لَنا التَهنِئاتُ وَفَرطُ الجَذَل

لَنا التَهنِئاتُ وَفَرطُ الجَذَل

وَأَنتَ أَجَلُّ وَأَعلى مَحل

وَأَنتَ أَجَلُّ وَأَعلى مَحل

Ours are the congratulations and overflowing joy,

Congratulations and abundant generosity are ours,

while you are more exalted and higher in rank.

While you are of the highest and most exalted status.

وان كانَ فَتحاً أَجَلَّ الفَتوح

وان كانَ فَتحاً أَجَلَّ الفَتوح

وَلَكِنَّ قَدرك فَوقَ الأَجَل

وَلَكِنَّ قَدرك فَوقَ الأَجَل

Though this victory is the greatest of victories,

Though this was the greatest opening of conquests,

yet your stature surpasses even the greatest.

Your destiny is beyond epochs.

وَأَيُّ عَظيمٍ وَمُستَكبِرٍ

وَأَيُّ عَظيمٍ وَمُستَكبِرٍ

إِلى جَنبِ مَجدِك لا يُستَقل

إِلى جَنبِ مَجدِك لا يُستَقل

And what great or haughty man

What great and arrogant man

is not deemed small beside your glory?

Can compare to your magnificent glory?

فَمِن فَيلَقٍ سائِرٍ نَحوَهُم

فَمِن فَيلَقٍ سائِرٍ نَحوَهُم

لِغُنمٍ وَمِن غانِمٍ قَد قَفَل

لِغُنمٍ وَمِن غانِمٍ قَد قَفَل

So from a host advancing toward them

Horsemen marched against them,

for spoils, and from one who has returned with booty,

Returning with spoils and as victors.

بَشائِرٌ يُطرِبُنا ذِكرُها

بَشائِرٌ يُطرِبُنا ذِكرُها

وَيُشغِلُنا وَصفُها عَن غَزَل

وَيُشغِلُنا وَصفُها عَن غَزَل

come glad tidings whose telling delights us,

Tidings that delight us to hear

and whose recounting turns us from love poetry.

And whose description distracts us from amorous verse.

سَحابُ عِقابِكَ غَشّاهُمُ

سَحابُ عِقابِكَ غَشّاهُمُ

فَأَودى بِهِم وَقعُهُ وَهوَ طَل

فَأَودى بِهِم وَقعُهُ وَهوَ طَل

The cloud of your punishment covered them,

The clouds of your punishment overcast them,

and its fall destroyed them, though it was mere dew.

Striking them down with its first drops.

وَأَهلَكَ أَرضَهُمُ بالرَذاذِ

وَأَهلَكَ أَرضَهُمُ بالرَذاذِ

فَكَيفَ يَكونُ إِذا ما هَطل

فَكَيفَ يَكونُ إِذا ما هَطل

And it ravaged their land with drizzle—

It destroyed their land with sprinkling,

so what would it do if it poured?

So how will it be when it truly pours down?

وَكَم قَد هَرَقتَ دِماءَ العِدى

وَكَم قَد هَرَقتَ دِماءَ العِدى

تَصُحُّ عَليلاً وَتشفي غُلَل

تَصُحُّ عَليلاً وَتشفي غُلَل

And how often you have spilled the blood of foes,

How much enemy blood have you spilled,

healing the ailing and quenching burning thirsts.

Healing the sick and freeing prisoners?

وَكَم لَكَ مِن غَزوَة قَبلها

وَكَم لَكَ مِن غَزوَة قَبلها

وَما لِسواكَ سِوى مُرتَحل

وَما لِسواكَ سِوى مُرتَحل

And how many raids were yours before this one,

How many raids preceded this one,

while others had nothing but a journey.

With none to match your tireless efforts?

شَحنتَ الشَوانيَ بالدارِعينَ

شَحنتَ الشَوانيَ بالدارِعينَ

فَجاءَتكَ مُوقِرةً بالنَفَل

فَجاءَتكَ مُوقِرةً بالنَفَل

You loaded the galleys with armored men,

You summoned the brave warriors,

and they came to you laden with spoils.

And they dutifully brought their gifts.

جَوارٍ تَطيرُ بأُسدِ الشَرى

جَوارٍ تَطيرُ بأُسدِ الشَرى

وَتزأَرُ ما غابَ الأَسَل

وَتزأَرُ ما غابَ الأَسَل

Ships that fly bearing the lions of al-Shara,

Cowards that flee the evils of conflict

and roar while the spears are out of sight.

And roar when the lions have gone.

حَملنَ اليكَ سَبايا الَّذي

حَملنَ اليكَ سَبايا الَّذي

طَغى فَحمَّلنَ اليهِ الأَجَل

طَغى فَحمَّلنَ اليهِ الأَجَل

They bore to you the captive women of the one

They brought you captives of those

who transgressed; then they bore death to him.

Who tyrannized, and whom you brought death.

وَلَو لَم تَصِل سابِقاتُ الرِماحِ

وَلَو لَم تَصِل سابِقاتُ الرِماحِ

اليهم كَفَت سابِقاتُ الوَهَل

اليهم كَفَت سابِقاتُ الوَهَل

And had the foremost spears not reached

Had the speartips not reached them first,

them, the first onrush of terror would have sufficed.

Their fear and anguish would have killed them.

وَلَو لَم يَمتهم قِراعُ السُيوفِ

وَلَو لَم يَمتهم قِراعُ السُيوفِ

أَماتَهُمُ خَوفُها وَالوَجَل

أَماتَهُمُ خَوفُها وَالوَجَل

And had the blows of swords not killed them,

Had the swordblows not finished them off,

fear of them and dread would have killed them.

Their dread of your might around them would have.

وَقَد أَيقَنوا بالتَوى إِذ وَهى

وَقَد أَيقَنوا بالتَوى إِذ وَهى

لِبأسِكَ حَولَهُم وَالحِيَل

لِبأسِكَ حَولَهُم وَالحِيَل

And they were certain of ruin when these gave way:

They knew repentance was futile,

their strength and stratagems before your might.

When your prowess encircled them without escape.

وَلَكِن تَعرَّضَهُم ضَلَّةً

وَلَكِن تَعرَّضَهُم ضَلَّةً

كِذابُ المُنى وَخِداعُ الأَمَل

كِذابُ المُنى وَخِداعُ الأَمَل

Yet they were beset, and led astray, by

But the deceitful hopes of fate

the lies of wishes and the deceit of hope.

Misguided them down wrong paths.