1. أملٌ يَزُفُّ مع السَنين عروسا

    فيشوقهنَّ أهلَّةً وشُموسا

    A hope comes in procession with the years, a bride,

    and stirs their longing, crescent moons and suns.

  2. مُوفٍ على أُمم الحياةِ يُريكَها

    دُنيا تَطَلَّعُ أعيُناً ورُؤوسا

    Towering above life's nations, it shows them to you

    as a world looking upward, eyes and heads raised.

  3. يتبسّمُ الإِسلامُ في نظراتِه

    بَيْنَا يراه النّاظرون عَبوسا

    Islam smiles in its gaze,

    while the onlookers see it frowning.

  4. أوما رأيتَ مُحمدّاً في نُورهِ

    وشَهِدتَ رِفقتَهُ الكِرامَ الشُّوسا

    Have you not seen Muhammad in its light,

    and beheld his noble, dauntless companions?

  5. انظُرْ إلى الرَّهَجِ المُثارِ وحَيِّهِ

    قلماً أحرَّ من السُّيوفِ وَطيسا

    Look at the dust stirred up, and salute it—

    a pen whose battle-furnace burns hotter than swords'.

  6. وَاسْألْ عن الفتح المبينِ أما شَفَى

    مُهَجاً يَهِيجُ غليلُها ونُفوسا

    And ask of the manifest victory: did it not heal

    hearts with raging thirst, and souls?

  7. لا تَعجلَنَّ فللبقيَّةِ حِينُها

    واصبِرْ فما خُلِقَ الأَبِيُّ يَؤوسا

    Do not be hasty: what remains has its time;

    and be patient: the unbowed were not made to despair.

  8. المُسلِمونَ على جَهالةِ بعضِهم

    عَرفوا الحياةَ نَعيمَها والبُوسا

    The Muslims, despite the ignorance of some among them,

    have known life, its bliss and its misery.

  9. أخذوا عن الزّمن المُشاغِبِ عِلمَها

    وتجرّعوهُ من الخطوبِ دُروسا

    They took its lore from unruly time,

    and gulped it down as lessons from calamities.

  10. أفيبلغون مدى العواصفِ نُوّماً

    أم يُدركون سَنَى البُروقِ جُلوسا

    Can they reach the tempests' farthest bounds asleep,

    or attain the lightning's radiance sitting still?

  11. ليس الذي لَبِسَ السِّلاحَ كعاجزٍ

    جعل التهيُّبَ والنُّكول لَبوسا

    He who has donned his arms is not like a helpless man

    who made timidity and retreat his garment.

  12. يا فتحُ والدنيا مجالُ مُغامِرٍ

    يُزجِي خميساً للوَغَى فخميسا

    O Fath, the world is an adventurer's arena—

    he sends an army into battle, then another.

  13. قُلْ للأُلى جَهِلوا الجِهادَ وحُكمَهُ

    لا تأخذوه مُحرَّفاً معكوسا

    Tell those ignorant of jihad and its ruling:

    Do not take it distorted and inverted.

  14. خُوضوا الغِمارَ فلن تنالوا مأرباً

    حتى تَرَوْهَا تستطيرُ ضروسا

    Plunge into the fray: you will never attain a goal

    until you see it blaze forth, savage and biting.

  15. ألّا يكن إلا المنايا فاطلبوا

    بين الأسنّةِ والسّيوفِ رُموسا

    If there is nothing but death, then seek

    graves amid spearheads and swords.

  16. لو ضنَّ مُعتَنِقُ الحتوفِ بِنفسِه

    ما نال من دنيا الرجالِ نَفِيسا

    Had one who embraces death begrudged his own life,

    he would have won nothing precious from the world of men.

  17. لا تلتَمِسْ عَدَماً فلستَ بواجدٍ

    من ليس يُوجَدُ في دَمٍ مَغموسا

    Do not seek what does not exist: you will not find

    anyone who is not steeped in blood.

  18. وَدَعِ الخسيسَ من المطالبِ والمُنَى

    إن كُنتَ تَأْنفُ أن تكون خسيسا

    And forsake what is base among aims and wishes,

    if you disdain being base yourself.

  19. الكونُ مُنطَلَقٌ لِعزمِكَ واسعٌ

    فأرْبَأْ بنفسِكَ أن تكون حبيسا

    The universe is a vast open field for your resolve;

    so hold yourself above being a prisoner.

  20. أرأيْتَ مَن جَعَلَ الرِّياسَةَ همَّهُ

    وسألتَ قومَكَ كيف صار رئيسا

    Have you seen the man who made leadership his chief concern,

    and asked your people how he became a leader?

  21. الدّينُ والدُّنيا وَراءَ ضجيجِه

    يستشرفان أيسمعان حَسيسا

    Religion and worldly life, behind his clamor,

    look expectantly: do they hear a faint sound?

  22. يَعْيَا بذكرِهما ويُعرِضُ عنهما

    إلا وساوسَ تخدعُ المسلوسا

    He is at a loss to speak of them and turns away from them,

    save for whisperings that deceive the feeble-minded.

  23. ساسَ الجماهيرَ الخِفافَ ولم يكن

    لولا رَفيفُ حُلومِها لِيَسوسا

    He ruled the flighty masses; he would never

    have ruled but for their fluttering wits.

  24. خذلته تجربةُ الأُمور ولم يزل

    يَستنصِرُ التّمويهَ والتدليسا

    Practical experience failed him, yet he kept

    seeking aid from camouflage and deceit.

  25. قَتَلَ النُّفوسَ وراحَ يَزْعُمُ أنّه

    عيسى بن مريمَ أو خليفةُ عِيسَى

    He killed souls and went on claiming to be

    Jesus son of Mary, or Jesus' successor.

  26. خيرُ الحواريّينَ في إنجيله

    مَن يُزلِفُ التّعظيمَ والتّقديسا

    The best of the apostles in his gospel

    is the one who offers glorification and sanctification.

  27. دِينُ من البُهتانِ ليس يُحِلُّهِ

    دينُ المسيحِ ولا شريعةُ موسى

    A religion of falsehood, sanctioned neither by

    the religion of Christ nor the law of Moses.

  28. يا فتحُ داوِ الدَّاءِ بالطبّ الذي

    أعيا الرّئيسَ وفات جالينوسا

    O Fath, treat the disease with the medicine that

    baffled the chief and eluded Galen.

  29. لا تَبتئِسْ بالجُرحِ أفرط شرُّه

    وطغَى أَذاهُ فكلّ جُرْحٍ يُوسى

    Do not despair over the wound, though its evil has grown excessive

    and its harm has run rampant: every wound can be healed.

  30. أَقِمِ المنارَ لِمُدلجِينَ تنكّبوا

    سُبُلَ الرّشادِ وجَدِّدِ النّاموسا

    Raise the beacon for night-travelers who have turned from

    the paths of right guidance, and renew the sacred law.

  31. آثارُ قومِكَ للحياةِ مَعالمٌ

    غُرٌّ تُضِيئ المجهلَ الأُدموسا

    The traces of your people are landmarks for life,

    radiant, illuminating the pitch-dark, trackless wilderness.

  32. انْظُرْ أيستهدي الغَوِيُّ مُبينَها

    أم يستبينُ الدَّارسَ المطموسا

    Look: does the errant man seek guidance from their clear traces,

    or discern what is worn away and obliterated?

  33. صَدَأُ النّواظرِ والقلوبِ أشدُّ من

    صَدَإِ الحديدِ مَضرَّةً إن قِيسا

    The rust of eyes and hearts is worse than

    iron's rust in the harm it does, when the two are compared.

  34. أنت المؤمَّلُ للجلاءِ فهاتِه

    قَبَساً يُدارُ على يديكَ طُروسا

    You are the hope for cleansing; bring it forth

    as a flame circulated by your hands in written pages.

  35. طُفْ بالبيانِ الطّلقِِ عذباً سائغاً

    إنّا شَرِبْنا الدّينَ فيه كُؤوسا

    Make the rounds with free-flowing eloquence, sweet and easy to drink;

    indeed, in it we have drunk religion, cup after cup.

  36. واطْوِ السّنِينَ بهمَّةٍ قُرَشيَّةٍ

    تقتادُ منها رَيِّضاً وشَموسا

    And fold the years away with a Qurayshi resolve

    that leads the docile and the headstrong among them.

  37. اللهُ ثَبّتَ جانِبَيْكَ بمؤمنٍ

    شدَّ البناءَ وأحكمَ التاسيسا

    God has steadied your flanks with a believer

    who strengthened the structure and secured its foundation.

  38. وَلَدَتْهُ مأسدةُ النُّبوَّةِ قَسْوَراً

    لم يتّخِذْ غيرَ المصاحفِ خِيسا

    Prophethood's lion-den bore him as a lion;

    he chose no thicket but the volumes of the Qur'an.

  39. جَرّبتُ منه الفاضلَ النَّزِهَ الهَوى

    وعرفتُ فيه الباسل الدِعِّيسا

    I have tested him as a virtuous man, pure in desire,

    and recognized in him a valiant, fierce spearman.

  40. اللهُ ألهمني الهُدَى وأعدَّ لي

    منه نَجِيّاً صالحاً وأنيسا

    God inspired me with guidance and prepared for me

    in him a righteous confidant and companion.

  41. يا حارسَ الإِسلامِ حسُبك أن تُرى

    من كيد كلّ مُناجزٍ محروسا

    O guardian of Islam, it suffices that you be seen

    protected from every adversary's schemes.

  42. اطْرُدْ دُعاةَ السُّوءِ عنه ولا تَدَعْ

    في المؤمنين الصّادقين دسيسا

    Drive the advocates of evil away from it, and do not leave

    an infiltrator among the sincere believers.

  43. واعْمَلْ لِربِّكَ لا يَرُعْكَ مُضلَّلٌ

    يجفو الإلهَ ويصطفي إبليسا

    And work for your Lord; let no misguided man alarm you,

    one who shuns God and chooses Iblis.

  44. سُبحانَ ربِّكَ لن يُغادِرَ عدلُهُ

    بين البريّةِ عاملاً مبخوسا

    Glory be to your Lord: His justice will never leave

    any worker among creation denied his due.