مَضَاؤكَ مَضْمُوْنٌ له النَّصْرُ والفَتْحُ

وسَعْيُكَ مَقْرُوْنٌ به اليُمْنُ والنُّجْحُ

Your radiance heralds victory and triumph,

Your efforts coupled with prosperity and success.

إذا كان سَعْيُ المرءِ لله وَحْدَهُ

تَدَانَتْ أقاصِي ما نَحَاهُ وما يَنْحُو

When one's efforts are solely for God,

The far reaches of all he has shunned come near.

بكَ اقتَدَحَ الإِسلامُ زَنْدَ انتصارِهِ

وبِيْضُكَ نارٌ شُبِّهَا ذلك القَدْحُ

With you Islam kindled the flint of its victory,

Your white hand likened to that spark.

وجَلَّى ظلامَ الكُفْرِ مِنْكَ بِغُرَّةٍ

هي الشَّمْسُ والهِنْدِيُّ يَقْدُمُها الصُّبْحُ

And it cleared the darkness of disbelief with a raid,

The sun preceded by the dawn.

فَهُمْ ذَهَلُوا عن شَرْعِهِمْ وحدودِهِ

فقد عُطِّلَ الإنْجيلُ واطُّرِحَ الفِصْحُ

So they were confounded, from their law and limits,

Invalidated was the Gospel, discarded Easter.

فلا مُهْجَةٌ إلاَّ إليكَ نِزَاعُهَا

وما زَالَ يُطْوَى عن سِوَاكَ لها كَشْحُ

No grievance but its settlement turns to you,

And all but you is found wanting for it as intercessor.

وليس يَحِيْقُ المَكْرُ إلاَّ بِأَهْلِهِ

وكم مُوْقِدٍ يَغْشاهُ مِنْ وَقْدِهِ لَفْحُ

And cunning succeeds only against its plotters,

And how many fires overwhelm their kindlers with flames!

ومَنْ تَكُنِ الأَقْدَارُ مُسْعِدَةً له

يَعُدْ شَبِماً عَذْباً له الآجِنُ المِلْحُ

And he for whom destinies are propitiated,

Finds even bitter aloes to be sweet, fresh water.

إذا خِيْفَ أنْ تَشْتَدَّ شَوْكَةُ مارِقٍ

فلا رأْيَ إِلاَّ ما رَأَى السَّيْفُ والرُّمْحُ

When it's feared the thorns of a rebel grow strong,

There is no view but the sword’s and the spear’s.

وَقَفُوا غَدَاةَ النَّفْرِ ثم تَصَفَّحُوا

فَرَأَوا اُسَارَى الدَّمْعِ كيف تُسَرَّحُ

They stood the morn of the march, then perused,

Captives of tears - how they are set loose!

كَافأْتَ مُتَّجِهِي بِوَجْهِيَ نَحْوَكُمْ

ونواظرُ الأملاكِ نَحْوِيَ طُمَّحُ

You granted those who came to you favor,

While the gazes of angels long for me.

أَيّامَ رَوَّعَنِي الزَّمَانُ بِرَيْبِهِ

وأَجَدَّ بِي خَطْبُ الفِرارِ الأَفْدَحُ

Days the times disquieted me with their uncertainty,

And the matter of fleeing intensified.

وَلَئِنْ أَتَانِي صَرْفُهُ من مَأْمَنِي

فالدَّهْرُ يُجْمِلُ تارةً ويُجلِّحُ

And if its changing brings me from my refuge,

Time alternately beautifies and uglifies.

فَكَأَنَّما الإظلامُ أَيْمُ أَرْقَطُ

وكأَنَّما الإِصْباحُ ذِئبٌ أَضْبَحُ

As if the darkness were a hyena by night,

And as if the dawn were a wolf by day.

صَدَعَ الزَّمانُ جميعَ شَمْلِيَ جائراً

إنَّ الزَّمانَ مُمَلَّكٌ لا يُسْجِحُ

Fate cracked my unity unjustly,

For time is ruled by another, it does not bow.

فَقَضَى بِحَطِّي عن سَمَائِيَ واقْتَضَى

رِحَلاً تُطِيْحُ رَكَائِبِي وتُطَلِّحُ

It decided against my abode in my heavens, and took,

Encampments that demolish my steeds and gear.

يَمَّمْتُها سَرَقُسْطَةً وَهْيَ المَدَى

والدَّهْرُ يَكْبَحُ واعتزامِي يَجْمَحُ

I steered them for Saragossa, my destiny,

While fate curbs my resolve, and my aspiration withers.

حَيْثُ العُلاَ تُجْلَى وآثارُ المُنَى

تُجْنَى وساعِيَةُ المَطَالِبِ تُنْجَحُ

Where loftiness is revealed, and traces of pasture

Are reaped, and the efforts of seekers succeed.

والنَّفْسُ تُوْقِنُ أنَّ عَهْدَكَ في النَّدَى

مُوفٍ بما طَمَحَتْ إليه وتَطْمَحُ

And the self is certain your promise in dew

Fulfills what it aspires to and aspires to.

فَحَيَا المُنَى مِنْ بَحْرِ جُوْدِكَ يُمْتَرَى

وَسَنَا الضُّحَى مِنْ زَنْدِ مَجْدِكَ يُقْدَحُ

So life by your ocean of generosity is seen,

And the morning by the flint of your glory is lit.

والشِّعْرُ إنْ لم أَعْتَقِدْهُ شريعةً

أُمْسِي إليها بالحِفَاظِ وأُصْبِحُ

And poetry - if I don't take it as law,

I greet it with memorization, and wake to it.

فَبِسِحْرِهِ مَهْمَا دَعَوتُ إجَابةٌ

ولِفِكْرِهِ مَهْمَا اجْتَلَيْتُ تَوَضُّحُ

So by its sorcery, whatever I call comes responding,

And however I ponder, clarity comes streaming.

فاذْخَرْ مِنَ الكَلِمِ العَليِّ لآلِئاً

يَبْأَيَ بها جِيدُ العلا ويَجْبَحُ

So glean from the sublime words pearls,

With which the necks of the eminent dazzle and shine.

وارْبَأْ بِمَجْدِكَ عن سَوَاقِطِ سُقَّطٍ

هي في الحقيقةِ مَقْدَحُ لا مَمْدَحُ

And gain with your glory over the lapses of the fallen,

Which are in truth no praise, but a flint.

ونظامُ مُلْكِكَ رائِقٌ مُتَنَاسِبٌ

فَكَمَا جَلَلْتُمْ فَلْيُجَلَّ المُدَّحُ

And the system of your rule is harmonious,

So as you are majestic, let praise abound!