Sol 6.1

  1. قدمتَ بالنصر وبالمَغْنمِ

    كذاك قدومُ الملكِ الأَكرمِ

    You have come with victory and spoils—

    such is the coming of the most generous king.

  2. ورُحْتَ بالنَّارِ إِلى ظالمٍ

    وعُدْتَ بالنُّورِ إِلى مُظْلِم

    You went with fire to a tyrant,

    and returned with light to one in darkness.

  3. يا سَطْوةَ اللهِ على كَافِر

    ونعمةَ اللهِ على مُسْلِمِ

    O God's might against an unbeliever,

    and God's blessing upon a Muslim!

  4. يا قاتِلَ الكُفْرِ وأَحْزابِه

    بالسَّيْفِ والدَّينار والدِّرْهَمِ

    O slayer of unbelief and its factions,

    with sword, dinar, and dirham!

  5. قميصُك الموروثُ عن يُوسُفٍ

    ما جاءَ إِلاَّ صادِقاً في الدَّم

    Your shirt, inherited from Yusuf,

    has never lied in the blood it bore.

  6. أَغثتَ تِبْنين وخلَّصْتَها

    فريسةً من ما ضِغَى ضَيْغَمِ

    You aided Tibnin and freed her,

    a prey, from a fierce lion's jaws.

  7. والكفْرُ كالغُلِّ بها مُحدِقٌ

    لا كسِوارٍ كان في مِعْصَمِ

    Unbelief encircled her like a shackle,

    not like a bracelet upon a wrist.

  8. كم كافرٍ كان بها مُغْرَماً

    والسَيْف يُطِفي حُرقَ المُغْرم

    How many an unbeliever was enamored of her!

    And the sword quenches the lovesick lover's fires.

  9. ورام تِبْنِين فَقُلْنا له

    لو لَمْ ينمْ عقْلُك لم تَحْلُمْ

    He coveted Tibnin, and we told him:

    'Had your mind not slept, you would not have dreamed.'

  10. فجاءَه المولى العزيزُ الذي

    يُكْلاَ به الدينُ ولم يُكْلَمِ

    Then Lord al-Aziz came upon him, through whom

    the faith is guarded and left unwounded.

  11. عن بأْسِه لا يحْتَمي مَعْقِلٌ

    والفقرُ إِن ينزلْ به يَحْتَمِ

    No stronghold can shield itself from his might,

    yet poverty, if it lodges with him, finds shelter.

  12. يقول من يَسْمَعُ فعلاً له

    في الحرْبِ هذا وأَبيكَ الكَمِي

    Whoever hears of a deed of his

    in war says, 'This, by your father, is the armored champion!'

  13. فردَّها سالمةً منهمُ

    من بَعدِ ما قيل لها سلِّمي

    He restored her safe from them,

    after she had been told, 'Surrender!'

  14. ما انْهزمت وانهزموا دُونَها

    متى غَزَوا حصناً وَلَمْ يُهْزَمِ

    She was not defeated; they were routed before her.

    When had they attacked a fortress that did not fall?

  15. سَروْا من خَوْفِ نجومِ القَنا

    ما اكْتَحلُوا في الليلِ بالأَنْجُمِ

    They traveled by night, fearing the stars of spears;

    they did not line their eyes with the stars at night.

  16. في أَدْهَمِيِّ ليلٍ وقيدٍ ومَنْ

    خُيِّر لم يختر سِوَى الأَسْلَمِ

    Between two black things—night and fetters—whoever

    is given a choice chooses only the safer.

  17. ما راكبٌ ليلاً على أَدْهَمٍ

    كداخلٍ سِجْناً على أَدْهَمِ

    A man riding a black horse by night is not

    like one entering prison in black iron fetters.

  18. ما هذه الرَّمْيَةُ معهودةٌ

    بالقَوْسِ إِذ تَرْمِي عن الأَسْهُم

    This is no customary shot

    from a bow when you loose your arrows.

  19. هي التي في يوم بَدْرٍ جَرَتْ

    لمَّا رَمَى اللهُ بِها مَن رُمِي

    It is the very cast made on the day of Badr,

    when God struck with it those who were struck.

  20. وقد أَتت في الذِّكر مذكورةً

    ثابتةَ الأَحكامِ في المُحْكَمِ

    It has been mentioned in the Reminder,

    its rulings established in the unambiguous Scripture.

  21. إِنَّكَ طوفانٌ على من طَغى

    تَعُودُ بالرَّي على مَنْ ظَمِي

    You are a flood against those who transgress,

    yet bring thirst-quenching water to those who thirst.

  22. موردُك الشَّامُ على هَوْلِه

    به احتَمى المورِدُ من زَمْزِم

    Your watering place is al-Sham, despite its terrors;

    there the water-seeker found shelter from a lion.

  23. فالموقِف الأَعظمُ فرَّجْتَه

    فكُنْتَ أَصْل المجلسِ الأَعْظَمِ

    You brought relief in the greatest crisis,

    and so became the foundation of the highest council.

  24. لا عِدَمَ الإِسْلامُ عُثْمَانَه

    مُصْطَلِمَ الدَّاهيةِ الصَّيْلَمِ

    May Islam never lose its Uthman,

    uprooter of devastating calamity!

  25. شِنْشِنةٌ تُعْرَفُ من يُوسُفٍ

    في الحَرْبِ لا تُعْرَفُ من أَخْزَم

    A trait known from Yusuf

    in war, not one known from Akhzam.

  26. ثم انْثَنَى من حَرْبِه ظافِراً

    والسَّيفُ لم يُثْلَبْ ولم يُثْلَمِ

    Then he returned victorious from his war,

    and his sword was neither dishonored nor notched.

  27. وجاءَ لما جاءَنا بالحيا

    وعاد لما عاد بالأَنعُمِ

    When he came to us, he brought life-giving rain,

    and when he returned, he brought blessings.

  28. مَقْدَمُه صارَ جُمَادَى به

    كمثلِ ذِي الحِجَّةِ ذَا مَوْسِم

    Through his arrival, Jumada became

    like Dhu al-Hijjah, with its festive season.

  29. يا مقلتي قد كنتِ مُشتاقةً

    أَرْضاً تَطاها خيلُه فالْثَم

    O my eye, you have been yearning

    for ground his horses tread—so kiss it.

  30. وأَنتَ يا عابثَ حظِّي إِذا

    رأَيتَه مبتسِماً فابْسِمِ

    And you, O trifler with my fortune, when

    you see him smiling, then smile.

  31. تربُ مواطيهِ على مَفْرِقي

    وجَلَّ أَن أَجعَلهُ في فمي

    The dust of his footfalls is upon my crown,

    and too exalted for me to put in my mouth.

  32. يا أَجودَ العالَمَ يا موجَد

    الموجد بل يا مُعدِم المُعدِم

    O most generous in the world, O maker

    of the wealthy—nay, O abolisher of poverty!

  33. جُدْ صِلْ تَرْفَّعْ أَوْلِ جَاهِدْ أَقِم

    أَبْقِ تطوّلْ عِشْ تخلَّد دُمِ

    Be generous, give, rise high, bestow favors, fight, stand firm;

    preserve, show bounty, live, live forever, endure—

  34. يقدر ما أَهلَكْتَ من كافرٍ

    أَو فكما أَحيَيْتَ من مُسْلِمِ

    measured by the number of unbelievers you have slain,

    or of Muslims you have brought to life.