أَبا المُظَفَّرِ أَنتَ المُجتَبى لِهُدى
أُخرى الزَمانِ عَلى خُبرٍ بِخَبرَتِهِ
O Abu al-Muzaffar, you are the chosen one to guide
Another era with its events and experiences
فَلَو رَآكَ وَقَد حُزتَ العُلى عُمَرُ
في قِلَّةِ التَلِّ قَضى كُنَّهُ عَبرَتِهِ
If Omar had seen you attain the height
In the scarcity of hills, his weeping would have told his sadness
وَلَو رَآكَ وَأَهلُ القُدسِ في وَلَهٍ
أَبو عُبَيدَةَ فَدّى مِن مَسَرَّتِهِ
If he had seen you while the people of Jerusalem were in turmoil
Abu Ubaydah would have ransomed them from their joy
غَداةَ جَزّوا النَواصي في قِمامَتِهِ
وَأَعوَلوا بِالتَباكي حَولَ صَخرَتِهِ
On the morning they cut off the heads in their shirts
And they wailed bitterly around his rock
دارَت المِلَّةُ الحُسنى فَنَحنُ عَلى
عَهدِ الصَحابَةِ ف اِستِمرارِ مِلَّتِهِ
The excellent faith has lasted so we are still
On the way of the Companions, continuing his nation
وَأَنتَ كَاِسمِكَ صِدّيقٌ وَصاحِبُهُ ال
مَلِكُ المُظَفَّرِ سامٍ في مَبرَتِهِ
And you are like your name, a truthful friend and his companion
The victorious King persevering in his integrity
وَفي الثَلاثَةِ عُثمانٌ يُؤَيِّدُهُ
عُلا عَلِيٍّ عَلى إيثارِ نُصرَتِهِ
And in the three, there is Othman who backs him
The superiority of Ali aiding his victory
وَكَم لَدَيكَ ذَوو قُربى رَقوا شَرَفاً
وَكَم بَعيدٌ رَأى الزُلفى بِهِجرَتِهِ
And how many close relatives have you who surpassed in nobility
And how far did the outcast see the friendship in his estrangement
يُشبَهُ الفَتحَ ما بَينَ البُزاةِ لَقى
مَلِكُ الفِرِنجِ أَخيذاً بَينَ عَترَتِهِ
The conquest between the heroes resembles the one the
King of the Franks seized amidst his family
أَما رَأَيتَ مَعالي يوسُفَ نَسَقَت
حَتّى رَمَت كُلَّ ذي مُلكٍ بِحَسرَتِهِ
Have you not seen the glories of Yusuf which
Made every king with a realm bow in despair to him
أَضحى لِنَشرِ الهُدى في فَتحٍ مَنهَجُهُ
وَباتَ يَطوي العِدى في سَدِّ ثَغرَتِهِ
His approach became to spread the guidance in the opening
And he spent the night folding injustice, closing its gaps
وَاِستَقبَحَ الرِجسَ مِمنُوّاً بِمَشهَدِهِ
فَاِستَفتَحَ القُدسَ مَحشُوّاً بِزُمرَتِهِ
He disliked filth, protected by his integrity
So he opened Jerusalem, filled with his troops
لَكِن بِأَسَ صَلاحُ الدينِ أَذهَلَهُم
بِوَقعَةِ التَلِّ وَاِستِشراءِ سَورَتِهِ
But the might of Salah al-Din horrified them
With the incident of Tell and the diffusion of his image
يَعي الجَوارِحَ وَالفُراسانَ وَهوَ عَلى
بَدءِ النَشاطِ عَشِيّاً مِثلَ بَكرَتِهِ
He senses the birds and the knights and he is still
At the beginning of vitality, evening like morning
يا فاتَحِ المَسجِدَ الأَقصى عَلَيَّ بِهِم
وَقانِصَ الجَيشِ لا يُحصى بِقَفزَتِهِ
O opener of al-Aqsa Mosque, may they be sacrificed for it
And defeat the army that cannot be counted with its leap
أَبشِر بِمُلكٍ كَظُهرِ الشَمسِ مُطَلَّعٍ
عَلى البَسيطَةِ فَتّاحَ بِنَشرَتِهِ
Receive good news of a reign like the emerging sun
Dawning on the horizon, a conqueror with its diffusion
حَتّى يَكونَ لِهَذا الدينُ مَلحَمَةً
تَحكي النُبُوَّةُ في أَيّامِ فَترَتِهِ
Until this religion has an epic
That tells of prophecy in the days of its abandonment
