تُناضِلُ عنكَ أًقدارُ السماءِ

تُناضِلُ عنكَ أًقدارُ السماءِ

وتبطِشُ عن يَدَيْكَ يدُ القضاءِ

وتبطِشُ عن يَدَيْكَ يدُ القضاءِ

Heaven's decrees fight on your behalf,

The heavens' destinies strive for you,

and destiny's hand strikes in place of your two hands.

And the hand of fate rages for your hands,

وسعيٌ لا يَعُوجُ عَلَى حُلُولٍ

وسعيٌ لا يَعُوجُ عَلَى حُلُولٍ

وشأْوٌ لا يفوتُ إِلَى انْتِهاءِ

وشأْوٌ لا يفوتُ إِلَى انْتِهاءِ

And an endeavor that never turns aside to rest,

Pursuit that does not swerve from solutions,

and a course that never comes to an end.

And an endeavor that does not miss completion,

فما قَصُرَتْ رِماحُكَ عن عَدُوٍّ

فما قَصُرَتْ رِماحُكَ عن عَدُوٍّ

ولَوْ أَعْيا بِهِ أَمَدُ التَّنائِي

ولَوْ أَعْيا بِهِ أَمَدُ التَّنائِي

So your spears have never fallen short of an enemy,

Your spears did not fall short of an enemy,

even if the extent of his remoteness proved daunting.

Even if he wearied the extent of stretching,

إِذا أَشْرَعْتَها فِي إِثْرِ غاوٍ

إِذا أَشْرَعْتَها فِي إِثْرِ غاوٍ

فَقدْ ضاقَتْ بِهِ سُبُلُ النَّجاءِ

فَقدْ ضاقَتْ بِهِ سُبُلُ النَّجاءِ

When you level them in the wake of one astray,

When you unleashed them after a strayer,

his paths of escape have already narrowed,

The ways of salvation were too narrow for him,

ولو طارَتْ بِهِ أَلفا عُقابٍ

ولو طارَتْ بِهِ أَلفا عُقابٍ

يَرُمْنَ بنفسِهِ خَرْقَ الهواءِ

يَرُمْنَ بنفسِهِ خَرْقَ الهواءِ

even if two thousand eagles flew away with him,

And if a thousand falcons flew with him,

seeking to pierce the air with his very body.

Piercing the air with themselves,

وأَيْنَ يَفِرُّ عَنْ دركِ المنايا

وأَيْنَ يَفِرُّ عَنْ دركِ المنايا

وأَيْنَ يَشِذُّ من تحتِ السماءِ

وأَيْنَ يَشِذُّ من تحتِ السماءِ

And where can he flee from death's pursuit,

And where can he flee from the grasp of death,

and where can he slip out from beneath the sky?

And where can he deviate under the sky,

فَيَهْنِ الدينَ والدنيا بشيرٌ

فَيَهْنِ الدينَ والدنيا بشيرٌ

بِغَرْسِيَةِ الأَعادِي والعَدَاءِ

بِغَرْسِيَةِ الأَعادِي والعَدَاءِ

So may a herald gladden faith and the world

So the religion and world became happy through Bashir,

with news of García, champion of foes and enmity,

With the perdition of enemies and enmity,

بصُنْعٍ أَعْجَزَ الآمالَ قِدْماً

بصُنْعٍ أَعْجَزَ الآمالَ قِدْماً

وقَصَّرَ دُونَهُ أَمَدُ الرَّجاءِ

وقَصَّرَ دُونَهُ أَمَدُ الرَّجاءِ

through a deed that long defied all hopes,

With work that has disabled hopes from before,

and before which expectation's reach fell short,

And fell short of its term the reach of hope,

أَلذَّ عَلَى المسامِعِ من حياةٍ

أَلذَّ عَلَى المسامِعِ من حياةٍ

وأَنْجَعَ فِي النفوسِ من الشِّفاءِ

وأَنْجَعَ فِي النفوسِ من الشِّفاءِ

sweeter to the ears than life,

Sweeter to hearing than life,

and more healing to souls than a cure.

And more beneficial to souls than recovery,

فيا فَتْحاً لمُفْتَتِحٍ وبُشرى

فيا فَتْحاً لمُفْتَتِحٍ وبُشرى

لمنتظِرٍ ويا مَرْأَىً لِراءِ

لمنتظِرٍ ويا مَرْأَىً لِراءِ

What a conquest for a conqueror, and glad tidings

So oh opening for an opener and good tidings,

for one awaiting them; what a sight for a beholder!

For one waiting, and oh sight for one seeing,

أَسِيرٌ مَا يُعادَلُ فِي فكاكٍ

أَسِيرٌ مَا يُعادَلُ فِي فكاكٍ

وعانٍ مَا يُساوَى فِي فِداءِ

وعانٍ مَا يُساوَى فِي فِداءِ

A captive unequaled in the price of release,

A prisoner that cannot be equaled in ransom,

and a prisoner unmatched in ransom.

And a helper that cannot be matched in sacrifice,

هُوَ الدَّاءُ العَياءُ شَفَيْتَ منهُ

هُوَ الدَّاءُ العَياءُ شَفَيْتَ منهُ

فما لِلدِّينِ من داءٍ عياءِ

فما لِلدِّينِ من داءٍ عياءِ

He is the incurable disease you have cured,

It is the manifest illness you have healed from it,

so faith has no incurable disease.

So the religion has no manifest illness,

لقد كادَتْ سعودُكَ منهُ نَجْماً

لقد كادَتْ سعودُكَ منهُ نَجْماً

منيعَ الجَوِّ وَعْرَ الإِرْتِقاءِ

منيعَ الجَوِّ وَعْرَ الإِرْتِقاءِ

Your lucky stars have indeed ensnared in him a star,

Your rise against it was almost a star,

unassailable in the sky, hard to ascend to,

Insurmountable and rough in ascent,

وأَعْظَمَ فِي الضَّلالَةِ من صليبٍ

وأَعْظَمَ فِي الضَّلالَةِ من صليبٍ

وأَعْلَى فِي الكتائِبِ من لِواءِ

وأَعْلَى فِي الكتائِبِ من لِواءِ

and greater in misguidance than a cross,

And greater in misguidance than a cross,

and loftier among battalions than a banner.

And higher in disasters than a banner,

حَمى شِيَعَ الضَّلالِ فأَهَّلَتْهُ

حَمى شِيَعَ الضَّلالِ فأَهَّلَتْهُ

لِمِلْكِ الرِّقِّ منها والولاءِ

لِمِلْكِ الرِّقِّ منها والولاءِ

He protected the sects of error, and they deemed him worthy

It protected the followers of misguidance so it made them,

to command their servitude and allegiance.

For the slavery of it and loyalty,

زعيمٌ بالكتائِبِ والمَذَاكِي

زعيمٌ بالكتائِبِ والمَذَاكِي

ثِمالٌ للرَّعايا والرِّعاءِ

ثِمالٌ للرَّعايا والرِّعاءِ

A commander of battalions and mature steeds,

A leader of calamities and trackers,

a refuge for subjects and shepherds,

Covering the subjects and shepherds,

مُباري سَيْفِهِ قَدَماً وبأْساً

مُباري سَيْفِهِ قَدَماً وبأْساً

ومشفوعُ التجارِبِ بالدَّهاءِ

ومشفوعُ التجارِبِ بالدَّهاءِ

vying with his sword in daring and might,

Challenging his sword forward and might,

and his experience reinforced by cunning.

And proven by experiences in cunning,

وهَلْ للحزمِ والإِقدامِ يوماً

وهَلْ للحزمِ والإِقدامِ يوماً

إِذَا عَنَّتْ سُعُودُكَ من غَناءِ

إِذَا عَنَّتْ سُعُودُكَ من غَناءِ

Yet can prudence and daring ever,

And does the resolution and daring have a day,

when your lucky stars appear, be of any use?

When aided by your singing,

تعاطى فِي جنودِ اللهِ كَرَّاً

تعاطى فِي جنودِ اللهِ كَرَّاً

وَقَدْ نَبَذَتْ إِلَيْهِ عَلَى سَوَاءِ

وَقَدْ نَبَذَتْ إِلَيْهِ عَلَى سَوَاءِ

He ventured a charge against God's armies,

He undertook among God's soldiers a trick,

once they had declared hostilities against him on equal terms.

And he had cast to him equally,

وَمَا للنَّصْرِ عنها من خِلافٍ

وَمَا للنَّصْرِ عنها من خِلافٍ

وَمَا للفَتْحِ منها مِنْ خَفاءِ

وَمَا للفَتْحِ منها مِنْ خَفاءِ

Victory never departs from them,

And victory has no disagreement from it,

nor is the conquest they bring ever hidden.

And conquest has no concealment from it,

فساوَرَ نحوَها غَوْلَ المنايا

فساوَرَ نحوَها غَوْلَ المنايا

وجُرِّعَ دُونَها مُرَّ اللقاءِ

وجُرِّعَ دُونَها مُرَّ اللقاءِ

So, charging toward them, he grappled with the ghoul of death,

So he rode toward it the injustice of death,

and was made to swallow battle's bitterness before them.

And was made to drink before it the bitterness of meeting,

وأَجْلَتْ عنه مُنْجَدِلاً صريعاً

وأَجْلَتْ عنه مُنْجَدِلاً صريعاً

مَصُونَ الشِّأْوِ مَحْمِيَّ الذَّماءِ

مَصُونَ الشِّأْوِ مَحْمِيَّ الذَّماءِ

And they withdrew, leaving him sprawled and fallen,

And it dismissed him rolling slain,

his standing preserved, his lingering life protected.

Protected in repute and guarded in blame,

وأَسلَمَهُ إِلَى الإِسلامِ جيشٌ

وأَسلَمَهُ إِلَى الإِسلامِ جيشٌ

أَغَصَّ بِجَمْعِهِ رَحْبَ الفَضاءِ

أَغَصَّ بِجَمْعِهِ رَحْبَ الفَضاءِ

And an army delivered him to Islam,

And surrendered him to Islam an army,

its mass choking the vastness of open space.

That crowded the expanse of space with its masses,

لئِنْ خَذَلَتْهُ أَطرافُ العوالي

لئِنْ خَذَلَتْهُ أَطرافُ العوالي

لقد آساهُ إِعوالُ البُكاءِ

لقد آساهُ إِعوالُ البُكاءِ

If the tips of the lofty spears forsook him,

If its lofty sides have forsaken him,

the wailing of lamentation indeed consoled him,

His mourners have comforted him with crying,

بكُلِّ مُرَجِّع للنَّوْحِ يُشْجِي

بكُلِّ مُرَجِّع للنَّوْحِ يُشْجِي

بَوَاكِيَهُ بتَثْوِيبِ النِّداءِ

بَوَاكِيَهُ بتَثْوِيبِ النِّداءِ

with every chanter of lament who saddens

Every returner of wailing laments him,

his mourners by repeating the cry.

His weepers with the call of calling,

نَعاءِ إِلَى ملوكِ الرُّومِ طُرَّاً

نَعاءِ إِلَى ملوكِ الرُّومِ طُرَّاً

ذَوي التِّيجانِ غَرْسِيَةً نَعاءِ

ذَوي التِّيجانِ غَرْسِيَةً نَعاءِ

Proclaim the death-news to all the kings of the Romans,

Crying to the kings of Rome hastily,

the crowned ones: proclaim García's death!

Wearers of crowns, crying cries,

وهَلْ للرومِ والإِفْرَنْجِ منهُ

وهَلْ للرومِ والإِفْرَنْجِ منهُ

وَقَدْ أودى سِوى سُوءِ العزاءِ

وَقَدْ أودى سِوى سُوءِ العزاءِ

And what have the Romans and the Franks from him,

And do the Romans and Franks have from him,

now that he has perished, save wretched consolation?

When the evil of mourning has ruined besides mourning,

فملكُ الكُفْرِ لَيْسَ بِذِي وَلِيٍّ

فملكُ الكُفْرِ لَيْسَ بِذِي وَلِيٍّ

وثأْرُ الشِّرْكِ لَيْسَ بذي بَوَاءِ

وثأْرُ الشِّرْكِ لَيْسَ بذي بَوَاءِ

So the realm of unbelief has no protector,

So the kingdom of disbelief does not have an ally,

and idolatry's blood-claim has no equal requital.

And the revenge of polytheism has no enduring,

لقد أَرْضَتْ سيوفُكَ فِيهِ مولىً

لقد أَرْضَتْ سيوفُكَ فِيهِ مولىً

كريم العَهْدِ مَحمود البَلاءِ

كريم العَهْدِ مَحمود البَلاءِ

Your swords have indeed pleased, through him, a lord

Indeed your swords have pleased in him a Master,

noble in his pledge, praiseworthy in his exploits.

Honorable in covenant and praised in affliction,

فما أَغْنَتْ بظهرِ الغَيْبِ إِلّا

فما أَغْنَتْ بظهرِ الغَيْبِ إِلّا

وَقَدْ أَغنى بِهَا كرَمُ الوَفاءِ

وَقَدْ أَغنى بِهَا كرَمُ الوَفاءِ

For they never gave aid in your absence except

So the unseen did not benefit behind the back except,

when noble fidelity had lent aid through them.

And the generosity of loyalty had sufficed,

ولا أَسَرَتْ لَكَ الأَملاكَ إِلّا

ولا أَسَرَتْ لَكَ الأَملاكَ إِلّا

وَقَدْ أَلْبَسْتَها سِيما السَّناءِ

وَقَدْ أَلْبَسْتَها سِيما السَّناءِ

Nor did they capture kings for you except

And the angels did not capture for you except,

once you had clothed them in the mark of splendor;

And you have clothed them in the mark of brilliance,

ولا خَطَفَتْ لَكَ الأَرواحَ إِلّا

ولا خَطَفَتْ لَكَ الأَرواحَ إِلّا

وَقَدْ أَرْوَيْتَهُنَّ من الدِّماءِ

وَقَدْ أَرْوَيْتَهُنَّ من الدِّماءِ

nor did they snatch souls for you except

And they did not seize the souls for you except,

once you had slaked their thirst with blood.

And you have quenched them with the blood,

وَقَدْ أَبلَيْتَ فِيهِ اللهَ شُكْراً

وَقَدْ أَبلَيْتَ فِيهِ اللهَ شُكْراً

تواصِلُهُ بإِخلاصِ الدُّعاءِ

تواصِلُهُ بإِخلاصِ الدُّعاءِ

And for this you have rendered thanks to God,

And you have done God gratitude continually,

sustaining it with sincere prayer.

With the sincerity of supplication,

وسِعْتَ عبادَهُ صَفْحاً وفَضْلاً

وسِعْتَ عبادَهُ صَفْحاً وفَضْلاً

عليماً أَنَّهُ رَبُّ الجزاءِ

عليماً أَنَّهُ رَبُّ الجزاءِ

And you embraced His servants with pardon and bounty,

And you have been good to His worshipers with pardon and favor,

knowing that He is the Lord of recompense.

Knowing that He is the Lord of reward,

فوالى بالمزيدِ من الأَماني

فوالى بالمزيدِ من الأَماني

وضاعَفَ بالجزيلِ من العطاءِ

وضاعَفَ بالجزيلِ من العطاءِ

So He granted ever more of what you wished,

So entrust with more of wishes,

and multiplied His generous gifts.

And double with plenty of gifts,

وأَتْبَعَ فَلَّ غَرْسِيَةٍ عجالاً

وأَتْبَعَ فَلَّ غَرْسِيَةٍ عجالاً

يسوقُهُمُ الرَّدى سَوْقَ الحُدَاءِ

يسوقُهُمُ الرَّدى سَوْقَ الحُدَاءِ

And He sent García's routed remnants onward in haste,

And make the perdition of the Ghassanids soon follow,

death driving them as a camel-driver's song drives his herd.

Driving them to the abode of separation,

فأَسْأَلُ من بَرَاهُمْ للمنايا

فأَسْأَلُ من بَرَاهُمْ للمنايا

بسيفِكَ أَن يَخُصَّكَ بالبقاءِ

بسيفِكَ أَن يَخُصَّكَ بالبقاءِ

So I ask Him who created them for death

So I ask the One who destroyed them for death,

by your sword, to favor you with lasting life,

With your sword that He favor you with survival,

قريرَ العَيْنِ مشفوعَ الأَمانِي

قريرَ العَيْنِ مشفوعَ الأَمانِي

سعيدَ الجَدِّ محبورَ الثَّوَاءِ

سعيدَ الجَدِّ محبورَ الثَّوَاءِ

your eyes content, your wishes granted in abundance,

Delight of the eye, endowed with wishes,

fortunate in lot, happy in your abode,

Happy in grandfather, perfumed in reward,

لِمُلْكٍ لا يُراعُ بِرَيْبِ دَهْرٍ

لِمُلْكٍ لا يُراعُ بِرَيْبِ دَهْرٍ

وسَعْدٍ لا يحورُ إِلَى انقضاءِ

وسَعْدٍ لا يحورُ إِلَى انقضاءِ

for a reign untroubled by time's reversals,

For a kingdom not shaken by any doubt of time,

and good fortune that never comes to an end.

And bliss not declining into expiration.