفْق السماكينِ مَوضِعا

He confronted the army of calamities with resolve

And confronted the army of events with resolve

that had made the horizon of the two Simak stars its station.

That made the horizon of the heavens its position.

يَقودُ لَها جَيشاً مِنَ الرَأي غازياً

يَقودُ لَها جَيشاً مِنَ الرَأي غازياً

يَلِي خُلقاً رَحباً وَقَلباً مشيّعا

يَلِي خُلقاً رَحباً وَقَلباً مشيّعا

He leads an army of judgment against them in battle,

Leading it an army of wisdom marching

commanding a generous nature and a courageous heart.

Of easy character and receptive conscience.

تَفُلُّ شباةُ الخَطْبِ في كُلِ غَمرةٍ

تَفُلُّ شباةُ الخَطْبِ في كُلِ غَمرةٍ

لَهُ نَظرةٌ تَصمي الحَديدَ الموتّعا

لَهُ نَظرةٌ تَصمي الحَديدَ الموتّعا

The edge of calamity is blunted in every crisis

The youths of ordeals recoil in every murky incident

by a glance of his that slays hardened iron.

With a look that binds fast the mobilized iron.

فَتىً خاضَ لَجَّ الحادِثاتِ وَضحلها

فَتىً خاضَ لَجَّ الحادِثاتِ وَضحلها

وَما شَر ريحيها رَخاء وَزَعزَعا

وَما شَر ريحيها رَخاء وَزَعزَعا

A man who braved calamities' depths and shallows,

A young man who waded into the shallows of events and its depths

and whatever harm their two winds brought, gentle breeze and gale.

And the evil of its winds are neither ease nor turmoil.

فَما زالَ في الحالينِ مَرفوعَ رايةٍ

فَما زالَ في الحالينِ مَرفوعَ رايةٍ

تُلاقيهِ أَعناقُ الطَوارقِ خَضَّعا

تُلاقيهِ أَعناقُ الطَوارقِ خَضَّعا

In both conditions his banner has always remained aloft,

So he did not cease to raise high an emblem

while the necks of sudden calamities meet him bowed.

That meets him with necks of nomads bowed down.

تَقَلد أَعباءَ السِياسةِ أَمرَداً

تَقَلد أَعباءَ السِياسةِ أَمرَداً

وَقَد عَرَفَتَهُ قَبلَ ذَلِكَ مرضعا

وَقَد عَرَفَتَهُ قَبلَ ذَلِكَ مرضعا

He shouldered the burdens of governance while still beardless,

He assumed the burdens of politics with fortitude

and it had known him before that as a suckling.

Having known him before that as a suckling infant.

فَكانَت لَهُ أُماً وَكانَ لَها أَباً

فَكانَت لَهُ أُماً وَكانَ لَها أَباً

غَذتهُ وَربَّاها وَقَد نَشأا مَعا

غَذتهُ وَربَّاها وَقَد نَشأا مَعا

It was his mother, and he was its father;

So to him was a mother and to her was a father

it nourished him, and he nurtured it, and they grew up together.

Who nourished him and nurtured her while both grew up together.

فَسِيحُ ظِلال المُلكِ أَضحى فِناؤُهُ

فَسِيحُ ظِلال المُلكِ أَضحى فِناؤُهُ

مَلاذاً لِأَحرارِ النُفوسِ وَمَنجَعا

مَلاذاً لِأَحرارِ النُفوسِ وَمَنجَعا

His kingship's shade is broad; his courtyard has become

The shadows of the kingdom became plentiful, so its end

a refuge for free souls and a fertile haven.

Became a refuge for the free souls and asylum.

بِهِ اِعتَصَمَتْ آمالُ قَوم أَنالَهُم

بِهِ اِعتَصَمَتْ آمالُ قَوم أَنالَهُم

مِنَ الفَضلِ ما لَم يُبقِ في النَفسِ مَطمَعا

مِنَ الفَضلِ ما لَم يُبقِ في النَفسِ مَطمَعا

In him a people's hopes sought shelter; he bestowed on them

Through it the hopes of a people gained

such bounty as left the soul nothing more to desire.

What they did not leave in themselves of wishes.

وَعَزَّ بِهِ مَن لَم يَعزِّزْهُ مَعشَرٌ

وَعَزَّ بِهِ مَن لَم يَعزِّزْهُ مَعشَرٌ

فَأَصبَحَ ذا ظُفرٍ وَإِن كانَ أَقطَعا

فَأَصبَحَ ذا ظُفرٍ وَإِن كانَ أَقطَعا

Through him one whom no clan supported became mighty,

And through it one who was not empowered by a group became mighty

and gained a claw, even if he was handless.

And became, though he was crippled, victorious.

وَأَصبَحَ نابُ البَغيِ في ظِلِّ عَدلِهِ

وَأَصبَحَ نابُ البَغيِ في ظِلِّ عَدلِهِ

كَليلاً وَعِرنين المَظالمِ أَجدَعا

كَليلاً وَعِرنين المَظالمِ أَجدَعا

Under the shade of his justice, the fang of tyranny has become

And the fangs of aggression under the shade of his justice became

blunted, and the nose of oppression cropped.

At night, while the voices of injustice became barren.

كَذا كانَ آباءُ الأَميرِ وَإِنَّهُ

كَذا كانَ آباءُ الأَميرِ وَإِنَّهُ

لَيَجري عَلى آثارِهِم مُتَتَبِّعا

لَيَجري عَلى آثارِهِم مُتَتَبِّعا

Such were the prince's forefathers, and he

Thus were the prince's forefathers and he

surely follows closely in their footsteps.

Still flows upon their traces, following.

سُراةٌ بَنوا صِرحاً مِنَ المَجد باذِخاً

سُراةٌ بَنوا صِرحاً مِنَ المَجد باذِخاً

وَشادوا لَهُ بِالعزِّ سُوراً مُمنَّعا

وَشادوا لَهُ بِالعزِّ سُوراً مُمنَّعا

Noble lords who built a towering edifice of glory

Nobles who built a lavish citadel of glory

and raised for it an impregnable wall of might.

And erected for it with might an impregnable wall.

وَسَنُّوا النَدى وَالعَدلَ لِلناسِ فَاِقتَدى

وَسَنُّوا النَدى وَالعَدلَ لِلناسِ فَاِقتَدى

بِهِم مَن بَغي في ذِروةِ المَجدِ مَفرعا

بِهِم مَن بَغي في ذِروةِ المَجدِ مَفرعا

They established generosity and justice for the people, and were followed

And they exemplified chivalry and justice for the people, so emulated them

by whoever sought a lofty station on glory's summit.

Whoever sought glory at the peak of glory.

لَهُم في حِمى مَصرٍ عَظائمُ لَم تَزَل

لَهُم في حِمى مَصرٍ عَظائمُ لَم تَزَل

لَدَيهنَّ أَبصارُ الحَوادثِ خُشَّعا

لَدَيهنَّ أَبصارُ الحَوادثِ خُشَّعا

Theirs are mighty deeds in Egypt's sanctuary, and still

For them in the sanctuary of Egypt are magnificent deeds that have not ceased

the eyes of calamities are lowered before them.

To humble before them the sights of events.

غَطارفةٌ تَمضي العُصورُ وَذكرُهُم

غَطارفةٌ تَمضي العُصورُ وَذكرُهُم

فتيُّ شَبابٍ كُلَما شِخنَ أَيفَعا

فتيُّ شَبابٍ كُلَما شِخنَ أَيفَعا

Noble lords: the ages pass, while their memory

Gallants whom the ages pass while their memory

stays fresh with youth, blossoming whenever the ages grow old.

Is like the prime of youths, the older it becomes the more vigorous.

وَلَو أَغفَلَ التاريخُ ذكرَ فِعالِهم

وَلَو أَغفَلَ التاريخُ ذكرَ فِعالِهم

دَعا ناطقُ الآثارِ مِنها فَأسَمَعا

دَعا ناطقُ الآثارِ مِنها فَأسَمَعا

Even if history neglected the record of their deeds,

And if history forgot to mention their deeds

their speaking monuments would call out and make themselves heard.

The voice of relics there called out and made heard.

وَدونَكَ يا مَولايَ مَدحةُ عاجزٍ

وَدونَكَ يا مَولايَ مَدحةُ عاجزٍ

بِها لِوفا حَقِّ الجَميلِ تَذرَّعا

بِها لِوفا حَقِّ الجَميلِ تَذرَّعا

Take, my lord, the praise-poem of a man unequal to the task,

And unto you, my Master, is the inadequate praise of an incapable one

with which he has sought to repay the debt of kindness.

With which to clothe the right of your favor he manned up.

لَئِن عِيب بِالتَّقصيرِ فيكَ ثَناؤُهُ

لَئِن عِيب بِالتَّقصيرِ فيكَ ثَناؤُهُ

فَقَد أمِنَ التَزويرَ فيما لَكَ اِدَّعى

فَقَد أمِنَ التَزويرَ فيما لَكَ اِدَّعى

If his praise of you is faulted for falling short,

If praised deficiently for your inadequacy

it is safe from falsehood in what it claims for you.

He avoided forgery in what he claimed of you.

وَمِثلُكَ مَن لا يَبلغِ المَدحَ وَصفُهُ

وَمِثلُكَ مَن لا يَبلغِ المَدحَ وَصفُهُ

وَلَو أَسهَب المُثنِي عَلَيكَ وَأَبدَعا

وَلَو أَسهَب المُثنِي عَلَيكَ وَأَبدَعا

One such as you has qualities that praise cannot encompass,

And the like of you, whose traits praise does not reach

however long and artfully your praiser speaks.

Even if the praiser is prolix toward you creating.

وَحسبُ مَديحي فيكَ أَنِّيَ زنتُهُ

وَحسبُ مَديحي فيكَ أَنِّيَ زنتُهُ

بِما فيكَ مِن حُسنِ الخَلائقِ أَودَعا

بِما فيكَ مِن حُسنِ الخَلائقِ أَودَعا

It is enough for my praise of you that I have weighed it

And enough of my praise of you is that I weighed it

against the beauty of the qualities lodged in you.

With what of excellent traits are latent in you.

صِفاتٌ زَهَتْ حُسناً فَكانَت كَرَوضةٍ

صِفاتٌ زَهَتْ حُسناً فَكانَت كَرَوضةٍ

وَكُنتُ بِمَدحِيها الهِزارُ المَرجِّعا

وَكُنتُ بِمَدحِيها الهِزارُ المَرجِّعا

Qualities radiant with beauty, like a garden,

Attributes that shone in beauty and so were like a meadow

and in praising them I was the trilling nightingale.

While I, in praising it, was the frequenter returning.

إِلى بابكَ العالي سَرَيتُ وَقِبلَتي

إِلى بابكَ العالي سَرَيتُ وَقِبلَتي

نُجومُ المُنى في أُفْقِ فَضلِكَ طُلَّعا

نُجومُ المُنى في أُفْقِ فَضلِكَ طُلَّعا

To your lofty gate I journeyed by night, my bearing set toward

To your noble court I walked and my hopes

the stars of hope risen on the horizon of your bounty.

Were the stars of wishes in the horizon of your nobility that arose.

وَأَنزَلتُ رحلي مِنكَ في خَيرِ بُقعةٍ

وَأَنزَلتُ رحلي مِنكَ في خَيرِ بُقعةٍ

أَرى أُمماً فيها بظلِّكَ رُتَّعَا

أَرى أُمماً فيها بظلِّكَ رُتَّعَا

I set down my saddle with you in the best of places,

And I descended from you in the best spot

where I see peoples grazing freely in your shade.

Where I see nations through your shade stabled.

فَدُمْ وَاِبقَ وَاِسلمْ وَاِرْقَ وَانعمْ ولا تَزلْ

فَدُمْ وَاِبقَ وَاِسلمْ وَاِرْقَ وَانعمْ ولا تَزلْ

مُقابِلةً نعماكَ بِالحَمدِ وَالدُّعا

مُقابِلةً نعماكَ بِالحَمدِ وَالدُّعا

Endure, live on, be safe, rise, prosper, and may there always be

So continue and stay and surrender and rise and enjoy and never cease

praise and prayer in return for your bounty.

Reciprocating your blessings with thanks and supplication.

فَلَو كانَتِ الآمالُ طَيراً بَرَوضةٍ

فَلَو كانَتِ الآمالُ طَيراً بَرَوضةٍ

لَمَا كنَّ إَلّا في فَنائِكَ وُقَّعا

لَمَا كنَّ إَلّا في فَنائِكَ وُقَّعا

For if hopes were birds in a garden,

For if hopes were birds in a meadow

they would perch nowhere but in your courtyard.

They would never roost except in your courtyard.