انجزت في الأعداء ميعاد المنى

انجزت في الأعداء ميعاد المنى

وشفيت أمراض النفوس من الضنا

وشفيت أمراض النفوس من الضنا

Against the foes, you fulfilled the promise of hope,

I have fulfilled the promised fate for the enemies,

And healed the souls' ailments, freeing them from wasting sickness.

And cured the ills of souls from stinginess.

ودهمتهم بكتائب لو أنها

ودهمتهم بكتائب لو أنها

دهمت صروف الدهر هدت ما بنى

دهمت صروف الدهر هدت ما بنى

And you assailed them with battalions which, had they

And I have attacked them with battalions, if only they

Assailed the vicissitudes of Time, would have shattered all it built.

Had attacked the turns of fate, it would have toppled what was built.

ما راعهم إلا السيوف مليحة

ما راعهم إلا السيوف مليحة

في النقع تبرق تحت مشتبك القنا

في النقع تبرق تحت مشتبك القنا

Nothing terrified them but the lovely swords,

Nothing alarmed them but the shining swords

Glittering in battle dust beneath the tangle of lances.

That gleam in the meadows beneath the intertwined spearheads.

والخيل تقرع بالمنايا نحوهم

والخيل تقرع بالمنايا نحوهم

والموت يأتي من هناك ومن هنا

والموت يأتي من هناك ومن هنا

And the horses pound toward them, bearing death,

And the horses that strike them with death blows

And death comes from there and from here.

While death comes to them from here and from there.

طلبوا الفرار ولات حين فرارهم

طلبوا الفرار ولات حين فرارهم

هيهاتهم والموت منهم قد دنا

هيهاتهم والموت منهم قد دنا

They sought to flee, but the time for their flight was past;

They sought escape but their escape eluded them,

Far beyond them was escape, while death had drawn near.

Alas, death was already close to them.

فدعوك ينتظرون رحمتك التي

فدعوك ينتظرون رحمتك التي

وسع المسييء محالها والمحسنا

وسع المسييء محالها والمحسنا

So they called to you, awaiting your mercy, which

So they called on you, waiting for your mercy

Encompassed in its reach both wrongdoer and doer of good.

That has encompassed the evildoer and the benevolent.

والمشرفية قد تداعت فيهم

والمشرفية قد تداعت فيهم

سفكا وقد دارت بكاسات الفنا

سفكا وقد دارت بكاسات الفنا

And the Mashrafi swords had summoned one another among them

And Al-Musharrifah kept collapsing onto them

For bloodshed, and had passed round the cups of annihilation.

With bloodshed as the cups of death circulated.

وكففت كف الله عنك يد الأذى

وكففت كف الله عنك يد الأذى

عنهم وقد حق الهلاك وأمكنا

عنهم وقد حق الهلاك وأمكنا

And you held back the hand of harm—may God keep it from you—

And you held back the hand of God's torment from them

From them, though destruction was due and within reach,

When destruction was deserved and possible.

من بعد ما أرويت من ماء الطلا

من بعد ما أرويت من ماء الطلا

بيض الظبا وفتكت فتكا بينا

بيض الظبا وفتكت فتكا بينا

After you had slaked, with the blood of throats,

After I quenched my thirst with the water of cockiness

The white sword-edges, and wrought manifest slaughter.

And the slaughter of the white antelopes.

وقعوا عداك أيا مليك وقيعة

وقعوا عداك أيا مليك وقيعة

شنعاء كانوا قبل عنها في غنا

شنعاء كانوا قبل عنها في غنا

Your enemies suffered, O king, a rout,

They have all fallen, O King, a terrible fall,

A ghastly one that they once had no need to suffer.

Far more shameful than they were steeped in pleasure.

ظنوا هوانهم عليك يجيرهم

ظنوا هوانهم عليك يجيرهم

من بأس كفك فاستغروا بالدنا

من بأس كفك فاستغروا بالدنا

They thought their insignificance in your eyes would shield them

They thought their disgrace would protect them

From your hand's might; thus their lowliness deceived them.

From the might of your hand, so they took our humbleness lightly.

هب أنهم بالجد منك استأمنوا

هب أنهم بالجد منك استأمنوا

فالهزل منك بمثلهم لن يؤمنا

فالهزل منك بمثلهم لن يؤمنا

Suppose they sought your protection in earnest;

Even if they seriously sought asylum from you,

Yet your sport with their like can never be deemed safe.

Jesting with the likes of them would not make them safe.

فالصيد من دأب الملوك وربما

فالصيد من دأب الملوك وربما

قد كان بعض الصيد منهم أهونا

قد كان بعض الصيد منهم أهونا

For hunting is the wont of kings, and perhaps

For hunting is the habit of kings, and sometimes

Some prey has been of even less account than they.

Some of the game may be more worthless.

جهلوا وما اعتبروا فصاروا عبرة

جهلوا وما اعتبروا فصاروا عبرة

تنبي بأن الجهل بئس المقتنى

تنبي بأن الجهل بئس المقتنى

They were ignorant and took no heed, so became a lesson

They were ignorant and did not learn, so they became

Proclaiming that ignorance is a wretched possession.

A lesson that ignorance is a terrible possession.

يا أيها الملك الممهد والذي

يا أيها الملك الممهد والذي

ما زال لاسلام حصنا محصنا

ما زال لاسلام حصنا محصنا

O king who brings stability, and who

O You the paved King, who

Has never ceased to be a fortified stronghold for Islam:

Remains an impregnable fortress for Islam.

بيضت وجه الدين حيث كلاته

بيضت وجه الدين حيث كلاته

ونصرته نصراً أقر الأعينا

ونصرته نصراً أقر الأعينا

You brightened the face of the faith as you guarded it,

The face of the religion beamed where you spoke its words

And aided it with a victory that gladdened the eyes.

And supported it with a victory that delighted the eyes.

نفسي فداؤك في الفؤاد لبانة

نفسي فداؤك في الفؤاد لبانة

سرا اباح بها إليك وأعلنا

سرا اباح بها إليك وأعلنا

My soul be your ransom; within my heart is a desire

My soul is yours for sacrifice, shining

Which I disclose to you, in secret and openly.

Secretly with love for you, openly declared.

ما في عبيدك واحد لم تعطه

ما في عبيدك واحد لم تعطه

أنفا اجازة خدمة إلا أنا

أنفا اجازة خدمة إلا أنا

Among your servants there is not one to whom you have not given

None of your servants have you given

Just now a reward for service, except me.

A nostril the permission to serve except me.

لا زلت في عيش يدوم سروره

لا زلت في عيش يدوم سروره

ابدا ومن يأتي يقابل بالهنا

ابدا ومن يأتي يقابل بالهنا

May you ever live a life whose joy endures

I still live in lasting joy

Forever, and may whoever comes be welcomed with happiness.

And whoever comes is met with delight.