والقدسُ أَعضلَ داؤه مِن قبلكم

فوفيتمُ بشفاءِ ذاكَ المعضلِ

Jerusalem's malady was intractable before you

Yet you brought healing to that intractability

درجَ الملوكُ على تَمنِّي فتحهِ

زمناً وغلتهمْ بهِ لم تبللِ

Kings grew accustomed to longing for its conquest

For ages, yet their desire was never quenched

وأَتى زمانكمُ فأَمكن آخراً

ما قد تعذَّرَ في الزَّمانِ الأَولِ

Then your time came and at last

What was impossible in the past became possible

ما كان قطُّ ولا يكونُ كفتحكمْ

للقدسِ في الماضي ولا المستقبلِ

Never was there nor will there ever be a conquest like yours

Of Jerusalem, neither in the past nor the future

أَوجدتمُ منه الذي عَدِمَ الورى

وفعلتُم في الفتحِ ما لم يفعلِ

You brought into being that which the world knew not

And accomplished in this conquest what none had accomplished

أَيدي الملوكِ تقاصرتْ عن مفخرٍ

طلتمْ به فبلوا لبعضِ الأَنملِ

The hands of kings fell short of glorious feats

You sought and attained what was beyond their grasp

أحييتُم فرعَ الكرامِ ولم يزلْ

نصرُ المحقِّ بكم وقهرُ المبطلِ

You revived the blossom of nobility which had withered

Victory for the righteous and defeat for the wicked remain through you