دار الخلافة حاطك البسفورُ

وأجل قدرك في الورى الدستورُ

The caliphate palace has installed you as a pillar,

And your supreme status in the world is the constitution.

هذي مواكب عيده اللاتي بها

ماجت ميادين الحمى والدور

These are processions in which Lat has appeared,

The arenas of zeal and homes bustled.

ذكرى أغر محجل ضمن المنى

تبديله الحدثان والتغيير

A memory of a splendid, auspicious gathering at Mina,

Its events and changes are renewal.

الحكم عدل والرعية حرة

والملك بينهما أعز فخور

Just rule and free people,

And the king between them most honorable and proud.

وخليفة الرحمن مطرد الندى

والبر موفور الجلال وقور

The caliph of the Merciful, who drives away humidity,

Whose kindness is abundant, majestic and dignified.

مصدوقةٌ شوراهُ عالٍ رأيُهُ

والأمن تحت لوائه والنور

His consultations are truthful, his opinion is sublime,

And safety and light are under his banner.

يدري بأن التاج ليس بمخلص

للفرد حتى يخلص الجمهور

He knows the crown does not purely

Benefit the individual until it benefits the masses.

يرعى ويسترعي الشعوب أمورها

ملك له التدبير والتخيير

He looks after nations and lets them manage their affairs,

A king for whom planning and selection are fit.

حسب العباد من النظام وأهله

أن لا يدل على الوضيع وزير

The people are content with the system and its people,

That no minister points to the lowly.

جمع الشوارد حول حوض واستوى

في ظله مستأجر وأجير

He gathered the dispersed around a basin until

The tenant and employee sat in its shade.

ما اختص أحمد بالخلافة أمة

علماً بأن الدائرات تدور

Ahmed did not reserve the caliphate for a nation,

Knowing fortunes and eras circulated it.

أولى بها من صانها من بعد ما

عبثت مقاديرٌ بها وعصور

More rightful to it than one who protected it after

Destinies tampered with it and ages.

وجلا السماء السيف وهي دجىً كما

ملأ السرير الأرض وهي تمور

The sky cleared of the sword and it was still gloomy,

While the throne filled the earth and it boiled.

شقيت بما تتوهم الأعداء من

هذا التراث وإنه لعسير

It suffered what enemies imagined,

Of this legacy, though arduous.

لك كل يوم يا رشادُ شفاعةٌ

في القوم عند اللّه وهو غفور

For you, O Rashad, every day intercession

With God for the people, and He is forgiving.

يممتَ حصنَ الخارجين فأذعنوا

وأسا الجراحَ الدامياتِ خبير

You fortified the fortress of dissenters so they surrendered,

And a skilled healer dressed their bloody wounds.

وعلا مكان السيف بعد صليله

في الهدنة التسبيح والتكبير

And the tasbeeh and takbeer arose in place of the sword's clanging after it resounded,

And they performed prayers so they made peace,

وأقمت بنيهم الصلاة فسلموا

إلا فريقاً ما يزال يثور

Except a group that still rebels.

Did they experience your just and excellent rule or

عافوا شهيَّ العدل والإحسان أم

غصوا بهذا الماء وهو نمير

Choke on this water, though gentle?

More deserving to remain with his increased misguidance is he who

أولى بمن زاد النهار ضلاله

أن لا يفارق عينَه الديجور

Does not part from delusion in his eyes.

And let everyone who wishes to overpower

وليبق أعزلَ كلُّ من يبغي على

حراسِّه والراصدون كثير

His guards remain powerless while many lie in wait.

The greatest change with your might is around them,

إن أكبر الغيران بأسك حولهم

ففسادهم لو يمهلون كبير

For their corruption, if given respite, is great.

Their killing was not vengeance against them,

ما كان قتلهمُ انتقاماً منهمُ

لكنه لذنوبهم تكفير

But expiation for their sins.

They are fuel for their disorder, while

فهم وقود ضرامهم حيناً ومن

دمهم لإطفاء الضرام بحور

Their blood extinguishes the blaze of disorder in oceans.

If shedding the blood of a sinner cleansed

لو طهر الدم آثماً من رجسه

لم يبق مأثوم ولا مأزور

His vileness, no sinner or transgressor would remain.

Houran shaken and Macedonia bereaved,

حورانُ مزدجرٌ ومقدونية

ثكلى وقد راع العراقَ نذير

While Iraq was warned by a warner.

And Sana'a distanced itself from its debauchery,

وتنصلت صنعاءُ من فجارها

وأبى على المتطاولين عسير

And Aseer refused the arrogant.

لن يخلوَ البلقان من شر وإن

ملأت ثراه جماجمٌ ونحور

The Balkans will not be devoid of evil, even

If its expanses fill with skulls and chests.

من لم يطعك موفقاً مستغفراً

فليبق وهو المرغم المقهور

Whoever disobeys you, though you pardon and forgive,

Let him remain compelled and subjugated.

في القلزم المجتاز مأذون فإن

غوضبت فهو محرم محظور

In prison, he is allowed, but if he transgresses,

He is forbidden and prohibited.

قد قام يجمع شاطئيه أبر في

مصرٍ وآخرُ في الحجاز قدير

The honorable one gathered its two shores,

One in Egypt and another in Hejaz, with power.

مد الشريف إلى العزيز يمينه

وسعى نصير يصطفيه نصير

The noble one extended to the mighty one his right hand,

And the supporter hastened to choose the supporter.

هو حجة النسب الزكي على الأولى

أشقاهمُ التحريضُ والتنفير

He is the proof of the pure lineage against the corrupted,

Whom instigation and incitement split apart.

لولا وسيلته إليهم لم يطع

عاص ولم يحقن دم مهدور

Were it not for his access to them, the disobedient would not have obeyed,

Nor would spilled blood have been spared.

يا زائراً في كل يوم أمةً

يا ليت مصر تعودها وتزور

Oh frequent visitor of a nation every day,

I wish Egypt would return to host and visit you.

جاء الحجاز بشيرها بمحمد

بعد الشآم فهل لمصرَ بشير

The Hejaz gave you its good tidings with Mohammed,

After Syria, so does Egypt have a giver of good news?

إن صفق النيل السعيد فإنما

تصفيقه عن حبها تعبير

If the happy Nile claps,

Its clapping expresses its love.

وإذا علت أهرامها وتطلعت

فسلام مسترعٍ إليك يشير

And if its pyramids rise high and expect,

It is a safe farewell waving to you.

المسلمون على اختلاف بقاعهم

في الأرض ما لهم سواك مصير

Though Muslims differ in their lands,

You alone are their destination.

بيني وبينك زاخران وإنما

سببي إليك إذا أردت قصير

Between me and you are abundance, and yet

My route to you, when I want, is brief.

لولا مضاعفةُ القيود لكان لي

في كل أرض موطن وعشير

If not for the doubling of shackles,

I would have in every land a home and family.

من لي بأجنحة الحمام فأغتدي

بين المعاقل حولهن السور

I wish I had wings of a dove, so I would wander

Between fortresses with walls around them.

وأرى السواحل دونهن سلاسلٌ

وأرى السفائن فوقهن نسور

I would see coasts below them with chains,

And above them, I would see eagles soaring.

وكأنها شم الجبال مواخراً

يدوي حديدٌ تحتها مصهور

As if they were inhaling the mountains from behind,

With iron clamoring beneath them, melted.

لو كان لي أجر الوفاء لكان لي

فوق الخليج خورنق وسدير

If I had the reward of loyalty, I would have

Above the Gulf, a creek and plateau.

حسبي مطاف بالرياض وزهرة

ولكل طير روضة وغدير

It suffices me to circle the gardens, and a flower,

And for every bird, a meadow and stream.

وتحية من سانحات مثلما

مرت بأبرار الملائك حور

And greetings from those like the houris

Who passed the righteous angels.

يا آل عثمان السلام عليكم

ما هز أعطاف الوفيِّ شعور

Oh House of Othman, peace be upon you,

As long as the loyal's emotions stir.

أهواكمُ وأود لو سَلِمَتْ لكم

في العالمين مدائن وثغور

I love you and wish the fortresses and citadels

In both worlds would be well for you.

وأود لو عاشوا وليس عليهم

إلا أمير المؤمنين أمير

And I wish they lived with no one over them

Except the Commander of the Faithful, the Prince.

إن الذي فتح الممالك محسناً

بخلود هذا الملك لهو جدير

He who opened kingdoms virtuously

Is worthy of this eternal kingdom.

لولاكم في الشرق غال حصينه

في الغرب ممدود الشباك مغير

If not for you, in the east its fortress would be expensive,

In the west, its nets spread wide.

هل بعد ما شهدت لكم آثاركم

بالعدل يعبث بالعيان نكير

After your just traces witnessed for you,

Would a denier play games with facts?

يا لابسين من الحديد سوابغاً

وكأنما هو سندس وحرير

Oh you who wear thick coats of iron,

As if it were silk and satin.

ومظلَّلين من اللوافح بالقنا

في البيد إذ أذكى الرمالَ هجير

And you shaded by spears in the wasteland,

When the sands were stirred by zeal.

ومغربين عن الديارِ وذكرُها

لكم أنيسٌ في النوى وسمير

And you estranged from the lands, and their memory

Is a friend to you in purpose and night conversation.

لا فارقت سيما النعيم وجوهَكم

يوماً ولا غابت هناك بدور

Never did the mark of bliss leave your faces,

Nor there did the homes disappear.

قسماً بمكة لن يراع مسالم

أمَّنتموه وسيفكم مشهور

I swear by Mecca, no appeased one

You granted safety will fear while your sword is drawn.

لا خافكم إلا عدوكم ولا

عَدَتِ الأحبةَ غبطةٌ وسرور

None fear you but your enemy, and for

Loved ones, there is no delight and joy.

لكم العزائم والثبات وللعدى

حض الخوارج والخنا والزور

You have resolve, steadfastness, while for the enemy is

The incitement of dissenters, betrayal and falsehood.

إن أيقظوا في كل واد فتنة

فبكل واد جحفل منصور

If they awake discord in every valley,

In every valley is an army victorious.

خشعت جبالهم لكم رهباً كما

لانت جنادلُ قبلها وصخور

Their mountains bowed to you in awe,

As soft spears and boulders before bowed.

وقلوب أهل البغي باقية كما

خلقت تفيض ضغائناً وتفور

And the hearts of the hateful remain

As they were created, overflowing with hatred and boiling.

هل تلتقي حول العرين صغارهم

من بعد ما هال الكبار زئير

Do their small ones around the den meet

After the roar of the elders terrified?

سارت جنودكمُ لكل عظيمة

يا ليتني بين الجنود أسير

Your armies marched to every formidable one.

I wish I was a captive among the soldiers!

أهدي إليهم خير ما صنعت يد

وحكى فمٌ عذبٌ وصان ضمير

I would gift them the best my hands made

And my eloquent, protected tongue would recount.

إني لأدلي بالمواثيق التي

أسوان ترعاها لكم والطور

I give the pacts which Esawen

Tends for you and Tabor.

وأمانةٌ مرعيَّةٌ ووديعةٌ

محميِّةٌ بهما ينوء ثبير

An agreement kept and a trust

Protected through which Thabeer sighs.

إن كنت شاعرَكم بمصرَ فإنني

لكمُ غداً في الخافقين سفير

If I am your poet in Egypt,

Tomorrow in the horizons I am your ambassador.

إني صبرت على الجهاد وطالما

بلغ المدى بعد الجهاد صبور

I have been patient with jihad, and often

Perseverance after jihad reached the farthest goals.