قد صح جسم الملك من سقامه

واستيقظ الراقد من أحلامه

The body of the realm has recovered from its illness,

And the sleeper has awakened from his dreams.

ساورت الشرق زمانا غفلة

أغرت رجال الغرب باهتضامه

For a time, heedlessness assailed the East,

Tempting the men of the West to oppress it.

كم حملوا على البلاد حملة

هدت بناء العز عن دعامه

How many assaults they launched upon the lands,

Bringing the edifice of glory down from its supports!

فعج بافريقا وسل إقليمها

ماذا جرى منهم على إسلامه

So stop in Africa and ask its land:

What befell its Islam at their hands?

ومن أوروبا استلبوا معظم ما

قد فنح الإسلام في أيامه

And from Europe they seized most of what

Islam had conquered in its day.

إن أبرموا عهد الصفاء نقضوا

عهد الصفاء بعد ما إبرامه

If they conclude a pact of goodwill, they break

The pact of goodwill after ratifying it.

إذ أتتك ذمة من خائن

فارقب وشيك الغدر من ذمامه

When a pledge comes to you from a traitor,

Expect imminent treachery from his pledge.

يا نهضة الشرق ثقي بفوزة

تدني قص الهم من مرامه

O awakening of the East, trust in a victory

That brings the far-reaching aspirant near his goal.

امامك النجح وفاز من سما

لحاجة والنجح من امامه

Success lies before you; he succeeds who aspires

To a goal, with success before him.

آلك آل المجد والملك الذي

كانت ملوك الأرض من خدامه

Your house is the house of glory and of that dominion

Among whose servants were the kings of the earth.

هم قارعوا هرقل في سريره

حتى وهي ما اشتد من قوامه

They challenged Heraclius upon his throne,

Until what was strong in his foundations grew weak.

وانعلوا كل طمر سابح

تاج عظيم الملك مستدامه

And shod each galloping steed

With the crown of a mighty king of enduring rule.

فسل بو غاز طارق إذ عبرت

إليه أسد الروع في لهامه

So ask the Strait of Tariq, when there crossed

To it the lions of battle amid its vast host.

تجد هناك نجدة وسطوة

يذكو بها عزمك في ضرامه

There you will find valor and might,

Through which your resolve blazes in its fervor.

مآثر طاولت الشهب سنا

أسفر فيها الدهر من ظلامه

Glorious deeds that rivaled the shooting stars in radiance,

Through which time emerged radiant from its darkness.

ومنك قد شاءوا تمدن

أنواره لاحت على اعلامه

And from you they sought civilization

Whose lights shone upon its banners.

نالوا بما نلنا قديما منهم

من اتحاد الأمر وانتظامه

They succeeded through what we once gained from them:

Unity of purpose and its orderly conduct.

إذا افتخرت بقديم سطوة

أحلك الفخار في سنامه

If you boast of ancient might,

Glory places you upon its summit.

فهل لديك في الحديث نبأ

يشفى غليل القلب من أوامه

But have you, in the present, any tidings

That soothe the heart's longing and quench its burning thirst?

إن فقد المرء عصامي العلا

لم يجده الدارس من عظامه

If a man lacks self-earned greatness,

The crumbling bones of his forebears will not avail him.

طبع الترقي فيك إلا انه

قد برد العزم من احتدامه

The urge to rise is innate in you; yet

Your resolve has cooled from its blazing ardor.

ومعدن التبر الثرى وإنما

يسمو إذا استخلص من رغامه

And earth is the source of gold; it only

Gains worth when extracted from its dust.

عز على الغيران ان يراك في

حال ذليل العز مستضامه

It pains the zealous protector to see you in

A state of abased and violated honor.

قد محقت سعدك دهرا ظلمة

واليوم قد عاد إلى تمامه

For an age, darkness blotted out your good fortune;

And today it has returned to its fullness.

فروض آمالك غض يجتلى

نواره الجني من أكمامه

So the garden of your hopes is fresh; one beholds

Its ripe blossoms emerging from their sheaths.

واتسق الأمر على رغم العدا

مثل اتساق العقد في نظامه

And affairs fell into order despite the foes,

Like a necklace arranged in order upon its thread.

وهبت الملة تحمي عزها

هبوب ليث الغاب من آجامه

And the community of faith rose to guard its honor,

Like a forest lion springing from its thickets.

نضت سيوف عزمها وإنما

يعز ركن المرء باعتزامه

It unsheathed the swords of its resolve; only

Through determination does a person's support grow strong.

غض عنان البغي يا من قد جرى

به طموح البغي في عرامه

Draw in the reins of tyranny, you who have been swept along

By tyranny's headlong surge in its fury.

سيلحق الهيجا مشيحا حمل

فيحجم العدو عن إقدامه

Hamal will join the fray with firm resolve,

Then the enemy will recoil from advancing.

وهذه إيران قد فاضت دماً

بالظالم الماضي شبا حسامه

And here is Iran, which has overflowed with blood,

Because of the tyrant whose sword's edge is keen.

في كل صبح ومساء نكبة

يشكو بها العصر إلى إمامه

At every dawn and dusk, a calamity

Over which the age complains to its Imam.

بالله لا تستعظم الخطب بها

قد كبر الخطب عن استعظامه

By God, do not think her calamity merely great:

The calamity has outgrown all estimation of its enormity.

والنصر أقسام وخير ناصر

من جمع النصر على أقسامه

And support has many forms; the best supporter

Is one who unites support in all its forms:

وفراً وجاهاً ولساناً ويداً

حتى يقوم الحق في مقامه

With wealth and influence, tongue and hand,

Until justice stands in its rightful place.