1. بذكرك يُبلغ الأربُ

    وباسمك تُفرَجُ الكُرَبُ

    Through remembering You, desire is attained;

    and by Your name, distresses are relieved.

  2. ونحوك ترفع الأيدي

    إذا ما نابت النُّوَبُ

    Toward You hands are raised

    when calamities befall.

  3. وأنت الرَّبُّ مُبدئنا

    ونحن إليك ننقلب

    You are the Lord, our Originator,

    and to You we return.

  4. تمنُّ ومالنا عمل

    وترحمنا ولا سبب

    You grant favors, though we have no deeds,

    and show us mercy without a cause.

  5. إليك تعلَّت الألباب

    إذ رفعت له الحجب

    To You the minds have risen,

    when the veils were lifted for it.

  6. ولا من بحار الغيب

    أسرار لها رتب

    Nor, from the seas of the unseen,

    are there secrets with their ranks.

  7. فطرف شاخص فرقا

    وقلب يمنه يجب

    An eye stares fixedly in fear,

    and a heart pounds [unclear wording].

  8. إذا ما خلّفت عجباً

    بدا من بعده عجب

    Whenever you leave one wonder behind,

    another wonder appears after it.

  9. طريق مابه حَزَنٌ

    وسير ماله تعب

    A path with no rugged ground,

    and a journey with no weariness.

  10. لك العبر التي نطقت

    به الأرواح والأهب

    Yours are the lessons of which

    souls and skins have spoken.

  11. لك المنن التي صَلُحَت

    عليها العجم والعرب

    Yours are the favors through which have prospered

    the non-Arabs and the Arabs.

  12. لك الجبروت والملكوت

    لا شكٌ ولا ريب

    Yours are almighty power and dominion,

    with no doubt and no misgiving.

  13. تعالى مُلكُ من شهدت

    له الآيات والكتب

    Exalted is the dominion of Him to whom

    the signs and scriptures bore witness.

  14. ولاحت من دلائله

    وجوهٌ ليس تنتقب

    And from His proofs have shone

    faces that wear no veils:

  15. مكاتبة ولا خطأ

    مخاطبة ولا كذب

    written correspondence without error,

    spoken address without falsehood.

  16. فيا من تبعد الدُّنيا

    به والموت مقترب

    O you whom this world carries far away,

    while death draws near,

  17. أجِل نظراً تفد عِبَراً

    ولا يقعد بك النَّظَرُ

    let your gaze range, and gain lessons;

    do not let mere looking hold you back.

  18. لأمر ما وأمر ما

    تشيب وتطلعالشُّهب

    For some purpose, and some purpose,

    you grow gray, and the shooting stars rise.

  19. تمرّ بأذنك الذكرى

    ولا خوف ولا أدب

    The reminder passes by your ear,

    yet there is neither fear nor reverence.

  20. وكيف ترى حقيقتها

    ونور العقل محتجب

    How can you see its reality

    while the light of reason is veiled?

  21. رقيب الموت مطلعٌ

    عليك وليس ترتقب

    Death's watcher looks down

    upon you, yet you keep no watch.

  22. تيقَّض أيُّها السَّاهي

    فخلف حياتك الطَّلب

    Awaken, heedless one!

    For pursuit follows close behind your life.

  23. وظلُّ الله ممدود

    عليك بستره طنب

    And God's shade stretches out

    over you, with the tent-ropes of His shelter.

  24. أنالك ما تؤمله

    ولا همُّ ولا نصب

    He granted you what you hope for,

    without anxiety or toil,

  25. وكفُّ عداك والأيدي

    ذوات الأيد تنتهب

    and restraint of your foes, while hands

    endowed with might plunder—

  26. بمن عُقِدَت إمامته

    ولم يسمع بها صخب

    through him whose imamate was established,

    with no uproar heard over it.

  27. وأذعنت البلادُ له

    ولم تصرم لها شعب

    The lands submitted to him,

    without their branches being severed.

  28. بأمر الله مضطلع

    لدين الله محتسب

    He shoulders God's command,

    serving God's faith in hope of His reward.

  29. مؤيدةٌ عزائمه

    إذا ما اصطكت الركب

    His resolves are upheld

    when knees knock together.

  30. صفا جوداً فلا بخل

    صفا حلماً فلا غضب

    Pure in generosity, with no stinginess;

    pure in forbearance, with no anger.

  31. وأغمد سيفه لمَّا

    كفاه السَّعد والرّعب

    He sheathed his sword when

    good fortune and terror sufficed him.

  32. وأصبح رحمةً للناس

    مما ليس يُحتسب

    And he became a mercy to the people,

    in a way beyond all expectation.

  33. فنور جبينه قمَرٌ

    وصوبُ يمينه ذهب

    The light of his brow is a moon,

    and the downpour of his right hand is gold.

  34. لذاك غمام دولته

    على الأفقين منسكب

    Thus the cloud of his dominion

    pours over both horizons.

  35. همامٌ ترهب الهيجا

    ءُ صولته فتلتهبُ

    A valiant man—battle fears

    his onslaught and bursts into flame.

  36. يقوم بجيشه التّقوى

    ويقدم جيشه الرعب

    Piety sustains his army,

    and terror marches before his army.

  37. يدبّ وراء دولته

    دعا ببصه العربُ

    He creeps behind his dominion;

    the Arabs called with his [unclear word].

  38. وجيش هل رأيت البح

    ر يطفو فوقه الحبب

    And an army—have you seen the sea,

    with foam floating above it?

  39. به السُّمر الرُّدينيات

    والهندية القضب

    In it are tawny Rudayni spears

    and keen Indian blades,

  40. وجُردٌ سَيرُها عَنَقٌ

    ورَجلٌ مشيهُمُ خبب

    and sleek steeds whose gait is long-striding,

    and foot soldiers whose march is a trot,

  41. وطائفة مؤيدة

    على التوحيد تنتسب

    and a band given support,

    claiming affiliation with divine oneness.

  42. فلا تنكر نجابتهم

    فإن جميعهم نجب

    So do not deny their nobility,

    for all of them are noble.

  43. إذا ركبوا رأيت الموت

    منشوراً له العذبُ

    When they mount, you see death

    with its streamers unfurled.

  44. وخِلتَ السُّحب مرعدةً

    ومبرقةً لها لجب

    And you would think the clouds were thundering,

    and flashing lightning with a mighty din.

  45. بأولِ دفعةٍ منها

    تغيضُ وتغرق القُلُب

    At the first surge from them,

    the wells are drained and submerged.

  46. إذا ما الحربُ قادتهُم

    إليها شفَّهم طَرَبُ

    When war leads them

    to her, rapture consumes them.

  47. تَلَذُّ لهم مواردها

    كان شرابَهَا ضَرَبُ

    Sweet to them are her watering places;

    her drink was white honey.

  48. فيا من غرَّهُ سفهُ

    وقاد برأسه عطب

    O you whom folly has deceived,

    and whom ruin has led by the head,

  49. أعدَّ لبأسه هرباً

    فإنَّ مآلك لاهرب

    prepare a flight from his might,

    for your end admits no escape.

  50. وسوف ترى وسوف ترى

    وإن أملت لك الحِقَب

    And you shall see, and you shall see,

    even if the ages grant you respite.

  51. أثَرتَ عليك داهيةً

    لها من بأسها لهب

    You have stirred up a calamity against yourself,

    from whose might a flame rises.

  52. أُسودُ وغىً لِسُمر الخَط

    طِ فيها معقل أشِبُ

    Lions of battle—for al-Khatt's tawny spears

    there is among them a tangled stronghold.

  53. فما أعدَدتَ من نفرٍ

    فهم لوقودها حَصَبُ

    Whatever men you have mustered,

    they are stones to feed its fire.

  54. وما أكثرت من عددٍ

    فإن جميعها سلب

    And whatever arms you have amassed,

    all of it is plunder.

  55. أِفق فاللَّيثُ مطَّلعٌ

    عليك وأنتَ مقتربُ

    Awake! The lion looks down

    upon you, and you are close at hand.

  56. وبادر قبلَ هَولٍ ما

    له رأسٌ ولا ذنب

    And hasten before a terror

    that has neither head nor tail.

  57. ولا تَغرُركَ شِرذِمَةٌ

    لديك فإنَّها لعب

    Do not be deceived by a little band

    at your side, for they are merely playthings.

  58. ولو أنصفت لم يزحف

    إليكَ الويلُ والحرب

    Had you been just, there would not have advanced

    toward you woe and war.

  59. فإن الحق تعبده

    قلوبٌ ليس تنقلب

    For the Truth is worshipped

    by hearts that never turn away.

  60. ومن كان الدعاءُ له

    فمضمون له الغلب

    And whoever has prayers offered for him,

    his victory is guaranteed.