غَدا الدّينُ بِاِسمِكَ سامي العَلَم

غَدا الدّينُ بِاِسمِكَ سامي العَلَم

أَمينَ العِمادِ مَكينَ القَدَمْ

أَمينَ العِمادِ مَكينَ القَدَمْ

Through your name, the faith has become lofty of banner,

Tomorrow, in your name, the faith became lofty

secure in its pillar, firm in its footing.

The pillar of support, firm of step

لِذلِكَ لُقِّبت نوراً لَهُ

لِذلِكَ لُقِّبت نوراً لَهُ

وَقَد أَغطَشَ الظُّلْمُ فيهِ الظُّلَم

وَقَد أَغطَشَ الظُّلْمُ فيهِ الظُّلَم

For this you were named its light,

For that you were titled "Light for it"

when injustice had deepened the darkness within it.

And darkness had covered it, so it was pitch black

أَضاءَت بِعَدلِكَ آفاقُهُ

أَضاءَت بِعَدلِكَ آفاقُهُ

وَفُضَّت عُرَى الدِّينِ لَمّا اِدْلَهَم

وَفُضَّت عُرَى الدِّينِ لَمّا اِدْلَهَم

Its horizons shone through your justice,

Your justice illuminated its horizons

and the bonds of faith were loosened when it grew dark.

And the bonds of religion were loosened when it was ignited

وَلَو لَم تَمشِ رَهواً لِنَصْرِ الرُّها

وَلَو لَم تَمشِ رَهواً لِنَصْرِ الرُّها

وَمِثلُكَ أَدرَكَ لَمّا عَزَم

وَمِثلُكَ أَدرَكَ لَمّا عَزَم

And had you not marched at ease to aid al-Ruha—

And if you had not walked hastily to champion the bewildered

and one like you attains his aim once he resolves—

And the likes of you would not have succeeded if he intended

وَيَومٍ بِسوطا بَسَطتَ الحمام

وَيَومٍ بِسوطا بَسَطتَ الحمام

عَلى الهَضبِ مِن رُكْنِها فَاِنْهَدَم

عَلى الهَضبِ مِن رُكْنِها فَاِنْهَدَم

and on a day at Suta you spread death

And one day at Sowcca you unfolded your doves

over the rocky heights of its bastion, and it collapsed.

On the ridge from its corner so it collapsed

وبُصْرَى وَصَرْخَدَ لَو لَم تَثُر

وبُصْرَى وَصَرْخَدَ لَو لَم تَثُر

دِراكاً لَكَانا ردِيفَيْ إِرَم

دِراكاً لَكَانا ردِيفَيْ إِرَم

And Busra and Sarkhad, had you not risen

And Bosra and Sergiopolis, if you had not rebelled

swiftly, would both have become Iram's companions.

Would have been next to Iram

ومُذْ فضَّ جَيشُكَ في الغوطَتَيْ

ومُذْ فضَّ جَيشُكَ في الغوطَتَيْ

نِ فضَّ الصّليبُ لَهُ ما نَظَم

نِ فضَّ الصّليبُ لَهُ ما نَظَم

And since your army spread through the two Ghoutas,

And since your army raided the Ghotatain

the Cross undid for it all it had arrayed.

The cross unto it has not composed poems

وَفي كَفرِلاثا وَهاب حَلَلْ

وَفي كَفرِلاثا وَهاب حَلَلْ

تَ عُقَدَ البرنِس بِبيضٍ خِذَم

تَ عُقَدَ البرنِس بِبيضٍ خِذَم

And at Kafr Latha and Hab you untied

And at Kafr Latha you permitted

the prince's knots with keen white swords,

The untying of the pronce's knots with white hands

مُعَوَّدةً أَنَّها لا تُسَل

مُعَوَّدةً أَنَّها لا تُسَل

لُ إِلّا مُقَمقمةً لِلقِمَم

لُ إِلّا مُقَمقمةً لِلقِمَم

accustomed never to be drawn

Who is accustomed that she is not submitted

except to shear off the crowns of heads.

Unless forcibly to the summits

وَيَومَ بَسَرْفُود جَرَّعْتَهُم

وَيَومَ بَسَرْفُود جَرَّعْتَهُم

أُجاجاً أَغَصَّهمُ وَاِصْطَلَم

أُجاجاً أَغَصَّهمُ وَاِصْطَلَم

And on the day at Sarfud you made them swallow

And the day of Baserfon you made them drink

bitter brine that choked them and annihilated them.

A bitter poison that choked them and were extinguished

وَفَوقَ العُرَيْمَةِ غَشّاهُمُ

وَفَوقَ العُرَيْمَةِ غَشّاهُمُ

عُرامُ جُيوشِكَ سَيلَ العَرِم

عُرامُ جُيوشِكَ سَيلَ العَرِم

And above al-Urayma they were engulfed

And above Uraymah your brave armies covered them

by your armies' fury—the flood of al-Arim.

The torrents of your armies, a flood of calamities

وَأَنتَ بِكَلبِهِم في الكبول

وَأَنتَ بِكَلبِهِم في الكبول

مُباح الحَريمِ مُذال الحُرَم

مُباح الحَريمِ مُذال الحُرَم

And you—with their dog in fetters,

And you in their doghouse with the perversions

his sanctuary laid open, his sanctities debased.

Violator of sanctuaries, disgracer of holy sites

وَبارَتُهُم أَذَّنَت أَنَّها

وَبارَتُهُم أَذَّنَت أَنَّها

أَبارَتهُمُ فَليَبوؤا بِذَم

أَبارَتهُمُ فَليَبوؤا بِذَم

And their Bara proclaimed that it

And their church announced that it

had annihilated them; let them bear reproach.

Renounced them, so let them bear with dispraise

بَنَوْها وَأَعلَوْا وَلَم يَعلَموا

بَنَوْها وَأَعلَوْا وَلَم يَعلَموا

بِما خَطَّ في اللَّوحِ مِنكَ القَلَم

بِما خَطَّ في اللَّوحِ مِنكَ القَلَم

They built it and raised it high, not knowing

They built it and exalted, but did not know

what the Pen had written of you on the Tablet,

What the pen had transcribed unto the tablet from you

وَأَنَّكَ خارِمٌ ما أَحكَموهُ

وَأَنَّكَ خارِمٌ ما أَحكَموهُ

وَمِن دِينِنا راقِعٌ ما اِنْخَرَم

وَمِن دِينِنا راقِعٌ ما اِنْخَرَم

and that you would breach what they made firm,

And that you will destroy what they strengthened

and mend whatever was torn in our faith.

And elevate what had crumbled from our religion

فَتَرفَعُ مِن بَعدِ خَفضٍ هُدى

فَتَرفَعُ مِن بَعدِ خَفضٍ هُدى

وَتَخفِضُ مِن بَعدِ رَفعٍ صَنَم

وَتَخفِضُ مِن بَعدِ رَفعٍ صَنَم

So you raise guidance after it was brought low,

So guidance is raised after being brought down

and bring an idol low after it was raised high.

And idols are brought down after being raised

سَمَكتَ المَدارِسَ فَوقَ النّجوم

سَمَكتَ المَدارِسَ فَوقَ النّجوم

فَكَم منْجمٍ تَحتَها قَد نَجَم

فَكَم منْجمٍ تَحتَها قَد نَجَم

You raised the schools above the stars;

You established schools above the stars

and how many a mine has emerged beneath them!

So how many astrologers have appeared underneath them

وَعاشَ الحَنيفِيُّ وَالشافِعِيّ

وَعاشَ الحَنيفِيُّ وَالشافِعِيّ

بِما شِدتَ مِنها وَكانا رِمَم

بِما شِدتَ مِنها وَكانا رِمَم

And the Hanafi and the Shafi‘i came to life

And the Hanifi and Shafii lived

through the schools you built, though both were mouldering bones.

By what you affirmed from it while they were in disarray

وَإِنْ لَم تَكُن هاشِميَّ الأُصول

وَإِنْ لَم تَكُن هاشِميَّ الأُصول

فَإنَّكَ فَرعُ الهِزَبْرِ الهِشَم

فَإنَّكَ فَرعُ الهِزَبْرِ الهِشَم

And though you are not Hashimite by descent,

And if you were not Hashimi in origins

yet you are an offshoot of the crushing lion.

Then you are a branch of the glorious Hesham

وَمَن يَدَّعي في العُلا ما اِدَّعَيت

وَمَن يَدَّعي في العُلا ما اِدَّعَيت

وَأَنتَ اِبنُ مَن عَزَّ لَمّا اِحتَكَم

وَأَنتَ اِبنُ مَن عَزَّ لَمّا اِحتَكَم

And who can claim in glory what you have claimed,

And whoever claims in supremacy what you have claimed

when you are the son of one who was mighty when he ruled?

While you are the son of one who was mighty when he arbitrated

وَأُقسِمُ ما غابَ سَيفٌ سَقَتْ

وَأُقسِمُ ما غابَ سَيفٌ سَقَتْ

مَغارِسَهُ عَين هَذي الشِّيَم

مَغارِسَهُ عَين هَذي الشِّيَم

And I swear: no sword has vanished that was watered

And I swear by that which the sword missed

at its roots by the spring of these virtues.

Its meadows have been watered by the eye of this mark