Sol 6.1

  1. دَوِيَت بِغَيظِ صُدورِها الحُسّادُ

    كَمَداً فَلا بَرِدَت لَها أَكبادُ

    The envious have sickened from the rage in their breasts,

    in grief—may their livers never cool!

  2. عادَت إِلى إِشراقِها شَمسُ الضُحى

    وَجَلا النَواظِرَ نورُها الوَقّادُ

    The morning sun has returned to its radiance,

    and its blazing light has brightened eyes.

  3. وَاِزدادَتِ الدُنيا نَضارَةَ بَهجَةٍ

    فَكَأَنَّما أَيّامُها أَعيادُ

    And the world has grown in the freshness of delight,

    so that its days seem festivals.

  4. بِسَلامَةِ المَولى الوَزيرِ وَبُرئِهِ

    صَحَّت وَكانَت تَشتَكي وَتُعادُ

    Through the well-being and recovery of the lord minister,

    it has recovered, though it had ailed and been visited in sickness.

  5. كانَ التَأَخُّرُ عوذَةً لِعُلاكَ مِن

    نَظَرٍ تَشِفُّ وَرائَهُ الأَحقادُ

    The delay was a protective charm for your eminence against

    a gaze through which the hatreds behind it show.

  6. فَاِبشِر بِمُلكٍ لا يَرِثُّ جَديدُهُ

    يَبقى وَتَفنى دونَهُ الأَبادُ

    Rejoice, then, in a realm whose freshness never wears out;

    it endures while endless ages perish before it.

  7. يا اِبنَ المُظَفَّرِ أَنتَ أَنشَأتَ النَدى

    مِن بَعدِ ما اِنقَرَضَ الكِرامُ وَبادوا

    O son of al-Muzaffar, you brought generosity into being

    after the noble had died out and perished.

  8. وَأَنا إِذا ما العامُ صَوَّحَ نَبتُهُ

    مِن جودِ كَفِّكَ مَورَدٌ وَمُزادُ

    And I, when the year's growth has withered,

    find in your hand's bounty a watering place and waterskins.

  9. يا لَيثُ إِنَّ اللَيثَ يَبخَلُ بِالقَرى

    لِلنازِلينَ بِهِ وَأَنتَ جَوادُ

    O lion, the lion is indeed stingy with hospitality

    to those who lodge with him, while you are generous.

  10. يابَدرُ إِنَّ البَدرَ يَنقُصُ نورُهُ

    وَضِياءُ وَجهِكَ دائِماً يَزدادُ

    O full moon, the full moon's light diminishes,

    while the radiance of your face increases always.

  11. مَن كانَ مَفخَرُهُ بِمَجدٍ تالِدٍ

    فَاِفخَر فَمَجدُكَ تالِدٌ وَتِلادُ

    Whoever takes pride in inherited glory—

    take pride, for your glory is ancestral and inherited.

  12. أَضحى الوَزيرُ مُحَمَّدٌ عَضُداً لِدي

    نِ اللَهِ فَاِشتَدَّت بِهِ الأَعضادُ

    The minister Muhammad has become a strong arm for the faith

    of God, and through him arms have grown strong.

  13. غَنِيَت عَنِ الأَنواءِ أَرضٌ أَصبَحَت

    بِنَدى أَبي الفَرَجِ الجَوادِ تُجادُ

    A land has no need of rain-stars, now that it is

    watered by the bounty of generous Abu al-Faraj.

  14. جَمُّ المَواهِبِ وَالزَمانُ مُبَخَّلٌ

    سَبطُ الأَنامِلِ وَالأَكُفُّ جِعادُ

    Abundant in gifts, while the age is deemed miserly;

    open-fingered, while palms are clenched.

  15. إِن أُنكِرَت مِنَنٌ لَهُ وَصَنائِعٌ

    شَهِدَت بِها الأَعناقُ وَالأَجيادُ

    If his favors and benefactions are denied,

    necks and throats bear witness to them.

  16. نَقَدُ العَطايا أَقسَمَت آلاؤُهُ

    أَن لا يُكَدِّرَ جودَهُ ميعادُ

    He gives his gifts at once; his favors have sworn

    that no promised date shall cloud his generosity.

  17. تَأبى لَهُ أَن لا يُشامَ سَماؤُهُ

    شِيَمٌ لَهُ في المَكرُماتِ وَعادُ

    His sky cannot go unwatched for rain, given

    his traits and his customary practice of noble deeds.

  18. خِرقٌ تَزاحَمُ في النَحورِ نِصالُهُ

    وَعَلى بُحورِ عَطائِهِ الوُرّادُ

    A generous noble: his blades jostle in throats,

    and water-seekers throng the seas of his bounty.

  19. فَيَبيتُ وَالنوقُ العِشارُ تَذُمُّ مِن

    شَفَراتِهِ ما يَحمَدُ القُصّادُ

    He passes the night while pregnant she-camels condemn

    in his knife-edges what his visitors praise.

  20. يَقظانُ في طَلَبِ المَحامِدِ ساهِرٌ

    لا يَطمَإِنُّ بِمُقلَتيهِ رُقادُ

    Wakeful and sleepless in pursuit of praiseworthy deeds,

    no sleep settles in his eyes.

  21. حَتّى كَأَنَّ المَجدَ أَقسَمَ مولِياً

    أَن لا يَقُرَّ لِطالِبيهِ وِسادُ

    Until it seems that glory has sworn a solemn oath

    that no pillow shall lie still for its seekers.

  22. يَلقى العِدى وَالشَرُّ يَقطُرُ ماؤُهُ

    فَيُعيدُ نارَ الطَعنِ وَهيَ رَمادُ

    He meets his foes with evil's water dripping,

    then rekindles the fire of lance-thrusts when it is ash.

  23. ماضي الشَبا تَلقى النُفوسُ حِمامَها

    ما فارَقَت أَسيافَهُ الأَغمادُ

    Keen of edge: souls meet their doom

    whenever his swords leave their scabbards.

  24. تَسمو بِهِ نَفسٌ لَهُ مَطبوعَةٌ

    كَرَماً وَآباءٌ لَهُ أَجوادُ

    He is raised high by a soul shaped by nature

    for generosity, and by his generous forefathers.

  25. لَم يَكفِهِ ما وَرَّثوهُ مِنَ العُلى

    شَرَفاً فَشادَ بِنَفسِهِ ما شادوا

    Their legacy of eminence did not suffice him

    for honor, so he himself built what they had built.

  26. قَومٌ إِذا أَلقى الزَمانُ جِرانَهُ

    مُستَصعِباً فَلِبَئسِهِم يَنقادُ

    A people: when Time lays down its neck

    in stubborn defiance, it yields to their might.

  27. كَلِفَت بِنَصرِهِمُ الظُبى مَشحوذَةً

    وَالجُردُ قُبّاً وَالقَنا المَيّادُ

    Sharpened blades are devoted to their victory,

    as are short-coated, lean-bellied steeds and swaying spears.

  28. فَهُمُ إِذا اِقتَعَدوا مُتونَ جِيادِهِم

    أُسدُ الشَرى وَإِذا اِنتَدوا أَطوادُ

    Then, when they mount their steeds' backs,

    they are lions of al-Shara; in council, mountains.

  29. قُل لِلحَوادِثِ نِكِّبي عَن ساحَتي

    فَسُيوفُ نَصري المُرهَفاتُ حِدادُ

    Tell calamities: 'Turn aside from my courtyard,

    for the finely honed swords that aid me are sharp.

  30. كُفّي أَذاكِ فَإِنَّ دونَ تَهَضُّمي

    أَسَداً يَخافُ زَئيرَهُ الآسادُ

    Cease your harm, for between me and oppression stands

    a lion whose roar the lions fear.'

  31. يَفديكَ مَغلولُ اليَدينِ عِتادُهُ

    أَموالُهُ وَلَكَ الثَناءُ عِتادُ

    May the man with fettered hands ransom you; his provision

    is his wealth, while praise is your provision.

  32. يا خَيرَ مَن حَلَّ الوُفودُ بِهِ وَمِن

    شُدَّت إِلى أَبوابِهِ الأَقتادُ

    O best of those with whom delegations lodge, and of those

    toward whose doors camel-saddles are strapped for travel,

  33. عِزُّ القَوافي عِندَ غَيرِكَ ذِلَّةٌ

    وَنَفاقُهُنَّ عَلى سَواكَ كَسادُ

    the honor of rhymes with anyone but you is humiliation,

    and their ready sale with anyone else is stagnation.

  34. فَاِلبَس لِعيدِ الفِطرِ حِلَّةِ سودَدٍ

    هِيَ لِلنَواظِرِ وَالقُلوبِ سَوادُ

    So don, for Eid al-Fitr, a robe of lordship:

    it is the dark core of eyes and hearts.

  35. وَاِستَجلِ بِكراً مِن ثَنائِكَ حُرَّةً

    جاءَت إِلَيكَ يَزُفُّها الإِنشادُ

    And unveil a freeborn virgin of praise in your honor;

    she has come to you with recitation as her bridal escort.

  36. لَم يُخلِقِ التِكرارُ جِدَّتَها وَلَم

    يَذهَب بِرَونَقِ حُسنِها التِردادُ

    Repetition has not worn out her freshness, nor has

    reiteration taken away the luster of her beauty.

  37. نَقَّحتُها وَزَفَفتُها في لَيلَةٍ

    فَالعِرسُ مَقرونٌ بِهِ الميلادُ

    I polished her and led her forth as a bride in one night,

    so her wedding is joined to her birth.

  38. جَمَعَت بِمَدحِكَ كُلَّ فَضلٍ شارِدٍ

    وَلَهُ بِأَفواهِ الرُواةِ شِرادُ

    She has gathered in your praise every wandering excellence,

    which roams abroad on the lips of reciters.

  39. لا خابَ قِدحُ مُؤَمِّليكَ وَلا كَبا

    يَوماً لِمَن يَرجو نَداكَ زِنادُ

    May the lot-arrow of those who hope in you never fail, nor may

    the fire-sticks of one who hopes for your bounty ever fail to kindle.

  40. وَبَقيتَ ما غَنّى الحَمامُ وَما اِنثَنى

    بِالبانِ خوطُ أَراكَةٍ مَيّادُ

    And may you live while doves sing and while

    a swaying arak shoot bends among the ban trees.

  41. يَعتادُ رَبعَكَ كُلُّ عيدٍ مُقبِلٍ

    وَيَؤُمُّ رَبعَ عَدُوِّكَ العَوّادُ

    May every coming festival revisit your abode,

    and sickbed visitors make for your enemy's abode.