سَل يَلدِزاً ذاتَ القُصورِ

سَل يَلدِزاً ذاتَ القُصورِ

هَل جاءَها نَبَأُ البُدور

هَل جاءَها نَبَأُ البُدور

Ask Yildiz, with its palaces,

Ask Yildiz Palace, with its palaces,

whether news of the full moons has reached it.

Has news of the Bedouins reached her?

لَو تَستَطيعُ إِجابَةً

لَو تَستَطيعُ إِجابَةً

لَبَكَتكَ بِالدَمعِ الغَزير

لَبَكَتكَ بِالدَمعِ الغَزير

If it could give an answer,

If only you could answer,

it would weep for you with copious tears.

You would weep copious tears for me.

أَخنى عَلَيها ما أَنا

أَخنى عَلَيها ما أَنا

خَ عَلى الخَوَرنَقِ وَالسَدير

خَ عَلى الخَوَرنَقِ وَالسَدير

It was laid waste by what had descended

I grieve for her as I do

upon al-Khawarnaq and al-Sadir,

For Al Khoronak and Al Sadeer.

وَدَها الجَزيرَةَ بَعدَ إِس

وَدَها الجَزيرَةَ بَعدَ إِس

ماعيلَ وَالمَلِكِ الكَبير

ماعيلَ وَالمَلِكِ الكَبير

and struck al-Jazira after

Ismail Pasha conquered the peninsula after her

Ismail and the great king.

And the great king.

ذَهَبَ الجَميعُ فَلا القُصو

ذَهَبَ الجَميعُ فَلا القُصو

رُ تُرى وَلا أَهلُ القُصور

رُ تُرى وَلا أَهلُ القُصور

All have gone: neither the palaces

They have all gone, neither the palaces

are seen, nor the people of the palaces.

Can be seen, nor the people of the palaces.

فَلَكٌ يَدورُ سُعودُهُ

فَلَكٌ يَدورُ سُعودُهُ

وَنُحوسُهُ بِيَدِ المُدير

وَنُحوسُهُ بِيَدِ المُدير

A sphere revolves; its happy fortunes

Its good fortune and misfortune revolve

and its ill fortunes are in the Director's hand.

In the hands of the Manager.

أَينَ الأَوانِسُ في ذُرا

أَينَ الأَوانِسُ في ذُرا

ها مِن مَلائِكَةٍ وَحور

ها مِن مَلائِكَةٍ وَحور

Where are the lovely women in its heights—

Where are the houris in her towers

those angels and houris?

Of angels and maidens?

المُترَعاتُ مِنَ النَعي

المُترَعاتُ مِنَ النَعي

مِ الراوِياتُ مِنَ السُرور

مِ الراوِياتُ مِنَ السُرور

Brimming with bliss,

The playful ones, the cheerful ones,

sated with joy,

The stumbling ones, the swaggering ones,

العاثِراتُ مِنَ الدَلا

العاثِراتُ مِنَ الدَلا

لِ الناهِضاتُ مِنَ الغُرور

لِ الناهِضاتُ مِنَ الغُرور

Stumbling from coquetry,

The commanding ones, the modest ones

rising in conceit,

The gentle ones like flowers in fragrance,

الآمِراتُ عَلى الوُلا

الآمِراتُ عَلى الوُلا

ةِ الناهِياتُ عَلى الصُدور

ةِ الناهِياتُ عَلى الصُدور

Commanding the governors,

The heedless ones in the pleasures of a plentiful life,

laying prohibitions on the viziers,

The prominent ones who moved between kingdoms and seas,

الناعِماتُ الطَيِّبا

الناعِماتُ الطَيِّبا

تُ العَرفِ أَمثالُ الزُهور

تُ العَرفِ أَمثالُ الزُهور

Soft and sweet

Each like a Balkis in the glory of her throne,

of scent, like flowers,

More influential than Zubaydah in her emirate and prince,

الذاهِلاتُ عَنِ الزَما

الذاهِلاتُ عَنِ الزَما

نِ بِنَشوَةِ العَيشِ النَضير

نِ بِنَشوَةِ العَيشِ النَضير

Oblivious to time

Among the finery, luxuries, embroideries and silk,

in the intoxication of flourishing life,

The garden the size of a world, the sea the size of an ocean,

المُشرِفاتُ وَما اِنتَقَل

المُشرِفاتُ وَما اِنتَقَل

نَ عَلى المَمالِكِ وَالبُحور

نَ عَلى المَمالِكِ وَالبُحور

Overlooking, though they never stirred,

The pearls and perfumed musk,

the kingdoms and the seas,

In a dwelling above the sky and above the raids of plunderers,

مِن كُلِّ بَلقيسٍ عَلى

مِن كُلِّ بَلقيسٍ عَلى

كُرسِيِّ عِزَّتِها الوَثير

كُرسِيِّ عِزَّتِها الوَثير

Each a Bilqis upon

Between citadels, canals, horses and a great army,

the cushioned throne of her majesty,

They named it Yildiz, the apex of the bright star,

أَمضى نُفوذاً مِن زُبَي

أَمضى نُفوذاً مِن زُبَي

دَةَ في الإِمارَةِ وَالأَمير

دَةَ في الإِمارَةِ وَالأَمير

More potent in influence than Zubayda

Destinies turned against them in the deceitful chambers,

over the emirate and the emir,

They spent the night in captivity and awoke in tribal bondage,

بَينَ الرَفارِفِ وَالمَشا

بَينَ الرَفارِفِ وَالمَشا

رِفِ وَالزَخارِفِ وَالحَرير

رِفِ وَالزَخارِفِ وَالحَرير

Among canopies and terraces,

Endless in their prayers and vows,

and ornaments and silk,

Seeking the aid of their Lord while their Lord has no helper.

وَالرَوضُ في حَجمِ الدُنا

وَالرَوضُ في حَجمِ الدُنا

وَالبَحرِ في حَجمِ الغَدير

وَالبَحرِ في حَجمِ الغَدير

And a garden the size of worlds,

Black dye stained their temples, it was the dye of sorrows,

and a sea the size of a pool,

If I cannot, then in my cloak is more eloquence than Jarir*

وَالدُرِّ مُؤتَلِقِ السَنا

وَالدُرِّ مُؤتَلِقِ السَنا

وَالمِسكِ فَيّاحِ العَبير

وَالمِسكِ فَيّاحِ العَبير

And pearls gleaming with radiance,

The sermon of the Imam is excellent in explanation and clarity,

and musk wafting fragrance,

A lesson for kings, a moral for days in the final era,

في مَسكَنٍ فَوقَ السِما

في مَسكَنٍ فَوقَ السِما

كِ وَفَوقَ غاراتِ المُغير

كِ وَفَوقَ غاراتِ المُغير

In a dwelling above al-Simak,

Elder of kings, though you have grown frail in heart and conscience,

and above the raider's assaults,

I ask pardon of the Master for him, and God pardons abundantly,

بَينَ المَعاقِلِ وَالقَنا

بَينَ المَعاقِلِ وَالقَنا

وَالخَيلِ وَالجَمِّ الغَفير

وَالخَيلِ وَالجَمِّ الغَفير

Among fortresses and lances,

We see him in his affliction, more deserving than any other of weeping or excuse,

and horses and a countless host.

We defend him from gloating and reproach,

سَمَّوهُ يَلدِزَ وَالأُفو

سَمَّوهُ يَلدِزَ وَالأُفو

لُ نِهايَةُ النَجمِ المُغير

لُ نِهايَةُ النَجمِ المُغير

They named it Yildiz; yet setting

Abdul Hamid, your account is like that, in the hands of the Forgiving King,

is the end of the rushing star.

You have completed thirty long years of rule, not a brief reign,

دارَت عَلَيهِنَّ الدَوا

دارَت عَلَيهِنَّ الدَوا

ئِرُ في المَخادِعِ وَالخُدور

ئِرُ في المَخادِعِ وَالخُدور

The wheel of misfortune turned against them

You command and instruct in great and small matters, consulting none,

in their chambers and secluded rooms.

With the stars as your councilors at the height of power,

أَمسَينَ في رِقِّ العَبي

أَمسَينَ في رِقِّ العَبي

لِ وَبِتنَ في أَسرِ العَشير

لِ وَبِتنَ في أَسرِ العَشير

They came to evening enslaved to the burly man,

How they glorified you at daybreak, praising you in the mornings!

and spent the night captive to their husband.

And you saw them bow down before you, bowing like Moses in the divine presence,

ما يَنتَهينَ مِنَ الصَلا

ما يَنتَهينَ مِنَ الصَلا

ةِ ضَراعَةً وَمِنَ النُذور

ةِ ضَراعَةً وَمِنَ النُذور

They never cease from prayer

They lowered their heads and bent their backs in humility,

in humble supplication, nor from vows.

What knowledge did you gain from this? You were the ignorant of affairs!

يَطلُبنَ نُصرَةَ رَبِّهِنَّ

يَطلُبنَ نُصرَةَ رَبِّهِنَّ

وَرَبُّهُنَّ بِلا نَصير

وَرَبُّهُنَّ بِلا نَصير

They seek victory for their lord,

Had you been shaken and alarmed, in confusion or distress,

yet their lord has no helper.

Where is wisdom and experience of the wise elder?

صَبَغَ السَوادُ حَبيرَهُنَّ

صَبَغَ السَوادُ حَبيرَهُنَّ

وَكانَ مِن يَقَقِ الحُبور

وَكانَ مِن يَقَقِ الحُبور

Blackness dyed their fine robes,

When fate aims its foundations to crumble,

once pure white with joy.

They entered upon your throne, judging the Lord of the Throne,

أَنا إِن عَجِزتُ فَإِنَّ في

أَنا إِن عَجِزتُ فَإِنَّ في

بُردَيَّ أَشعَرَ مِن جَرير

بُردَيَّ أَشعَرَ مِن جَرير

If I fall short, there is within

A snarling lion pounced with claws on another snarling lion,

my two cloaks a finer poet than Jarir.

They said “Withdraw” you said “I withdraw” and judgment is to God the Almighty,

خَطبُ الإِمامِ عَلى النَظي

خَطبُ الإِمامِ عَلى النَظي

مِ يَعُزُّ شَرحاً وَالنَشير

مِ يَعُزُّ شَرحاً وَالنَشير

The imam's calamity is hard for verse

They were patient for your long reign while you endured but months,

or prose to explain.

You were troubled by their constitution and lenient toward difficult rule,

عِظَةُ المُلوكِ وَعِبرَةُ ال

عِظَةُ المُلوكِ وَعِبرَةُ ال

أَيّامِ في الزَمَنِ الأَخير

أَيّامِ في الزَمَنِ الأَخير

An admonition to kings, and a lesson of

You were angry like al-Mansour or Haroun in the empty eras,

the days in this latter age.

They were stingy with their rights while you were stingy with the vain world,

شَيخُ المُلوكِ وَإِن تَضَع

شَيخُ المُلوكِ وَإِن تَضَع

ضَعَ في الفُؤادِ وَفي الضَمير

ضَعَ في الفُؤادِ وَفي الضَمير

The elder of kings, though brought low—

Why did you not preserve it with a welcoming, joyful, tranquil preservation?

within the heart and conscience,

It is the adornment of the righteous king and protection of the guarded king,

تَستَغفِرُ المَولى لَهُ

تَستَغفِرُ المَولى لَهُ

وَاللَهُ يَعفو عَن كَثير

وَاللَهُ يَعفو عَن كَثير

you ask the Lord to forgive him,

Through it blessings are bestowed on the realms and kings for ages,

and God pardons much.

O army who is neither supplicant nor boastful,

وَنَراهُ عِندَ مُصابِهِ

وَنَراهُ عِندَ مُصابِهِ

أَولى بِباكٍ أَو عَذير

أَولى بِباكٍ أَو عَذير

And in his affliction we see him

Whose raids scoured the land bare,

more deserving of a mourner or a defender.

Like a lion indulging in prey but not in roaring,

وَنَصونُهُ وَنُجِلُّهُ

وَنَصونُهُ وَنُجِلُّهُ

بَينَ الشَماتَةِ وَالنَكير

بَينَ الشَماتَةِ وَالنَكير

We protect him and honor him

Addressing the noble with souls of incalculable value,

amid gloating and condemnation.

The Overseer knows what your pure blood has suffered for truth,

عَبدَ الحَميدِ حِسابُ مِث

عَبدَ الحَميدِ حِسابُ مِث

لِكَ في يَدِ المَلِكِ الغَفور

لِكَ في يَدِ المَلِكِ الغَفور

Abd al-Hamid, the reckoning of one like

Time recites a parchment adorned with lines

you is in the hand of the All-Forgiving King.

In praise of your intrepidity and your dauntless courage,

سُدتَ الثَلاثينَ الطِوا

سُدتَ الثَلاثينَ الطِوا

لَ وَلَسنَ بِالحُكمِ القَصير

لَ وَلَسنَ بِالحُكمِ القَصير

You ruled for thirty long years,

O might of Islam indeed! O opener of the difficult land!

and that was no short reign.

And son of the generous from the family of the generous Omar the herald,

تَنهى وَتَأمُرُ ما بَدا

تَنهى وَتَأمُرُ ما بَدا

لَكَ في الكَبيرِ وَفي الصَغير

لَكَ في الكَبيرِ وَفي الصَغير

You forbade and commanded as you pleased

Who grasped the weapons as their grandfather did, and the clanging of swords,

in matters great and small.

Was your grandfather with you on the day you marched with clamor?

لا تَستَشيرُ وَفي الحِمى

لا تَستَشيرُ وَفي الحِمى

عَدَدُ الكَواكِبِ مِن مُشير

عَدَدُ الكَواكِبِ مِن مُشير

You sought no counsel, though your realm

You hunted the hunter of lions, and foiled the sniper of eagles,

held as many counselors as stars.

You seized Yildiz by force and conquered the peak of mountain passes,

كَم سَبَّحوا لَكَ في الرَوا

كَم سَبَّحوا لَكَ في الرَوا

حِ وَأَلَّهوكَ لَدى البُكور

حِ وَأَلَّهوكَ لَدى البُكور

How often they glorified you at evening

The faithful in Egypt convey greetings of peace to the Prince,

and deified you at dawn!

And pledge allegiance to you, O Muhammad, in their hearts and breasts,

وَرَأَيتَهُم لَكَ سُجَّداً

وَرَأَيتَهُم لَكَ سُجَّداً

كَسُجودِ موسى في الحُضور

كَسُجودِ موسى في الحُضور

You saw them prostrate before you,

They have hoped for the crescent banner in the campaign,

as Moses prostrated in the Presence.

So take it to the peak of perfection by the power of God the Helper,

خَفَضوا الرُؤوسَ وَوَتَّروا

خَفَضوا الرُؤوسَ وَوَتَّروا

بِالذُلِّ أَقواسَ الظُهور

بِالذُلِّ أَقواسَ الظُهور

They lowered their heads and strung

You are the elder, they vest you with the sword of the great Othman,

in abasement the bows of their backs.

Elder of invaders, conquerors, his sword is elder of men,

ماذا دَهاكَ مِنَ الأُمو

ماذا دَهاكَ مِنَ الأُمو

رِ وَكُنتَ داهِيَةَ الأُمور

رِ وَكُنتَ داهِيَةَ الأُمور

What calamity befell you in these affairs,

He advances and sheathes it in guidance, as if it were the sword of the warner,

when you were a master of affairs?

Good tidings O Imam Muhammad of the caliphate of God the Almighty,

ما كُنتَ إِن حَدَثَت وَجَلَّت

ما كُنتَ إِن حَدَثَت وَجَلَّت

بِالجُزوعِ وَلا العَثور

بِالجُزوعِ وَلا العَثور

When events arose and grew grave, you were not

Good tidings of the caliphate with the just, upright, worthy Imam,

one to panic or stumble.

Who revives the constitution in Islam from the pits of graves,

أَينَ الرَوِيَّةُ وَالأَنا

أَينَ الرَوِيَّةُ وَالأَنا

ةُ وَحِكمَةُ الشَيخِ الخَبير

ةُ وَحِكمَةُ الشَيخِ الخَبير

Where are deliberation and patience,

Muawiyah interred it, and you revived it before the Resurrection.

and the seasoned elder's wisdom?

Upon the caliphate from you two, a light shines above a light.

إِنَّ القَضاءَ إِذا رَمى

إِنَّ القَضاءَ إِذا رَمى

دَكَّ القَواعِدِ مِن ثَبير

دَكَّ القَواعِدِ مِن ثَبير

Indeed, when fate strikes,

it shatters the foundations of Thabir.

دَخَلوا السَريرَ عَلَيكَ يَح

دَخَلوا السَريرَ عَلَيكَ يَح

تَكِمونَ في رَبِّ السَرير

تَكِمونَ في رَبِّ السَرير

They entered upon you at the throne,

sitting in judgment on the throne's lord.

أَعظِم بِهِم مِن آسِري

أَعظِم بِهِم مِن آسِري

نَ وَبِالخَليفَةِ مِن أَسير

نَ وَبِالخَليفَةِ مِن أَسير

How mighty these captors,

and how mighty the caliph, their captive!

أَسَدٌ هَصورٌ أَنشَبَ ال

أَسَدٌ هَصورٌ أَنشَبَ ال

أَظفارَ في أَسَدٍ هَصور

أَظفارَ في أَسَدٍ هَصور

A fierce lion sank

its claws into a fierce lion.

قالوا اِعتَزِل قُلتَ اِعتَزَل

قالوا اِعتَزِل قُلتَ اِعتَزَل

تُ وَالحُكمُ لِلَّهِ القَدير

تُ وَالحُكمُ لِلَّهِ القَدير

They said, 'Step down.' You said, 'I have stepped down,

and judgment belongs to Almighty God.'

صَبَروا لِدَولَتِكَ السِني

صَبَروا لِدَولَتِكَ السِني

نَ وَما صَبَرتَ سِوى شُهور

نَ وَما صَبَرتَ سِوى شُهور

They endured your rule for years,

yet you endured only months.

أوذيتَ مِن دُستورِهِم

أوذيتَ مِن دُستورِهِم

وَحَنَنتَ لِلحُكمِ العَسير

وَحَنَنتَ لِلحُكمِ العَسير

You were offended by their constitution,

and longed for harsh rule.

وَغَضِبتَ كَالمَنصورِ أَو

وَغَضِبتَ كَالمَنصورِ أَو

هارونَ في خالي العُصور

هارونَ في خالي العُصور

You raged like al-Mansur, or

Harun in ages past.

ضَنّوا بِضائِعِ حَقِّهِم

ضَنّوا بِضائِعِ حَقِّهِم

وَضَنَنتَ بِالدُنيا الغَرور

وَضَنَنتَ بِالدُنيا الغَرور

They clung to their lost right,

and you clung to the deceitful world.

هَلّا اِحتَفَظتَ بِهِ اِحتِفا

هَلّا اِحتَفَظتَ بِهِ اِحتِفا

ظَ مُرَحِّبٍ فَرِحٍ قَرير

ظَ مُرَحِّبٍ فَرِحٍ قَرير

Why did you not safeguard it

as one welcoming it, joyful and content?

هُوَ حِليَةُ المَلِكِ الرَشي

هُوَ حِليَةُ المَلِكِ الرَشي

دِ وَعِصمَةُ المَلِكِ الغَرير

دِ وَعِصمَةُ المَلِكِ الغَرير

It is the wise king's adornment,

and the unwary king's protection.

وَبِهِ يُبارِكُ في المَما

وَبِهِ يُبارِكُ في المَما

لِكِ وَالمُلوكِ عَلى الدُهور

لِكِ وَالمُلوكِ عَلى الدُهور

Through it, kingdoms are blessed,

and kings, throughout the ages.

يا أَيُّها الجَيشُ الَّذي

يا أَيُّها الجَيشُ الَّذي

لا بِالدَعِيِّ وَلا الفَخور

لا بِالدَعِيِّ وَلا الفَخور

O army that

is neither pretender nor braggart,

يَخفي فَإِن ريعَ الحِمى

يَخفي فَإِن ريعَ الحِمى

لَفَتَ البَرِيَّةَ بِالظُهور

لَفَتَ البَرِيَّةَ بِالظُهور

which stays hidden, yet, when the realm is alarmed,

draws the world's gaze by appearing;

كَاللَيثِ يُسرِفُ في الفِعا

كَاللَيثِ يُسرِفُ في الفِعا

لِ وَلَيسَ يُسرِفُ في الزَئير

لِ وَلَيسَ يُسرِفُ في الزَئير

Like a lion, lavish in deeds

but not lavish in roaring,

الخاطِبُ العَلياءِ بِال

الخاطِبُ العَلياءِ بِال

أَرواحِ غالِيَةِ المُهور

أَرواحِ غالِيَةِ المُهور

Wooing high glory with

lives as a costly bride-price.

عِندَ المُهَيمِنِ ما جَرى

عِندَ المُهَيمِنِ ما جَرى

في الحَقِّ مِن دَمِكَ الطَهور

في الحَقِّ مِن دَمِكَ الطَهور

With the Guardian rests whatever flowed

of your pure blood in the cause of right.

يَتلو الزَمانُ صَحيفَةً

يَتلو الزَمانُ صَحيفَةً

غَرّا مُذَهَّبَةَ السُطور

غَرّا مُذَهَّبَةَ السُطور

Time recites a page

radiant, with gilded lines,

في مَدحِ أَنوَرِكَ الجَري

في مَدحِ أَنوَرِكَ الجَري

ءِ وَفي نِيازيكَ الجَسور

ءِ وَفي نِيازيكَ الجَسور

in praise of your bold Enver

and your daring Niyazi.

يا شَوكَتَ الإِسلامِ بَل

يا شَوكَتَ الإِسلامِ بَل

يا فاتِحَ البَلَدِ العَسير

يا فاتِحَ البَلَدِ العَسير

O Shawkat, Islam's might—nay,

O conqueror of the unyielding city,

وَاِبنَ الأَكارِمِ مِن بَني

وَاِبنَ الأَكارِمِ مِن بَني

عُمَرَ الكَريمِ عَلى البَشير

عُمَرَ الكَريمِ عَلى البَشير

And son of the noble, of the descendants

of Umar, generous to the bearer of good tidings,

القابِضينَ عَلى الصَلي

القابِضينَ عَلى الصَلي

لِ كَجَدِّهِم وَعَلى الصَرير

لِ كَجَدِّهِم وَعَلى الصَرير

Who hold fast to clanging steel,

like their forefather, and to the pen's scratch.

هَل كانَ جَدُّكَ في رِدا

هَل كانَ جَدُّكَ في رِدا

ئِكَ يَومَ زَحفِكَ وَالكُرور

ئِكَ يَومَ زَحفِكَ وَالكُرور

Was your forefather within your cloak

on the day of your advance and repeated charges?

فَقَنَصَت صَيّادَ الأُسو

فَقَنَصَت صَيّادَ الأُسو

دِ وَصِدتَ قَنّاصَ النُسور

دِ وَصِدتَ قَنّاصَ النُسور

So you captured the hunter of lions

and hunted down the huntsman of eagles.

وَأَخَذتَ يَلدِزَ عَنوَةً

وَأَخَذتَ يَلدِزَ عَنوَةً

وَمَلَكتَ عَنقاءَ الثُغور

وَمَلَكتَ عَنقاءَ الثُغور

You took Yildiz by force,

and possessed the phoenix of the frontier strongholds.

المُؤمِنونَ بِمِصرَ يُه

المُؤمِنونَ بِمِصرَ يُه

دونَ السَلامَ إِلى الأَمير

دونَ السَلامَ إِلى الأَمير

The believers in Egypt offer

greetings of peace to the emir,

وَيُبايِعونَكَ يا مُحَم

وَيُبايِعونَكَ يا مُحَم

مَدُ في الضَمائِرِ وَالصُدور

مَدُ في الضَمائِرِ وَالصُدور

and pledge allegiance to you, Muhammad,

in their consciences and breasts.

قَد أَمَّلوا لِهِلالِهِم

قَد أَمَّلوا لِهِلالِهِم

حَظَّ الأَهِلَّةِ في المَسير

حَظَّ الأَهِلَّةِ في المَسير

They have hoped, for their crescent,

for the fortune of crescents in their course.

فَاِبلُغ بِهِ أَوجَ الكَما

فَاِبلُغ بِهِ أَوجَ الكَما

لِ بِقُوَّةِ اللَهِ النَصير

لِ بِقُوَّةِ اللَهِ النَصير

So bring it to the zenith of perfection

by the strength of God, the Helper.

أَنتَ الكَبيرُ يُقَلِّدو

أَنتَ الكَبيرُ يُقَلِّدو

نَكَ سَيفَ عُثمانَ الكَبير

نَكَ سَيفَ عُثمانَ الكَبير

You are the great one; they gird you

with the sword of Osman the Great.

شَيخُ الغُزاةِ الفاتِحي

شَيخُ الغُزاةِ الفاتِحي

نَ حُسامُهُ شَيخُ الذُكور

نَ حُسامُهُ شَيخُ الذُكور

The elder of conquering warriors,

his sword is the elder of manly blades;

يَمضي وَيُغمِدُ بِالهُدى

يَمضي وَيُغمِدُ بِالهُدى

فَكَأَنَّهُ سَيفُ النَذير

فَكَأَنَّهُ سَيفُ النَذير

he advances and sheathes it with guidance,

as though it were the Warner's sword.

بُشرى الإِمامُ مُحَمَّدٌ

بُشرى الإِمامُ مُحَمَّدٌ

بِخِلافَةِ اللَهِ القَدير

بِخِلافَةِ اللَهِ القَدير

Glad tidings to Imam Muhammad

of the caliphate of Almighty God!

بُشرى الخِلافَةِ بِالإِما

بُشرى الخِلافَةِ بِالإِما

مِ العادِلِ النَزِهِ الجَدير

مِ العادِلِ النَزِهِ الجَدير

Glad tidings to the caliphate of an imam

just, upright, and worthy,

الباعِثِ الدُستورَ في ال

الباعِثِ الدُستورَ في ال

إِسلامِ مِن حُفَرِ القُبور

إِسلامِ مِن حُفَرِ القُبور

Who raised the constitution, within

Islam, from the pits of the graves.

أَودى مُعاوِيَةٌ بِهِ

أَودى مُعاوِيَةٌ بِهِ

وَبَعَثتَهُ قَبلَ النُشور

وَبَعَثتَهُ قَبلَ النُشور

Mu'awiya brought it to ruin,

and you revived it before the Resurrection.

فَعَلى الخِلافَةِ مِنكُما

فَعَلى الخِلافَةِ مِنكُما

نورٌ تَلَألَأَ فَوقَ نور

نورٌ تَلَألَأَ فَوقَ نور

So, from you both, upon the caliphate,

light has gleamed above light.