1. أَبا يوسف الإحسان والحسن خير من

    حَوى الفضلَ والإفضالَ والنُّهى والأمرا

    O father of Yusuf of goodness and beauty, best of those

    Who possessed excellence, generosity, wisdom, and command,

  2. ومَنْ للهُدى وجهُ النّجاحِ برأيهِ

    تجلى وثغرُ النّصرِ من عزمهِ افترَّا

    And one by whose counsel, for right guidance, the face of success

    Shone forth, while victory's lips parted in a smile through his resolve.

  3. حمى حوزةَ الدِّينِ الحنيفِ بحوزهِ

    من الخالقِ الحُسنى ومن خلقهِ الشُّكرا

    He guarded the realm of the upright faith, thereby winning

    The finest reward from the Creator and gratitude from His creatures.

  4. أَبوه أَبى إلاَ العلاءَ وعمُّهُ

    بمعروفهِ عمَّ الورى البدوَ والحضْرا

    His father would accept nothing but eminence, and his uncle

    Embraced all people with his kindness, nomads and townsfolk alike.

  5. وطالَ الملوك شيركوه بطَوله

    وما شاركوه في العلى فحوى الفخرا

    Shirkuh surpassed kings through his bounty,

    And they did not match him in eminence, so he won glory.

  6. بنو الأصفر الإفرنج لاقوا ببيضهِ

    وسمرِ عواليهِ مناياهمُ حُمرا

    The sons of the Yellow One, the Franks, met, through his white swords

    And the tawny shafts of his lofty spears, their blood-red deaths.

  7. وما ابيضَّ يومُ النّصرِ واخضرَّ روضُهُ

    من الخصبِ حتى اسودَّ بالنّقعِ واغبرَّا

    Victory's day did not shine white, nor its meadow grow green

    With abundance, until it had blackened with battle-dust and grown gray.

  8. رأى النّصرَ في تقوى الإله وكلّ من

    تقوَّى بتقوى اللهِ لا يعدمُ النَّصرا

    He saw victory in reverence for God, and everyone who

    Draws strength from reverence for God never lacks victory.

  9. ولما رأَى الدُّنيا بعينِ ملالةٍ

    أَغذَّ من الأُولى مسيراً إلى الأُخرى

    When he looked upon this world with a weary eye,

    He hastened on his journey from this life to the next.

  10. وقامَ صلاحُ الدِّينِ بالملكِ كافلاً

    وكيف ترى شمسَ الضُّحى تخلفُ البدرا

    Salah al-Din assumed charge of the kingdom as its guardian;

    And behold how the forenoon sun succeeds the full moon!

  11. ولما صَبَتْ مصرٌ إلى عصرِ يوسف

    أَعادَ إليها اللهُ يوسفَ والعصرا

    When Egypt yearned for the age of Yusuf,

    God restored to her both Yusuf and that age.

  12. فأَجرى بها من راحتهِ بجودهِ

    بحاراً فسماها الورى أَنْمُلاً عشرا

    So, through his generosity, he made flow in her from his palm

    Seas, which people called ten fingertips.

  13. هزمتم جنود المشركين برعبكم

    فلم يلبثوا خوفاً ولم يمكثوا ذُعرا

    You routed the polytheists' armies through the dread you inspired;

    So, afraid, they did not linger; terrified, they did not stay.

  14. وفرقتمُ من حولِ مصر جموعهم

    بكسرٍ وعادَ الكسرُ من أهلها جبرا

    You scattered their hosts from around Egypt

    With a crushing defeat, and that breaking became healing for her people.

  15. وأمنتم فيها الرَّعايا بعدلكم

    وأَطفأتم من شرِّ شاوَرِها الجمرا

    You made her subjects secure through your justice,

    And quenched the embers of her Shawar's evil.

  16. بسفكِ دمٍ حطتمْ دماءً كثيرةً

    وحُزتم بما أَبديتم الحمدَ والشكرا

    By shedding one life's blood, you safeguarded the blood of many,

    And through what you displayed, you earned praise and gratitude.

  17. وما يرتوي الإسلام حتى تغادروا

    لكم من دماءِ الغادرينَ بها غُدرا

    Islam will not quench its thirst until you leave

    For yourselves pools there of the traitors' blood.

  18. فصبُّوا على الإفرنج سوطَ عذابها

    بأن تقسموا ما بينها القتلَ والأَسرا

    So pour upon the Franks the scourge of their torment,

    By apportioning among them slaying and captivity.

  19. ولا تهملوا البيتَ المقدَّسَ واعزموا

    على فتحهِ غازينَ وافترعوا البكرا

    Do not neglect the Holy House, and resolve

    To conquer it on campaign, and deflower the virgin.

  20. تديمونَ بالمعروفِ طيِّبَ ذكركم

    وما الملك إلاّ أن تُديموا لكم ذِكرا

    Through good deeds you perpetuate the sweetness of your remembrance;

    Kingship is nothing but making your remembrance endure.

  21. وإنَّ الذي أَثرى من المالِ مُقتْرٌ

    وإنْ يُفْنِهِ في كسبِ محمدةٍ أُخرى

    Indeed, he who grows rich in money is poor,

    Even if he spends it all to win further praise.