Sol 6.1

  1. قالَ السَنا لِلمَجد طابَ زَمانيَهْ

    وَعَلا بِتَقدير العَزيز مَكانيَهْ

    Radiance said to Glory: My days have grown pleasant,

    And my station has risen through the mighty one's esteem.

  2. وَظفرت في أَعياد مَولده بِما

    رَفعت بِهِ مِنهُ الشَهامة شانيه

    And at the celebrations of his birth I gained that

    Through which his noble valor raised my standing.

  3. وَثغور أَيام السُرور تبسمت

    لي في ليالٍ بِالتَهاني دانيه

    And the lips of days of joy smiled

    For me, on nights drawing near with congratulations.

  4. وَأَخو النجابة شبلُه فيهم سَما

    بِشَجاعة وَالسن دُون ثَمانيه

    And his lion-cub, brother to noble excellence, rose among them

    In bravery, though his age was not yet eight.

  5. قسماً لَقَد مَلأ القُلوب مَهابةً

    حِكَمٌ لِهَذا الداوريّ يَمانيه

    I swear, the hearts were indeed filled with awe

    By this sovereign's Yemeni wisdom.

  6. وَالنَصر يَسعى خَلفه وَأَمامه

    وَعَلى اليَمين وَفي اليَسار عَلانيه

    And Victory hastens behind him and before him,

    And on the right and on the left, openly.

  7. وَيَقول لِلفَتح المُبين مَخاطباً

    هُوَ صاحب الإِقدام في ميدانيه

    And says, addressing Manifest Conquest:

    He is the man of bold advance on my battlefield.

  8. فَالثم مع الإقبال راحته الَّتي

    شادَت عَلى متن العُلا بنيانيه

    So kiss, alongside Good Fortune, his palm, which

    Raised my edifice upon the back of lofty glory.

  9. وَاحذر مخالفَتي فَإِنَّ فُؤاده

    قوَّى بشدة بَأسه سُلطانيه

    And beware of opposing me, for his heart

    Strengthened my dominion through the force of his might.

  10. وَأَمدّني مِن حَزمه بِحَماسة

    أَصمَت بِها خَلَدَ العدا فرسانيه

    And from his resolve he supplied me with ardor,

    With which my horsemen silenced the minds of foes.

  11. وَأَعاد مَصر إِلى الشَباب وَإِنَّها

    مِن قَبله كانَت عَجوزاً فانيه

    And he restored Egypt to youth, though she

    Before him had been an old woman wasting away.

  12. أَوَ ما علمت بِأَنَّها قالَت لَهُ

    عش طُول دَهرك آخذاً بِعنانيه

    And did you not know that she said to him:

    Live all your days holding my reins!

  13. فَلَقَد نَشرتَ عَلى الرؤس بِهمة

    علَمَ المَعارف فاهتدت سَكانيه

    For with resolve you unfurled above the heads

    The banner of knowledge, so my inhabitants found guidance.

  14. وَبذلتَ وَسعك في إِزالة وَحشةٍ

    بتمدّنٍ أَحيا بِهِ جثمانيه

    And you spent all your strength in banishing desolation

    Through civilization, by which my body was revived.

  15. وَعَلى بساط العَدل قُلتَ مهدّداً

    لِلبَغي كفَّ الجور عَن أَوطانيه

    And upon the carpet of justice you said, threatening,

    To tyranny: Keep injustice away from my homelands,

  16. فَأَنا المبيد لِمَن تَعدَّى طوره

    وَسَطا عَلى مترقبٍ لأمانيه

    For I am the destroyer of whoever oversteps his bounds

    And assails one awaiting my protection.

  17. لازالَ في كُل المواسم مُعرِباً

    عَما بِقَلبي مِن ثَناك لِسانيه

    May it never cease, at every festival, to give voice—

    My tongue—to the praise of you within my heart,

  18. ما ازداد في عيد الولادة بَهجةً

    بِبَديع مَدحك وَاِزدَهى دِيوانيه

    So long as it gains joy at the birthday feast

    Through wondrous praise of you, and shines resplendent—my verse-book;

  19. أَو قالَ لي سَعدُ السُعود نَصرَتني

    إِذ قُلت بَين يَدَي سَعيد زَمانيه

    Or Saʿd al-Suʿūd says to me: You aided me

    When you spoke before Saʿīd of my time:

  20. أَرّختُ لِلمَلك السَعيد محمدٍ

    عيد حَميد في جَمادى ثانيه

    I marked the date for the fortunate king Muhammad:

    A praiseworthy feast in Jumada the Second.