لك البشارة فاغنم غاية الأمَلِ

فشأن شأوك قد اربى على الحَمَلِ

You have good tidings, so reap the utmost hope,

For your stature has matured with burdens.

واليوم اضحت لك الايام طائعةً

والدهر وافاك منآداً على وَجَلِ

Today, the days have become obedient to you,

And fate has come to you gently.

واليوم حُزتَ مكاناً لا يحلّ به

إلاّ الذي كان فوق الشمس أو زحل

Today, you have gained a position that none can attain

Except one who was above the sun or Saturn.

واليوم نلت فخاراً باذخاً وعَلا

ءً شامخاً لم تنله الصيد في الأزل

Today, you have gained magnificent and lofty glory,

A towering glory that predators did not attain in ancient times.

واليوم أفرِدتَ حقّاً لا استعارة بل

ولا كناية بالإقبال والقُبَلِ

Today, you have been granted an undisputed right,

Not a metaphor, idiom, rising fortune, or acceptance.

واليوم قَرَّتُ عيون الدين فاكتحلت

بإثمد النصر فازدانت على المُقل

Today, the eyes of religion have been lined with the kohl

Of victory's insomnia, so they have adorned over drowsiness.

واليوم أصبحتِ الإسلامُ في شغل

من الهَنا وأخو الإسلام في جَذَل

Today, Islam is busy with delight,

And the brother of Islam is busy with vigor.

فأبشر فَدَيتُك أن لا عزَّ بعدُ ولا

قبلاً لمن كان قَيلاً أعصُرَ الأوَل

So receive the good news, for after today, no glory remains

For those who were once the squeezers of the first era.

هل بعد ردعك إخوان الخِلاف لمن

ناواك من شَرَفٍ بادٍ ومن نُبُلِ

After your deterrence of the brothers of conflict, is there any glory left

For those who envied your nobility, fading and gentle?

وهل تَركتَ لوراد المكارم من

مجدٍ سوى الىل أو ضحضاحة الوشل

And have you left any glory for the visitors of honors

Other than remoteness or the foolishness of friendship?

تعوم في أبحرٍ بالمجد مفعمةٍ

وشانئوك اكتَضَوا منهنَّ بالبلَلِ

You float in seas filled with glory,

While your detractors have sipped from them in sips.

فَسِرتَ والنصر يسري حيث سرى ولِل

لإقبال جريٌ لدى حَلٍّ ومُرتَحَل

You have marched, and victory has marched wherever you marched,

While rising fortune flowed near halting places and travelers.

تؤمُّ جيشاً له الرايات خافقة

كطائر القلب عن سكناه في شغل

You lead an army with fluttering flags

Like the bird whose heart settled in vegetation due to hardship.

فيا لَه من خميسٍ جامعٍ أُسُداً

تُردي وتردع أسدَ الغيل والدغل

What a fine alliance of lions you have led,

Assailing and deterring the crafty and deceitful lion.

من فوق متن الجياد الصافنات لهم

تحت العجاجة طعن البَهمةِ الرَّجَلِ

Atop the backs of galloping steeds that have

Stabbing under the armors, the strikes of courageous men.

فكم لهم طعنة نجلاء غاب بها

نصل السهام فَبَلهَ الزيتِ والفُتُل

How many clear stabs they have, which make

The tips of arrows disappear, soaking them in blood and slaughter.

قوم من التُرك في الهيجاء عادتهم

تركُ المصادم رامي الظهر ذا خجل

A group of Turks in the battlefield, their habit

Is to flee the opponent, backing away in disgrace.

لا يرعوون ولم يلووا أسِنَّتَهم

عن نيل ما أمَّلوا في الحرب من أمل

They do not refrain, and their tongues have not desisted

From attaining what they hope for in war, from wishes.

بل دأبهم في الوغى كَرٌّ يَفِرُّ

من الورى كل ذي صمصامةٍ بَطَلِ

Rather, their habit in the battle fray is advancing,

Which makes every helmeted hero flee in haste.

وليس يُلهِيهِمُ عن خصمهم سَلَبٌ

بل دأبهم طَلَبٌ أنفاسَ ذي نكلِ

Booty does not distract them from their opponent,

Rather, their goal is to take the souls of the fierce.

كأنهم وإله العرش يكلؤهم

ملائكٌ جئنَ الحَين بالأجل

As if angels from the Lord support them,

Coming at the time with inevitability.

فَقُدتَّهُم جحفلاً سالت بمدنِه

أباطح الكُرد ذات السهل والجبل

You have led them in droves, and their cities'

Plains, foothills, and mountains flowed with the blood of Kurds.

ورُمت حصني بني ماء السماء لما

عَصَوك واستعصموا بالخَيل والرَّجَل

You have cast at the fortress of Bani Ma'a al-Sama, when

They disobeyed you and sought refuge in horses and men.

فلم تُفِدهم غداة الرَّوع كثرتهم

مذ أصبحَ الرُّوعُ مخلوعاً من الوجل

Yet when the horror arrived at dawn, their great numbers

Did not avail them, for horror had shed its severity.

بل اهرعوا هرباً نحو الحصون لكي

ينجو بهنّ حذار السيف والأسَل

Rather, they fled in escape to the fortresses, so they

Could be saved from the sword and throes.

وظنَّ زعماً بنو ماء السماء بأن

ينجو بقَمجُوغة من حادث جَلَل

And the chiefs of Bani Ma'a al-Sama thought

They could be saved by Qumjuqah from a grave event,

إذ حصنها محكم البنيان مرتفع ال

أركان شاهق أربى فوق كل علي

Since its firm, towering structure fortified it,

Raised above all heights.

خرقاء راسخة في الأرض شامخة

في الجو ناجمت العيّوق في الحَمَل

Kharqa, steady in earth, towering in sky,

Produced 'Iyyaq during pregnancy in burdens.

كأنها البرج إذ حفّت بها شهب

ترمي بذي ذنَب كالقصر في المثل

As if it were the tower when meteors surrounded it,

Pelting the tailed with a palace in simile.

قد أصبحت وهي في سورين محدقة

أقواهما البُندُق الناريّ ذو الشعل

It became surrounded by two walls in morning,

The strongest being the cannon with flame.

فعالجتها جنود اللَه يقدمها

ليث العرين فوافَوها على عجل

So the soldiers of God approached it, led

By the lion of the lair, and they came to it in haste.

وأمَّها الليث والأشبال تتبعه

وافتضَّها غير هيّاب ولا نَكِل

And the lion and cubs followed it,

And it was ripped apart without fear or reluctance.

وقد شدا السيف في الهامات من طرب

واللدن يرقص فوق الظهر من جذل

The sword was brandished in zeal from joy,

And the body danced atop the back from vigor.

والنبل رنَّمَ ترنيم المشوق إلى ال

أوطان والطوب أمسى وهو في زجل

And the arrows sang the song of one yearning

For homelands, and the bricks became, at night, chanting.

وشاى شير على أعوان نجدته

بأن نعجّل سيراً لا على مهل

And Ahmad announced to his supporters, saying:

"Let us hasten, not slowly!"

فليس يجدي إذن غير الفرار فما

لجند أحمد في ذا اليوم مِن قِبَل

So there is no benefit other than fleeing, for Ahmad's

Soldiers have no precedent on this day.

ولم يزدهم سوى ضُرّ يبيد وفي ال

تاريخ قد زاد شيراً حينة الأجل

And they gained no benefit other than evident loss, and in

History, Ahmad had gained glory at the time of death.

يا يوم قمجوغه أنسَيتَ ما سلَفَت

من الفتوح الأُلى في الأعصُرِ الأوَلِ

O day of Qumjuqah! Have you forgotten what conquests passed

In the early eras?

قد شيّد اللَه ركنَ الدين فيك كما

أوهى معاقل أهل النوك والنكل

God established the pillar of religion in you, just as

He weakened the fortresses of the people of defiance and malice.

وقد علت شوكة الإسلام إذ خفِضَت

قمجوغة بأهل الجهل والخبل

And the thorn of Islam became prominent when

Qumjuqah was lowered, with its people of ignorance and nonsense.

أمست خلاءً بقيد الأسر مثقلة

والعزّ فارقها والذلّ قارنها

It became empty, burdened with captivity,

As honor left it, and disgrace settled with it,

والبوم يندب فوق الرسم والطلل

فقُمتَ عنها قيام الليث عن رشأ

And the owl cries over the ruins and remnants.

So you rose over it like the lion over a plain,

لمن تُبق فيها لمن يتلوك من أكل

وسِرتَ والسعدُ حفَّ الجند في ظفرٍ

Leaving none remaining in it, following you in food.

You marched, and good fortune surrounded the army in victory,

وزفَّك النجحُ والإقبال في رسَلَ

وأنت ترفل في ثوبين قد نسجا

And success escorted you in conveyance.

You are adorned in two garments woven

ما بين دَفَّتَي الإقبال والقُبَل

تبغي سَرُوجَق إذ كانت شقيقتها

Between the edges of rising fortune and acceptance.

You seek Saraqus, for it was its sister

في البغي والجور في فعل وفي عمل

أُختان قد رضعا العصيان في نهل

In defiance and injustice, in action and deed.

Two sisters who suckled disobedience at the spring

وغُذِّيا بلبان الظُلم في عَلَلِ

وقد تحصَّنَ فيها خوف صولتكم

And were nourished with the milk of injustice in softness.

And Suleym took refuge in it, fearing your might,

سليم غذ لم يزل منكم على دَخَلِ

عضد الخوارج بل ساق لشوكتها

Never ceasing to obtain from you in trickery.

Supporting the Kharijites, but even inciting

رأس الخلاف قوام البغي والجَدَلِ

لقد أدِيفَت بماء الغدر طينته

The head of conflict, the pillar of defiance and dispute.

It was certainly kneaded with the water of betrayal in its substance

من آنِ خِلقَتِه والمكرِ والحِيَل

يا ويحه أين ينجو من مصادقة ال

From the moment of its creation, cunning, and tricks.

Oh woe to him! Where can he escape, befriending

مغوار في كل بادي لبدةٍ خدل

وهل سروجق تنجيه معاقلها

Traitors in every desolate place and gentle valley?

Can Saraqus and its fortresses save him?

وعزم أحمد يوهي الصخر في القُلَلِ

وهل يظن بأن ينجو بمعقلها

While Ahmad's resolve crumbles boulders in the hills?

Can he imagine being saved by its fortress

من صَولة الليث أو من جولة البطلِ

كلا فلم ينج من ليث العرين ولو

From the lion's assault or the hero's attack?

Never! For he cannot escape the lion of the lair, even if

قد غاب في سَرَبٍ في الأرض أو دَخَلِ

بشرى أبا عادلٍ جَلَّيتَ في ظفَرٍ

He disappeared into a crevice in earth or entered.

Good tidings, Abu Adil, you have triumphed

بما تروم وهذا النصر فيك جلي

وطلعة السعد والإقبال قد ظهرت

In what you seek, and this victory is clear to you.

The rising of fortune and favor has appeared

عليك فالبس رداها غير منتحل

واختصّك اليمن والأزياج من قدمٍ

To you, so wear its cloak without pretending.

Yemen and auspiciousness have chosen you since old,

أرخ وقد كان نِلتَ النصر من أزَلِ

And you have attained victory since the ancient.