1. Cry out, for the call of guidance has risen from the mount of virtue,
And proceed, for the light has dawned in the east,

2. It is the victory that came suddenly and revived, as if
It is the rain that came without prior appointment with the land,

3. Comfort came walking on a hidden path,
As slumber silently creeps upon a resting eyelid,

4. I have concealed the guidance of the emirate for a while,
So it gathered strength like a sword kept in its sheath,

5. And when it was drawn out, it attained the utmost triumph
With its two edges when it met prudence at its start,

6. At the time of hardship, the oath of allegiance watered ease,
It involved a lofty emirate and a renewed covenant,

7. One whose sun illuminates the beholders,
And the other shelters the refugees with extended shade,

8. One is a secluded refuge for whoever turns in on himself
And the other is nearby pasture for whoever strives,

9. Thus the two full moons rose with good fortune and brilliance,
And the two seas mingled with might and dew,

10. So O people of Homs, awaken your hopes,
For an irresistible command has come to you,

11. The complaints of the island have reached the compassionate one,
And the scream of the living answered the helper,

12. The hopes of the people of Muhammad’s religion were tied
To one whose conduct pleases the Prophet Muhammad,

13. The commander of guidance has granted you affection
From the people of his house, the nearest in lineage and the furthest in scope,

14. The full moon departed from him, more radiant than it,
And the rhyming of poetry has woven for him a cloak and brilliance,

15. So delight your eyes in the rising of the glorious one,
Who was adorned with the most high and wore and returned it,

16. He reached a heaven where none can match him, so were it not for his uniqueness,
We would have laid him to rest in the soil there,

17. It does not harm that the prince was absent and singled you out
With his deputy, equal in word, deed and purpose,

18. The two are bound in free spirit and lineage
As the lamp was lit or the cloak was torn,

19. The morning sun is not far in its place,
And its light has adorned you while kindled,

20. When the clouds bring the essence of their rain to the land,
It came in meaning though hiding its clouds,

21. Abu Faris, it is as wished that they are
Stars gladdened by your arrival,

22. You rose so the pulpits rejoiced in her
Who built above them the highest, most enduring, and most rightful,

23. If an unrooted branch extended, due to vainglory,
You would have seen it, from the intensity of pride, swaying,

24. Yours is the judgment regarding the religion of the cross and its people,
You make peace with the compliant and become aided against the resistant,

25. To you the borders of Islam in opinion and banner have reached,
So expand them with the utmost integrity and determination,

26. We hope for a gift from your rulings
That will restore the renewed vigor of the religion,

27. War has raised you in its homes,
As fire hammers the sharpened sword,

28. You were accustomed to flags, blood and captives,
Chanting, shading, and watering,

29. You see the bloodied sword as though you see
A soft cheek and reddened robe,

30. How many a writhing body, terrified,
You have substituted with foot soldiers and cavalry,

31. You dash to the brave as though
You meet loved ones, not enemies, at the point of passion,

32. By the right, you are the lion, if not for your restraint
That shows us through your kindness the forbearing quality,

33. You walked the path of dawn, not knowing fatigue,
Nor denying certainty, whether land or sea,

34. Did you leave the dust of ruin a lit meadow,
Or the depths of the sea an erected palace?

35. This sea has become, through you, a coast for the people,
Where the drowning have found refuge from loss,

36. You have come spreading news of it, awe and strangeness,
More generous, dewy, and excellent,

37. Indeed this sea has sent you as proof,
For those who said rain comes from it,

38. Take it strongly, people of Abu Hafs,
And settle it in the field of truth,

39. You are its rightful masters, none can dispute you,
Even if the eye of one blind denies the light of dawn,

40. Others before you have taken power,
And exercised sole despotic authority,

41. So is the case of the white ones ruled by a Qain and a Siql,
And it is not a source of pride except for the appointed ruler,

42. If the highest imitates one below him,
The valleys and meadows are ransomed for you,

43. If the venerable tooth of guidance laughs at an emirate,
It is your days that guidance laughs at,

44. And for you is strung together as pearls
Praise that has scattered like freely given gifts,

45. Rhymes came together for you and through you they eased,
So they scattered in your praise,

46. Thus my request became blaming in your generosity,
And my poetry aiding your noble deeds.