وَأَحمَرَ يَحكي الشَمسَ شَكلاً وَصورَةً

وَأَحمَرَ يَحكي الشَمسَ شَكلاً وَصورَةً

فَأَوصافُهُ مُشتَقَّةٌ من صِفاتِهِ

فَأَوصافُهُ مُشتَقَّةٌ من صِفاتِهِ

And a red coin that resembles the sun in shape and appearance;

Redness tells of the sun, its shape and form

Its descriptions are derived from its qualities.

Its descriptions derived from its attributes

فَاِن قيلَ دينارٌ فَقَد صَدَقَ اِسمُهُ

فَاِن قيلَ دينارٌ فَقَد صَدَقَ اِسمُهُ

وَاِن قيلَ أَلف كانَ بَعضَ سِماتِهِ

وَاِن قيلَ أَلف كانَ بَعضَ سِماتِهِ

If called a dinar, its name speaks truly;

If called a gold coin, its name is true

And if called a thousand, that is but one of its distinguishing marks.

If called one thousand, that's some of its traits

بَديعٌ فَلَم يُطبَع عَلى الدَهر مِثلُهُ

بَديعٌ فَلَم يُطبَع عَلى الدَهر مِثلُهُ

وَلا ضُرِبَت أَضرابُهُ لِسَراتِه

وَلا ضُرِبَت أَضرابُهُ لِسَراتِه

Wondrous: throughout time, none like it has been minted,

Marvelous, none like it stamped onto time

Nor have its counterparts been struck for his nobles.

Nor similar to its configurations of nobility

فَقَد أَبرَزَتهُ دَولَةٌ فَلَكِيَّةٌ

فَقَد أَبرَزَتهُ دَولَةٌ فَلَكِيَّةٌ

أَقامَ بِها الاِقبالُ صَدرَ قَناتِهِ

أَقامَ بِها الاِقبالُ صَدرَ قَناتِهِ

For a celestial dynasty has brought it forth,

It was brought out by a celestial revolution

Within which good fortune has raised the head of its spear.

With it fortune erected its necklace

وَصارَ إِلى شاهانشاهَ اِنتِسابُهُ

وَصارَ إِلى شاهانشاهَ اِنتِسابُهُ

عَلى أَنَّهُ مُستَصغَرٌ لِعُفاتِهِ

عَلى أَنَّهُ مُستَصغَرٌ لِعُفاتِهِ

And it is now attributed to Shahanshah,

Its lineage ascends to the King of Kings

Though deemed too small for those seeking his bounty.

As if it's a diminutive of his virtues

يُخَبِّرُ أَني َبقى سِنين كَوَزنِهِ

يُخَبِّرُ أَني َبقى سِنين كَوَزنِهِ

لِتَستَبشِر الدُنيا بِطولِ حَياتِهِ

لِتَستَبشِر الدُنيا بِطولِ حَياتِهِ

It foretells [that he shall live] as many years as its weight,

Informing that it will remain years equal to its weight

So that the world may rejoice in the length of his life.

So the world rejoices in the length of its life

تَأَنَّقَ فيهِ عَبدُهُ وَاِبنُ عَبدِهِ

تَأَنَّقَ فيهِ عَبدُهُ وَاِبنُ عَبدِهِ

وَغَرسُ أَياديهِ وَكافي كِفاتِهِ

وَغَرسُ أَياديهِ وَكافي كِفاتِهِ

His servant, the son of his servant, took great care over it—

His servant adorned himself in it, and the son of his servant

The planting of his favors, the ablest of his able men.

And the scion of his hands, and enough of its capacities