نسيمُ الصّبا راعَ الصّبابةَ وفْدُهُ

فما للجَوَى طَيّ الجوانحِ وقْدُهُ

The morning breeze blowing the youths of dawn,

Their vigor invigorating the wings of ardency.

عليلٌ سَرَى يشفِي الغليلَ بوافِدٍ

قدْ ابْتَلّ منْ دَمْعِ الغَمامةِ بُرْدُهُ

A weary one walked curing languor with arrivals,

Its coldness contracted from the tear of clouds.

يذَكِّرُ من تلك المعاهِد حَلَّةً

سَقى عهدَها من دمعِ عيْنيَ عهْدُهُ

It reminds of those covenants a condition,

Its covenant watered from the tear of my eye its covenant.

وحيّا فأهْدَى المُستَهامَ تحيّةً

سَنا بارقٍ في السُّحْبِ يُقدحُ زَنْدُهُ

It greeted so it guided the determined one with greeting,

Its lightning in the clouds discharged its thunderbolt.

يؤجّجُ دمعَ العينِ نار غرامِه

متى ودّ أنْ يلقى خليلاً يودُّهُ

It stirs the tear of the eye the fire of his passion,

Whenever it willed to meet a friend who befriends it.

وتبْلَى الليالي في الهَوى وفؤادُهُ

جديدٌ على مرِّ الجَديديْنِ وُدُّهُ

The nights wear away in passion and its heart,

Renewed over the succession of new ones, its love.

فلا منجِدٌ إلا أساهُ ودمْعُهُ

ولا مُسْعِدٌ إلا جواهُ وسُهْدُهُ

So neither supporter but his woe and his tear,

Nor felicitator but its vicinity and its bliss.

ومائلةِ الأعطافِ لم أنْسَ عهدَها

بمعْهَدِ أُنْسٍ قد تقادَمَ عهْدُهُ

The soft-bodied one, I did not forget her covenant

With the covenant of intimacy which is old, its covenant.

على حُسْن مرآها وقفْتُ محبّتي

وإنْ جدّ بالقلبِ المتيّمِ وجْدُهُ

I stopped my love at the beauty of her appearance,

And if earnestly loved by the enamored heart, its ardency.

وفوْقَ مُتونِ العيس ركْبٌ حَدا بهِمْ

إلى المُلْتَقى نصُّ المَسيرِ ووَخْدُهُ

Above the camel litters a band sharp

To the meeting place straightway the journey and its wound.

يميلون للذّكْرى كأنّ وُرودَها

نسيمٌ به مالَتْ من الدّوحِ مُلْدُهُ

They incline to the memory as if its roses

A breeze it leaned from the sand dune, its flexible branch.

يقولون ما بال المَطايا ضوامِراً

ولوْلا نحول السيْفِ ما راعَ حدُّهُ

They say why are the riding beasts neighing

If not for the sword's sharpness it would not have stimulated its edge.

وما ورْدُها عذبٌ إذا لمْ يَبِنْ لها

على كثَبٍ بانُ العُذَيْبِ ورَنْدُهُ

Its roses are not fragrant if signs did not appear for it

On a hill the oryx appeared and its saliva dripped.

وروْضٍ ترى الآمالَ قد حُلّتِ الحُبا

لدَيْهِ وعهدُ الأنْسِ أُحْكِمَ عَقدُهُ

A meadow where hopes are realized by it

And the covenant of intimacy its knot is tightened.

كأنّ الرُبى والنورُ فوق بِطاحِها

لآلِئُ في جيدٍ تَناثرَ عِقْدُهُ

As if the herbs and the light above its low lands

Are pearls in a necklace scattered, its knot.

كأنّ النسيمَ اعْتلّ فيها وقدْ أتى

رسولاً فلم يمكِن على البُعْدِ ردُّهُ

As if the breeze dressed up in it and came

A messenger, so it could not be driven back from afar, its repulsion.

كأنّ وميضَ البرقِ يبدُو حُسامُه

دُجىً فيوارِيه من السّحْبِ غِمْدُهُ

As if the flash of lightning, its sword appears

When the darkness clothed the ignorant one and extended its sheath.

كأنّ ضياءَ الفجرِ سيفٌ مُشهَّرٌ

مَتى ادّرَع الليلُ البَهيمُ يَقُدُّهُ

As if the light of dawn an unsheathed sword

When the night armored the brute and controlled it.

كأنّ نجومَ الأفقِ جيشٌ مُحَلَّأٌ

تَواريهِ في نهرِ النّهارِ وورْدُهُ

As if the stars of the horizon a prepared army

Hiding in the river of daytime and its roses.

كأنّ طلوعَ البدْرِ عندَ تمامِهِ

مُحَيّا ابنِ نصرٍ والكواكِبَ جُنْدُهُ

As if the rising of the moon at its fullest

Is the Caliph Joseph greeting and the planets are its troops.

كأنّ الضحى وجْهُ الخليفةِ يوسُفٍ

وما احْمرَّ فيه من سنَا الفجْرِ بَنْدُهُ

As if the glow of dawn is the face of Joseph

And the redness of dawn that appeared in it is its revolution.

كأنّ سَنا الأفْقِ الموَرَّدِ سيْفُهُ

وقد راقَ منْ تحتِ النجيعِ فِرِنْدُهُ

As if the sharpness of the reddened horizon is its sword

Having spilled blood beneath the resting army and its notch.

فللهِ روضٌ باكَرَ الغيْثُ زَهْرَهُ

وذاعَ بهبّاتِ النّواسِم ندُّهُ

So to Allah a meadow the rain watered its flowers

And the announcement of soft breezes spread its activity.

تُحَيّا به الآفاقُ لكِنْ يفوقُهُ

ثناءُ أمير المسْلمين وحَمْدُهُ

The horizons are greeted by it but it is surpassed

By the praise of the Commander of the Muslims and his laudation.

وللهِ زُهر الأفْقِ إذ لاحَ نورُها

وأشرَق غَوْرُ الجوِّ منها ونَجْدُهُ

And to Allah the blossoms of the horizons when its light rose

And the depth of atmosphere from it radiated and its splendor.

ولكنها تخْفَى ونورُ الهُدَى الذي

يُريه ابْنُ نصْرٍ ليسَ يُمكِنُ جحْدُهُ

But it disappears and the light of guidance which

The son of Nasr shows cannot be denied.

فقد راقَها منهُ الكمال وقُرْبُه

وقد راعَها منهُ المنالُ وبُعْدُهُ

So its perfection and proximity have graced it from him

And its attainment and distance have awed it from him.

ولله مَولانا الخليفَةُ يوسُفٌ

إمامَ هُدىً عمّ البريّة رِفْدُهُ

And to our master the Caliph Yusuf

An imam of guidance the goodness of which encompassed the lands.

تَؤمُّ عُفاةُ الجودِ منهُ مؤمَّلاً

غَدا مُسْعِفاً قصْدَ المؤمّلِ قَصْدُهُ

The destitute of generosity frequent him expectantly

Tomorrow a helper with the intent of the hopeful his intent.

جَوادٌ جوادٌ إنْ تُسوبِقَ للنّدَى

فيُعْجِزُ من يَبْغي مَدَى الجودِ شدُّهُ

Generous, generous, if competed with to benefaction

Then is frustrated whoever desires the extent of his generosity its extent.

فلوْ أمّن المأمونَ فازَتْ قِداحُهُ

وأهْدَى الرشيدَ الهَدْيَ وافاهُ رُشْدُهُ

So if the Mamun wished and his goblets succeeded,

And if the Rashid was guided by guidance, and rationality embraced him.

إذا قِيسَتِ الأملاكُ بالنّاصِر الرضَى

فما يسْتَوي هزْلُ الكلامِ وجِدُّهُ

If the kingdoms are measured with the content Nasir

Then the jest of words and its seriousness are not equal.

وكيفَ يجارى في مدىً مَلِكٌ غدَتْ

ملائكةُ السّبعِ الطّباقِ تُمِدُّهُ

How can a king in an extent compete one whose

Angels of the seven heavens extend it?

فينْهَدُ قبل الجيش للفتْحِ عزمُهُ

ويضرِبُ قبل السّيفِ في الحَرْبِ سعْدُهُ

His determination kneels before the army for conquest

And his good omen strikes before the sword in war, its good omen.

بطيْبَةَ منهُ طابَ أصْلٌ ومَنشأٌ

وفي مكَّةٍ أعْظِمْ بما حاز جدُّهُ

Through him the stock and source were purified in Taybah

And in Mecca ennobled by what his grandfather seized.

ففي هذه للفتحِ قُدِّم قَيْسُهُ

وآوَى رسول الله في تلكَ سعْدُهُ

So for this one his measurement was set forward for the conquest

And the Messenger of Allah was sheltered in that one, his happiness.

ومنْ كان للصّحبِ الكرامِ انتِسابُهُ

فكيف يُضاهَى في الخلائِفِ مجْدُهُ

And whoever's lineage is to the noble companions

Then how is his glory matched among the caliphs, his glory?

بهمْ عزّ دينُ اللهِ لمّا أعدّهُمْ

لنصْرِ الهُدَى عدْنانُهُ ومَعَدُّهُ

Through them the religion of Allah was honored when

Adnan prepared them for supporting guidance, its pillar and its support.

لقد أنجبوا منهُمْ خلائِفَ فارتقَتْ

إلى العِزّ مرقىً لا يُجاوَزُ حدُّهُ

They begot from them caliphs who climbed

To power steps that cannot be exceeded, its limit.

فإنْ غرُبَتْ منهُمْ نجومُ هِدايةٍ

فأنتَ هوَ البَدْرُ الذي طال رصْدُهُ

So if guiding stars have set from them

Then you are the full moon whose observation is prolonged.

وإن غاضَ من جَدْواهُمُ نَيلُ نائِلٍ

فنائِلُكَ البحْرُ الذي فاضَ مَدُّهُ

And if a drinker's share has diminished from their bucket

Then your drinker is the sea whose extent overflowed.

وإنْ درَجوا قد خلّفوا منك ناصِراً

غَدا الدّين للنّصْرِ العَزيزِ يُعِدُّهُ

They left you knowledge, forbearance, and determination

Your ally is Allah's victory through it and his support.

ليعْلَم أهْلُ الشّركِ أنّك فيهِمُ

تُجاهِدُ حتى يوهِنَ الكُفْرَ جَهْدُهُ

So no wish but you direct its arrow

And no defect in the frontiers but you repair it.

وإنّ العُلَى منْ بعدِهم بكَ شُيّدَتْ

معالِمُها والفتْح أُنجِزَ وَعْدُهُ

Whatever the polytheism constructed landmarks for its religion

And heightened it but the lofty summits are demolished.

وإنّ نجومَ الأفْقِ لمْ يخبُ نورُها

وإن سحابَ الجودِ ما عزّ وجْدُهُ

The enemy of religion covets opportunity in religion

So you prevent him from his purpose and block him.

وإنّ مدَى العَلياءِ لم يكْبُ طِرْفُهُ

وإنّ لواءَ النصْرِ ما حُلَّ عَقْدُهُ

How many hopeful turned to your door

To gain your abundant generosity and its gift.

وإنّ قَناةَ العزّ ما رُدَّ نصْلُها

وإنّ حُسامَ المُلْكِ ما فُلَّ حدُّهُ

So his request succeeded and his want attained

And his purpose reached and his aim delivered.

خلَفْتَهُمُ عِلْماً وحِلماً وعزْمةً

حليفُكَ نصْرُ اللهِ فيها وعَضدُهُ

And to Allah a blessed kingdom you established

The kings of the earth love its existence.

فلا أمَلٌ إلا تُسدّدُ سهْمَهُ

ولا خَلَلٌ في الثغْرِ إلا تَسُدُّهُ

And the stars of fortune rose up for it

Fulfilling their gifts wherever its knot tightened.

وما شيّدَ الإشْراكُ مَعْلَمَ دينِه

وأعْلاهُ إلا والعَوالِي تهُدُّهُ

You called the people of jihad to it so they obeyed

As his delegation came to Allah's House for pilgrimage.

يرومُ عدوُّ الدّين في الدّين فُرْصَةً

فتمْنَعُهُ عنْ قَصْدِه وتصدُّهُ

And to Allah a racecourse from the horizon of the Sabika

Whose bareback rider compete the horse released by wind, its horse.

وكمْ واردٍ قد أمّ بابَك آمِلاً

ليَحْظَى بجَدْواكَ المُهنَّإِ ورْدُهُ

The steeds of victory saunter in it when

They inclined to playfulness in it the journey energizes it.

فأنجَح مسْعاهُ وأُمِّنَ سِرْبُهُ

وفاز مُعَلّاهُ وبُلِّغَ قَصْدُهُ

They wander about as the crooked one willed so pearls are harvested

By their approach contrary to the misguided and his repulsion.

وللهِ إمْلاكٌ سعيدٌ أقمْتَهُ

مُلوكُ الورَى فيه القِيامَ تودُّهُ

They silence in wonder every hot-tempered one when

They raid and the clamor of war their lions roar.

وقد طلعَتْ للسّعْدِ فيه كَواكِبٌ

تحُلُّ حُباها حيْث أُحكِم عَقْدُهُ

You see the dawn reciting the redness of dawn whenever

The gray one plays with it the rose color and its timber.

دعوْتَ له أهْلَ الجهادِ فأهْطَعوا

كما زارَ بيتَ اللهِ للحجِّ وفْدُهُ

You granted it wonderful crafts craved

By Secure China and India's domains.

ولله من أفْق السّبيكةِ ملعَبٌ

تُجاري لَديْهِ مُرسَلَ الرّيحِ جُرْدُهُ

My lord, but the description from you is frustrating

And who can count the pebbles or number it?

تَروقُ جيادُ النّصْرِ فيه متى ارْتَمَتْ

إلى لعِبٍ فيه المَسيرَ تُجِدُّهُ

Your servant puts forward what he is capable of it

For counting it frustrates the eloquent and its counting.

تجولُ كما شاءَ الكَميُّ فيُجْتَلَى

بإقْبالها عكْسُ الغويِّ وطَرْدُهُ

So take from it what makes pearls forget when

His printing became not money and his minting.

وتُصْمِتُ عُجْباً كُلَّ ذي لجَبٍ إذا

أغارَتْ وغابُ الحرْبِ تزأرُ أُسْدُهُ

Your servant hopes from his master the custom of forgiving

When your servant deviates from the path of guidance.

ترى الصّبْحَ يتْلو حُمرَةَ الفجْرِ كُلّما

يُلاعِبُ منها الأشْهَبَ اللون ورْدُهُ

The days do not create the attire of my hopes

And your blessings, O Master of the lands, renew it.

فهنِّئْتَهُ صُنْعاً جميلاً تشوّفَتْ

لهُ صينُ معْمور البلادِ وهِندُهُ

So last, enemy of the religion, if he covets

To your kingdom, returning his kingdom and his reversal.

أمَولايَ أما الوصْفُ منكَ فمُعْجِزٌ

ومنْ ذا الذي يُحْصِي الحَصَى أو يعُدُّهُ

What every believer most hopes for

Is the continuance of the Josephian position and its eternity.

وعبدُكَ يُلْقي منهُ ما يَسْتَطيعُهُ

فإحْصاؤُهُ يُعْيي البليغَ وعَدُّهُ

فخذْ منهُ ما ينْسي اللآلِئَ إذْ غدَتْ

نسيئَتُهُ لا نَقْدَ فيها ونَقْدُهُ

يؤمِّل من موْلايَ عادةَ صَفْحِهِ

إذا حادَ عن نهجِ الهِدايةِ عبْدُهُ

وما تُخْلِقُ الأيّامُ ثوْبَ مآمِلي

ونُعْماكَ يا مَوْلَى الورَى تسْتَجِدُّهُ

فدُمْ وعدُوُّ الدّين إنْ أمَّ مقْصَداً

لِملكِكَ رُجْعَى مُلْكِهِ ومَرَدُّهُ

فأفضَلُ ما يَرْجوهُ كلُّ مُوحِّدٍ

بَقاءُ المَقامِ اليوسُفيّ وخُلْدُهُ