بشرى فإن النصر وافانا

وكوكب النصر لقد زانا

Good tidings, for victory has come to us,

And the star of victory has adorned us.

وأقبل الإقبال في طالعٍ

فوق سموت العزّ مزادنا

Good fortune has risen in an auspicious ascendant,

Above the heavens of glory it has enriched us.

وفَلَكُ المجد غدا دائراً

بأنجم الفخر كما كانا

The sphere of glory now revolves,

With the stars of pride as it once was.

والنصر أمسى نجمه زاهراً

زيَّنَه الإقبال فازدانا

And victory, its star now shines,

Adorned by good fortune it is bejeweled.

والملِكُ السامي غدا قَدرُه

فوق السُّها ناجَمَ كيوانا

The Sublime King, his value now,

Above the Pleiades a star of Kaiwan.

فخر الورى فجر الهدى نيّرٌ

به استضاءت آل عثمانا

Pride of the world, dawn of guidance, shining light,

By it the family of Othman is illuminated.

ظُلمَةُ أهل الجور زالت به

ما هو إلاّ شمس دنيانا

The darkness of the people of tyranny vanished by it,

It is none other than the sun of our world.

تاج الملوك الصِّيد ذو هِمَّة

علياء تستصغر ثهلانا

Crown of kings, the hunt, of lofty ambition,

Nobler than mounts Tha’laban.

مَولى النّدى مولي من المال ما

يعجز عنه الخَطُّ حسبانا

Master of munificence, my patron of wealth that,

Exhausts the pen to count.

ذو راحة أندى من البحر إذ

قد أنبتَت للوفد عُقيانا

Of comfort more verdant than the sea, when

For pilgrims it sprouted Ukian trees.

يَستَرُّ بالجائي يروم العطا

منه ولو أنفس ما كانا

He veils the newcomer, longing to grant favour,

Even if it be the dearest souls.

فكعبةَ الوفد غدت دارُه

حيث بنى للحمد أركانا

So the pilgrims’ Kaaba became his house,

Where for praise he erected the pillars.

للواردين الجود من كِفّه

أسال جيحونا وجيحانا

For those arriving, generosity from his palm,

More copious than Jayhoon and Jayhan rivers.

عماد أهل العزّ ركن العُلى

أحسنُ أهل الجود إحسانا

Pillar of the noble folk, pillar of the exalted,

Best of people in doing good.

البطل المغوار وقت اللّقا

وفي الوغى لا زال طّعانا

The valiant warrior in times of meeting,

And in battle he remains a piercing spear.

لكلّ قَرم هيبةً لم يَدِن

وكلُّ جبّار له دانا

To every tyrant, awe, he did not cower,

And every despot to him has submitted.

تَوَهُّماً تفرق منه العِدى

إن قيلَ ذا سِربُ سليمانا

Imagining he dispersed the enemies,

As though he were Solomon’s flock of jinn.

ما أنفكّ مذ غَرَّبَ أسيافه

وَطَّنها الهامات إيطانا

He did not cease, since he reddened his swords,

And the blades tasted flesh.

أما ترى المغوار في وقعة ال

أحزاب كم جندل فرسانا

Do you not see the warriors in the battle of

The Confederates, how many horsemen they felled?

إذ بصرة الفيحاء قد أجدبت

وكان فيها الشهم سلطانا

When Basra the radiant was stricken with drought,

And valorous ones were rulers there.

فرام أن يُخِرجَ أجنادَه

منها إلى أكناف بُغدانا

He wanted to move his armies,

From it to the borders of Baghdad.

لكي يَخِفَّ الجدبُ عنها وكي

يشمل منه اللطف سُكّانا

So drought may alleviate from it, and so

Inhabitants may enjoy his kindness.

فسار بالجَحفل عن قُطرها

مُتَّخِذَ الحِلَّةِ أوطانا

He marched with the army from its territory,

Making Hilla their place of abode.

وحيثما خَيَّم في دَوِّها

قد حَصَّلت دون القُرى شانا

Wherever he camped in its environs,

Above the villages it gained prominence.

واستَرَّ أهلوها بمن زادهم

إذ أمِنُوا ظلماً وعدوانا

The people felt safe with his increase,

When secured from injustice and transgression.

لكن في بغداد مذ شاع ذا

حازت أهالي البغي أحزانا

But in Baghdad, when this spread,

The corrupt gained sorrow.

فاجتمعوا عند مليكٍ لهم

وارتكبوا غدراً وكفرانا

They gathered around a king of theirs,

And committed betrayal and disbelief.

من كل جواظ عريض القفا

عن حلية الإنصاف عريانا

From all quarters, hardhearted, stripped

Of the garb of justice, naked.

لما يزل من عقله جائعاً

ومن عظيم النُوك شبعانا

His mind still ravenous,

From massive feasting, satiated.

حاصوا كحمر الوحش من حينهم

وأضطرب المجلس أحيانا

They rushed like desert donkeys in their recklessness,

And chaos permeated the gathering at times.

وأجمعوا أن مليك الورى

حاد عن الدولة عصيانا

They agreed the king of the world,

Has rebelled against the state in disobedience.

وأنه مال إلى غدرنا

وأنه جاء لينكانا

And he has inclined towards betraying us,

And he came to gyp us.

فعند ذا قرر مُفتيهم

بحربه جهلاً وخُذلانا

So at that, their Mufti resolved,

To battle him in ignorance and humiliation.

جهَّز جيش الظلم واليهم

مجمعاً عجماً وعُربانا

He prepared the army of injustice against them,

Assembling Persians and Arabs.

وحاولوا أن يبلغوا مأرباً

من فارس العصر سليمانا

And they attempted to reach,

The Mard of the age, Solomon.

لكنهم خابوا لما شاهدوا

منه رحاة الحرب طحانا

But they failed when they witnessed,

His expertise in war’s mill.

إذ قام كالقسور من غيله

تحفه الأشبال فرسانا

For he stood like an unassailable fortress,

His cubs the horsemen surrounding him.

وجرد الأبيض من جفنه

وأعتقل الأسمر طعانا

He unsheathed the white from his eyelid,

And held the dark brown spear.

واقتحم الحرب كليثٍ إذا

صادف بعض الصيد غرثانا

He stormed into battle like a lion, if

He met a pack of hyenas.

أحمى وطيس الحرب حتى غدا

له قتام الجو دخانا

The battle raged until the sky,

Became like the darkness of smoke for him.

ولم يزل يردي بهنديه ال

أبطال أمثالاً وأقرانا

He did not stop felling their champions,

Heroes and equals with his Indian blade.

حتى إذا قابل جمعاً لهم

ولوا وقالوا أنه جانا

Until when he met a troop of theirs,

They retreated saying he is a Jinn.

فرقهم ايدي سبا في الفلا

وقد قرى نسراً وسرحانا

He scattered them by the hands of captors in retreat,

Having seen an eagle and traveler birds.

تباً لهم عشرون ألفاً لهم

وعسكر المغوار ألفانا

Woe to them, twenty thousand to them,

While the warriors’ army two thousand.

فكيف ولّى بعضهم هارباً

وبعضهم صاحب أكفانا

So how did some of them flee in escape,

While others wrapped in shrouds?

بشراك يا شهم فذي نعمة

دون الورى أولاك مولانا

Congratulations O valor, this then is a blessing,

Above the world those masters of ours.

فالنصر قد خصك دون الورى

وحفك الإقبال أزمانا

For victory singled you out above the world,

And destiny adorned your times.

نصرت بالرعب وذي وقعة ال

أحزاب فافخر بالذي كانا

You gained victory by might, and in the battle of

The Confederates, so pride yourself in what was.

حيث لكم بالمصطفى أسوة

حميدة نلت بها شانا

Where you have the Chosen as an example,

A praiseworthy one you gained glory by.

مذ بلغ الخنكار أخباره

ولاه للرأفة بغدانا

Since Al-Khumar got news of it,

He gave you Baghdad in compassion.

حيث رآه باسلا فاتكا

يردي العدى فرسا وعربانا

When he saw you valiant, experienced,

Felling the enemies, horsemen and Arabs.

ذا نجدة غوث صريخ أخا ال

جودة حسانا وحسانا

This aid, a rescuer, the scream of a brother

Of generosity, Hasan and Hussein.

بعد العنا نال لذيذ العلى

واغتنم الراحة تعبانا

After hardship he attained the sweet sublime,

And enjoyed rest fatigued.

كما استلذ النوم بعد الكرى

فغمض الساهر أجفانا

As sleep is savored after fatigue,

So the wakeful one closed his eyelids.

حمدا لك اللهم زال العنا

به وما قد كان أشقانا

Thanks to You O Lord, hardship passed

By him and what had caused anguish.

واستبشرت بغداد إذ حلها

ففاخرت مدنا وبلدانا

And Baghdad rejoiced when he entered it,

So it prided over cities and towns.

ما هي إلا بهجة يتمت

بعدك لا تروق أغصانا

It only attained joy after you,

Branches do not please without you.

أضنى قواها طول هذا النوى

حتى أتت بالسقم برهانا

Its strength weakened during this intent,

Until it came with illness as proof.

بظعنكم عنها منار الهدى

أخفي فلا يطيع تبيانا

By your absence the minaret of guidance,

Was hidden so does not obey elucidation.

ومذ حللت الآن في رحبها

بدت بها الأنوار إعلانا

And since you have now entered its expanse,

The lights appeared openly.

لا أوحش اللَه ربوعا بها

منك ولا أوحش سكانا

May God not make desolate its meadows,

Without you or its inhabitants.

لا برحت لمجدكم منزلا

وللثنا والحمد أوطانا

Do not depart seeking glory,

And for praise and eulogy it is home.

مولاي أعداك غدوا خضعا

خوفا وكل لك قد دانا

My patron, they have submitted fearful morning,

In trepidation and all to you have surrendered.

هب أنهم ساؤوا فأحسن بهم

للّه إذ أولاك إحسانا

Grant that they did evil, so treat them well,

For God’s sake they are that generosity.

قَدَرتَ والعفو هوا لمرتجى

إذ هو من شيمة مولانا

You determined, and pardon is the want of the hopeful,

For it is of the traits of our patron.

واغضض بطرف الحلم عن غيِّهم

وامنحهم عفواً وغفرانا

And overlook their hatred with the edge of forbearance,

And grant them pardon and forgiveness.

فالحمد لله غدوا مُثلَةً

كفاهم ذلاً وخسرانا

For praise to God they have become exemplary,

Sufficed by humiliation and loss.

لا زلت فينا حاكماً عادلاً

ودمتَ للعاصين حنَّانا

You have not ceased being for us a just ruler,

And you remain compassionate to the disobedient.

بشرى لنا آل الزويراء إذ

عزيزنا الناصرُ وافانا

Good tidings to us the Zuwairas, when

Our mighty victorious one has come to us.

أسعدنا اللَه به بعدما

بغيره قد كان أشقانا

After hardship with others, God made us happy through him,

When the rule of rogues vanished by him.

ودولة الأوباش زالت به

مذ حَلَّ صدر الدَّست سلطانا

And the sign of fortune dated,

The kingdom, Solomon it has become.

وآية الإقبال قد أرَّخَت

الملك أضحى لسليمانا