هو النّصرُ قد أجرَى لديْكَ جِيادَهُ

هوَ الفتْحُ قد ألْقى إليْكَ قِيادَهُ

Victory has brought its steeds to you,

And conquest has entrusted you with its reins.

أما هذه بكْرُ الفُتوحِ التي بها

أتى الدهْرُ يُدْني العزّ منكَ بِعادَهُ

This is the first of the clear conquests,

Through which time brought glory closer to you.

أما هذِه في الخَلْقِ ديمَةُ رحْمَةٍ

بها اللهُ قد حيّا الوُجودَ وجادَهُ

This is an eternal mercy in creation,

Through which God revived existence and was generous to it.

هي الصّخرةُ الشّمّاءُ قد حلّها الهدى

فعمّ رُبَى مَعْمورِها ووِهادَهُ

It is the lofty rock to which guidance came,

So its inhabited area spread and its valleys overflowed.

وطُهِّرَ مغْناها من الشّركِ وانثَنى

يكيدُ بها التوحيدُ من كان كادَهُ

Its chant was purified of polytheism and turned away,

As monotheism plotted against those who opposed it through it.

وسيْفُكَ سيْفُ اللهِ إذ حلّ ربْعَها

أباحَ به جمْعَ العِدَى وأبادَهُ

Your sword is God's sword, when it settled its place,

It permitted the killing of enemies and destroyed them.

وجُنْدُكَ جُنْدُ اللهِ قدْ جال جوْلةً

يَسُلُّ ظُباهُ أو يهُزُّ صِعادَهُ

Your soldiers are God's soldiers, they marched,

Knocking down their shields or shaking their edges.

فكُلّ كَميٍّ هزّ كُلَّ مُقَوَّمٍ

يُقيمُ بمَيْدانِ الحُروبِ طِرادَهُ

So every brave warrior takes down every steadfast one,

Who stands his ground in the field of battles.

وسالَ نجيعُ الكُفْر فوْقَ بِطاحِها

فلمْ يوردِ العذْبَ الزلالَ وِرادَهُ

The gatherings of disbelief flowed over its plains,

But did not reach its fresh pure waters.

وعادَتْ جُموعُ المسلِمينَ برَبْعِها

تفرِّقُ جمْعَ المُعْتَدي واحْتِشادَهُ

The throngs of Muslims returned to its lands,

Scattering the groups of aggressors.

معاهِدُ والإسلامُ فيها كأنّها

وقد حلّها جسْمٌ يضمُّ فؤادَهُ

The protected ones and Islam in it are as if

It has embraced them into its heart.

أذلّ بها اللهُ الصّليبَ وحِزْبَه

وبالنّاصرِ المَوْلَى أعزّ عِبادَهُ

Through it God humiliated the cross and its partisans,

And honored His worshippers through the victorious patron.

وجرّدَ سيفَ النّصرِ في الروع مُلقياً

على عاتِقِ الموْلَى الهُمامِ نجادَهُ

He unsheathed the sword of victory casting

Its strap upon the shoulder of the magnificent patron.

فكان وليُّ الكُفْرِ يُبْدي تجلُّداً

إلى أن أراهُ حرْبَهُ وجِلادَهُ

So the guardian of disbelief feigned perseverance,

Until he showed him his war and punishment.

وناصرُ دين اللهِ في الله مُظْهِرٌ

على الله في كُلِّ الأمورِ اعتِمادَهُ

The supporter of God's religion through God revealing

His complete reliance upon God in all matters.

وإنّ إفَنتَ الرّومِ يجهَدُ كلّما

أراهُ المقامُ اليوسُفِيُّ جِهادَهُ

Whenever the tribulation of the Romans weakened,

He saw the Yusuf-like position strengthen his strife.

وكان وليّ الشِّركِ وافَى مُطاوِعاً

هوىً ساقَهُ نحوَ الهَوانِ وقادَهُ

The guardian of polytheism came obediently,

Led by desire to humiliation and it led him.

ففازَ بها طوْعاً وحلّ بأفْقِها

وألْقَى لديْها ذُخْرَهُ وعَتادَهُ

He won it willingly and settled around its horizons,

Cast down to it his provisions and equipment.

وسارَ إلى أوطانِهِ وهْوَ ظافِرٌ

لها لا إلى الأخْرى يُرجّي مَعادَهُ

He went to his homelands victorious over it,

Not to others hoping for his return to it.

وكان إليها الآن يأتي بزَعْمِهِ

يريدُ ويأبَى اللهُ إلا مُرادَهُ

Now he claims he will come to it,

God wills and refuses except His will be done.

غَدا جاهِداً قد شفّهُ لاعِجُ الصّدى

يؤمِّلُ فيها ورْدَهُ ومَرادَهُ

Tomorrow waging jihad, having been roused by determination's shout,

Hoping in it for his bouquet and wish.

يقودُ لها جيشَ الضّلالَة قاصِداً

فحلَّأهُ المِقْدارُ عنْها وذادَهُ

Leading to it the army of misguidance, intending,

But destiny blocked him from it and fended him off.

إلى أنْ أتى مَوْلى الخلائِفِ يوسُفٌ

فجَدّ وأبْدى عزْمَهُ وأعادَهُ

Until the patron of caliphs, Yusuf, came

And was resolute, showed his resolve, and repelled him.

وقام بأعْباء الخِلافةِ مُظْهِراً

فجَدّ وأبْدى عزْمَهُ وأعادَهُ

He took upon himself the burdens of the caliphate,

Showing resolve, determination, and turned him back.

لذاكَ عدوُّ الدّينِ رُوِّعَ سِرْبُهُ

بحيْثُ حَكى خَفْقُ البُنودِ فُؤادَهُ

The enemy of religion was thus terrified,

So that the fluttering banners shook his heart.

كأن بوَليِّ الكُفْرِ قد خابَ سعْيُهُ

وكفَّ التّلاقِي بَغيَهُ وعِنادَهُ

It was as if the effort of the guardian of disbelief failed,

And he stopped meeting his aggression and obstinacy.

كأنّي به قد سارَ والسّيفُ خَلفَهُ

وخلّفَ للفَتْحِ المُبينِ بِلادَهُ

It was as if he marched away with the sword behind him,

Leaving the land of evident conquest and his home.

ولم يتخِذْ إلا الفِرارَ وقايَةً

ولمْ يدّخِرْ إلا المذلَّةَ زادَهُ

He took nothing but flight as protection,

He prepared nothing but disgrace as his provision.

فيا ناصِرَ الإسْلامِ والمَلكَ الذي

أرانا بأشْتاتِ الكَمالِ انْفِرادَهُ

O supporter of Islam, O king who

Showed us the features of perfection in isolation.

هَنيئاً به صُنْعاً جميلاً لديكَ قد

أجالَ به النصْرُ العزيزُ جَوادَهُ

Congratulations on a beautiful deed,

Through which glorious victory raced its steeds.

وهُنِّئْتَ ألفاً منهُ فالحالُ تقتَضي

بعزِّكَ أنّ الجمْعَ يتْلو اتّحادَهُ

You were congratulated a thousand times,

For your glory requires the group to unite after disunity.

وخذها على أنّ البديهَة لم تزَلْ

ترُدُّ البَليغَ اللفْظِ عما أرادَهُ

Take it as eloquence never ceases

To make the eloquent word fall short of what he intended.

وأوْصافُ مولانا الخليفَةِ يوسُفٍ

تُبكّتُ قُسّاً حيثُ لاقَى إيادَهُ

And the attributes of our Master Caliph Yusuf

Make the hardened weep wherever he found his support.

فلازالَ يا مَوْلايَ عهدُكَ سافِراً

يجودُ فتَسْتَجْدي العُفاةُ عِهادَهُ

So your era continues to be honest, O my Master,

Bestowing generously so the destitute seek its support.