1. أدرنة الفيحاء بشراك

    جاء هلال السعد يرعاك

    O spacious Edirne, glad tidings to you!

    The crescent of good fortune has come to watch over you.

  2. قد كنت عبرى أمس واليوم قد

    قرت بأبنائك عيناك

    Yesterday you were tearful, and today

    your eyes have found joy in your sons.

  3. طلعتك الغراء من بهجة

    تهللت واهتز عطفاك

    Your radiant countenance, from delight,

    beamed, and your sides swayed.

  4. وجهك ما عبّس حتى انجلى

    همك وافترت ثناياك

    Your face had scarcely frowned before there vanished

    your grief, and your teeth gleamed in a smile.

  5. وما بكى الأسلام حزناً على

    فقدك حتى ضحك الباكي

    And Islam had scarcely wept in sorrow over

    losing you before the weeper laughed.

  6. وما شكا الجامع ناقوسهم

    حتى شفى غلته الشاكي

    The mosque had scarcely lamented their church bell

    before the lamenter slaked its burning thirst.

  7. فقابل التكبير في أرضه

    من السما تهليل أملاك

    Then the cry 'God is greatest' upon its earth was met

    from heaven by angels' cries of 'There is no god but God.'

  8. ضياء توحيد جلا نوره

    عن أفقه ظلمة اشراك

    A radiance of God's oneness, whose light dispelled

    from its horizon the darkness of polytheism.

  9. من نفحات البشر مرت بنا

    رياً عرفناها برياك

    Among the wafts of gladness there passed us

    a fragrance we recognized by your scent.

  10. اهدت إلى الأرواح روح الهنا

    فحبذا ذاك الشذا الذاكي

    It brought to souls the solace of joy;

    how lovely, then, that heady fragrance!

  11. لله فتح جابر كسرنا

    وكاسر شوكة اعداك

    To God belongs a victory that mends our brokenness

    and breaks the might of your foes!

  12. قد طهر الله فشكرا له

    من دنس البلغار مغناك

    God has cleansed—so thanks be to Him—

    your abode of the Bulgarians' defilement.

  13. فلم ينالوا منك نيلا سوى

    اضحوا انهم ضحاياك

    So they gained nothing from you, save

    that they became your victims.

  14. حاشاك ان تستسلمي للعدى

    يا غابة الآساد حاشاك

    Far be it from you to surrender to foes,

    O forest of lions—far be it from you!

  15. دعوت ابناءك في لهفة

    وكلهم بالنصر لباك

    You called your sons in distress,

    and every one answered your call with victory.

  16. جاءك جيش النصر مستقدما

    بكل ماض الحد بتاك

    The army of victory came to you, advancing

    with every keen-edged, cleaving blade.

  17. يطوي إليك الأرض شوقاً ولا

    صبر له من دون لقياك

    It folds up the earth toward you in longing, and has no

    patience until it meets you.

  18. قد رنحت اعطافه نشوة

    معروفة من خمر ذكراك

    An intoxication has set its sides swaying,

    familiar from the wine of remembering you.

  19. لم يستطب طعم حياة له

    حتى رأى حسن محياك

    It found no sweetness in the taste of its life

    until it saw the beauty of your face.

  20. ان سره الفتح فقد ساءه

    ان لم يكن من بعض قتلاك

    If victory delighted it, it was grieved

    that it was not among your fallen.

  21. ما الفخر كل الفخر الا لمن

    عن العدى بالسيف حاماك

    Glory—all glory—belongs only to those

    who shielded you from foes with the sword.

  22. ما كان اغلاك على انفس

    ارخصتها ما كان اغلاك

    How dear you were to lives

    you made so cheap—how dear you were!

  23. قد سكروا عشقاً فخاضوا الردى

    وهم نشاوى بحمياك

    They grew drunk with love, then plunged into death,

    while drunk on your heady wine.

  24. هل نبأ البرق الذي جاءنا

    عن بشرنا بالفتح انباك

    Did the telegraph's message that reached us

    tell you of our joy at the victory?

  25. قد حمل البرق حياة لنا

    سائرة في طي اسلاك

    The telegraph has carried life to us,

    coursing within the folds of wires.

  26. سننظم اليوم لنادي الهنا

    دراً به قبل بكيناك

    Today, for joy's gathering, we shall string

    pearls with which we once wept for you.

  27. يا قرب ما قد عاد يهدى الهنا

    إليك من قد كان ينعاك

    How swiftly he has returned, offering congratulations

    to you—he who once announced your death!

  28. بالأمس قد كنت لجيش العدى

    نهزة سفّاح وسفاك

    Yesterday you were, for the enemy's army,

    easy prey for a butcher and a shedder of blood.

  29. واليوم قد نلت السرور الذي

    جلا وان جلت رزاياك

    And today you have attained the joy that

    dispelled your calamities, however great they were.

  30. يا فئة أهلكها بغيها

    وغاية البغي لأهلاك

    O band destroyed by its own aggression,

    aggression's end is surely destruction!

  31. قد كان من اعظم انصارنا

    ظلمك ان الظلم ارداك

    Among the greatest of our allies was

    your oppression: indeed, oppression destroyed you.

  32. زعمت ان ليس لذاك الحمى

    حام بجيش الموت يغشاك

    You claimed that sanctuary had no

    defender to assail you with death's army,

  33. حتى شهدت البأس من فيلق

    يزحف لكن بمناياك

    until you witnessed the might of a legion

    advancing—but bringing your doom.

  34. هيهات ما للرجس من موطن

    يرجى بذاك الوطن الزاكي

    Far from it! No home for defilement

    can be hoped for in that pure homeland.

  35. قد عز دين الله ان يغتدى

    رهين همذاز وافاك

    God's religion is too mighty to become

    captive to a slanderer and a liar (reading uncertain).

  36. خلوا سبيل الاسد في غابها

    لا تقنص الأسد باشراك

    Leave the lions free in their forest;

    do not hunt lions with snares.

  37. وانها الافلاك من أهلها

    تضيء في انجم افلاك

    And it is indeed the heavens; through its people

    it shines amid the stars of celestial spheres.

  38. يا نظرة اللطف التي قد شفت

    بعض الجوى رحماك رحماك

    O glance of grace that has healed

    some burning grief—your mercy, your mercy!

  39. اضحى بها الإسلام في منية

    تجل عن فكر وادراك

    Through it, Islam has reached a longed-for state

    transcending thought and comprehension.

  40. اسبغت نعمى هي مشكورة

    فاستانفي سابغ نعماك

    You have lavished a blessing, gratefully received;

    so renew the fullness of your favors.