1. The homes are empty of you, and the homelands,
And the vicissitudes of time have passed their judgement on you.

2. Were you not yesterday a towering palace,
Whose corners the epochs made tremble on their foundations?

3. The stars continued to blow their winds
Until that edifice collapsed.

4. O you who defend Islam against its enemies!
Neither injustice nor aggression ever exceeded you.

5. Do you slumber in the face of a condition that makes
The tombs roar and the shrouds shudder?

6. Arise to struggle - the time for rest has not come -
The outcry is raised and the horsemen have ridden.

7. War keeps vigil, and the soldiers are heroes,
So when will the aged leader awaken?

8. Arise in your armor - none but you is fit
To bear a cutting blade and sharp spear.

9. What do the cautious think of a hero
Whose banner is the Quran?

10. Dedicated to God, devotion fills his breast,
And faith fills his heart.

11. He casts and meets death, never sparing himself,
For he who spares himself is a coward.

12. The unlawful shedding of blood restrains him from the greed and cowardice of fools,
For the sanctity of blood must be preserved.

13. A sword is appointed to the necks of the tyrants -
Swords grow dull, but its edge stays sharp.

14. The dazzling flash of his blade, richly adorned -
Souls yearn for it, and it is a bride's delight.

15. Through him God's hand glows, its rays
Lighting the paths of life for the Prophet's tongue.

16. Have you not seen how the light of truth and clear speech
Adorned him?

17. Abdul Hamid! Does not a cry shake you,
At which countries and lands tremble?

18. Islam has cast into it a fire whose flames
Make breasts and hearts smoke?

19. At losing you his soul overflowed with sorrow
As if it were a volcano.

20. Were you not a refuge for old and young Muslims
To take shelter?

21. You have, in confronting misfortunes, honorable stands
Wherein lies protection and safety for your people.

22. It hurts you when the weak are unjustly cast down
By the most tyrannical of natures, whose habit is oppression.

23. And it provokes your anger when a Muslim's right is lost
And he is subjected to harm and humiliation.

24. You were not like one who sleeps contentedly
While his neighbors around him starve.

25. The Aqsa mosque is humbled at your death,
And the Kaaba, after you, is in mourning clothes.

26. And your death has marked the Madina
With a sign of sorrow - the title page of grief.

27. When suddenly the pulpits were emptied of you,
No place remained untouched by agony for you.

28. For your time and its length you have
Responsibility and a pledge against events.

29. Generations will contend in remembering you kindly,
Fragrant, and times will chant your name.

30. Decay has no command over the highest genius,
Nor does it have dominion.

31. Journey through the ages and rise above their pinnacles
As a flag giving light by which caravans are guided.

32. Ascend to your place in the firmament,
For there you soar where eagles soar.

33. You continue to pass by stages seeking
What the hastening pilgrim seeks.

34. Until you have reached from God a sure place
That no life or Umar attained.

35. Live there as a good neighbor, content;
The flag has not fallen, nor is the battlefield vacant.

36. The army is forgiving, and the Caliph good,
And the matter is sound, nothing is lacking.

37. And God - how excellent is His help when passions
Conquer souls, and supporters are few!

38. To truth belongs the power of its onslaught
And the force of its might, and failure belongs

39. to those who war against its host.
Were it not for His severity and the strength of His strike,

40. Its appearance would not have triumphed, nor would its prestige have been great.
The earth is confused - its landmarks remain

41. In darkness, as if blind.
For evil there is an earthquake - its peoples

42. Quake from it, and for harm a deluge.
The beasts are shocked - their lions and wolves -

43. At what man comes and does.
Look to the world, and ask its masters

44. Whether the weak have in it an inviolable existence.
Is it ambitions that destroyed its servants,

45. Or the civilized world's idols?