1. صَحا الدَهرُ لَكِن بَعدَ ما طالَ سُكرُهُ

    وَما كانَ إِلّا مِنَ دَمِ البَغيِ خَمرُهُ

    Time has sobered, but only after its drunkenness had lasted long.

    And its wine was made from nothing but the blood of oppression.

  2. أَقَمتَ عَلَيهِ الحَدَّ بِالحَدِّ ضارِباً

    بِسَيفٍ إِذا ما اِهتَزَّ قَد بانَ سُكرُهُ

    You imposed the prescribed punishment upon it, striking with the edge,

    With a sword whose drunkenness shows whenever it sways.

  3. عُلاكُم عُلىً أَسكَرتَهُ بِمُدامِها

    فَلَم يَجنِ إِلّا قامَ بِالسُكرِ عُذرُهُ

    Your glory is a grandeur that made it drunk on its wine;

    So it never committed a wrong without drunkenness furnishing its excuse.

  4. فَمَن كانَ ذا هَمٍّ فَقَد زالَ هَمُّهُ

    وَمَن كانَ ذا نَذرٍ فَقَد حَلَّ نَذرُهُ

    Thus whoever had a worry has seen his worry depart,

    And whoever had a vow, his vow has now fallen due.

  5. فَيا مَلِكاً لا يَملِكُ الخَطبُ صَبرَهُ

    كَما أَنَّهُ لا يُجهَلُ الدَهرَ شُكرُهُ

    So, O king whose patience no calamity can master,

    Just as his gratitude is never unknown throughout time.

  6. يَجوزُ عَلى الهاماتِ عادِلُ سَيفِهِ

    وَيَجري عَلى أَهلِ الأَوامِرِ أَمرُهُ

    His just sword passes over heads,

    And his command holds sway over those who issue commands.

  7. لَقَد قُمتَ في نَصرِ النَبِيِّ وَآلِهِ

    مَقاماً عَلى الرَحمَنِ قَد حَقَّ أَجرُهُ

    You indeed stood in support of the Prophet and his family,

    A stand whose reward is surely due from the Most Merciful.

  8. سَرى مَلِكُ الإِفرَنجِ يَنصُرُ جَمعَهُم

    فَما ضَرَّهُم في نُصرَةِ الحَقِّ كُفرُهُ

    The king of the Franks journeyed by night to aid their host;

    So his unbelief did them no harm in championing the truth.

  9. وَما هِيَ إِلّا آيَةٌ نَبَوِيَّةٌ

    أَقامَت لَهُم بِالنَفعِ مَنْ خيفَ ضُرُّهُ

    And this is nothing but a prophetic sign,

    Which raised up for their benefit one whose harm was feared.

  10. وَعادَتُهُم من قَبلُ آيَةُ جَدِّهِم

    فَينصُرُهُم مَن لا يُؤَمَّلُ نَصرُهُ

    And their custom of old is their grandfather's sign:

    Thus one whose help is not hoped for comes to their aid.