ياO مُشرِقَyou who make choke البَحرِthe sea الخِضَمِّthe vast بِمائِهِon its water
يا مُشرِقَ البَحرِ الخِضَمِّ بِمائِهِ
إِسلَمremain safe فَقَدfor indeed هَلَكَhas perished الحَسودُthe envious one بِدائِهِof his disease
إِسلَم فَقَد هَلَكَ الحَسودُ بِدائِهِ
O you who make the vast sea choke on its own water,
remain safe: the envious one has perished of his own disease.
الحامِلَyou who bear العِبءَthe burden الثَقيلَthe heavy بِكاهِلٍupon a shoulder
الحامِلَ العِبءَ الثَقيلَ بِكاهِلٍ
قُلَلُthe summits الهِضابِof the hills الشُمُّthe towering مِنamong أَعبائِهِits burdens
قُلَلُ الهِضابِ الشُمُّ مِن أَعبائِهِ
You who bear the heavy burden on a shoulder
whose loads include the summits of towering hills;
وَمُنيرَهاand you who illumine it رَأدَthe beginning of النَهارِthe day وَقَدwhen already فَجَتit opened wide (unclear here)
وَمُنيرَها رَأدَ النَهارِ وَقَد فَجَت
بِثَواقِبِwith the piercing العَزَماتِresolves مِنfrom آرائِهِhis counsels
بِثَواقِبِ العَزَماتِ مِن آرائِهِ
and you who illumine it like early day, when it has opened wide [unclear],
with piercing resolves born of his counsels;
وَمُبيدَand you who scatter شَملِthe gathered mass المالِof wealth حَتّىuntil خِلتَهُI thought it
وَمُبيدَ شَملِ المالِ حَتّى خِلتَهُ
أَمسىhad become يُنافِسُهُa rival to him عَلىfor عَليائِهِhis lofty station
أَمسى يُنافِسُهُ عَلى عَليائِهِ
and you who scatter wealth's gathered store, until I thought it
had come to rival him for his lofty station.
لَمّاwhen طَماoverflowed بَحرُthe sea of العِراقِIraq مُزَمجِراًroaring
لَمّا طَما بَحرُ العِراقِ مُزَمجِراً
ثانِيَةًonce again مُتَخَمِّطاًraging بِغُثائِهِwith its flotsam
ثانِيَةً مُتَخَمِّطاً بِغُثائِهِ
When the sea of Iraq overflowed, roaring,
once again, raging with its flotsam,
أَلقىit laid عَلىupon الأَرضِthe earth الفَضاءِthe open جِرانَهُits neck
أَلقى عَلى الأَرضِ الفَضاءِ جِرانَهُ
حَتّىuntil اِلتَقَتmet حيتانُهُits fish بِظِبائِهِwith its gazelles
حَتّى اِلتَقَت حيتانُهُ بِظِبائِهِ
it laid its neck upon the open earth,
until its fish met its gazelles.
وَرَمىand it hurled التِلاعَthe hills بِمِثلِهاwith their like مِنfrom مَوجِهِits waves الthe (continued)
وَرَمى التِلاعَ بِمِثلِها مِن مَوجِهِ ال
طاميsurging وَغادَرَand left أَرضَهُits earth كَسَمائِهِlike its sky
طامي وَغادَرَ أَرضَهُ كَسَمائِهِ
It hurled against the hills their like in its waves,
surging high, and left its earth like its sky.
يَطَأُit treads upon الشَواهِقَthe towering peaks وَالإِكامَand the hillocks بِخَطوِهِwith its stride
يَطَأُ الشَواهِقَ وَالإِكامَ بِخَطوِهِ
وَيَجُرُّand it drags بِالبَيداءِacross the desert فَضلَthe trailing length of رِدائِهِits cloak
وَيَجُرُّ بِالبَيداءِ فَضلَ رِدائِهِ
It treads upon towering peaks and hillocks with its stride,
and trails its cloak's long hem across the desert.
أَخجَلتَهُyou shamed it بِنَوالِكِwith your bounty الغَمرِthe abundant الَّذيwhich
أَخجَلتَهُ بِنَوالِكِ الغَمرِ الَّذي
غَمَرَflooded البِلادَthe lands فَجاشَso it surged لِاِستِحيائِهِout of its shame
غَمَرَ البِلادَ فَجاشَ لِاِستِحيائِهِ
You shamed it with your abundant bounty, which
flooded the lands, so it surged out of shame.
حَتّىso that لَقَدindeed ظَنَّthought العَدُوُّthe enemy بِجَهلِهِin his ignorance
حَتّى لَقَد ظَنَّ العَدُوُّ بِجَهلِهِ
مِمّاfrom what رَأىhe saw أَنthat لَستَyou were not مِنamong أَكفائِهِhis equals
مِمّا رَأى أَن لَستَ مِن أَكفائِهِ
So the enemy, in his ignorance, indeed imagined,
from what he saw, that you were not his equal.
أَردَيتَهُyou laid him low بِالرَأيِby counsel قَبلَbefore نِزالِهِcombat with him
أَردَيتَهُ بِالرَأيِ قَبلَ نِزالِهِ
وَقَذَفتَهُand you assailed him بِالرُعبِwith terror قَبلَbefore لِقائِهِmeeting him
وَقَذَفتَهُ بِالرُعبِ قَبلَ لِقائِهِ
You laid him low by counsel before doing battle with him,
and assailed him with terror before meeting him.
وَرَدَدتَهُand you drove him back وَزَئيرُwhile the roar of بَأسِكَyour might خارِقٌwas piercing
وَرَدَدتَهُ وَزَئيرُ بَأسِكَ خارِقٌ
سَمعَيهِhis two ears مِنfrom قُدّامِهِbefore him وَوَرائِهِand behind him
سَمعَيهِ مِن قُدّامِهِ وَوَرائِهِ
You drove him back, the roar of your might piercing
both his ears, from before him and behind.
وَلّىhe turned عَلىupon الأَعقابِhis heels يَجمَعُgathering نَفسَهُhimself
وَلّى عَلى الأَعقابِ يَجمَعُ نَفسَهُ
كَالأُفعَوانِlike a great serpent اِنسَلَّslipping out مِنof خِرشائِهِits sloughed skin
كَالأُفعَوانِ اِنسَلَّ مِن خِرشائِهِ
He turned upon his heels, gathering himself together,
like a great serpent slipping from its sloughed skin.
ياO بَحرُsea كَيفَhow طَلَبتَdid you seek شَأوَthe reach of مُحَمَّدٍMuhammad
يا بَحرُ كَيفَ طَلَبتَ شَأوَ مُحَمَّدٍ
مَهلاًhold back فَلَستَfor you are not اليَومَtoday مِنamong نُظَرائِهِhis peers
مَهلاً فَلَستَ اليَومَ مِن نُظَرائِهِ
O sea, how did you seek to match Muhammad's reach?
Hold back: today you are no peer of his.
هَذاthis is الَّذيhe through whom أَمسىbecame الأَنامُmankind بجودِهِthrough his generosity
هَذا الَّذي أَمسى الأَنامُ بجودِهِ
أَسرىcaptives وَظَلّواyet they remained اليَومَtoday مِنamong طُلَقائِهِthose he freed
أَسرى وَظَلّوا اليَومَ مِن طُلَقائِهِ
This is he through whose generosity mankind became
captives, yet today they remain his freedmen.
فَهُمُso they وَقَدwhen already حَضَرَcame upon النُفوسَthe souls حِمامُهاtheir death
فَهُمُ وَقَد حَضَرَ النُفوسَ حِمامُها
عُتَقاؤُهُhis freedmen وَهُمُyet they are عَبيدُslaves of عَطائِهِhis bounty
عُتَقاؤُهُ وَهُمُ عَبيدُ عَطائِهِ
So they—when death had already come upon their souls—
are his freedmen, yet slaves to his bounty.
إِنif يَكفُروكَthey are ungrateful to you فَلَستَthen you are not أَوَّلَthe first مُنعِمٌbenefactor
إِن يَكفُروكَ فَلَستَ أَوَّلَ مُنعِمٌ
نالَتhas assailed يَدُthe hand of الكُفرانِingratitude مِنsome of نَعمائِهِhis favors
نالَت يَدُ الكُفرانِ مِن نَعمائِهِ
If they are ungrateful to you, you are not the first benefactor
whose favors the hand of ingratitude has assailed.
ياO مَنyou who يُطارِحُهُvie with him العَلاءُin lofty glory تَحَذِّياًin emulation
يا مَن يُطارِحُهُ العَلاءُ تَحَذِّياً
بِفِعالِهِof his deeds وَتَشَبُّهاًand in imitation بِسَخائِهِof his generosity
بِفِعالِهِ وَتَشَبُّهاً بِسَخائِهِ
O you who vie with him for greatness, emulating
his deeds and seeking to match his generosity,
ماnot أَنتُمُyou are مِمَّنamong those who يَسُدُّfill مَسَدَّهُhis place
ما أَنتُمُ مِمَّن يَسُدُّ مَسَدَّهُ
يَوماًfor a day وَلاnor تُبلونَdo you render service مِثلَlike بَلائِهِhis service
يَوماً وَلا تُبلونَ مِثلَ بَلائِهِ
you are not among those who could fill his place
even for a day, nor render service like his.
أَنّىhow لَكُمcould you attain بَوَقارِهِhis dignity وَسَدادِهِand his sound judgment
أَنّى لَكُم بَوَقارِهِ وَسَدادِهِ
وَوَفائِهِand his loyalty وَإِبائِهِand his proud spirit وَمَضائِهِand his decisiveness
وَوَفائِهِ وَإِبائِهِ وَمَضائِهِ
How could you attain his dignity and sound judgment,
his loyalty, proud spirit, and decisive resolve?
ياO مَنyou whose كَفانيhas shielded me رَيبَthe vicissitudes of دَهريmy age أَنَّنيthe fact that I
يا مَن كَفاني رَيبَ دَهري أَنَّني
أَمسَيتُhad become بَينَamong الناسِmankind مِنone of شُعَرائِهِhis poets
أَمسَيتُ بَينَ الناسِ مِن شُعَرائِهِ
O you—what shielded me from my age's vicissitudes was that I
had become, among mankind, one of his poets.
ضاهَيتَyou matched نوحاًNoah فيin النَجاةِdeliverance بِفُلكِهِthrough his ark
ضاهَيتَ نوحاً في النَجاةِ بِفُلكِهِ
وَشَرِكتَand you shared with روحَthe Spirit of اللَهِGod فيin إِحيائِهِhis restoring life
وَشَرِكتَ روحَ اللَهِ في إِحيائِهِ
You matched Noah in the deliverance his ark brought,
and shared with the Spirit of God in his restoring life.
مُتَقَيِّلاًfollowing the example of كِسرىKisra وَلَيسَand it is not بِمُنكَرٍat all strange
مُتَقَيِّلاً كِسرى وَلَيسَ بِمُنكَرٍ
لَكَfor you ماwhat أَتَيتَyou have done وَأَنتَwhen you are مِنamong أَبنائِهِhis descendants
لَكَ ما أَتَيتَ وَأَنتَ مِن أَبنائِهِ
Following in Kisra's footsteps; nor is it strange
for you to do what you have done, being one of his descendants.
ماnot ماتَhas died مَنhe whose أَصبَحتَyou have become وَاِرثَthe inheritor of مَجدِهِhis glory
ما ماتَ مَن أَصبَحتَ وَاِرثَ مَجدِهِ
يَوماًever وَلاnor مَنhe whom كُنتَyou have been مِنamong خُلَفائِهِhis successors
يَوماً وَلا مَن كُنتَ مِن خُلَفائِهِ
He whose glory you have inherited has not died,
ever, nor has anyone whose successor you have been.
فَهَناso may it bring joy to أَميرَthe Commander of المُؤمِنينَthe Faithful عَطِيَّةٌa gift
فَهَنا أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ عَطِيَّةٌ
لِلَّهِof God مِنكَfrom you تُعَدُّis counted مِنamong آلائِهِHis blessings
لِلَّهِ مِنكَ تُعَدُّ مِن آلائِهِ
May a gift bring joy to the Commander of the Faithful,
God's gift in you, counted among His blessings.
دافَعتَyou defended دونَin defense of حَريمِهِhis sanctuary وَبِلادِهِand his lands
دافَعتَ دونَ حَريمِهِ وَبِلادِهِ
وَعِبادِهِand his subjects وَحَمَلتَand you bore مِنsome of أَعبائِهِhis burdens
وَعِبادِهِ وَحَمَلتَ مِن أَعبائِهِ
You defended his sanctuary and his lands,
and his subjects, and bore a share of his burdens.
لَمnot يَدعُdid he call for نَصرَكَyour aid فيin مَقامِa scene of كَريهَةٍbattle
لَم يَدعُ نَصرَكَ في مَقامِ كَريهَةٍ
إِلّاexcept that وَقُمتَand you rose مُلَبِياًanswering لِدُعائِهِhis call
إِلّا وَقُمتَ مُلَبِياً لِدُعائِهِ
Never did he call for your help in a scene of battle
but you rose in answer to his call.
فَليَحمَدَنَّso let him surely praise اللَهَGod ماso long as أَمسَيتَyou remain مِنamong
فَليَحمَدَنَّ اللَهَ ما أَمسَيتَ مِن
أَعضاءِthe members of دَولَتِهِhis state وَمِنand among خُلَصائِهِhis trusted intimates
أَعضاءِ دَولَتِهِ وَمِن خُلَصائِهِ
So let him surely praise God, as long as you are among
the members of his state and his trusted intimates.
آلَO house of المُظَفَّرِal-Muzaffar أَنتُمُyou are النَجمُthe star الَّذيthat
آلَ المُظَفَّرِ أَنتُمُ النَجمُ الَّذي
لاnot يَهتَديis guided البازيthe falcon بِغَيرِby anything but ضِيائِهِits light
لا يَهتَدي البازي بِغَيرِ ضِيائِهِ
House of al-Muzaffar, you are the star
whose light alone can guide the falcon.
فَالمَجدُso glory مُشرِقَةٌradiant بِكُمthrough you هَضَباتُهُits heights
فَالمَجدُ مُشرِقَةٌ بِكُم هَضَباتُهُ
وَالمُلكُand kingship مَنصورٌis victorious عَلىover أَعدائِهِits enemies
وَالمُلكُ مَنصورٌ عَلى أَعدائِهِ
Through you the heights of glory shine,
and kingship triumphs over its foes.
وَالدينُand religion مَرفوعُraised العِمادِits pillar بِمَجدِهِby his glory
وَالدينُ مَرفوعُ العِمادِ بِمَجدِهِ
وَبِتاجِهِand by his crown وَسِهامِهِand his arrows وَبَهائِهِand by his splendor
وَبِتاجِهِ وَسِهامِهِ وَبَهائِهِ
And religion's pillar is raised by his glory,
and by his crown, his arrows, and his splendor.
قومٌa people إِذاwhen اِعتَلَّfalls ill الزَمانُtime فَعِندَهُمthen they possess
قومٌ إِذا اِعتَلَّ الزَمانُ فَعِندَهُم
تَدبيرُthe treatment of طَبٍّa skilled physician عارِفٍknowledgeable بِدَوائِهِabout its remedy
تَدبيرُ طَبٍّ عارِفٍ بِدَوائِهِ
A people who, when time falls ill, possess
the skill of a physician who knows its cure.
وَإِذاand when السِنونُthe years تَتابَعَتfollow one another بِجُدوبِهاwith their droughts
وَإِذا السِنونُ تَتابَعَت بِجُدوبِها
جادواthey give freely وَقَدeven when بَخِلَwithholds السَحابُthe cloud بِمائِهِits water
جادوا وَقَد بَخِلَ السَحابُ بِمائِهِ
And when the years follow one another with their droughts,
they give freely, though the cloud withholds its water.
يَفديكُمُmay be your ransom فيin المَجدِglory كُلُّevery مُقَصِّرٍone who falls short
يَفديكُمُ في المَجدِ كُلُّ مُقَصِّرٍ
فيin نَفسِهِhimself كَلٌّa burden عَلىupon آبائِهِhis forefathers
في نَفسِهِ كَلٌّ عَلى آبائِهِ
May every man who falls short in glory be your ransom,
wanting in himself, a burden on his forefathers.
ماnot زِلتُمُhave you ceased تُعطونَgiving وَهوَwhile he is مُبَخَّلٌdeemed miserly
ما زِلتُمُ تُعطونَ وَهوَ مُبَخَّلٌ
حَتّىuntil لَهِجتُI became devoted بِمَدحِكُمto praising you وَهِجائِهِand lampooning him
حَتّى لَهِجتُ بِمَدحِكُم وَهِجائِهِ
You have never ceased giving, while he is branded miserly,
until I became devoted to praising you and lampooning him.
فَلَتَشكُرَنَّكُمُso shall surely thank you قَوافيthe rhymes of الشِعرِpoetry ماas long as اِخbeginning of 'alternates'
فَلَتَشكُرَنَّكُمُ قَوافي الشِعرِ ما اِخ
تَلَفَcompletion of 'alternates' الزَمانُtime بِصُبحِهِwith its morning وَمَسائِهِand its evening
تَلَفَ الزَمانُ بِصُبحِهِ وَمَسائِهِ
So the rhymes of poetry shall surely thank you as long as
time alternates between its morning and its evening.
Translation model: Sol 6.1