اسْلَمْ لبكرِ الفُتوحِ مُفْترِعا

ودُمْ لمُلْكِ البلادِ مُنتزِعا

Submit to the conqueror of victories burdened

And shed blood for the kingdom of countries taken

فإنَّ أَولى الورى بها ملكٌ

غدا بعبءِ الخطوبِ مُضطلعا

For the foremost of people rightfully own it

Tomorrow bearing the load of adversities

إنْ ضاقَ أَمرٌ فغيرُ هِمّتهِ

لكشفِ ضيقِ الأُمورِ لن يسعا

If a matter grows dire, change not your resolve

To relieve the tightness of affairs, it will not suffice

يا محييّ العدلِ بعدَ ميتتهِ

ورافعَ الحقِّ بعد ما اتَّضعا

O reviver of justice after its death

And promoter of truth after it was humbled

ونورَ دينِ الهُدى الذي قمعَ الشّ

ركَ وعفّى الضّلالَ والبِدَعا

And light of the religion of guidance that suppressed polytheism

And purified misguidance and innovation

أَنتَ سليمانُ في العفافِ وفي ال

مُلكِ وتحكي بزُهدِكَ اليَسَعا

You are Solomon in chastity and in

Kingdom and your asceticism emulates Jesus

حُزتَ البقا والحياءَ والكرمَ ال

محضَ وحسنَ اليقينِ والورعا

You grasped permanence, modesty, pure

Generosity, certainty of faith and piety

أَسقطتَ أَقساطَ ما وجدتَ من ال

مكسِ بعدلٍ والقاسط ارتدعا

You dropped installments of the unlawful that you found

With justice and the violator was deterred

ولم تدعْ في ابتغاءِ مصلحةِ ال

دِّينِ لنا باقيساً ولن تَدعا

And you did not refrain in seeking the interest of

Religion for us to remain and not be sought

وكلُّ ما في الملوك مُفْترقٌ

من المعالي لملككَ اجتمعا

And all that is dispersed among kings

Of glories converged for your kingdom

همّتُكَ الرُّبْطُ والمدارسُ تب

نيها ثواباً وتهدمُ البَيعَا

Your resolve is to connect and schools you

Build as reward and demolish the markets

ما زلتَ ذا فطنةٍ مؤيَّدةٍ

على غُيوبِ الأَسرارِ مطلعا

You have not ceased to be of supported

Discernment over the unseen informed

ببأسكَ البيضُ والطُّلَى اصطبحتْ

بعدلكَ الذِّئبُ والطَّلا رتعا

By your might the whites and the pads became

By your justice the wolf and the lamb grazed

كم صائدٍ لم يقعْ له قنصٌ

في شَرَكٍ وهو فيه قد وقعا

How many hunters with no catch

Fell in a trap while he fell in it

ومالكٍ حين رُمتَ قلعتَهُ

غدا مطيعاً للأَمرِ متَّبعا

And an owner whose fortress you shot

Became obedient to command following

عنا خشوعاً لربِّ مملكةٍ

لغيرِ ربِّ السماءِ ما خَشَعا

Bowing to the Lord of a kingdom

Not to the Lord of the Skies did he bow

كان مقيماً بها على الفلكِ ال

أعلى شهاباً بنورهِ سَطَعا

Residing in it high upon the sphere

A meteor with its light shining

لكنّما الشُّهبُ ما تنيرُ إذا

لاحَ عمودُ الصّباحِ فانْصَدعا

But meteors do not illuminate when

The pillar of dawn emerged and split

يدفعُها طائعاً إليكَ وكم

عنها إباءً بجهدهِ دفعا

Willingly he hands it over to you and how

Much against it he resisted with effort

هي التي في علوِّها زُحَلٌ

كرَّ على وِرْدها وما كرها

It is the one Saturn loathed

Its cycles and did not hate it

وهي التي قاربتْ عطاردَ في ال

أُفقِ فلاحاً والفرقَدين معا

And it is the one Mercury in the

Horizon approached shining and the two planets together

كأَنَّ منها السُّها إذا استرقَ السّ

معَ أَتاها في خيفةٍ ودعا

As if from it the meteors when they stole the

Hearing came to it in secret and prayed

هضبةُ عزٍّ لولاكَ ما ارتُقيت

وطوْدُ ملكٍ لولاكَ ما فرعا

A plateau of might but for you was not ascended

And a kingdom's pillar but for you did not grow

ما قبلت في ارتقاءِ ذروتها

من ملكٍ لا رُقي ولا خُدعَا

It did not accept in ascending its summit

A kingdom that did not rise or was fooled

عزت على المالك الشّهيد واعْ

طتكَ قياداً ما زال ممتنعا

It became mighty over the martyred king and gave

You leadership that still refuses

للأَبِ لو جلَّ خطبها لغدا

محرِّماً لابنه وما شرعا

For the father if its affairs were glorious he would be

Forbidden to his son and not licit

ما زلت محمودُ في أمورك مح

موداً بثوبِ الإقبالِ مدَّرعا

You remain praised in your matters praised

Clothed in the garb of prosperity armored