إِثلِث فَإِنّا أَيُّها الطَلَلُ

إِثلِث فَإِنّا أَيُّها الطَلَلُ

نَبكي وَتُرزِمُ تَحتَنا الإِبلُ

نَبكي وَتُرزِمُ تَحتَنا الإِبلُ

Be the third, O ruined dwelling, for we

One third, for lo! O ruins

Join us as a third, O scattered ruin,

weep, and beneath us the camels moan.

We weep while the camels kneel beneath us

For we are weeping, and the camels groan beneath us.

أَولا فَلا عَتبٌ عَلى طَلَلِ

أَولا فَلا عَتبٌ عَلى طَلَلِ

إِنَّ الطُلولَ لِمِثلِها فُعُلُ

إِنَّ الطُلولَ لِمِثلِها فُعُلُ

Or do not; no blame falls upon a ruin,

Firstly, no reproach upon a ruin

Or if you refuse, no blame falls on a remnant trace,

for ruins are wont to behave this way.

For the like of it, the mature ones did

For it is the nature of ruins to remain silent in their deeds.

لَو كُنتَ تَنطِقُ قُلتَ مُعتَذِراً

لَو كُنتَ تَنطِقُ قُلتَ مُعتَذِراً

بي غَيرُ ما بِكَ أَيُّها الرَجُلُ

بي غَيرُ ما بِكَ أَيُّها الرَجُلُ

If you could speak, you would say in excuse:

If you could speak, you would say excusing me

If you could speak, you would answer with an excuse:

"My affliction is not yours, O man.

Nothing in me but what in you, O man

"I do not suffer what you suffer, O man.

أَبكاكَ أَنَّكَ بَعضُ مَن شَغَفوا

أَبكاكَ أَنَّكَ بَعضُ مَن شَغَفوا

لَم أَبكِ أَنِّيَ بَعضُ مَن قَتَلوا

لَم أَبكِ أَنِّيَ بَعضُ مَن قَتَلوا

You wept because you are among those they enthralled;

You weep that you are part of those who were passionate

You weep because you are of those who loved,

I have not wept, though I am among those they killed.

I do not weep that I am part of those who were killed

I weep not, for I am but the wreckage they destroyed."

إِنَّ الَّذينَ أَقَمتَ وَاِحتَمَلوا

إِنَّ الَّذينَ أَقَمتَ وَاِحتَمَلوا

أَيّامُهُم لِدِيارِهِم دُوَلُ

أَيّامُهُم لِدِيارِهِم دُوَلُ

Those who departed while you stayed behind—

Those who stayed and endured

Those for whom you stayed while they journeyed on,

their days bring changing fortunes to their dwellings."

Their days in their lands alternate

Their days are but fleeting dynasties over their homes.

الحُسنُ يَرحَلُ كُلَّما رَحَلوا

الحُسنُ يَرحَلُ كُلَّما رَحَلوا

مَعَهُم وَيَنزِلُ حَيثُما نَزَلوا

مَعَهُم وَيَنزِلُ حَيثُما نَزَلوا

Beauty travels whenever they travel,

Beauty moves on whenever they moved

Beauty departs whenever they strike their tents,

with them, and settles wherever they settle,

With them and settles wherever they settled

And where they alight, there Beauty alights as well.

في مُقلَتي رَشَأٍ تُديرُهُما

في مُقلَتي رَشَأٍ تُديرُهُما

بَدَوِيَّةٌ فُتِنَت بِها الحِلَلُ

بَدَوِيَّةٌ فُتِنَت بِها الحِلَلُ

in a fawn's two eyes, turned

In my eyelids a Bedouin girl stirs them

In the eyes of a gazelle, which she turns about,

by a Bedouin woman who has bewitched the encampments.

Who was tempted by the ornaments

Is a Bedouin maid by whom even ornaments are charmed.

تَشكو المَطاعِمُ طولَ هِجرَتِها

تَشكو المَطاعِمُ طولَ هِجرَتِها

وَصُدودِها وَمَنِ الَّذي تَصِلُ

وَصُدودِها وَمَنِ الَّذي تَصِلُ

Food complains of her long neglect

The abodes complain of the length of their abandonment

Even nourishment complains of her long abstinence,

and her avoidance—and whom does she ever favor?

And their remoteness, and who shall they visit?

Her refusal to feast—so with whom does she unite?

ما أَسأَرَت في القَعبِ مِن لَبَنٍ

ما أَسأَرَت في القَعبِ مِن لَبَنٍ

تَرَكَتهُ وَهوَ المِسكُ وَالعَسَلُ

تَرَكَتهُ وَهوَ المِسكُ وَالعَسَلُ

What milk she left behind in the wooden bowl,

She left no milk curdled in the waterskin

The remnants of milk she leaves within the cup,

she left as musk and honey.

Which was musk and honey

She transforms, leaving behind both musk and honey.

قالَت أَلا تَصحو فَقُلتُ لَها

قالَت أَلا تَصحو فَقُلتُ لَها

أَعلَمتِني أَنَّ الهَوى ثَمَلُ

أَعلَمتِني أَنَّ الهَوى ثَمَلُ

She said, "Will you not sober up?" I answered her:

She said: Will you not wake? And I said to her

She asked, "Will you not sober up?" and I replied,

"You have taught me that love is drunkenness."

You have taught me that passion is fruitless

"It was you who taught me that love is a wine."

لَو أَنَّ فَنّاخُسرَ صَبَّحَكُم

لَو أَنَّ فَنّاخُسرَ صَبَّحَكُم

وَبَرَزتِ وَحدَكِ عاقَهُ الغَزَلُ

وَبَرَزتِ وَحدَكِ عاقَهُ الغَزَلُ

If Fannakhusraw raided you at dawn,

If the steeds of Fanakhas had neighed at you

If Fanna Khusraw were to come upon you at dawn,

and you appeared alone, love would hold him back,

And she went out alone, the spinning would entangle her

And you appeared alone, mere love-talk would halt him.

وَتَفَرَّقَت عَنكُم كَتائِبُهُ

وَتَفَرَّقَت عَنكُم كَتائِبُهُ

إِنَّ المِلاحَ خَوادِعٌ قُتُلُ

إِنَّ المِلاحَ خَوادِعٌ قُتُلُ

and his battalions would disperse from you;

And his hordes had dispersed from you

His great battalions would scatter before your face,

indeed, beauties are beguilers and killers.

Verily the sailor folk are perfidious, killed

For beautiful women are deceivers and deadly slayers.

ما كُنتِ فاعِلَةً وَضَيفُكُمُ

ما كُنتِ فاعِلَةً وَضَيفُكُمُ

مَلِكُ المُلوكِ وَشَأنُكِ البَخَلُ

مَلِكُ المُلوكِ وَشَأنُكِ البَخَلُ

What would you do, with your guest

You would not have done it, and your guest

What would you do when your guest is the King of Kings,

the King of Kings, when stinginess is your habit?

Is the king of kings, yet you are stingy

While stinginess remains your custom and your way?

أَتُمَنِّعينَ قِرىً فَتَفتَضِحي

أَتُمَنِّعينَ قِرىً فَتَفتَضِحي

أَم تَبذُلينَ لَهُ الَّذي يَسَلُ

أَم تَبذُلينَ لَهُ الَّذي يَسَلُ

Would you withhold hospitality and be disgraced,

Will you forbid food and so disgrace yourself

Would you deny him hospitality and face disgrace,

or offer him what he asks?

Or will you give that which he requests?

Or would you grant him all that he demands?

بَل لا يَحُلُّ بِحَيثُ حَلَّ بِهِ

بَل لا يَحُلُّ بِحَيثُ حَلَّ بِهِ

بُخلٌ وَلا جَورٌ وَلا وَجَلُ

بُخلٌ وَلا جَورٌ وَلا وَجَلُ

Nay, wherever he has settled, there dwells no

But it is not fitting where he has settled

Nay, for wherever he settles, there cannot dwell

stinginess, nor injustice, nor fear.

Stinginess, injustice or fear

Stinginess, nor injustice, nor any fear.

مَلِكٌ إِذا ما الرُمحُ أَدرَكَهُ

مَلِكٌ إِذا ما الرُمحُ أَدرَكَهُ

طَنَبٌ ذَكَرناهُ فَيَعتَدِلُ

طَنَبٌ ذَكَرناهُ فَيَعتَدِلُ

A king: whenever a spear is seized

A king whom, when the spear reaches him

A King—if the spear-shaft finds itself bent or crooked,

by crookedness, we mention him, and it straightens.

Is a straight, upright branch we have mentioned

We but mention his name, and it straightens itself out.

إِن لَم يَكُن مَن قَبلَهُ عَجَزوا

إِن لَم يَكُن مَن قَبلَهُ عَجَزوا

عَمّا يَسوسُ بِهِ فَقَد غَفَلوا

عَمّا يَسوسُ بِهِ فَقَد غَفَلوا

If those before him were not incapable

If those before him did not refrain

If those who came before him were not incapable

of governing as he does, then they were heedless,

From that which troubles him, then they were heedless

Of his manner of rule, then surely they were negligent.

حَتّى أَتى الدُنيا اِبنُ بَجدَتِها

حَتّى أَتى الدُنيا اِبنُ بَجدَتِها

فَشَكا إِلَيهِ السَهلُ وَالجَبَلُ

فَشَكا إِلَيهِ السَهلُ وَالجَبَلُ

until the world's true master came to it,

Until the son of her youth came to the world

Until the true master of the world arrived within it,

and plain and mountain brought him their complaints,

And the plain and mountain complained to him

And to him both the plains and the mountains complained.

شَكوى العَليلِ إِلى الكَفيلِ لَهُ

شَكوى العَليلِ إِلى الكَفيلِ لَهُ

أَن لا تَمُرَّ بِجِسمِهِ العِلَلُ

أَن لا تَمُرَّ بِجِسمِهِ العِلَلُ

like a sick man's complaint to one who guarantees him

The sick man's complaint to the guarantor,

Complaining as a sick man to the one who guarantees

that no illnesses will afflict his body.

That no illnesses will pass through his body

That no sickness shall ever course through his frame.

قالَت فَلا كَذَبَت شَجاعَتُهُ

قالَت فَلا كَذَبَت شَجاعَتُهُ

أَقدِم فَنَفسُكَ ما لَها أَجَلُ

أَقدِم فَنَفسُكَ ما لَها أَجَلُ

His courage said—may it never lie—

His courage did not lie when it said

Courage spoke—may its promise never prove false—

"Advance, for your life has no appointed end."

Go forward, your soul has no term

"Advance! For your soul is bound by no mortal time."

فَهُوَ النِهايَةُ إِن جَرى مَثَلٌ

فَهُوَ النِهايَةُ إِن جَرى مَثَلٌ

أَو قيلَ يَومَ وَغىً مَنِ البَطَلُ

أَو قيلَ يَومَ وَغىً مَنِ البَطَلُ

He is the highest exemplar when a proverb is spoken,

For it is the conclusion, if a parable runs

He is the ultimate limit whenever a proverb is cited,

or men ask, on a day of battle, "Who is the champion?"

Or it is said, on the day of battle, who is the hero?

Or when they ask in the heat of battle: "Who is the hero?"

عُدَدُ الوُفودِ العامِدينَ لَهُ

عُدَدُ الوُفودِ العامِدينَ لَهُ

دونَ السِلاحِ الشَكلُ وَالعَقلُ

دونَ السِلاحِ الشَكلُ وَالعَقلُ

The equipment of delegations heading to him,

The number of delegations coming to him

The gear of the delegations journeying toward him,

instead of weapons, is horse-tethers and camel-hobbles.

Without arms, is the form and the mind

Is not weaponry, but tethering ropes and hobbles.

فَلِشُكلِهِم في خَيلِهِ عَمَلٌ

فَلِشُكلِهِم في خَيلِهِ عَمَلٌ

وَلِعُقلِهِم في بُختِهِ شُغُلُ

وَلِعُقلِهِم في بُختِهِ شُغُلُ

Thus their horse-tethers find work among his horses,

So their form in his horses finds work

For their hobbles find use upon his mighty steeds,

and their camel-hobbles find use among his Bactrian camels.

And their mind in his fortune finds occupation

And their ropes find employment upon his camels.

تُمسي عَلى أَيدي مَواهِبِهِ

تُمسي عَلى أَيدي مَواهِبِهِ

هِيَ أَو بَقِيَّتُها أَوِ البَدَلُ

هِيَ أَو بَقِيَّتُها أَوِ البَدَلُ

By evening, through the hands of his bounty,

You rouse because of his gifts

By evening, in the hands of his boundless generosity,

they are as they were, or remnants, or replacements.

Either it or its remainder or the substitute

Are the ropes themselves, or their remnants, or replacements.

يَشتاقُ مِن يَدِهِ إِلى سَبَلٍ

يَشتاقُ مِن يَدِهِ إِلى سَبَلٍ

شَوقاً إِلَيهِ يَنبُتُ الأَسَلُ

شَوقاً إِلَيهِ يَنبُتُ الأَسَلُ

Longing for rain from his hand,

From his hand he yearns for paths

His hand yearns to pour forth a rain of bounty,

the spear-reeds sprout in yearning for him.

A yearning for him the thorns grow

A yearning toward which the very spear-shafts grow.

سَبَلٌ تَطولُ المَكرُماتُ بِهِ

سَبَلٌ تَطولُ المَكرُماتُ بِهِ

وَالمَجدُ لا الحَوذانُ وَالنَفَلُ

وَالمَجدُ لا الحَوذانُ وَالنَفَلُ

Rain by which noble deeds grow tall,

Paths which his gifts grow long by

A rain that causes noble deeds and glory to flourish,

and glory—not buttercups and clover.

And glory not the gifts and gratuities

Not merely the desert clover or the wild weeds.

وَإِلى حَصى أَرضٍ أَقامَ بِها

وَإِلى حَصى أَرضٍ أَقامَ بِها

بِالناسِ مِن تَقبيلِها يَلَلُ

بِالناسِ مِن تَقبيلِها يَلَلُ

And toward the pebbles of a land where he has stayed

And to the pebbles of a land where he stayed

And to the pebbles of a land where he has dwelt,

people yearn, their teeth worn short from kissing them.

The people kiss it from venerating it

Which the people have worn smooth with their kissing.

إِن لَم تُخالِطهُ ضَواحِكُهُم

إِن لَم تُخالِطهُ ضَواحِكُهُم

فَلِمَن تُصانُ وَتُذخَرُ القُبَلُ

فَلِمَن تُصانُ وَتُذخَرُ القُبَلُ

If their smiling teeth do not mingle with them,

If his laughter does not mix with them

If their smiling lips do not touch that ground,

then for whom are kisses preserved and stored?

Then for whom is the kiss guarded and stored?

For whom, then, are their kisses saved and stored?

في وَجهِهِ مِن نورِ خالِقِهِ

في وَجهِهِ مِن نورِ خالِقِهِ

قَدَرٌ هِيَ الآياتُ وَالرُسُلُ

قَدَرٌ هِيَ الآياتُ وَالرُسُلُ

In his face, from his Creator's light,

In his face from the light of his Creator

In his face shines a light from his Creator,

is a portion that is itself divine signs and messengers.

Is a measure, these are the signs and messages

A destiny manifest in signs and messengers.

وَإِذا القُلوبُ أَبَت حُكومَتَهُ

وَإِذا القُلوبُ أَبَت حُكومَتَهُ

رَضِيَت بِحُكمِ سُيوفِهِ القُلَلُ

رَضِيَت بِحُكمِ سُيوفِهِ القُلَلُ

And when hearts reject his rule,

And when hearts refuse his rule

If hearts should ever refuse his governance,

heads accept the judgment of his swords.

The blades of his swords are content with ruling

Then heads will bow to the judgment of his swords.

وَإِذا الخَميسُ أَبى السُجودَ لَهُ

وَإِذا الخَميسُ أَبى السُجودَ لَهُ

سَجَدَت لَهُ فيهِ القَنا الذُبُلُ

سَجَدَت لَهُ فيهِ القَنا الذُبُلُ

And when an army refuses to bow to him,

And when the unruly refuses to bow to him

And if a mighty army refuses to prostrate before him,

its slender spears bow to him within it.

The supple spears in it bow down

The slender spears within its ranks shall bow down.

أَرَضيتَ وَهشُوَذانُ ما حَكَمَت

أَرَضيتَ وَهشُوَذانُ ما حَكَمَت

أَم تَستَزيدُ لِأُمِّكَ الهَبَلُ

أَم تَستَزيدُ لِأُمِّكَ الهَبَلُ

Are you content, Wahshudhan, with their verdict,

Are you pleased, while Khosrow is not

Are you satisfied, O Hashwadhan, with what fate decreed?

or do you seek more? May your mother be bereaved!

Or will more madness come to your mother?

Or do you seek more? May your mother be bereaved!

وَرَدَت بِلادَكَ غَيرَ مُعمَدَةٍ

وَرَدَت بِلادَكَ غَيرَ مُعمَدَةٍ

وَكَأَنَّها بَينَ القَنا شُعَلُ

وَكَأَنَّها بَينَ القَنا شُعَلُ

They entered your land unwearied,

Your lands have returned without being acutely ill

His forces entered your lands without support needed,

and seemed flames among the spears.

As if they were the blossoms among the spears

Blazing like flames amidst the forest of spears.

وَالقَومُ في أَعيانِهِم خَزَرٌ

وَالقَومُ في أَعيانِهِم خَزَرٌ

وَالخَيلُ في أَعيانِها قَبَلُ

وَالخَيلُ في أَعيانِها قَبَلُ

The men have a sidelong squint in their eyes,

And the people in their chiefs are verdant

The men looked on with eyes askance in fear,

and the horses have an inward squint in theirs.

And the horses in their chiefs are lively

While the horses charged with focused, squinting gaze.

فَأَتَوكَ لَيسَ بِمَن أَتَوا قِبَلٌ

فَأَتَوكَ لَيسَ بِمَن أَتَوا قِبَلٌ

بِهِم وَلَيسَ بِمَن نَأَوا خَلَلُ

بِهِم وَلَيسَ بِمَن نَأَوا خَلَلُ

So they came upon you; those they reached had no power

So they came to you, not like those who came before

They came to you—an unstoppable force in their approach,

against them, and those they left behind suffered no weakness.

Among them, nor those who kept away, blend in

While those who stayed behind left no gap in the ranks.

لَم يَدرِ مَن بِالرَيِّ أَنَّهُمُ

لَم يَدرِ مَن بِالرَيِّ أَنَّهُمُ

فَصَلوا وَلا يَدري إِذا قَفَلوا

فَصَلوا وَلا يَدري إِذا قَفَلوا

Those in Rayy did not know that they

Whoever is at the meadows does not know

Those in Rayy knew not when the army marched forth,

had set out, nor do they know when they return.

That they have parted, or when they departed

Nor were they aware when the victors returned.

فَأَتَيتَ مُعتَزِماً وَلا أَسَدٌ

فَأَتَيتَ مُعتَزِماً وَلا أَسَدٌ

وَمَضَيتَ مُنهَزِماً وَلا وَعِلُ

وَمَضَيتَ مُنهَزِماً وَلا وَعِلُ

So you came determined—no lion could match you;

You came resolved and not a lion

You came with resolve—no lion seemed so bold,

and departed routed—no ibex could match your speed.

You left defeated and not a hyena

But fled in defeat—no mountain goat so swift.

تُعطي سِلاحَهُمُ وَراحَهُمُ

تُعطي سِلاحَهُمُ وَراحَهُمُ

ما لَم تَكُن لِتَنالَهُ المُقَلُ

ما لَم تَكُن لِتَنالَهُ المُقَلُ

You give their weapons and their palms

You give their weapons and relief

You surrendered to their hands and weapons,

what eyes could never attain.

What the wretched were unable to attain

Spoils that the eyes had never dared to hope for.

أَسخى المُلوكِ بِنَقلِ مَملَكَةٍ

أَسخى المُلوكِ بِنَقلِ مَملَكَةٍ

مَن كادَ عَنهُ الرَأسُ يَنتَقِلُ

مَن كادَ عَنهُ الرَأسُ يَنتَقِلُ

The most generous king in handing over a kingdom

The most generous of kings in transferring kingship

The most generous king in handing over a kingdom

is he whose head was nearly parted from him.

Nearly lost his head over it

Is he whose own head was nearly severed from him.

لَولا الجَهالَةُ ما دَلَفتَ إِلى

لَولا الجَهالَةُ ما دَلَفتَ إِلى

قَومٍ غَرِقتَ وَإِنَّما تَفَلوا

قَومٍ غَرِقتَ وَإِنَّما تَفَلوا

Were it not for ignorance, you would not have advanced against

If not for ignorance, you would not have entered among

Had it not been for ignorance, you would not have marched

a people—you drowned when they had merely spat.

A people you drowned while they only spit

Against a people whose mere spit caused you to drown.

لا أَقبَلوا سِرّاً وَلا ظَفِروا

لا أَقبَلوا سِرّاً وَلا ظَفِروا

غَدراً وَلا نَصَرَتهُمُ الغِيَلُ

غَدراً وَلا نَصَرَتهُمُ الغِيَلُ

They did not come in secret, nor gain victory

They did not come secretly or gain treacherously

They did not advance in secret, nor triumph by deceit,

by treachery, nor did thickets aid them.

Nor did darkness aid them

Nor did they rely on treachery or ambush for aid.

لا تَلقَ أَفرَسَ مِنكَ تَعرِفُهُ

لا تَلقَ أَفرَسَ مِنكَ تَعرِفُهُ

إِلّا إِذا ضاقَت بِكَ الحِيَلُ

إِلّا إِذا ضاقَت بِكَ الحِيَلُ

Do not meet one you know is a better horseman than you,

You will not meet a horse of yours that recognizes you

Do not face a knight superior to yourself,

unless your stratagems have failed you.

Except when ruses narrow for you

Unless all your tricks have failed and you are trapped.

لا يَستَحي أَحَدٌ يُقالُ لَهُ

لا يَستَحي أَحَدٌ يُقالُ لَهُ

نَضَلوكَ آلُ بُوَيهِ أَو فَضَلوا

نَضَلوكَ آلُ بُوَيهِ أَو فَضَلوا

No one need feel ashamed to be told:

No one is ashamed whom they call

No man should feel shame if it is said to him:

"The house of Buwayh bested you or surpassed you."

The Buyids surpassed you or excelled

"The House of Buyeh defeated you and excelled."

قَدَروا عَفَوا وَعَدوا وَفَوا سُئِلوا

قَدَروا عَفَوا وَعَدوا وَفَوا سُئِلوا

أَغنَوا عَلَوا أَعلَوا وَلَو عَدَلوا

أَغنَوا عَلَوا أَعلَوا وَلَو عَدَلوا

They had power and pardoned; promised and fulfilled; were asked,

They judged, pardoned, numbered, and if asked

They conquered and pardoned; promised and fulfilled;

and enriched; rose and raised others; ruled and dealt justly.

They enriched, exalted, exalted even if they were just

Were asked and enriched; rose high and raised others up.

فَوقَ السَماءِ وَفَوقَ ما طَلَبوا

فَوقَ السَماءِ وَفَوقَ ما طَلَبوا

فَإِذا أَرادوا غايَةً نَزَلوا

فَإِذا أَرادوا غايَةً نَزَلوا

They are above the sky and above all they sought,

Above the sky and above what they sought

They soar above the heavens and beyond all desire,

so whenever they desire a goal, they descend.

So when they wanted an aim they descended

So when they seek a goal, they must descend to reach it.

قَطَعَت مَكارِمُهُم صَوارِمَهُم

قَطَعَت مَكارِمُهُم صَوارِمَهُم

فَإِذا تَعَذَّرَ كاذِبٌ قَبِلوا

فَإِذا تَعَذَّرَ كاذِبٌ قَبِلوا

Their noble deeds have severed their sharp swords;

Their virtues cut through their blades

Their noble virtues blunt the edge of their swords,

so when a liar offers an excuse, they accept it.

So if a liar found it difficult, they accepted

So if a liar pleads an excuse, they accept it.

لا يَشهُرونَ عَلى مُخالِفِهِم

لا يَشهُرونَ عَلى مُخالِفِهِم

سَيفاً يَقومُ مَقامَهُ العَذَلُ

سَيفاً يَقومُ مَقامَهُ العَذَلُ

They do not draw against their opponent

They do not brandish over their opponent

They do not unsheathe a sword against a foe,

a sword when reproach can take its place.

A sword, its place is taken by forbearance

If a mere word of reproach will serve the same end.

فَأَبوا عَلِيٍّ مَن بِهِ قَهَروا

فَأَبوا عَلِيٍّ مَن بِهِ قَهَروا

وَأَبو شُجاعٍ مَن بِهِ كَمَلوا

وَأَبو شُجاعٍ مَن بِهِ كَمَلوا

Thus Abu Ali is he through whom they prevailed,

They refused Ali, through whom they conquered

Thus, through Abu Ali did they achieve their conquest,

and Abu Shuja is he through whom they attained perfection.

And Abu Shuja, through whom they perfected

And through Abu Shuja' was their glory made complete.

حَلَفَت لِذا بَرَكاتُ غُرَّةِ ذا

حَلَفَت لِذا بَرَكاتُ غُرَّةِ ذا

في المَهدِ أَن لا فاتَهُم أَمَلُ

في المَهدِ أَن لا فاتَهُم أَمَلُ

The blessings of this one's radiant brow swore to that one,

The blessings of the first of this one swore

The blessings of the one's brow swore to the other,

in the cradle, that no hope would ever elude them.

In the cradle that no hopes escaped them

While still in the cradle, that no hope would ever escape them.