1. هُوَ النَّصْرُ والتَّمْكِينُ أَدْرَكَ طالِبُهُ

    ولاحَتْ وَشيكاً بالسُّعودِ كواكِبُهْ

    This is victory and dominion, attained by their seeker;

    And soon its stars shone with good fortune.

  2. وبَشَّرَ بالفتحِ المُبينِ افْتِتاحُهُ

    وأَحْرَزَتِ الصُّنعَ الجليلَ عواقِبُهْ

    Its beginning heralded a manifest victory,

    And its outcomes secured a glorious favor.

  3. وسلطانُ عِزٍّ فِي أَرُومَةِ مَفْخَرٍ

    تعالَتْ عَلَى زُهْرِ النجومِ مَرَاقِبُهْ

    And sovereign might, rooted in an honored stock,

    Whose watchtowers rose above the shining stars.

  4. وجُودٌ تناهى فِي الخلائِقِ وانْتَهَتْ

    إِلَى حاتِمٍ فِي الأَكْرَميْنَ مَناسِبُهْ

    And generosity that reached its height among mankind, tracing

    Its lineage, among the most generous, back to Hatim.

  5. تَقَضَّتْ رَجاءَ الراغِبينَ سِجَالُهُ

    وعَمَّتْ كما عَمَّ الغَمامُ مَوَاهِبُهْ

    His showers of bounty fulfilled the hopes of petitioners,

    And his gifts spread over all, as rain clouds spread.

  6. ومَلْجَأُ أَمْنِ المُسْتَضَامِ ومَعْقِلٌ

    كَفى الدهرَ حَتَّى مَا تنوبُ نوائِبُهْ

    And a safe refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold

    That has warded off Time, so its calamities no longer strike.

  7. وسيفٌ مُحَلَّىً بالمَكارِمِ جَفْنُهُ

    مُعَوَّدَةٌ نصرَ الإِلهِ مَضارِبُهْ

    And a sword whose sheath is adorned with noble deeds,

    Its striking edges accustomed to God-given victory.

  8. إذَا سلَّهُ دينُ الهُدى بَكَّرَ الرَّدى

    لديهِ يُرَاعِي أَمرَهُ ويُرَاقِبُهْ

    When the faith of guidance draws it, Death hastens

    To its side, heeding its command and keeping watch on it.

  9. تَخَيَّرَهُ الرَّحمنُ من سَرْوِ حِمْيَرٍ

    فَناضَلَ عنه باتِكُ الخَدِّ قاضِبُهْ

    The All-Merciful chose him from the nobles of Himyar,

    So his keen blade fought on His behalf, cleaving cheeks.

  10. مُخَلَّدَةٌ فِي الصالحينَ سِماتُهُ

    وباقِيةٌ فِي العالَمِينَ مَنَاقِبُهْ

    His traits are immortalized among the righteous,

    And his virtues endure among all peoples.

  11. حسامُ الإِمامِ المُصْطَفى وسِنانُهُ

    ومَفْزَعُهُ فِي المُشْكِلاتِ وحاجِبُهْ

    The chosen Imam's cutting sword and spearhead,

    His refuge in crises and his chamberlain.

  12. هو القَدَرُ المحتومُ من ذا يَرُدُّهُ

    وسلطانُ ربِّ العرشِ مَنْ ذا يُغَالِبُهْ

    He is inescapable fate—who can turn him back?

    And the power of the Lord of the Throne—who can overcome him?

  13. سما لعميدِ المشركِينَ بعزمَةٍ

    تداعَتْ لَهَا أَركانُهُ وجوانِبُهْ

    He advanced on the chief of the polytheists with a resolve

    Before which his pillars and flanks crumbled.

  14. وشَيَّعْتَهُ يَا ابْنَ الكرامِ بجحفَلٍ

    سواءٌ عَلَيْهِ خَرقُهُ وسباسِبُهْ

    And you escorted him, O son of the noble, with a mighty host,

    Its desert expanse and level wastes were alike to it.

  15. يُكاثِرُ أَعدادَ الحصَى بِكُمَاتِهِ

    وتَعْتَدُّ أَضعافَ النجومِ قواضِبُهْ

    Its armored warriors rival the pebbles in number,

    And its keen blades outnumber the stars many times over.

  16. لَهَامٌ كسا أرضَ الفضاءِ بِجَمْعِهِ

    وفاضَتْ عَلَى شمسِ النهارِ ذَوَائِبُهْ

    A vast host that clothed the open land with its multitude,

    And whose crests surged over the sun of day.

  17. نَهَضْتَ بِهِ والجَوُّ بالنَّقْعِ مُفْعَمٌ

    وأَنَّسْتَهُ والليلُ تسطُو غَياهِبُهْ

    You marched forth with it, the air filled with dust,

    And reassured it while the night's deep darkness raged.

  18. وأَعلى لَكَ القدرَ الجليلَ أَمَامَهُ

    لواءٌ أَضاءَ الشرقَ والغربَ ثاقِبُهْ

    And ahead of it your exalted rank was raised

    By a banner whose piercing radiance lit East and West.

  19. فلما رأَى غَرْسِيَّةٌ أَنَّهُ الرَّدى

    يقيناً وأَنَّ اللهَ لا شَكَّ غالِبُهْ

    So when García saw that it was death

    For certain, and that God would doubtless overcome him,

  20. وَقَدْ حَلَّ حزبُ اللهِ دونَ شَغافِهِ

    وَقَدْ سَلَكَتْ فِي ناظِرَيْهِ كتائبُهْ

    With God's host already encamped just outside his heart's covering,

    And its battalions had already passed into his eyes,

  21. ووافاهُ ريحُ العزمِ يسقي رُبُوعَهُ

    وتنهَلُّ بالموتِ الزؤامِ سحائِبُهْ

    And the wind of resolve reached him, watering his lands,

    And its clouds poured down swift death,

  22. وأَبصَرَ بحرَ الموتِ طَمَّ عُبابُهُ

    وفاضَتْ نواحِيهِ وجاشَتْ غوارِبُهْ

    And he saw the sea of death, its billows rising high,

    And its reaches overflowed and its wave-crests seethed,

  23. وأَيقَنَ أَن اللهَ صادقُ وَعْدِهِ

    وأَنَّ أَمانيَّ الضلالِ كواذِبُهْ

    And knew for certain that God was true to His promise,

    And that the hopes of error were its lies,

  24. وأَسلَمَهُ ضنكُ المقامِ إِلَى الَّتِي

    لَهَا قامَ ناعِيهِ وضَجَّتْ نوادِبُهْ

    And the straits of his position delivered him to that fate

    For which his death-crier rose and his mourning women wailed,

  25. وَقَدْ رابَهُ أَنصارُهُ وكُماتُهُ

    وأَوْحَشَهُ أَشياعُهُ وأَقارِبُهْ

    His supporters and armored warriors had already aroused his doubts,

    And his followers and kinsmen had left him desolate,

  26. وأَخلفَهُ الشيطانُ خادِعَ وعدِهِ

    وأَيقنَ أَنَّ اللهَ عنكَ مُحارِبُهْ

    And Satan had broken his deceitful promise to him,

    And he knew for certain that God was fighting him on your behalf,

  27. تلقَّاكَ فِي جيشٍ من الذُّلِّ جحفلٍ

    صوارِمُهُ آمالُهُ ورغائِبُهْ

    He met you amid a mighty army of abasement,

    Its keen swords were his hopes and his desires.

  28. ومِن قَبْلُ أَحفى الرُّسْلَ نحوَكَ ضارِعاً

    عَلَى حينَ أَنْ عَزَّتْ لديكَ مطالبُهْ

    And earlier, pleading, he had worn out envoys sent to you,

    At a time when his requests were hard to gain from you.

  29. وأَعْيا بآراءِ التَّرَضِّي وزيرُهُ

    وأَنْفَذَ أَلفاظَ التَّذَلُّلِ كاتِبُهْ

    His minister exhausted himself devising ways to appease you,

    And his secretary dispatched words of self-abasement.

  30. فأَعْطى بِكِلْتَيْ راحَتَيْهِ مُبادِراً

    لأَمْرِكَ مُرْضٍ بالَّذِي أَنتَ راغبُهْ

    So he yielded with both his palms, hastening

    To obey your command, satisfying you with what you desired.

  31. وأَمْكَنَ حَبْلَ الرِّقِّ من حُرِّ جِيدِهِ

    مُتابِعَ عَزْمٍ حَيْثُ أَمْرُكَ جاذِبُهْ

    And let the rope of slavery take hold of his freeborn neck,

    Resolute in obedience wherever your command drew him.

  32. فأَعْطَيْتَهُ مَا لَوْ تَأَخَّرَ ساعَةً

    لَزُمَّتْ إِلَى نارِ الجحيمِ رَكائِبُهْ

    So you granted him what he sought; had it been delayed an hour,

    His mounts would have been led by the halter to the fire of Hell.

  33. وأَضْحَتْ سَبايا المسلمينَ حُصُونُهُ

    وَقَدْ نَفِدَتْ وِلْدَانُهُ وكواعِبُهُ

    And his fortresses would have become captives of the Muslims,

    With his boys and nubile maidens already gone.

  34. فَمَلّاكَ عِزَّ الملكِ والنصرِ رَبُّهُ

    وهَنَّأَكَ الصُّنْعَ المُتَمَّمَ واهِبُهْ

    So may its Lord let you long enjoy the glory of kingship and victory,

    And may its Giver make the completed favor a joy to you.