1. خليفةُ اللَّهِ وابنُ عمِّ رسو

    لِ اللَّهِ والمصطفى على رُسُلِهْ

    God's caliph and cousin of the Messenger

    of God, the one chosen above His messengers:

  2. هنَّتْكَ نُعمى تَمَّتْ سوابغُها

    كما اسْتَتمَّ الهلالُ في كَملِهْ

    May a blessing gladden you, its bounties complete,

    as the crescent moon attains its fullness.

  3. وجهُ ربيعٍ أتاكَ باكرُهُ

    يرفُلُ في حَلْيهِ وفي حُلَلهْ

    The face of spring, whose first days have reached you,

    strides proudly in its ornaments and robes,

  4. كأنَّ أثوابَهُ مُلبَّسةٌ

    أثوابَ غضِّ الزمانِ مُقتبلِهْ

    as though its robes were clothed

    in the robes of time in its tender youth.

  5. وأقبلَ العيدُ لاهياً جَذلاً

    يختالُ في لهوهِ وفي جَذَلِهْ

    And the feast arrived, playful and joyous,

    strutting in its play and joy.

  6. وجاءكَ الفتحُ ما لَهُ مَثَلٌ

    وكلُّ شيءٍ يُعزَى إلى مَثَلهْ

    And conquest came to you, with none to match it—

    though everything is compared with its like—

  7. عَفواً وصَفواً غيرَ سَفكِ دمٍ

    يقطرُ من بِيضهِ ومن أسلِهْ

    with ease and in peace, with no shedding of blood

    dripping from his bright swords and his spears,

  8. إلا اعتصاماً لضيغمٍ هَصِرٍ

    تميدُ شمُّ الجبالِ من وَجَلِهْ

    only through seeking shelter with a rending lion,

    before whom the lofty mountains sway in fear.

  9. مُظفَّرٌ لا تُردُّ عزْمتُهُ

    ومَن يَردُّ الكتابَ عن أجلِهْ

    Victorious, his resolve cannot be turned aside;

    and who can turn the decree from its appointed time?

  10. إقدامُ عمرٍو وبأسُ عنترةٍ

    يعجزُ عن كيدهِ وعن حِيلِهْ

    Amr's daring and Antarah's might

    are powerless against his stratagems and his wiles.

  11. نصرٌ منَ اللَّه قد تضمَّنَهُ

    ينهضُ في رَيثهِ وفي عَجلِهْ

    Victory from God has enfolded him;

    he rises to action in his leisure and his haste.

  12. يجري بشأوِ الإمامِ مُنصلتاً

    يسبِقُ حضْرَ الإمامِ في مَهَلِهْ

    He runs the Imam's course, swift and resolute,

    outstripping the Imam's gallop even at his leisure.

  13. إذا انْتَضاهُ لصرفِ حادثةٍ

    يهتزّ كالسيفِ سُلَّ من خَللِهْ

    When the Imam unsheathes him to avert a calamity,

    he quivers like a sword drawn from its sheath.

  14. فأصبحتْ لَبْلةٌ مؤمّنةً

    لا يَعْتدي ذِيبُها على حَملِهْ

    Thus Labla became secure:

    its wolf no longer attacks its lamb.

  15. قد وقفَ النَّكثُ والخلافُ بها

    وقوفَ صبٍّ يبكي على طَللِهْ

    Oath-breaking and rebellion have halted there,

    as a lovesick man stands weeping over his ruined dwelling.

  16. كلٌّ بيُمنِ الإلهِ تمَّ لها

    وكلُّ خيرٍ أتى فمن قِبَله

    All this, by God's blessing, was accomplished for her,

    and every good thing that came was from Him.

  17. يا رحمةَ اللَّهِ في برِيَّتهِ

    بكَ استقامَ الزَّمانُ من مَيَلهْ

    O God's mercy among His creatures,

    through you, crooked Time has been set straight.

  18. أنتَ الزمانُ الذي بدولتهِ

    يضحكُ سِنُّ الزَّمان مِن دُوَلِهْ

    You are Time, through whose reign

    Time's teeth laugh at its changing fortunes.

  19. كم خاملٍ قد رفعتَ همَّتَهُ

    ورُدَّ في مالهِ وفي أملِهْ

    How many an obscure man has had his ambition raised by you,

    and been restored in his wealth and his hope!

  20. وكم عديمٍ سَددْتَ خَلَّتَهُ

    وكم عليلٍ شَفيتَ من عِللِه

    And how many a destitute man's need you have met,

    and how many a sick man you have cured of his ailments!

  21. سَللتَ سيفاً على عِداكَ فما

    يَقرُّ قلبُ الخلافِ من وَهَلِه

    You have drawn a sword against your foes, and so

    the heart of rebellion cannot be still for terror.