الشامُ للإِسلامِ دَارُ الْقَرار

وكانَ مِنْ قبلُ طريقَ الفَرارْ

Syria is the abode of Islam, the land of permanence,

While before it was the path of escape.

وكانَ في ظُلمةِ ليلٍ دَجَتْ

فَجاءَ عُثمانُ معاً والنهار

It was in the darkness of pitch black night,

Then Uthman came with daybreak.

وجاءَهُ بالبرءِ بَعْدَ الضَّنىَ

وجاءَهُ بالأَمنِ بَعْد الحذار

He came to it with innocence after distress,

And he came to it with security after caution.

فيا أَمان الكفرِ لا تَأْمَنُوا

بدارٍ ما الشَّام لكفرٍ بدار

O refuge of disbelief, do not feel safe,

In a land that is no refuge for disbelief.

ويا عمادَ الدِّين يا من لَهُ

كُلُّ مبارٍ في المعالي مُبار

O pillar of religion, O you who has,

Every glory in the heights has glory.

جئت لتبنين ومِنْ حولها

قومٌ كأَعدادِ الحَصى للحصار

You came to build it while around it,

Are people like the number of pebbles under siege.

سدّوا عَليْها الطُّرقَ حتى لقد

كادوا يَسُدُّون طريق القطارْ

They blocked its paths until they almost,

Blocked the path of the train.

يجوزها الطيرُ ولكن عَلى الأَخ

طارِ أَدَّاه إِليه الخِطارْ

The birds pass over it but on the wings,

Of fear, it made them fly to it hastily.

ساق إِليها الكفرُ أَجناسه الـ

ـعظامَ قادَتْها الملُوكُ الكبارْ

Disbelief brought its great armies to it,

Led by mighty kings.

مِنْ كلِّ مَنْ يزأَرُ من غَيْظِه

كأَنه مِن مغرب الشمسِ نارْ

Everyone who roars angrily at it,

Is like a fire from the setting of the sun.

إِمَّا على البَرِّ أَتَى راكضاً

أَو بجَنَاحِ الْقَلعِ في البحر طارْ

Whether it came galloping on land,

Or flew on the wings of castles in the sea.

وطَبَّقُوا البحرَ سفيناً فما

بانَ وسَاروا فوقها فِي قِفَارْ

They covered the sea with ships but,

No land appeared and they marched on it in barrens.

ويمّموا الثغرَ وطَافوا به

وأَحْدقُوا كالغلِّ لاَ كَالسِّوَارْ

They besieged the fort and circled around it,

Clustering like necklaces not like bracelets.

واجتمعوا حولاً وهُمْ حولَه

مَرُّوا كسيلٍ وأَحاطوا كَنَارْ

They gathered around and surrounded it,

Rushing like a flood and enclosing like fire.

وكانَ ذاك الثَّغْر معْ أَهْلِه

وقبلَ أَن يَحْضُره في احتِضَارْ

That fort was with its people,

And before distress could overtake it.

وكان أَهلُ الكُفر في جمرةٍ

فعندمَا أَظْللتَ طارُوا شَرارْ

The people of disbelief were in ember,

When you shaded over them, they fled in sparks.

وانهزَموا للبحرِ إِذْ أَبْصروا

بحرَ وغىً تغرقُ فيه الْبحارْ

They fled to the sea when they saw,

A raging sea in which seas drown.

وعذرُهم إِذْ هربُوا واضِحٌ

هل يثبتُ اللَّيلُ أَمَام النَّهارْ

Their excuse when they fled is clear,

Can the night withstand the day?

أُقسِمُ ما شَدُّوا إِزاراً لَهم

إِلاَّ لأَنَّ الَّليلُ مَرْخِيُّ الإِزار

I swear they did not tighten their belts,

Except that the night has a loose belt.

لولاَ سُرى القومِ وتعجيلُهم

عَجَّلت في القومِ شَقَاءَ الشَّفَار

Had it not been for the people's hastiness,

I would have hastened misery upon the people.

وظُلمةُ اللَّيلِ أَذمَّتْهُم

فليشكُروا مِنْه ليالي السِّرارْ

The darkness of night confused them,

So let them thank it for the nights of concealment.

وكان للغيثِ يدٌ عِنْدهم

لأَنَّه مِنك لَهُم قَدْ أَجَارْ

The rain was merciful to them,

For it was from you that it gave them refuge.

لو لم يَعُق سيفَك ما سحَّ مِن

هامٍ مَطيرٍ سحَّ هَامٌ مُطَار

Had your sword not held back, no shower,

Of pouring rain would have poured.

عَجُّوا وعَاجُوا عَنْ طَريقِ الرَّدى

فما خَلَوْا مِنْ خَورٍ أَو خُوَار

They scrambled and scrambled from the path of ruin,

So they did not leave a creek or coast.

وبعضُهم يَهْمِس من خَوفِه

فما حديثُ القومِ إِلاَّ سِرَارْ

Some of them whisper in fear,

So the talk of the people is but whispers.

وانقلَبَتْ بالذُّل أَزياؤُهم

فَصارَ ذُو المِغفر ذَاتُ الخِمَارْ

Their clothes turned into disgrace,

So the one in forgiveness became one in veil.

أَمَّنْتَ ذاكَ الثَّغرَ مِنْ عَقْره

ومنكَ لم يَقدرْ عليه قدارْ

You gave that fort refuge from uprooting,

And none but you could overpower it.

ومن حِصارِ الكُفرِ خلَّصْتَه

بالبأَسِ بل من حَلقاتِ الإِسَارْ

From the siege of disbelief you saved it,

With might rather from shackles.

وما سمعْنا قَطُّ فتحاً جرى

ما فيه لا بل مَا عليه غُبَار

We have never heard of an opening like this,

No rather one without even dust over it.

فرُّوا ولا عارَ عليهِم بِه

إِنَّ فراراً مِنْك ما فِيه عَارْ

They fled and there is no shame on them in it,

Fleeing from you has no shame.

أَراهُمْ الرَّأَيُ اجتنابَ الْوَغى

وهو لَهُم قد أَحْسَن الاخْتِيَارْ

Reason showed them to avoid the strife,

And for them it was the best choice.

يا ملكاً يَهزِمُ أَعْداءَه

بالرُّعب هَذا وأَبيك الفَخَارْ

O king who defeats enemies,

With awe, this and your noble father.

قضيتَ حقَّ الشَّامِ إِذْ زُرتَه

مُغامراً أَهوالَ تِلك الغِمَار

You fulfilled the right of Syria when you visited it,

Braving the perils of those clouds.

وذلَّ منكَ الكفرُ فيه فقد

أَضْحَى دَمُ الجبَّارِ فيه جُبار

Disbelief there has been humiliated because of you,

So the blood of the tyrants in it became abundant.

فارجع إِلى مصرَ فقد شَفَّها

إِليكَ شوقٌ وشَجَاها ادِّكار

So return to Egypt for it longs for you,

And reminiscing of you has saddened it.

وانتظرت عودَكَ مشتاقةً

ما أَتْعب المشْتاقَ بالانْتِظَارْ

It awaits your return yearning,

Nothing tires the yearner like waiting.

تشتاقُ مِنك البدرَ والليثَ

والغيثَ ووهَّابَ الأُلوفِ النُّضارْ

It yearns for you the full moon, the lion,

The rain, and the bestower of thousands of flowers.

ومَنْ إِذا ما حَلَّ في مَوطنٍ

حَلَّ به العِزُّ وإِن سَار سَار

Whoever settles in a place,

Glory and honor settle with him wherever he goes.

والشَّامُ قد أَوسَعْتها رحْمةً

وآن أَنْ ترحمَ هَذي الدِّيَارْ

You have expanded your mercy over Syria,

And it is time to have mercy over these lands.

ومصرُ أَهلُ الملكِ وهي الَّتي

أجْنَت يدَ الإِسْلاَمِ تِلكَ الثِّمارْ

Egypt is the land of kings and it is the one,

That reaped the hands of Islam those fruits.

فعُدْ ولا زلت لنا عائداً

بالفضل والبسطة والأقتدار

So return and you are still returning to us,

With grace, prosperity, and capability.

والدهر ولا زلتَ لنا به لابساً

عمراً طويلاً في ليالٍ قِصَارْ

And time, you are still wearing it for us,

A long life in short nights.

تبقَى مدَى الدُّنيا وأَمثالها

طُولاً وهَذا القولُ مِنِّي اخْتصارْ

You remain the length of life and the likes of it,

Long, and these words from me are a summary.