تِلك الغُصون امالَتها الصَبا هيفا

تِلك الغُصون امالَتها الصَبا هيفا

وَالرَوض أَهدى لَنا من نَشرِه تحفا

وَالرَوض أَهدى لَنا من نَشرِه تحفا

The east breeze bent those slender-waisted boughs.

Those branches the morning breeze has gently swayed

And the garden offered us gifts of its fragrance.

And the garden has gifted us from its blossoms a present

وَالارق ناحَت عَلى اِفنانِها طَربا

وَالارق ناحَت عَلى اِفنانِها طَربا

وَأَظهَرَت شَجنا في الرَوضِ مُختَلِفا

وَأَظهَرَت شَجنا في الرَوضِ مُختَلِفا

And the doves [uncertain reading] lamented on their boughs in rapture.

The clouds have sadly cried over its vines out of yearning

And voiced varied sorrow within the garden.

And shown in the garden a different kind of grief

هذا الهزار بِأَعلى الغُصن مضطَرِب

هذا الهزار بِأَعلى الغُصن مضطَرِب

كَأَنَّهُ همزَة قَد عانَقَت أَلفا

كَأَنَّهُ همزَة قَد عانَقَت أَلفا

This nightingale flutters at the top of the bough,

This warbling on the highest branch all shaken

As though it were a hamza embracing an alif.

As if it were a hamza joined to an alif

وَهذه نَغمَة الاِوتار تُنشِدُنا

وَهذه نَغمَة الاِوتار تُنشِدُنا

قَد راقَ ماء الصِبا لما جَرى وَصفا

قَد راقَ ماء الصِبا لما جَرى وَصفا

And this melody of the strings sings to us:

And here is the melody of strings singing to us

The water of youth grew limpid when it flowed and cleared.

The water of youth has flowed describing it beautifully

وَالريح تَعبث بِالغُصن الرَطيب اِذا

وَالريح تَعبث بِالغُصن الرَطيب اِذا

أَقصى لَها طرفا أَدنَت له طَرفا

أَقصى لَها طرفا أَدنَت له طَرفا

And the wind plays with the tender bough; whenever

And the wind plays with the moist branch whenever

It draws a tip away from her, she draws a tip toward it.

It extends to it an edge, it draws near to it an edge

وَالسحب تَبكي وَثغر الرَوض مُبتَسِم

وَالسحب تَبكي وَثغر الرَوض مُبتَسِم

وَالاِقحُوان غَدا بِالطَلّ ملتَحِفا

وَالاِقحُوان غَدا بِالطَلّ ملتَحِفا

And the clouds weep while the garden's mouth smiles.

And the clouds weep while the garden's lips are smiling

And the chrysanthemum has become cloaked in dew.

And the nightingale has been cloaked at dawn with pearls

وَالغَيمُ يَنثُر دُرّا فَوقَ مُنبَسِط

وَالغَيمُ يَنثُر دُرّا فَوقَ مُنبَسِط

من الزَبرجد يحكى شَكله الصحفا

من الزَبرجد يحكى شَكله الصحفا

And the cloud scatters pearls over an expanse

And the cloud strews gems above outstretched

Of chrysolite, whose shape resembles sheets of paper.

Of emerald, its shape tells stories

وَالجَوّ قد صفقت أَطرافه فَرحا

وَالجَوّ قد صفقت أَطرافه فَرحا

لما أَتى عسكر من غيثه كسفا

لما أَتى عسكر من غيثه كسفا

And the sky's edges have clapped for joy,

And the air has clapped its edges out of joy

When an army of its rain arrived in masses.

When an army of rain came covered in it

وَالدَهر جادَ بِما قَد كانَ ضنّ بِهِ

وَالدَهر جادَ بِما قَد كانَ ضنّ بِهِ

لما رَأى نور هذا السيد اِنكَشَفا

لما رَأى نور هذا السيد اِنكَشَفا

And time bestowed what it had once withheld,

And time has been generous with what it was stingy of

When it saw this lord's light unveiled.

When it saw the light of this lord unveiled

قطب المَكارِمِ عَبد الخالِق اِبن أَبي التخ

قطب المَكارِمِ عَبد الخالِق اِبن أَبي التخ

صيص اِبن أَبى الاسعاد اِبن وفى

صيص اِبن أَبى الاسعاد اِبن وفى

Pivot of noble virtues: ʿAbd al-Khāliq, son of Abū al-Takh-

Pole of virtues, Abd al-Khaliq son of Abu al-Takhassisa

ṣīṣ, son of Abū al-Isʿād, son of Wafā.

Son of Abu al-Asaad son of Wafa

السيد البَطل اِبن السَيد البَطل اِب

السيد البَطل اِبن السَيد البَطل اِب

ن السَيد البَطل اِبن السادَة الشرفا

ن السَيد البَطل اِبن السادَة الشرفا

The heroic lord, son of the heroic lord, son—

The noble hero son of the noble hero son of

—of the heroic lord, son of the noble lords.

The noble hero son of the noble lords

كهف السِيادَةِ كَنز المَجدِ مَعدَن أَس

كهف السِيادَةِ كَنز المَجدِ مَعدَن أَس

رار البَلاغَة من بِالعز قَد عرفا

رار البَلاغَة من بِالعز قَد عرفا

Refuge of lordship, treasure of glory, mine of secrets—

Cave of masters, treasure of glory, mine of eloquence's secrets

—of eloquence, he who is renowned for honor.

By might he has been known

أَزكى الوَرى حَسبا أَعلاهُم نَسَبا

أَزكى الوَرى حَسبا أَعلاهُم نَسَبا

أَقواهُم عُنصُر أَرقاهُم شَرَفا

أَقواهُم عُنصُر أَرقاهُم شَرَفا

The purest of mankind in ancestral honor, the highest in lineage,

The most virtuous of people by lineage, the highest by ancestry

The strongest in stock, the loftiest in nobility.

The strongest by nature, the most honoured by nobility

نسل الكِرام سَليل الفَضلِ مُرتَفِع ال

نسل الكِرام سَليل الفَضلِ مُرتَفِع ال

مَقام سامي الذَرى أَوفى الوَرى كنفا

مَقام سامي الذَرى أَوفى الوَرى كنفا

Offspring of the noble, scion of excellence, lofty in

The lineage of generosity, scion of merit, lofty of

Station, lofty of summit, the surest shelter among mankind.

Status, sublime of lineage, most faithful of kin

هذا هو العز حدّث عن معالمِه

هذا هو العز حدّث عن معالمِه

وَاِذكُر بِه سَلَفا اِن شِئتَ أَو خَلَفا

وَاِذكُر بِه سَلَفا اِن شِئتَ أَو خَلَفا

This is glory itself—speak of its landmarks,

This is honour, speak of its features

And through him tell of forebears, if you wish, or successors.

And mention with it ancestors if you wish or successors

يا صاحِبِيّ اِذا ما شِئتُما حرما

يا صاحِبِيّ اِذا ما شِئتُما حرما

لِلوارِدين فها بحرا صفا وَصفا

لِلوارِدين فها بحرا صفا وَصفا

O my two companions, if ever you seek a sanctuary

My friend, if you wish to sanctify

For those who come, behold a sea, pure and clear.

To newcomers, here are a pure and eloquent sea

وَحدثا عَن جناب كله كرم

وَحدثا عَن جناب كله كرم

وَمَظهَر بِالمَعالي لَيسَ فيه خفا

وَمَظهَر بِالمَعالي لَيسَ فيه خفا

And tell of a presence that is all generosity,

And speak of the essence of all generosity

And a manifestation of high virtues, with nothing hidden within it.

And appearance with glories, in it no hiddenness

وَما عَسى أَن يَنال المَدح غايَته

وَما عَسى أَن يَنال المَدح غايَته

وَحَسبُه كل وَقت ربه وَكَفى

وَحَسبُه كل وَقت ربه وَكَفى

And how could praise ever reach his full measure?

And what can praise reach its ultimate?

And his Lord suffices him at every moment—and that is enough.

Sufficient for it is, every time, its Lord and enough