على الطائر الميمون والطالع السعيدِ

على الطائر الميمون والطالع السعيدِ

أرَقْتَ أمير المؤمنين دَمَ الفَصْدِ

أرَقْتَ أمير المؤمنين دَمَ الفَصْدِ

Under an auspicious omen and a fortunate ascendant,

Upon the auspicious bird and the rising fortune,

You shed blood by bloodletting, Commander of the Faithful.

You shed the blood of the Commander of the Faithful with the sword.

جرى لك فيه النجمُ بالسعد وانثنى

جرى لك فيه النجمُ بالسعد وانثنى

على كلّ من عاداك نَحساً بلا سعد

على كلّ من عاداك نَحساً بلا سعد

In this, the star ran its course for you with good fortune, and turned

The stars aligned in your favor and bent down,

Upon all who opposed you, bringing ill fortune without good fortune.

Bringing misfortune without fortune to all who opposed you.

ولم يك ضُرّاً ذلك الدمُ إنما

ولم يك ضُرّاً ذلك الدمُ إنما

نَدَى راحتيك انهلَّ من ذلك الزَّند

نَدَى راحتيك انهلَّ من ذلك الزَّند

And that blood was no harm; it was only

That blood was no harm, rather

The dew of your two palms pouring down from that forearm.

It was the perfume of your hands that dripped from that blade.

قلا زِلتَ تبقَي مدّة الدهر مالكاً

قلا زِلتَ تبقَي مدّة الدهر مالكاً

ولو لم أَخَفْ عيناً لبَشَّرْتُ بالخلدْ

ولو لم أَخَفْ عيناً لبَشَّرْتُ بالخلدْ

So may you remain a sovereign for as long as time endures;

You will remain forever the master,

And had I not feared the evil eye, I would have brought glad tidings of immortality.

And were it not for my fear of the envious eye, I would proclaim you immortal.