1. You struggle for the religion of guidance and defend it
As if in battle your father is its defender

2. And on the day of turmoil, you stand firm in the fray
As if you are its resident or frequent visitor

3. And you raid the enemies in succession
And raiding the enemies in succession suffices you

4. So you destroy the lands of the polytheists, which have not ceased
To be empty and desolate in the early dawn

5. And they and their lands are but trusts
To be soon reclaimed, those trusts

6. Terror precedes you, giving them no rest
Nor hope of survival from it

7. So their horizon narrowed, though vast
And their days darkened, though expansive

8. And they took refuge in the highest fortresses
In fear of what will befall them, and what is bound to happen

9. Yet you did not stop devastating their lands
As its parts vie with each other over them

10. By what you have brought of good deeds, indeed
You have protected the pillars of religion, while religion was in peril

11. And you shouldered the burdens of leadership, rising up
To battle for it against whoever transgresses and contends

12. So none remains silent but by praising you speaks
And none remains aloof but to your command submits

13. And the horizons of polytheism have none
But those racing to obey you, hoping to be accepted

14. And faith knows that you are one who reaps
With your advancing sword what disbelief had sown

15. That you have always been one to lower the forbidden
And raise the enjoined good

16. You have spread such lights that when
Their course ends, it cuts through the darkness

17. You have attended to what every devout attendee attends to
So, by God, you are righteous, God-fearing

18. Prayer, fasting, piety, reverence
Justice, benevolence – and jihad makes seven

19. And you remain guided in every state
Continuing in His pleasure, abstaining from His displeasure

20. It pleases the Abbasids that you have shed
The allegiance to those who had called you to it before

21. And that you stand with the Sa`dis, supporting
The Household of the Messenger of Allah among their supporters

22. And that you are beneficial to the ally
And harmful to the adversary you subdue

23. By the Sa`dis is a group of youths
When an elder among them is gone, a youth takes his place

24. They are kingly lions, honorable nobles
Whose manners are agreeable, though contentious

25. Lions heading into battle with the enemies
Stars rising on the horizons of glory

26. When your right hand unleashes on a day
They are its fingers in the lofty repose

27. Do the Christians hope for victory in your time
When, by my life, many catastrophes have befallen them

28. So after withdrawal, their eyes are sleepless
While after prowess, our eyes find repose

29. And how can the Romans enjoy longevity
When you have repelled them, you splitter of the sturdy mountains

30. An army of reserve when the enemies are not safe
From their swords, nor the governors safe from their assault

31. When they halt, you say they are impassable mountains
When they march, you say they are gusting winds

32. They throng around their magnificent commander as if
He is a heart while they are its enclosing ribs

33. A commander characterized by beauty, for he
Is beautiful, praiseworthy in all he undertakes

34. By his leadership, time became adorned and
Abandoned hopes retreated

35. For his black banner, in every arena
There is, in supporting truth, a gleaming white defiant

36. The borders of Muslim lands smile
Through him, and the necks of the polytheists bow

37. Goodness and evil ever flow to them
And hardship and exhaustion are shared among them

38. So his planning in times of peace is beneficial
And his preparation in times of war advantageous

39. Supreme commander I hope for, and one like you is forbearing
Supreme commander I supplicate, and one like you is hearing

40. And I sing of what you have graced me with of great deeds
As the doves sing of past loves

41. So from me emerges with your support one who cries out loudly
And from me emerges with your praise one who proclaims

42. And last with mercy upon all the worlds, and victory
Your enemy is vanquished, and your might overwhelming