1. لستُ أَدري بأَيِّ فتحٍ تُهنَّا

    يا مُنيلَ الإِسلام ما قد تمنَّى

    I do not know for which victory you should be congratulated,

    O giver to Islam of what it had wished for.

  2. كلُّ فتح يقول إِنِّيَ أَولى

    وهْوَ أَولى لأَنَّه كان أَهْنا

    Every victory says, "I am more deserving,"

    and it is more deserving, for it was more gladdening.

  3. أَنُهنِّيك إِذ تملكتَ شاماً

    أَم نهنّيك إِذ تملكت عَدْنا

    Shall we congratulate you for gaining Syria,

    or congratulate you for gaining Eden?

  4. قد ملكتَ الجِنان قصراً فقَصْرا

    إِذ فتحتَ الشآمَ حِصناً فحِصْنا

    You have gained the gardens, palace after palace,

    when you conquered Syria, fortress after fortress.

  5. إِنّ دِينَ الإِسلام مَنَّ على الخلـ

    ـق وأَنتَ الذي على الدِّين منَّا

    Indeed, the faith of Islam bestowed favor upon creation,

    and you are the one who bestowed favor upon the faith.

  6. أَنت أَحيَيْتَه وقد كان مَيْتاً

    ثم أَعتقتَه وقد كان قِنَّا

    You revived it when it had been dead,

    then freed it when it had been a slave.

  7. شكر الله ما صنعتَ على العر

    ش وفي عَرْصَةِ الملائِك أَثْنَى

    God, upon the Throne, thanked you for what you did,

    and in the angels' court He praised you.

  8. لك مدحٌ فوق السموات يُنشا

    ومحلٌّ فوق الأَسِنَّة يُبنى

    Praise for you is composed above the heavens,

    and a station is built above the spearheads.

  9. شاق جبريلَ بيتُه بيت جبريـ

    ـلَ فوافى إِليه شوقاً وحَنّا

    His house—the house of Gabriel—roused Gabriel's longing,

    so he came to it with longing and yearning.

  10. تُخْرِجُ السَّاكنين منه ورَبُّ

    البيتِ في بَيْتِه أَحقُّ بسُكْنَى

    You drive its inhabitants out, and the master

    of the house has greater right to dwell in his own house.

  11. شَهِدَ النَّاسُ أَنهم شاهدوا جب

    ريلَ ردّ الأَقرانَ قِرْناً فَقِرنا

    The people testified that they saw Gabriel

    drive back the adversaries, champion after champion.

  12. فَلكَمْ ضَرْبةٍ ولم تَر ضَرْباً

    ولكم طعنةٍ ولم ترَ طَعْنا

    How many a blow, though you saw no striking!

    And how many a thrust, though you saw no thrusting!

  13. مَلِكٌ جُندُه ملائكةُ اللَّـ

    ـه فُرادى جاءَت إِليه ومَثْنى

    A king whose troops are the angels of God,

    who came to him singly and in pairs.

  14. كم تأَنَّى النصرُ العزيز عن الشا

    م ولما نهضتَ لم يتأَنَّ

    How long mighty victory held back from Syria,

    yet when you rose, it did not delay.

  15. قد تعنَّيتَ حين أَحببتَ وجهَ

    الله بالحرب والمحبُّ مَعنَّى

    You suffered hardship when you loved the face

    of God through war; a lover is tormented.

  16. ولَعَمْرِي من حاز فتحاً جليلا

    وتعنَّى فإِنَّه ما تعنَّى

    And by my life, whoever wins a splendid victory

    and endures hardship has endured none at all.

  17. قمتَ في ظُلمةِ الكريهة كالبد

    ر سَناً والبدرُ يطلعُ وَهْنَا

    You stood in battle's darkness like the full moon

    in radiance; the full moon rises after nightfall.

  18. لم تقفْ قطُّ في المعارِك إِلاَّ

    كنت يا يوسفُ كيوسفَ حُسْنا

    Never did you stand in battle without

    being, O Yusuf, like Yusuf in beauty.

  19. تجْتَني النَّصْر من ظُباكَ كأَنَّ الـ

    ـغَضْبَ قد صحَّفوه أَو صَار غُصنا

    You pluck victory from your sword-edges, as though

    wrath had been misread, or had become a branch.

  20. قصدَتْ نحوك الأَعادي فردَّ

    الله ما أَمَّلُوه عنك وعنَّا

    The enemies came against you, but

    God turned what they hoped for away from you and us.

  21. حملوا كالجبال عِظْماً ولكن

    جعلَتْها حَمْلاَتُ خيلك عِهْنَا

    They charged, massive as mountains, but

    your cavalry's charges turned them into wool.

  22. جمعوا كيدَهم وجاءُوك أَركا

    ناً فمن قدَّ فارساً هدَّ رُكنا

    They gathered their guile and came against you as pillars,

    so whoever cleaved a horseman shattered a pillar.

  23. لم تُلاقِ الجيوشَ منهم ولك

    نَّكَ لاقيتَهُم بلاداً ومُدْنا

    You did not meet their armies; rather,

    you met them as lands and cities.

  24. كُلُّ من يَجْعَل الحديدَ له ثَوْ

    باً وتَاجاً وطَيْلسَاناً ورُدْنا

    All those who make iron their garment,

    their crown, mantle, and sleeve,

  25. يدَّعون الغنى من الناس لكن

    أَنْتَ بالنَّصر كنتَ أَغْنَى وأَقْنى

    claim they need no one; but

    through victory you were richer and better endowed.

  26. خانهم ذلك السلاحُ فلا الرُّمـ

    ـح تَثَنَّى ولا المهنَّدُ طنَّا

    That weaponry betrayed them: no lance

    bent, and no Indian-steel sword rang.

  27. وتولَّت تلك الخيولُ فكم يُثْـ

    ـنَى عليها بأَنَّها ليس تُثنى

    Those horses turned tail—how often they are praised

    for never being turned back!

  28. واسْتَحالَت شَقاشِقُ الكُفْرِ صمْتاً

    حينَ عادتْ تِلْكَ الشَّجاعةُ جُنْنَا

    The frothing bluster of unbelief turned to silence

    when that bravery turned into shields.

  29. أَشجعُ القوم فيهمُ جاعلُ الدِّرْ

    عِ هُروباً أَو الفرارِ مجَنَّا

    The bravest among them turns armor

    into flight, or flight into a shield.

  30. لم يُطِيقُوا الهُروبَ ضَعْفاً وعَجْزاً

    هل يُطيقوا الهروبَ عَقْرى وزَمْنى

    They could not flee, through weakness and helplessness;

    can the maimed and the crippled flee?

  31. وتصيَّدتَهم بحلقةِ صيدٍ

    تجمعُ الليثَ والغزالِ الأَغَنَّا

    You hunted them down within a hunting ring

    that gathers the lion and the soft-voiced gazelle.

  32. وجَرَتْ مِنْهُم الدِّماءُ بِحارا

    فجَرَتْ فوْقَها الجزائُر سُفنا

    Their blood flowed in seas,

    and the carcasses sailed upon them like ships.

  33. صُنِّعت منهم وليمة وحش

    رقَصَ المَشرَفِيُّ فيها وغنَّى

    From them a feast for wild beasts was prepared;

    the Mashrafi sword danced and sang at it.

  34. ظلَّ معبودُهم لديك أَسيراً

    مُسْتَضَاماً فاجعل له النارَ سِجْنا

    Their object of worship remained captive before you,

    humiliated; make fire his prison.

  35. صلبوا ربّهم فلم يُغن عنهم

    من رَأَى بعد صلبه قَطُّ أَغْنَى

    They crucified their lord, but he availed them nothing;

    who has ever seen him give help after being crucified?

  36. وحوى الأَسْرُ كُلَّ مَلْك يظن الدّ

    هرَ يَفْنى وملكُه ليس يفنى

    Captivity seized every king who thought that time

    would perish, while his kingdom never would.

  37. والمليكُ العظيم فيهمْ أَسيرٌ

    يتَثنَّى في أَدهمٍ يتثنَّى

    The great king among them is a captive,

    writhing within a black fetter that writhes.

  38. يَحْسِبُ النَّومَ يقْظَةً ويظن الشَّخص

    طوداً ويُبصرُ الشَّمْس دَجْنا

    He takes sleep for waking and thinks a figure

    a mountain, and sees the sun as gloom.

  39. كم تمنَّى اللقاءَ حتى رآهُ

    فتمنَّى لو أَنَّه ما تَمنَّى

    How often he wished for battle, until he saw it;

    then he wished he had never wished.

  40. ظَن ظنَّاً وكُنْتَ أَصْدقَ في

    الله يَقيناً وكان أَكذَبَ ظَنَّا

    He formed a conjecture, while you were truer in

    your certainty in God, and he was falser in his conjecture.

  41. رقَّ من رحمةٍ له القيدُ والغُلّ

    عليه فكلّما أَنَّ أَنَّا

    The fetter and collar he wore softened in pity for him;

    whenever he groaned, they both groaned.

  42. واللَّعين الإِبْرَنْس أَصبح مذبو

    حاً تمنَّى لم يَعْدِم اليومَ يُمنا

    And the accursed prince lay slaughtered;

    he wished not to lack good fortune today.

  43. أَنت ذكِّيْتَه فوفَّيتَ نذراً

    كنت قدَّمته فجوزيتَ حُسْنا

    You slaughtered him and thus fulfilled a vow

    you had made before, and were rewarded with good.

  44. وتهادَتْ عرائِسُ المدْنِ تُجْلَى

    وثِمَارُ الأَمْوالِ مِنْهُنَّ تُجْنى

    And the bride-cities came swaying forth, unveiled,

    and the fruits of wealth are harvested from them.

  45. لا تُخصُّ الشآمُ فيك التَّهاني

    كلُّ صُقع وكُلُّ قُطْرٍ مهنَّى

    Syria is not alone in congratulations for you;

    every region and every land is congratulated.

  46. قد ملكْت البلادَ شرقاً وغرْباً

    وحويت الآفاق سهلاً وحَزْنا

    You have ruled the lands, east and west,

    and encompassed the horizons, plains and rugged ground.

  47. وتفرّدتَ بالذي هو أَسمى

    وتوحَّدت بالذَّي هو أَسْنَى

    You have stood alone in what is loftiest,

    and been unrivaled in what is most radiant.

  48. واغْتدى الوصفَ في عُلاك حسيراً

    أَيُّ لفظٍ يُقال أَو أَيُّ مَعْنى

    Description has grown weary before your loftiness:

    what word can be spoken, or what meaning?

  49. وسَمعْنا الإِلَه قال أَطيعُو

    هُ سَمِعْنا لربنا وأَطَعْنَا

    And we heard God say, "Obey

    him." We have listened to our Lord and obeyed.