1. حاشا لمجْدِكَ أَنْ يُضَامَا

    ولرُكْنِ بأسِك أَن يُرَامَا

    Far be it from your glory to be wronged,

    or the stronghold of your might to be assailed,

  2. ولِطَرْفِ عِزِّكَ أَن يَغُضَّ

    على المَذلَّةِ أَو ينَاما

    or the eye of your honor to lower its gaze

    before humiliation, or fall asleep,

  3. ولِسَعْد جَدِّك أَن يُسا

    مَ لمشْتَرِيه أَو يُسَامَى

    or your auspicious fortune to be offered

    to its buyer, or rivaled in eminence.

  4. أَنْتَ الذي حامَى وأَوْ

    رَدَ في الكريهةِ حين حَامَا

    You are the one who defended and charged

    into fierce battle when you wheeled about.

  5. أَنْتَ الَّذِي ما نَامَ أَو

    سلَّ الحفيظةَ ثم نَاما

    You are the one who never slept—or else

    unsheathed your protective wrath, then slept.

  6. أَنْتَ الذِي صَغَّرْتَ أَمْ

    لاكاً عَهِدْنَاهُمْ عِظَاماً

    You are the one who humbled

    kings whom we had known as mighty.

  7. أَنْتَ الذِي خاض الحِمَا

    م وأَين من خاضَ الحِمَامَا

    You are the one who plunged into death—

    and where is another who has plunged into death?

  8. أَنت الذِي مُلِئَتْ بِك الدُّ

    نْيا اعْتِزَازاً واعْتِزَامَا

    You are the one through whom the world was filled

    with pride and resolve.

  9. قَامت بك الدنيَا وقد

    حَسُنَتْ لساكِنها مُقَامَا

    The world has stood firm through you, and

    grown fair as a dwelling for its inhabitants.

  10. وحَسَمْتَ مِنْها الدَّاءَ لما

    جرَّدَتْ مِنْكَ الحُسامَا

    And you excised its sickness when

    it drew from you a keen-edged sword.

  11. قُدْتَ الجيوشَ فقد ملأ

    تَ بها البَسيطةَ والأَكامَا

    You led the armies; indeed, you filled

    the earth and the hills with them.

  12. جاءُوا وراءَك يتَبْعَوُ

    نك إِذ فَتَحْتَ بهم إِمَامَا

    They came behind you, following

    you, as you conquered with them as their leader.

  13. وركَضْتَها فوقَ النَّعا

    ئِم شُزَّبا مِثْلَ النَّعاما

    And you galloped them above al-Naʿāʾim,

    lean as ostriches.

  14. ولَكَمْ رأَيْتَ الصفَّ منـ

    ـتظِماً فبدَّدْت النِّظَاما

    And how often you saw the battle line

    arrayed, then shattered its formation!

  15. ولكمْ تَخَاصَمَت الظُّبَا

    فَفَصَلْتَ بالبأْسِ الخِصاما

    And how often the sword-edges quarreled,

    and you settled the dispute with might!

  16. وكَفَيْتَ لما أَنْ قَدِرْ

    تَ وأَطْفَأَ الماءُ الضِراما

    And you proved sufficient once you had the power,

    and water quenched the blaze.

  17. متهلِّلُ الْمَعْرُوف لاَ

    جَهْماً نَدَاكَ ولاَ جَهامَا

    Beaming in kindness—your bounty is neither

    grim-faced nor a rainless cloud.

  18. وكَذَاك أَفْعالُ الكِرا

    مِ فما تُرى إِلاَّ كِرامَا

    And such are the deeds of the noble:

    they are seen as nothing but noble.