مَولايَ فَخرَ الدينِ أَنتَ إِلى النَدى

مَولايَ فَخرَ الدينِ أَنتَ إِلى النَدى

عَجِلٌ وَغَيرُكَ مُحجِمٌ مُتَباطي

عَجِلٌ وَغَيرُكَ مُحجِمٌ مُتَباطي

My lord Fakhr al-Din, toward generosity you are

My Master Fakhr al-Din, you hasten to generosity

swift, while others hang back and tarry.

While others hold back, shy and hesitant

أَنزَلتَ مَن يَرجوكَ أَرحَبَ مَنزِلٍ

أَنزَلتَ مَن يَرجوكَ أَرحَبَ مَنزِلٍ

وَبَسَطتَ مَن يَرجوكَ خَيرَ بَساطِ

وَبَسَطتَ مَن يَرجوكَ خَيرَ بَساطِ

You have lodged whoever hopes in you in the most spacious abode,

You brought down those hopeful to the most spacious abode

and spread the finest carpet for whoever hopes in you.

And spread out before those hopeful the best carpet

وَقَرَعتَ أَعوادَ العَلاءِ بِهِمَّةٍ

وَقَرَعتَ أَعوادَ العَلاءِ بِهِمَّةٍ

نيطَت بِها الأَمالُ أَيَّ مَناطِ

نيطَت بِها الأَمالُ أَيَّ مَناطِ

And you struck the timbers of glory with a resolve

You knocked on the pillars of glory with determination

to which hopes were bound—what a bond!

To which hopes have been tied, however lofty

يا مُنجِزَ الميعادِ في زَمَنٍ تَوا

يا مُنجِزَ الميعادِ في زَمَنٍ تَوا

صى أَهلُهُ بِالمَنعِ وَالإِلطاطِ

صى أَهلُهُ بِالمَنعِ وَالإِلطاطِ

O fulfiller of promises, in an age when

O fulfiller of promises in an age that has leaned

its people urged one another to withhold and deny,

To forbidding and frustrating people

حاشاكَ تَرضى أَن تَكونَ جِرايَتي

حاشاكَ تَرضى أَن تَكونَ جِرايَتي

كَجِرايَةِ البَوّابِ وَالنَفّاطِ

كَجِرايَةِ البَوّابِ وَالنَفّاطِ

far be it from you to accept that my allowance should be

Far be it from you to be content that I be

like that of the doorkeeper and the naphtha-thrower:

Like the gatekeeper's or baker's client

سَوداءَ مِثلَ اللَيلِ شِعرُ قَفيزِها

سَوداءَ مِثلَ اللَيلِ شِعرُ قَفيزِها

ما بَينَ طَسّوجٍ إِلى قيراطِ

ما بَينَ طَسّوجٍ إِلى قيراطِ

black as night, its price per qafiz [the text reads 'verse']

Black as night is the hair of her braids

ranging from a tassuj to a qirat.

From Tasuj to less than a qirat

أَخنَت عَليهِ الحادِثاتُ وَأَفرَطَت

أَخنَت عَليهِ الحادِثاتُ وَأَفرَطَت

فيها الغَداةُ وَأَيَّما إِفراطِ

فيها الغَداةُ وَأَيَّما إِفراطِ

Calamities have ravaged it, and

Misfortunes have conspired against him and mornings

the morning has gone to excess with it—what excess!

Have excessively done him wrong

قَد كَدَّرَت حِسّي المُضيءَ وَغَيَّرَت

قَد كَدَّرَت حِسّي المُضيءَ وَغَيَّرَت

طَبعي السَليمَ وَعَفَّنَت أَخلاطي

طَبعي السَليمَ وَعَفَّنَت أَخلاطي

It has clouded my luminous perception and altered

They have muddied my bright sensibility and changed

my sound constitution, and putrefied my humors.

My healthy nature, corrupting my humors

فَتَوَلَّ تَدبيري وَقَد أَنهَيتُ ما

فَتَوَلَّ تَدبيري وَقَد أَنهَيتُ ما

أَشكوهُ مِن مَرَضي إِلى بُقراطِ

أَشكوهُ مِن مَرَضي إِلى بُقراطِ

So take charge of my treatment; I have already reported what

So take over my care, now that I have conveyed

I suffer from in my illness to Hippocrates.

What I suffer of my illness to Buqrat