1. هَنيئاً لهذا الدَّهرِ رَوْحٌ وريْحانُ

    وللدِّينِ والدنيا أمانٌ وإِيمانُ

    Joy to this age: repose and sweet fragrance,

    and to religion and the world, safety and faith,

  2. بِأَنَّ قعِيدَ الشِّرْكِ قَدْ ثُلَّ عَرْشُهُ

    وأَنَّ أَميرَ المؤمنينَ سُلَيْمَانُ

    for idolatry's companion has had his throne shattered,

    and the Commander of the Faithful is Sulayman,

  3. سَمِيُّ الَّذِي انقادَ الأَنامُ لأَمْرِهِ

    فلم يَعْصِهِ فِي الأَرضِ إِنسٌ ولا جانُ

    namesake of him to whose command all creatures bowed,

    whom neither humans nor jinn on earth disobeyed;

  4. وباني العُلا للمجدِ غَادٍ ورائحٌ

    وحِلْفُ التُّقَى فِي اللهِ راضٍ وغَضْبانُ

    builder of greatness, going forth at dawn and returning at dusk for glory,

    and piety's sworn ally, pleased and angered for God's sake.

  5. بِهِ رُدَّ فِي جَوِّ الخلافةِ نُورُها

    وَقَدْ أَظْلَمَتْ منها قصورٌ وأوطانُ

    Through him the caliphate's light was restored to its firmament,

    when its palaces and homelands had grown dark.

  6. وَأَنْقَذَ دينَ اللهِ من قبضةِ العِدى

    وَقَدْ قاده للشِّركِ ذلٌّ وإِذعَانُ

    He rescued God's religion from the grasp of enemies,

    when abasement and submission had led it toward idolatry.

  7. وقامَ فقامتْ للمَعَالي معالِمٌ

    وللخيرِ أسواقٌ وللعدلِ ميزَانُ

    He rose, and landmarks of high achievement rose,

    and markets for goodness, and a balance for justice.

  8. وجدَّدَ للإسلامِ ثوبَ خلافةٍ

    عليها من الرحمنِ نورٌ وبُرْهَانُ

    He renewed for Islam the robe of a caliphate,

    upon which rest light and proof from the All-Merciful.

  9. وأَكَّدَها عهدٌ لأكرمِ من وفى

    بعهدٍ زَكَتِ فِيهِ عهودٌ وأَيمانُ

    A pledge confirmed it for the noblest man ever to honor

    a covenant, in which pledges and oaths flourished.

  10. بِهِ شُدَّ أَزْرُ الملكِ وابْتَهَجَ الهُدى

    وفاضَ عَلَى الإسلامِ حسنٌ وإِحسانُ

    Through him kingship's strength was bolstered and guidance rejoiced,

    and beauty and beneficence overflowed upon Islam.

  11. فَتىً نَكَصَتْ عنهُ العيونُ مَهابَةً

    فليسَ لَهُ إِلّا الرَّغَائبَ أَقْرانُ

    A young man from whom eyes drew back in awe,

    whose only rivals are lofty aspirations.

  12. يَهونُ عَلَيْهِ يومَ يُرْوي سيوفَهُ

    دماً أَن يوَافيهِ الدُّجى وَهْوَ ظمْآنُ

    It matters little to him, on the day he slakes his swords

    with blood, that darkness should find him thirsty.

  13. سَمِيَّ النَّبيِّ المصطفى وابنُ عَمِّهِ

    ووَارِثُ مَا شَادَتْ قُرَيْشٌ وعَدْنانُ

    O namesake of the chosen Prophet, and his cousin,

    and heir to what Quraysh and Adnan built,

  14. وَمَا ساقَتِ الشُّورى وأَوْجَبَتْ التُّقى

    وأَوْرَثَ ذُو النُّورَيْنِ عَمُّكَ عُثْمانُ

    and what consultation bestowed and piety ordained,

    and your uncle Uthman, Possessor of the Two Lights, bequeathed,

  15. وما حاكَمَتْ فِيهِ السيوفُ وحازهُ

    إليكَ أَبو الأَملاكِ جدُّكَ مرْوانُ

    and what swords adjudged, secured

    for you by Marwan, your forefather, father of kings.

  16. مَوارِيثُ أَملاكٍ وتوكيدُ بَيْعَةٍ

    جديرٌ بِهَا فتحٌ قريبٌ ورِضْوانُ

    Inheritances of kings, and a pledge of allegiance confirmed,

    fit for a near victory and divine favor.

  17. ودوحةُ مجْدٍ فِي السَّماءِ كَأَنَّمَا

    كَوَاكِبُهَا منها فروعٌ وأَغصانُ

    And a great tree of glory in the heavens, as though

    its stars were branches and boughs of that tree.

  18. لَئِنْ عَظُمَتْ شأْناً لقد عزَّ نصرُها

    بكَرَّاتِ فُرسانٍ لأَقدارِهَا شانُ

    If its stature was great, its victory indeed grew mighty

    through charges by horsemen of illustrious rank:

  19. قبائلُ من أَبناءِ عادٍ وجُرْهمٍ

    لَهُمْ صَفْوُ مَا تَنْمِيهِ عادٌ وَقَحْطَانُ

    tribes descended from Ad and Jurhum,

    possessing the purest stock that Ad and Qahtan beget.

  20. بَنو دُوَلِ المُلكِ الَّذِي سَلَفَتْ بِهِ

    لآبائهم فِيهَا قُرونٌ وأَزْمَانُ

    Sons of royal dynasties, under whose rule had passed

    centuries and ages for their forefathers.

  21. هُمُ عَرفُوا مثواكَ فِي هَبْوَةِ الرَّدى

    وَقَدْ رَابَ معهودٌ وأَنكَرَ عِرفانُ

    They knew your station amid the dust of death,

    when the familiar aroused doubt and recognition failed,

  22. وللمَوْتِ فِي نَفْسِ الشُّجاع تخيُّلٌ

    ولِلذُّعْرِ فِي عَيْنِ المُخاطِرِ أَلوانُ

    while death took shape within the brave man's soul,

    and terror showed many hues in the risk-taker's eye.

  23. فأَعْطَوكَ واسْتَعْصَوكَ فِي السَّلْمِ والوغى

    مَوَاثِيقَ لَوْ خَانَتْكَ نفسُكَ مَا خانوا

    They gave you, taking you as their mainstay in peace and battle,

    pledges they would not betray, though your own soul betrayed you.

  24. كَأَنَّ السَّمَاءَ بدْرَها ونجومها

    سُرَاكَ وَقَدْ حَفُّوكَ شِيبٌ وشُبَّانُ

    As though the sky, its full moon and its stars,

    were your night march, with graybeards and youths surrounding you.

  25. وقد لَمَعَتْ حوْلَيْكَ منهمْ أَسِنَّةٌ

    تُخَيِّلُ أَنَّ الحَزْنَ والسَّهْلَ نِيرانُ

    Around you their spearheads flashed,

    making rough ground and plain seem all aflame.

  26. أُسودُ هِياجٍ مَا تزالُ تَرَاهُمُ

    تطيرُ بِهِمْ نحوَ الكريهَةِ عِقبانُ

    Lions of battle-fury: you never cease to see them

    borne by eagles toward the ordeal of battle.

  27. وأقمارُ حَربٍ طالِعَاتٌ كَأَنَّمَا

    عَمَائِمُهُمْ فِي موقفِ الرَّوْعِ تِيجانُ

    And rising moons of war, as though

    their turbans, at the station of terror, were crowns.

  28. دَلَفْتَ بِهِمْ للفتحِ تَحْتَ عَجاجَةٍ

    كَأَنَّ مُثِيرَيْهَا عَلِيٌّ وهَمْدانُ

    You advanced with them to victory beneath a dust cloud,

    as though Ali and Hamdan had stirred it up.

  29. ويَومَ اقتِحامِ الحَفْرِ أَيقَنْتَ أَنَّهُمْ

    يريدونَ فِيهِ أَن تعِزَّ ولو هانوا

    On the day of storming the trench, you knew for certain

    they wished you exalted there, even at their own abasement,

  30. بكُلِّ زِناتِيٍّ كَأَنَّ حُسامَهُ

    وهامَةَ من لاقاهُ نارٌ وقرْبانُ

    with every Zanati warrior, as though his sword

    and his opponent's head were fire and sacrificial offering;

  31. وأَبيضَ صِنْهَاجٍ كَأَنَّ سِنَانَهُ

    شِهابٌ إذَا أَهوى لِقِرْنٍ وشَيطانُ

    and a fair Sanhaji, as though his spearpoint

    were a shooting star, and the foe it swooped upon a devil.

  32. وقد عَلِمُوا يَا مُستعِينُ بأَنَّهُمْ

    لرَبِّهِمُ لما أَعانوكَ أَعوانُ

    They knew, O Musta'in, that

    in aiding you they were helpers of their Lord.

  33. ولَوْلاكَ والبيضُ الَّتِي نَهَدوا بِهَا

    لما قامَ للإسلام فِي الأرض سُلطانُ

    But for you and the bright swords with which they advanced,

    no sovereign power for Islam would have stood on earth.

  34. ولاستَبْدَلَتْ قَرْع النواقيسِ بالضُّحى

    مَنارٌ وقامت فِي المحاريب صُلبانُ

    The tolling of bells at forenoon would have been taken up

    by minarets, and crosses would have stood in prayer niches.

  35. وهم سَمِعوا داعيك لمَّا دَعَوْتَهُم

    وهم أَبصَرُوا والناسُ صُمٌّ وعُمْيانُ

    They heard your summoner when you called them,

    and they saw, while other people were deaf and blind:

  36. تصاويرَ ناسٍ مُهْطِعينَ لِصورَةٍ

    يُكَلِّمُهُمْ منها سَفيهٌ ومَيَّانُ

    mere images of people, hastening toward an image

    from which a fool and liar spoke to them.

  37. فللهِ عَزْمٌ رَدَّ فِي الحقِّ رُوحَهُ

    وأَوْدى بِهِ فِي الأرض زُورٌ وبُهتانُ

    God be praised for a resolve that restored truth's spirit,

    after falsehood and slander had laid it low on earth.

  38. وقُلتَ لعاً للعاثِرِينَ كَأَنَّهُ

    نُشورٌ لقومٍ حانَ منهم وَقَدْ حانُوا

    You said, 'Rise again!' to the stumbling, as though it were

    resurrection for a people whose doom had come, who had perished.

  39. وأصبحَ أهلُ الحَقِّ فِي دارِ حقِّهمْ

    ونحنُ لهم فِي الله أهلٌ وإِخوانُ

    The people of truth came to dwell in their rightful home,

    and we are their kin and brothers in God.

  40. فحَمْداً لمن رَدَّ النُّفوسَ فأَصبحَتْ

    لهم كالذي كُنَّا وَهُمْ كالذي كانوا

    Praise to Him who restored our souls, so we were again

    as we once were toward them, and they as they once were.

  41. وأُنِّسَ شَمْلٌ بالتفرُّقِ مُوحِشٌ

    وحَنَّ خليطٌ بالصبابة حَنَّانُ

    A company made lonely by parting found companionship,

    and a tender companion yearned with ardent love.

  42. ورَدَّ جِماحَ الغَيِّ من غَرْبِ شَأْوِهِ

    وبُرِّدَ قلبٌ بالحفيظةِ حَرَّانُ

    He reined in error's wild rush at the farthest reach of its course,

    and a heart burning with indignation was cooled.

  43. وقد أَمِنَ التثريبَ إِخوةُ يوسُفٍ

    وأدركَهُم للهِ عفوٌ وغُفْرانُ

    Yusuf's brothers were safe from reproach,

    and pardon and forgiveness from God reached them.

  44. وأَعقَبَ طَولُ الحربِ أبناءَ قَيلَةٍ

    زكاةً وَرُحماً فِيهِ أَمْنٌ وإِيمانُ

    Long war brought the sons of Qayla

    purity and compassion, with safety and faith therein.

  45. وَحَنَّتْ لِدَاعِي الصُّلحِ بكْرٌ وتغلبٌ

    وشَفَّعَتِ الأَرْحامَ عبسٌ وذُبيانُ

    Bakr and Taghlib yearned toward the caller for peace,

    and Abs and Dhubyan let kinship intercede.

  46. وفازَتْ قِداحُ المُشتَري بسُعُودِها

    وسالم بَهرَامٌ وأَعتبَ كِيوانُ

    Jupiter's lot-arrows triumphed under their lucky stars,

    Bahram made peace, and Kaywan made amends.

  47. وعُرِّفَ معروفٌ وأُنكِرَ مُنْكَرٌ

    وطارَ مع العَنْقَاءِ ظُلْمٌ وعُدوانُ

    Right was recognized, and wrong rejected,

    and oppression and aggression flew away with the phoenix.

  48. وأُغْمِدَ سيفُ البَغْيِ عنَّا وعُطِّلَتْ

    قُيودٌ وأَغلالٌ وسِجنٌ وسُجَّانُ

    Tyranny's sword was sheathed and turned from us, and idle lay

    fetters and shackles, prison and jailers.

  49. وما كَانَ منَّا الحَيُّ فِي ثوبِ ذُلِّهِ

    بأَنهضَ مِمَّنْ ضَمَّ قبرٌ وأَكْفَانُ

    The living man among us, in his robe of abasement,

    had been no more able to rise than one enclosed by grave and shrouds.

  50. ومُنَّ عَلَى المُسْتَضعَفِينَ وأُنْجِزَتْ

    مواعيدُ تمكينٍ وآذَنَ إِمكانُ

    Grace was bestowed upon the oppressed, and fulfilled were

    promises of empowerment, as opportunity announced itself,

  51. بيُمْنِ الإِمامِ الظَّافِرِ الغافر الَّذِي

    صفا منهُ للإسلامِ سِرٌّ وإِعلانُ

    through the good fortune of the victorious, forgiving imam, whose

    private and public conduct was sincere toward Islam.

  52. مجَرِّدُ سيفِ الانتقام لِمَن عتَا

    فمالَ بِهِ فِي الدِّينِ زَيغ وإِدهانُ

    He draws the sword of vengeance against whoever rebels,

    swayed in religion by deviation and dissembling.

  53. فَمن سَرَّهُ المَحْيا فسمع وطاعةٌ

    ومن يَحْسُدِ المَوتى فكُفْرٌ وعِصيانُ

    Whoever delights in life—let him hear and obey;

    whoever envies the dead—let him disbelieve and rebel.