1. الحمدُ للهِ فُزْنَا

    وللمطالبِ حُزْنا

    Praise be to God—we have triumphed,

    and attained our aims.

  2. حُزْنا السُّرورَ وماتَ ال

    حسودُ غَمّاً وحُزْنا

    We gained joy, and the

    envious man died of anguish and grief.

  3. وَعادَ سَهْلاً من الأَم

    رِ كلُّ ما كان حَزْنا

    And smooth became, in our affairs,

    all that had once been rough.

  4. وأَذْعَنَتْ واستقادتْ

    مُنىً لنا قد نَشَزْنا

    And they yielded and submitted—

    wishes that once had defied us.

  5. مواعدُ اللهِ في كلِّ

    سُؤْلِ نَفْسٍ نَجَزْنا

    God's promises, in every

    desire of the soul, came true.

  6. إنَّ الأَعاديَ ذَلّوا

    بنصرِنا وعزَزْنا

    Our enemies were indeed humbled

    by our victory, and we grew mighty.

  7. كم ظَهْرِ شركٍ قَصَمنا

    وعِطْفِ عِزٍّ هَزَزْنا

    How many a back of polytheism we broke,

    and a flank of might we shook;

  8. وجيشِ باغٍ هَزمنا

    ورأْسِ عَاتٍ هَمَزْنا

    and an aggressor's army we routed,

    and a rebel's head we struck.

  9. وفرصةٍ للأَماني

    مع النّجاحِ انْتَهَزْنا

    And many a chance to fulfill our wishes

    we seized with success.

  10. وكم مراكزِ ملكٍ

    فيها الرِّماحَ رَكَزْنا

    And in how many seats of sovereignty

    we planted our spears!

  11. وكم عَدوٍّ سلبنا

    هُ ملكَهُ وابْتَزَزْنا

    And how many an enemy we stripped

    of his kingdom, wresting it away!

  12. نِلْنَا الذي قد رَجَونا

    بالحَوْطِ مما احترَزْنا

    We attained what we had hoped for,

    by guarding against what we took care to avoid.

  13. ولم يَجُزْ من أُمورِ الدُّ

    نيا سِوى ما أَجَزْنا

    And nothing passed in the affairs of the

    world except what we permitted.

  14. ببأْسِ محمودٍ المَلْ

    كِ للخُطوبِ بَرَزْنا

    With the might of Mahmud the king,

    we went forth to face calamities.

  15. وبينَ صَرْفِ العوادي

    وبيننا قد حَجَزْنا

    And between the blows of misfortune

    and ourselves we set a barrier.

  16. للّهِ جَمُّ أَيادٍ

    عَنْ شُكْرِها قد عَجَزْنا

    God's favors are abundant,

    beyond our ability to give thanks.

  17. بكلِّ كَنْزٍ سَمَحْنا

    والحمدُ مما كَنَزْنا

    We gave freely of every treasure,

    and praise is among what we hoarded.

  18. إنّا لأَصْفَى وأَجدَى

    في الخيرِ وِرْداً ومُزْنا

    We are indeed purer and more bountiful

    in goodness, as a watering place and rainclouds.

  19. ما ساجَلَ الناسُ إلاّ

    فُتْنَا مَداهُمْ وجُزْنا

    Whenever people vied with us,

    we outstripped their reach and went beyond.

  20. لنا خلائقُ غُرٌّ

    على الوفاءِ غُرِزْنا

    We have shining qualities;

    in loyalty we were rooted.

  21. نُزِّهنَ عن كلِّ سوءٍ

    وبالخنَا ما غُمِزْنا

    They were kept pure of every evil,

    and we were never faulted for obscenity.

  22. تَضيقُ بالحالِ ذَرْعاً

    ونُوسِعُ العِرْضَ خَزْنا

    They chafe at our circumstances,

    while we lay up ample stores of honor.

  23. ولم نَدعْ للأَعادي

    في موقفِ الفَخْرِ وَزْنا

    And we left our enemies

    no weight in the arena of boasting.