جئتَ المُصَلَّى في سكينَةِ خاشعٍ

وشعارُك التكبيرُ والتحميدُ

You came to the mosque in humble devotion

Your motto is glorification and praise

وقد ارتدَيتَ من التواضُعِ مَلبَساً

في طَيِّهِ الترفيعُ والتَّمجِيدُ

You wore the garb of humility

In its folds, exaltation and veneration

فأقمتَ فيه سُنَّةً لولاكَ ما

قامَت ولم يَكُ للورى تَعبِيدُ

You established a tradition there which, were it not for you

Would not have stood, nor would there have been worship for people

وأفضتَ بالصدقاتِ فيه سحائبا

رُوِيَت بِهُنَّ تهائمٌ ونجودُ

You poured down rainclouds of charity therein

With them the destitute and generous were watered

ثم انثَنَيتَ وحولَكَ الجندُ الذي

صَحِبَتهُ مِن نَصرِ الإلهِ جنودُ

Then you returned surrounded by an army

Accompanied, by the troops of God's victory, its soldiers

فيه حماةً الدين أنصارُ الهُدَى

والمصرِخُونَ الحقَّ مهما نودوا

Among them, protectors of the faith, helpers of guidance

And those who proclaim the truth no matter how they were warned

فيه بنو الحرب الألى بجهادِهِم

للملّة التمهيدُ والتوطيدُ

Among them, the steadfast in war through their jihad

For the nation, preparation and consolidation

هم دَمَّرُوا التثليثَ بالعزمِ الذي

بمضائِهِ قد أُيِّد التوحيدُ

They destroyed polytheism with the resolve

With which monotheism was supported

فيه رُمَاتُكَ عُدةُ الغَزو الأُلى

لَهُمُ الإصابةُ فيه والتسدِيدُ

Your spear-throwers, the finest raiding supplies

For them, accuracy and guidance

فقسيُّهم عربية مهما رَمَت

أصمت فما عن نبلهنَّ محيدُ

Their seasoned bows, Arabian, would

Silence whenever they shot, none evaded their nobility

وعمائم تركية من خَلفِهَا

سَدَلُوا شعوراً زانُها تَجعِيدُ

And Turkish turbans, behind which

Hung hair adorned with braiding

وكأنَّما لمع السيوف بوارق

وكأن تِصهَالَ الخيولِ رعودُ

As if the swords gleamed with lightning

And the neighing of the horses was thunder

من كُلِّ نَهدٍ ضامر عَبلِ الشوى

منه إلى نحرِ العدوِّ نهودُ

From every slumped breast, melted by passion

From it to the enemy's throat, stabbing

من أشهبِ مثل الشهابِ بنارهِ

يرمي رجيمٌ من عداكَ مريد

From a fiery gray, like a comet with its fire

It strikes whoever opposes you, an outcast

وكأنه التَحَفَ الصباحَ ملاءةً

فقميصُهُ من نورِهِ مقدودُ

As if the morning were adorned with a mantle

So its shirt was extended from its light

أو أدهمٍ حامي الذِّمارِ فكأنَّما

هو في بَنِي حامٍ إذاً معدُودُ

Or a protector of the tribe, as if it were

Among the tribe of Ham, thus counted

أو أصفر سامي الثليل كأنما

جِيدُ الغزالةِ منه ذاك الجيدُ

Or a tall yellow horse, as if

The beautiful neck of a gazelle were that beautiful one

التبرُ لونٌ والزبرجَدُ حافرٌ

والطرفُ كالمرآةِ وهو حديدُ

Agate is its color, and emerald its hoof

Its gaze like a mirror, it being iron

أو أحمرٍ راقَ العيونَ فلونُهُ

لونُ الخدودِ يَزِينُها التوريدُ

Or a red one, beautiful of eye, so its color

Adorns the cheeks, rouged by blushing

أو أشقرٍ كالبرقِ في لونٍ وفي

سَبقٍ فنعمَ المطلَبُ المنشودُ

Or a blond one, like lightning in color and in

Pacing, so excellent the sought-after goal

أما الكميت فلا تسل عن عتقهِ

ما فاته يوم الجلاد شرودُ

As for the docked tail, do not ask about its stump

What was missed on the day of clipping, wandering