لك البشر حمداً فالورى لك تَشكُرُ
ولا زِلتَ بالإقبال والرعب تُنصَرُ
You deserve all praise from mankind, for you are always victorious.
With your might and awe you are forever triumphant.
ولا برح الجيش الذي أنت قلبُه
يكرُّ على الأعداء قهراً ويكسرُ
Your army, whose heart you are, never ceases
To defeat enemies, subdue and shatter them.
فكم مفخرٍ فُقتَ الملوك به ولم
يكن مثل هذا المفخر اليوم مفخرُ
How proud are the kings you have vanquished,
A feat unmatched today or any day.
رقيتَ إلى أوج المعالي بهِمَّةٍ
تَهُدُّ بها رضوى وإن شئتَ تعمرُ
You have reached the height of greatness with determination
To level mountains or rebuild them if you wish.
ويكسر كسرى نفسه عند ذكرها
ويقصر عن إدراك شأوك قيصرُ
Khosrow's soul breaks remembering you,
While Caesar cannot fathom your grandeur.
فمن يبلغُ الخُنكار أن وزيره
ظهيرٌ له فيما يروم مُظَفَّرُ
Who can tell the Emperor that his minister,
His stalwart support, is the victorious one.
به حوزة الزوراء تم أمانها
ولولاه كانت لا تزال تُكدَّرُ
Through him the land of Zawra is safe
Else it would still be mired in woe.
فكلُّ وزير في المكارم دونه
وكل كبيرٍ عند علياه يَصغُرُ
Each minister is lesser in virtues than he
And all nobles seem small before his loftiness.
له شيم محمودة فكأنها
كواكب في برج المكارم تَزهَرُ
He has praiseworthy traits, as though they are
Stars blossoming in the constellation of virtues.
كريمٌ فلا برق الأماني بخُلَّبٍ
لديه ولا مُستريح الرِّفدِ يُذكر
Generous, no avarice dims his humanity,
Nor is rest sought after giving.
كميٌّ إذا ما صالَ يذكرُ رستمٌ
به إذا ما جالَ يذكر عنترُ
If he draws sword, Rustum is recalled.
If he attacks, Antara is remembered.
ويسطو فتلقاه لدى الكَرِّ ناظماً
عِداه وفي التجوال تلقاه ينثر
You see him composing poetry in peace,
And in war, distributing blows.
فيخضر هندي له وهو أبيض
ويحمر خطى له وهو أسمر
The Indian turns green next to his white complexion
And his steps make the red blush.
ويغرق في بحر القتام مجالداً
فواعجباً في الكرِّ تغرق أبحرُ
He drowns in the dark sea fighting gallantly,
How wondrous that oceans drown in his valor.
له راحةٌ في السِّلم جنَّةُ مُعدَمٍ
وفي الحرب نارٌ للعدو تَسَعَّرُ
He finds comfort in peace, a heaven for the despondent,
And in war, a hellfire burning enemies.
عصوه بنو ماء السماء وخَيَّلوا
بأنفسهم نصراً عليه وزوَّروا
The people of Māʾ al-Samā defied him
Deeming themselves victorious through deceit.
وقادهم عثمان ظناً بأنه
برأي سليم لا محالة يُنصَرُ
Led by Osman, believing he would undoubtedly win
With his sound strategy, or so he thought.
وسار بهم جيشاً يضيق به الفضا
خميساً عظيماً لا يُعد ويُحصرُ
With a massive army that filled the horizon
Immeasurable in numbers, they came on Thursday.
ورامَ بهم دار السلام وأنه
يقاتل مولانا الوزير ويقهرُ
Seeking to conquer Dar al-Salam, certain that
They would defeat our minister and overwhelm him.
وعن دولة الإسلام قد حاد عاصياً
مطيعاً هواه فهو ينهى ويأمرُ
Turning against the Muslim state rebelliously,
Obeying only his desires, prohibiting and commanding.
وعزَّ بأوباش اللئام وجنده
وقد ذَلَّ إلا أنّه ليس يشعر
Emboldened by vile riffraff, his troops so weak,
Unaware of his disgrace and defeat.
وخان أمين الدين كفراً لحقِّهِ
وهان وهل من مثله الصِّدقُ يؤثرُ
Betraying the trusted minister, denying his rights
Dishonored, though who upholds piety thrives.
وشَقَّ العصا لما عصى فسليمه
عليل الحِجى يغزو النواحي وياسر
Splitting his staff when he rebelled, but Selim
With feeble supporters marched against us audaciously.
ومذ بلغ المغوار اخبار غدره
نحاه كما ينحو الفريسة قَسوَر
Upon hearing of his betrayal and deceit
The Mughals pounced on him like birds of prey.
وقام إليه مسرعاً من عرينه
بأشباله والعزم يحدو ويزجر
Rushing from their lair, ferociously roaring,
With their cubs, resolute and formidable.
وسار ورايات القبول تؤمّه
لديها من الأملاك قد صُفَّ عسكر
With the flags of victory, optimism leading them
As soldiers lined up with joyful spirits exalting.
بجيش قَبولُ النصر صار مُهللاً
لديه وأرواح السرور تُكَبِّرُ
The lions from their den thrive in battle,
As the elite troops held back timidly.
وأسد عرين في الوغى قد تعودت
صيالاً إذ جل الكماة تأخروا
The clash of swords is lively music to them
And the red wine of enemy blood intoxicates in war.
لديهم صليل السيف نغمة شادنٍ
وخمر دِما الأعداء في الحرب مُسكِرُ
Hence you see them revel in the fray
Each puffed up and dignified in the arena.
لذاك تراهم يطربون لدى الوغى
فكلٌ يُرى في رحبها يتبخترُ
Their sharp intact and broken blades guard
The bodies of their slain enemies.
ويحمي من السرحان شلو قتيلهم
نصالٌ صحيحٌ مارقٌ ومكسّرُ
He led them as an army whose length
Swept away the people of Māʾ al-Samā, devastating them.
فقادهم جيشاً تسيل بمدِّه
بطاح بني ماء السماء وتَجزر
The Kurds fled before their arrival, for who can stand
At the basin of death and prevail?
تفرقت الأكراد قبل وصولهم
ومن ذا على حوض المهالك يَقدِر
Selim escaped, no fortress could protect him,
Terrified and panicking as he fled.
فولى سليم هارباً لا تلمُّه
حصونٌ حصيناتٌ له وهو يذعر
To the barren desert, fearing for his life
Lest a specter shattered his heart.
إلى الجاف خافٍ نفسه خيفة وان
يراكم بطيفٍ قلبه يتفطر
May he perish, the traitor lost in deceit
And be crushed, the schemer wherever he schemes.
فبُعداً له من غادر في غواية
وسحقاً له من ماكرٍ حيث يمكرُ
He could not stay in his own land
So he escaped hurriedly, stumbling as he fled.
وأصبح لا يسطيع مكثاً بأرضه
فولى فراراً وهو يعدو ويعثر
A patrol caught up with him to inflict punishment
Fearing they would die if they met him, terrified.
وقد أدركته في الجلاد سريةٌ
تهاب المنايا من لِقاها وتذعر
He battled them fiercely with his supporters
As if fighting for his last breaths before burial.
فجالَدَهم بالتابعين له كما
يجالد عن أنفاسه من سَيُقبَرُ
When he saw the fighting only increased their injuries
And his troops had retreated and deserted,
فلما رأى أن الجلاد يزيدهم
ضِراماً وألفى جنده قد تقهقروا
He resorted to a siege, relying on his fort,
Thus besieged, he who had intended to besiege.
تولّى حصاراً مستعيناً بحصنه
فأصبح محصوراً وقد رام يحصر
He was captured, swords gleaming above him,
A prisoner as the jaws of death grinned.
فجيء به والسيف يلمع فوقه
أسيراً وأنيابُ المنيّة تكشر
He met his fate when his head was severed
By a sword that showed him death when unsheathed.
فلاقى نِكالاً حيث طيَّرَ رأسه
حسامٌ يريه الموت ساعة يُشهَرُ
Likewise Jawza in Irbil, laying siege
Seeking safety therein, cautious.
كذلك قوجٌ حيث حل بإربل
ورام حصاراً فيه ينجو ويحذر
Trusting his sturdy impenetrable fortress
Would save him from doom and protect his army.
وقد ظنَّ ينجيه من الحتف معقلٌ
حصين ويحميه من الفَتكِ عسكر
But it availed him not, for his sturdy bastion
Stood upon smooth rock, unscalable.
فلم يُجده نفعاً له كونُ حصينه
على قُنَّةٍ ملساء لا تُتَسَوَّرُ
Reaching higher than the stars in might and loftiness
Towering over Vega defiantly boasting.
تُناجِم أعلى النجم سمكاً ورفعةً
وتزهو على الشِّعرى العبورِ وتفخرُ
They surrounded him as flames engulfed it
Besieging for a time before finally scaling it.
فحفوا به والشهب منه تزايدت
وحاصوا عليه ساعةً فَتَسَوَّروا
The chief of villains was shackled
And made to pay for his sedition and betrayal.
وصار رئيس المفسدين مجندلاً
وجوزي عما كان يعثو ويغدر
The festival of breakthrough dawned, for
The source of strife was sacrificed and slaughtered.
وأصبح عيد الفطر أضحى لأنه
تُضحّى به شوس الفساد وتُنحَر
Good tidings, for victory has come heralded
By a conquest declaring "God is Greatest!”
فبشرى لنا فالنصر حل مؤرخاً
بفتح يقول الحرُّ اللَه أكبر
