فَتحُ البَسيطَةِ عَنكُمُ مَحكِيّ

فَتحُ البَسيطَةِ عَنكُمُ مَحكِيّ

هدَاكُم فواتِحُهُ بِلا مَحْكِ

هدَاكُم فواتِحُهُ بِلا مَحْكِ

The conquest of the earth is told of you;

The simple one has unveiled himself to you, a talkative guide

its beginnings have guided you, beyond dispute.

His openings have led you without talking

دارَتْ بِهِ الأَفلاكُ تَقْذِفُه

دارَتْ بِهِ الأَفلاكُ تَقْذِفُه

للسابِحِينَ الخَيل والفُلْكِ

للسابِحِينَ الخَيل والفُلْكِ

The heavenly spheres revolved with it, casting it

The planets have circulated, hurling him

to the swimmers—horses and ships.

To the swimmers, the horses and the ships

إن كانَ دُرّاً في نَفَاسَتِهِ

إن كانَ دُرّاً في نَفَاسَتِهِ

فَمَقامُكُمْ لِلنَّظْمِ كالسِّلْكِ

فَمَقامُكُمْ لِلنَّظْمِ كالسِّلْكِ

If it is pearls in its preciousness,

If he is a pearl in his brilliance

then your station is like the thread for stringing them.

Then your position for prosody is like a thread

تأْبَى صَحائِفُهُ وقَد خُتِمَت

تأْبَى صَحائِفُهُ وقَد خُتِمَت

إلا بحَضرَتِكُم من الفَكِّ

إلا بحَضرَتِكُم من الفَكِّ

Its pages, already sealed, refuse

His pages refuse, though sealed

to be unsealed except in your presence.

To open except in your presence

إنَّ اليقينَ إِلى البَراءةِ مِن

إنَّ اليقينَ إِلى البَراءةِ مِن

رَيبٍ يُوَهِّنه ومِن شَكِّ

رَيبٍ يُوَهِّنه ومِن شَكِّ

Indeed, certainty inclines toward freedom from

Indeed certainty to innocence from

misgiving that weakens it, and from doubt.

Suspicion weakens it and from doubt

هَذِي صَوارِمُكُم مُوَصلَة

هَذِي صَوارِمُكُم مُوَصلَة

أَعداءَكُم بالقَتلِ والفَتْكِ

أَعداءَكُم بالقَتلِ والفَتْكِ

These keen swords of yours consign

These are your sharp swords reaching

your enemies to death and ruthless slaughter.

Your enemies with killing and slaughter

ما زادَ في التعذيبِ هُلكُهُمُ

ما زادَ في التعذيبِ هُلكُهُمُ

قَد كانَ عَيشُهُمُ أَخا الهُلْكِ

قَد كانَ عَيشُهُمُ أَخا الهُلْكِ

Their death added nothing to their torment;

What increased in their torture, their destruction

their life had already been a brother to death.

Their life was already a brother of ruin

جَرَّت مَنادِبُهُم مآدِبَنا

جَرَّت مَنادِبُهُم مآدِبَنا

كالزَّهْرِ يَضحكُ لِلْحَيَا يَبكِي

كالزَّهْرِ يَضحكُ لِلْحَيَا يَبكِي

Their mourning gatherings brought about our banquets,

Their disasters have pulled our disasters

like flowers laughing at the rain as it weeps.

Like flowers laughing for the snakes crying

لا زالَ رَحْباً نهجُ مَصْرَعِهِم

لا زالَ رَحْباً نهجُ مَصْرَعِهِم

يومَ الوَغَى في المأزقِ الضنكِ

يومَ الوَغَى في المأزقِ الضنكِ

May the path to their downfall ever remain broad

The path of their killing remains spacious

on the day of battle, in the cramped pass.

On the day of turmoil in the narrow dead-end

وبَقيتَ لا تُبْقي ظُباكَ عَلى

وبَقيتَ لا تُبْقي ظُباكَ عَلى

مُهجاتِهِم بالسَّفْحِ والسَّفكِ

مُهجاتِهِم بالسَّفْحِ والسَّفكِ

And may you endure, your sword-edges sparing none of

And you remained not leaving your morning brightness on

their lifeblood, pouring it out and shedding it.

Their skulls, at the slopes and pouring

أنتَ الخليفَة لا خِلافَ وهَلْ

أنتَ الخليفَة لا خِلافَ وهَلْ

نُورُ النهارِ من الدُّجَى الحُلْكِ

نُورُ النهارِ من الدُّجَى الحُلْكِ

You are the caliph, beyond dispute; and is

You are the caliph, no controversy, and does

the light of day part of pitch-black darkness?

The light of day come from the darkness of night?

واللَّهُ أورثَكَ التي غَصَبُوا

واللَّهُ أورثَكَ التي غَصَبُوا

لمَّا رآكَ أحقّ بِالمُلْكِ

لمَّا رآكَ أحقّ بِالمُلْكِ

And God made you inherit what they usurped,

And Allah has made you inherit that which they have usurped

when He saw you more entitled to kingship.

When He saw you most deserving of the kingdom