1. مُحيّاكَ يهْدي فجْرُهُ المتوَضِّحُ

    فمَرْآهُ للأبْصارِ مرْقىً ومطْمَحُ

    The radiant dawn of your countenance guides the way.

    Its sight is a height for eyes to ascend and aspire to.

  2. وكفُّكَ تسْتَجْدي العفاةُ سَحابَها

    فتُخْجِلُ صوْبَ الغادِياتِ وتَفْضَحُ

    And beggars seek bounty from the cloud of your palm,

    so it shames the rain of morning clouds and disgraces it.

  3. إذا ما غَمامٌ سارَ أو علَمٌ رَسا

    فمِنْكَ النّدى والحِلْمُ أرْجى وأرْجَحُ

    When a cloud passes or a mountain stands firm,

    your bounty offers greater hope, and your forbearance greater weight.

  4. وإنْ صابَ غيثٌ أو تطلّعَ نيّرٌ

    فقَدْرُك أسْمى أو عطاياكَ أسْمَحُ

    And if rain pours down or a luminary rises,

    your stature is loftier, or your gifts more generous.

  5. خلائِقُ ما روْضُ المكارِمِ عندَها

    هَشيمٌ ولا مرْعَى الأماني مُصوِّحُ

    Virtues with which the garden of noble deeds is never

    dry stubble, nor the pasture of wishes withered.

  6. عَواليكَ في الهَيْجاءِ تَهْوي كأنّها

    كَواكِبُ في لَيْلٍ من النّقْعِ جُنَّحُ

    Your spears swoop down in battle, as though they were

    stars dipping in a night of battle-dust.

  7. أشِعّتُها في مُلْتَقى الحرْبِ أنجُمٌ

    بلَيْلٍ عَجاجٍ عن مُحيّاكَ يُصْبِحُ

    Their rays at the meeting of battle are stars

    in a night of swirling dust that your face turns to dawn.

  8. إذا ما انجَلى النقْعُ المُثارُ حسبْتَها

    أزاهِرَ في خُضْرِ الرُّبى تتفتّحُ

    When the stirred-up dust clears, you would take them for

    flowers opening on the green hills.

  9. تهُبُّ رياحُ النّصْرِ والحرْبُ تلْتَظي

    فتنفَحُ هذي حيثُ هاتيكَ تلْفَحُ

    The winds of victory blow while war blazes,

    the former waft fragrance where the latter scorches.

  10. تمُرُّ بربْعِ الشّرْكِ غيرَ لَواقِحٍ

    فتَسْقي ثَراهُ والعوامِلُ تسْفَحُ

    They pass through the abode of polytheism, bearing no rain,

    yet water its soil while the spearheads shed blood.

  11. كأنّي بمَغناهُ وكُلُّ موَحِّدٍ

    يُهلّلُ في أرْجائِهِ ويُسبِّحُ

    I seem to behold its dwelling and every worshipper of the One

    proclaiming God's oneness within its bounds and glorifying Him.

  12. وهامُ العِدَى تعْلو النّجيعَ كأنّها

    حَبابٌ بمَتْنِ اللُجِّ يَطْفو ويطفَحُ

    And the foes' heads rise above the gore, as though they were

    foam on the deep sea's surface, floating and brimming over.

  13. عنِ النّاصرِ الموْلَى الخَليفةِ يوسُفٍ

    تُرَوّى أحاديثُ العُلَى وتُصَحّحُ

    Of al-Nasir, the lord, the caliph Yusuf,

    tales of lofty glory are recounted and authenticated.

  14. شمائِلُهُ كالرّوْضِ هبّتْ شمالُهُ

    فأزْهارُهُ غِبّ الغَمائِمِ تنْفَحُ

    His qualities are like a garden stirred by its north wind,

    whose flowers breathe fragrance after the rainclouds.

  15. إذا جادَ أفْقٌ فهْوَ أنْدى سَجيّةً

    وإن لاحَ صُبْحٌ فهْو أجْلى وأوضَحُ

    If a sky pours forth rain, he is more generous by nature;

    and if dawn appears, he is brighter and clearer.

  16. وتجمَعُ بينَ السيفِ والسّيْبِ كفُّهُ

    فتَمْنَعُ عن أقصى البِلادِ وتمْنَحُ

    And his palm brings the sword and bounty together,

    so it protects the farthest lands and bestows gifts.

  17. يُناجيهِ عندَ المنْعِ بالمنْحِ جُودُهُ

    فيسمَعُ ما تُلْقي عُلاهُ ويسْمَحُ

    At the moment of withholding, his generosity whispers to him of giving,

    so he hears what his eminence imparts and gives freely.

  18. ترى الخَطّ والخَطّيَّ طوْعَ يَمينِه

    أزاهِرَ دوْحٍ قُضْبُهُ تترنّحُ

    You see script and the Khatti spear obeying his right hand,

    as blossoms of a great tree whose branches sway.

  19. ألا إنهُ مَولَى الخلائِفِ يوسُفٌ

    إمامُ الهُدى الفذُّ الأغرُّ المُمَدّحُ

    Behold, he is Yusuf, lord of the caliphs,

    the peerless, radiant, much-praised imam of guidance.

  20. إمامٌ يفوقُ الدّهْرَ صرْفاً على العِدَى

    ويعْفو عن الذنْبِ العظيمِ ويصْفَحُ

    An imam who outdoes time in visiting calamity upon his foes,

    yet pardons great sins and forgives.

  21. أقرّ لهُ بالفضلِ كُلُّ معانِدٍ

    فقرّتْ عُيونُ المؤمِنينَ وأفْلَحوا

    Every adversary has acknowledged his excellence,

    so the believers' eyes are gladdened, and they prosper.

  22. نظَرتَ لمُلْكِ الغرْبِ يا مَلِكَ الهُدى

    بما الرّأيُ أنْجى فيهِ والقصْدُ أنجَحُ

    You took thought for the kingdom of the West, O king of guidance,

    with judgment most conducive to deliverance and purpose most likely to succeed.

  23. وأضْمرْتَ طوْعَ الحِلْمِ كامِنَ عزْمَةٍ

    إلى أنْ تجلّى فجرُها المُتوَضِّحُ

    And you concealed a latent resolve under forbearance's command

    until its radiant dawn became manifest.

  24. فخابَ شقيٌّ قد ثنَيْتَ عَنانَهُ

    غَداةَ انثَنى في غَيّهِ وهْو يجمَحُ

    Then a wretch was foiled, whose reins you had turned back,

    on the morning he veered in his error, still running wild.

  25. رمَيْتَ بنورِ الهَدْي ليْلَ ضلالِه

    فَلا فجْرُهُ منْ بعْدِها يتوضّحُ

    You struck the night of his error with the light of guidance,

    so its dawn will not brighten thereafter.

  26. تلافَيْتَ دينَ اللهِ وهْو على شَفاً

    يعرّضُ بالإتْلافِ ثُمَّ يُصرِّحُ

    You rescued God's religion while it stood on a brink,

    as destruction was first hinted at, then openly declared.

  27. وأمّلَتْ تمْهيدَ البِلادِ وإنّها

    ليُذْكَى زِنادُ الخَوْفِ فيها ويُقْدَحُ

    And it hoped for the pacification of the lands, though within them

    the firesticks of fear were being kindled and struck.

  28. وإن الذي بالمُلكِ عزّ لَصاغِرٌ

    أيَطمَعُ فيه أو لمَرْقاهُ يطْمَحُ

    And he who grew mighty through kingship is surely abased:

    does he covet it, or aspire to its heights?

  29. يرومُ سَبيلاً للنّجاةِ مُمَنَّعاً

    أيُنْجِدُهُ القَصْدُ الذي ليسَ يُنْجِحُ

    He seeks a path to deliverance, firmly barred;

    can a purpose that brings no success come to his aid?

  30. نَبا في يديْهِ الصّارمُ الصّلْتُ وانثَنى

    عنِ القَصْدِ فيه الذّابِلُ المُترنِّحُ

    The keen, unsheathed sword failed in his hands; and there swerved

    from its aim the slender, swaying spear.

  31. ومَن أسلَمَ الإيمانَ للشّرْكِ عامِداً

    أيُفْلِتُ من قيْدِ الهَوانِ ويُفْلِحُ

    And one who deliberately surrendered faith to polytheism—

    can he escape the fetter of humiliation and prosper?

  32. وحلّ عُرَى الإسْلامِ في عَقْدِ سَلْمِهِ

    غَداةَ انثَنى طوْعاً لها وهْوَ يجْنَحُ

    And he loosened Islam's bonds while binding his peace treaty,

    on the morning he willingly bent to it, inclining toward it.

  33. صنائِعُ جلّتْ أنْ يُحيطَ بوَصْفِها

    بَليغٌ ولا في روضِها الفِكْرُ يسْرَحُ

    Favors too great for their description to be encompassed

    by an eloquent speaker; nor can thought roam their garden.

  34. وقد كان فيها الحزمُ ضُيِّعَ بُرْهَةً

    وصُدّقَ فيها الماكِرُ المُتَنصِّحُ

    And prudence had been neglected in this for a time,

    and a schemer feigning sincerity had been believed.

  35. فدارَكْتَ مَنْ أوْلَيتَهُ النّصْرَ مُنْعِماً

    بعزْمٍ يَفوقُ الرّاسِياتِ ويَرْجَحُ

    So, bestowing favor, you rescued the one you had granted victory,

    with a resolve surpassing and outweighing the rooted mountains,

  36. وأُسْدِ رِجالٍ منْ جُنودِكَ كلّما

    أُزيحُوا عنِ الهَيْجاءِ لمْ يتزَحْزَحوا

    and with lions among your soldiers who, whenever

    they were pressed away from battle, would not budge.

  37. كتائِبُ تُلْقي عندَ بابِكَ كُتْبُها

    منَ النّصْرِ والتأييدِ ما ليسَ يُشْرَحُ

    Battalions whose dispatches set before your gate

    victory and support beyond description.

  38. كأنَّ مذاكيها لدى الحرْبِ ترتَمي

    ظِباءً على كُثْبانِ رامةَ تسْنَحُ

    As though their mature steeds, darting through battle, were

    gazelles crossing the dunes of Rama.

  39. تخِفُّ إلى الأعداءِ وهْيَ ثوابِتٌ

    وتخْتالُ زهْواً في مَداها وتمْرَحُ

    They hasten toward the enemies, yet remain steadfast,

    and prance proudly along their course and frolic.

  40. إذا استشْرَفَتْ فهْيَ الظّباءُ وإن بدَتْ

    لها غرَرٌ فهْيَ الكواكِبُ تُلْمَحُ

    When they lift their heads, they are gazelles; and when

    their forehead blazes show, they are stars to be glimpsed.

  41. على أنّ هذي حيثُ تسبِقُ للعِدى

    وتبدو بليْلِ النّقْعِ أسْنى وأسْنَحُ

    Yet these, as they race ahead toward the foes

    and appear in the night of dust, are brighter and more auspicious.

  42. وحضْرتُكَ العَلياءُ عزّ جَنابُها

    حَديثُ عُلاها مُسْنَدٌ ومُصحَّحُ

    And your exalted court, whose precinct is mighty—

    the account of its glory is well-attested and authenticated.

  43. أقامتْ زماناً ليسَ تُطْلِعُ من سَنا

    مُحيّاكَ بَدْراً نورُه يتوضّحُ

    It spent a time without bringing forth, from the radiance

    of your face, a full moon whose light grows clear,

  44. إلى أن حلَلْتَ الآن هالَةَ أُفْقِها

    كما راقَ من شمْسِ الصّباحِ تَوضُّحُ

    until you now alighted in the halo of its horizon,

    as the morning sun's radiance brings delight.

  45. لقد أبْصر القُصّادُ مرْآكَ عندَها

    فللْعَيْنِ والآمالِ مرْمىً ومَلْمَحُ

    There the petitioners have indeed beheld your face,

    a goal and a vision for the eye and for hopes.

  46. فبُشْرى لهُمْ أنْ أبْصروا بشْرَك الذي

    يُترْجِمُ عن نيْلِ الأماني ويُفْصِحُ

    So glad tidings to them, who beheld your cheerful face, which

    speaks of wishes fulfilled and makes their attainment plain.

  47. وبُشْرى بهِ عيداً يعودُ بكلِّ ما

    إلى نيْلِه الآمالُ تسْمو وتَطْمَحُ

    And through it, glad tidings of a feast returning with all

    that hopes rise and aspire to attain.

  48. أتاكَ وقدْ شفّ الغرامُ هِلالَهُ

    وأنحَلَهُ الشّوْقُ الحَثيثُ المُبَرِّحُ

    It came to you with its crescent worn thin by love,

    and wasted by ardent, tormenting longing.

  49. وودّعَ شهْرُ الصّومِ أكْرَمَ ظاعِنٍ

    يروّي أحاديثَ العُلَى ويُصحّحُ

    And the month of fasting took leave, the noblest departing traveler,

    recounting tales of lofty glory and confirming them.

  50. نأى وهْوَ يُثْني بالذي أنت أهْلُهُ

    وعنْدَ جَميل الذكْرِ يُمْسي ويُصْبِحُ

    It went afar, praising you as you deserve,

    and spends evening and morning in fair remembrance.

  51. يُرجّيكَ للدّنْيا وللدّينِ عصْمَةً

    لديْها غَدا حُكْمَ المُقامِ يُرجّحُ

    It looks to you as a safeguard for this world and for religion,

    with which it came to prefer the choice of remaining.

  52. ومن ألفَ الإيمانَ والعِلمَ والتُقَى

    ونيْلَ المعالي والنّدى كيف يبْرَحُ

    And one accustomed to faith, knowledge, and piety,

    to attaining high honors and bounty—how could he depart?

  53. فهُنّئتَهُ يوماً أغرَّ وموْسِماً

    غدَتْ فيه أبوابُ القَبولِ تُفَتَّحُ

    May you be congratulated on it, a radiant day and a season

    in which the gates of acceptance are opened.

  54. ودونَكها منْ بحْرِ فكري لآلِئاً

    بمَنْظومِها جيدُ العُلى يتوشّحُ

    And take this: pearls from the sea of my thought,

    whose strings adorn the neck of glory.

  55. تروقُ النُّهى وصْفاً كأنّ حديقَةً

    بها للصّبا مَسْرىً وللعينِ مسْرَحُ

    Their description delights the intellect, as though a garden

    offered a passage to the east wind and a roaming ground to the eye.

  56. إذا اللهُ قد أثْنَى عليْكَ كتابُهُ

    بماذا عَسى يُثْني البَليغُ ويمْدَحُ

    If God's Book has already praised you,

    with what might an eloquent speaker extol and praise you?

  57. فأيُّ بيانٍ عن معاليكَ مُنْبِئٌ

    وأيُّ لِسانٍ عن صِفاتِكَ مُفْصِحُ

    What eloquence can tell of your lofty deeds,

    and what tongue can express your qualities?

  58. على أنّ من نعْماكَ صُبْحَ هِدايةٍ

    يُبينُ ليَ النّهْجَ القَويمَ ويوضِحُ

    Yet among your favors is a dawn of guidance

    that shows me the upright path and makes it clear.

  59. تطوّقُني طوْقَ الحمامَةِ منعِماً

    فأُصْبحُ في روضِ المدائِحِ أصْدَحُ

    You graciously place the dove's collar around my neck,

    so I come to sing aloud in the garden of praises.

  60. فللنّثْرِ منها في المعاني مَدائِحٌ

    وبالدُّرِّ منها للغَواني توَشُّحُ

    So from them come praises for prose in their meanings,

    and adornment for fair women in their pearls.

  61. دَعا لكَ بالتأييدِ كُلّ مُوَحّدٍ

    لذلكَ أبْوابُ السّماءِ تُفَتَّحُ

    Every worshipper of the One has prayed for your support,

    and for this the gates of heaven are opened.

  62. وتدْعو لكَ الرُكْبان حيث يَضُمُّها

    مَقامٌ ورُكْنٌ يسْتَلامُ وأبْطَحُ

    And the riders pray for you wherever they are gathered

    by a Station, a Corner touched in reverence, and Abtah.

  63. فخُلِّدتَ ما سارَ الحَجيجُ إلى مِنىً

    وما هلّلوا بالذّكْرِ فيه وسبّحوا

    May you endure forever while pilgrims travel to Mina,

    and while there they proclaim His oneness in remembrance and glorify Him.