تحَيّيكَ من شُهْبِ الجِيادِ طَلائِعُ

كما وضَحَتْ بالأفْقِ شُهْبٌ طَوالِعُ

I greet you with the meteors of steeds as vanguards,

As meteors shone clearly on the horizon as risings.

تَروقُ عِداها في المَدى أو تَروعُها

مَدارِكُ سبْقٍ عندَها ومَدارِعُ

Their number delights in the horizon or frightens it,

A racecourse for them there, and racecourses.

يَطولُ إذا اشْتدّ النّزالُ وقوفُها

فما جُثَثُ الأعداءِ إلا مراتِعُ

When the battle intensifies, their standing is long,

For the corpses of the enemies are but pastures.

تُريقُ دَمَ الأبطالِ أيْدي كُماتِها

فتثني الهَوادي والنّواصي نَواصِعُ

The hands of their peaks shed the blood of heroes,

Bending the valleys and the mountaintops, active ones.

ثنَتْ عزْمَها نحْوَ الجِهادِ فوارِسٌ

بها لِثناءِ المعْلُواتِ فَوارِعُ

They bent their resolve toward jihad, so horsemen

Through them, for the praise of the exalted, active ones.

إذا ما ديارُ الكُفْرِ جاسَتْ خِلالها

بِدَاراً فمعْمورُ البِلادِ بلاقِعُ

When the lands of disbelief became desolate through them

With abodes, then the lands became populated, marked.

وتَحْكي ظِباءَ القَفْرِ فهْيَ روائِدٌ

إذا أتْلَعَتْ أجيادَها وروائِعُ

And they tell the wolves of the desert, for they are guides

When their steeds galloped and trotted, trotters.

وقد جلّلَتْ أجسادَها من قَتامِها

جِلالٌ ومِن نسْجِ الحَديدِ براقِعُ

And they adorned their bodies with their darkness

Glory, and from iron fabric, armors.

كأنّ سماتِ الأوْجُهِ الغُرِّ فوقَها

بُدورٌ وآفاقُ السّروجِ مَطالِعُ

As if the moles of the reddish cheeks above them

Are full moons, and the horizons of the saddles, risings.

تُظلِّلُها الأدْراعُ سُحْباً لتخْتَفي

ونورُ الضُحى تحتَ الغَمائِم ساطِعُ

The forearms shade them like clouds, to disappear,

And the light of dawn under the clouds, shining.

دُروعٌ تَروقُ النّاظرينَ كأنهُمْ

لدَيْها الظّماءُ الهِيمُ وهْيَ مَشارِعُ

Armors that please viewers as if before them

The thirsty and they are the watering places.

إذا نازعَتْ شمْسُ الصّباحِ شُعاعَها

رمَتْها سِهامٌ للغَمامِ نَوازِعُ

When the sun of morning contends with its rays

It shoots them arrows to the clouds, deflectors.

فتلْكَ عيونُ السُحْبِ قد نظرَتْ لَها

ومِن خَشيةٍ سالَتْ لهُنّ مَدامِعُ

So those are the eyes of the clouds that looked at them,

And out of fear, tears flowed from them.

ومُذْ خفَقَتْ أعْلامُ نصْرِكَ أخْفَقَتْ

مَساعٍ وخابَتْ للعدوّ مَطامِعُ

Since the flags of your victory fluttered

Hopes failed for the enemy and ambitions.

فَخافٍ لدى حُمْرِ البُنودِ وخائِفٌ

وخاشٍ أذَى زُرْقِ النّصولِ وخاشِعُ

So at the red standards, fearful and fearing

And dreading the harm of the blue spears, submitting.

مواقِفُ عَرْضٍ تُطْلِعُ السُمْرُ عندَها

نُجوماً لَها في الدّارعينَ مَواقِعُ

Stances of honor where the summits before them

Are stars that have positions in the coats of mail.

كذلكَ بيضُ الهِنْدِ وهيَ جَداولٌ

مصارِفُها للمُعْتَدينَ مَصارِعُ

So are the whites of India, and they are streams

Their outlets for the transgressors, places of death.

وقد حُلّيتْ عوجُ القِسيّ فنازِلٌ

بها يبتَغي الحرْبَ العَوانَ ونازِعُ

The crooked bows are adorned, so settlements

With them seeking war, the helper, and disputing.

إذا حُنيَتْ فوقَ الرُبى فأهِلّةٌ

لها فوقَ أجْرامِ السَّحابِ مَطالِعُ

When poised above the hilltops, ready

For them above the bodies of clouds, risings.

يُجيبُ صَهيلَ الصّافِناتِ حَنينُها

فترتاحُ نحْوَ المُلتَقى وتُسارِعُ

Their neighing of clarion calls is answered by their yearning

So they rest towards the encounter and hasten.

كأنّ انسِكابَ الغيْثِ وقْعُ سِهامِها

إذا ما تُوالي رمْيَها وتُتابِعُ

As if the pouring of rain is the impact of their arrows

When its shooting followed continuously.

وقد تنثَني من غيرِ حربٍ كأنّها

لدى نازِعيها حينَ رُدّتْ ودائِعُ

Without war, they bend as if before their disputants

When deposits were returned, placators.

فما استرسَلَتْ إلا غُيوثٌ سواجِمٌ

ولا جُرّدَتْ إلا بروقٌ لوامِعُ

So they unleashed thoroughbred steeds, fierce warriors,

And were stripped except for flashing lightning bolts.

ولا انعطَفَتْ إلا غُصونٌ نواعِمٌ

ولا نطَقَتْ إلا حَمامٌ سواجِعُ

And they turned except for gentle branches,

And spoke except for moaning doves, passionate ones.

ولما عرَضْتَ الجيشَ أعرَضَتِ العِدَى

عن الحرْبِ وارْتاعَتْ لما هوَ واقِعُ

Since you presented the army, the enemies refrained

From war, dreading what will happen.

لقد جنحَتْ للسّلْمِ طوْعاً فمالَها

تُطاولُ والدُنْيا لديْكَ تُطاوِعُ

They inclined to peace willingly, so why

Do they persist, and the world before you complies?

وقُبّتُكَ الغرّاءُ للهِ عنْدَها

منازِهُ حُسْنٍ تُجتَلى ومَنازِعُ

Your brilliant dome before them is to God therein

A place of beauty that appears and workshops.

طلعْت بمرْقاها فكُلُّ مُمَلَّكٍ

لديْها يُوالي حَمْدَهُ ويوادِعُ

You rose in its minaret, so every ruler

Before it, praises Him and says farewell.

فللجُنْدِ والجُرْدِ العِتاقِ أمامَها

ملاعِبُ تسْتَهوي النُهى ومراجِعُ

The armies and the reserves before it

Have playgrounds that fascinate rigor and retreats.

لدى ملِكٍ قد أصبحَتْ عزَماتُهُ

تقودُ المُلوكَ الصّيدَ وهْيَ خواضِعُ

With a king whose determinations have become

Leading kings while they are humbled.

وهلْ شرَفُ الأملاكِ إلا إذا أتَتْ

تقبِّلُ يُمْناهُ بها وتُبايِعُ

Is the nobility of kingship but when they come

To kiss his right hand pledging allegiance?

وتخطُبُ منهُ نصْرَها في الذي به

تُطالِبُه من أمْرها وتُطالِعُ

Asking him for victory in that through which

They request his command and inform him?

لقد جُمعتْ أجْنادُهُ وهْو دونَها

يُدافِعُ أحْزابَ العِدَى ويُمانِعُ

His assembled troops, and he before them

Defends the confederations of enemies and objects.

فجمْعٌ بأنواعِ المَحاسِنِ مُفْرَدٌ

وفرْدٌ لأشْتاتِ المكارِمِ جامِعُ

A unique collection of all good traits

And unique in gathering the parts of virtues.

وأنّى تجاريهِ المُلوكُ وإنّهُ

لَيَسْبِقُ آمادَ العُلى وهْوَ وادِعُ

How can kings compete with him, and he

Outpaces the supports of loftiness while placating?

قدِ اتّضَحتْ للمُهْتَدينَ شَعائِرٌ

بهِ ولدينِ اللهِ قامَتْ شرائِعُ

Manifestations became clear to the guided through him,

And for the religion of God, laws stood.

وأنّى تُدانيهِ وقائِمُ سيفهِ

لهُ في العِدَى طوعَ الجهادِ الوقائِعُ

And how can you compare, while his sword stands

For him against the enemies, the occurrences of war?

منَ الخزْرَجِ الأرضَيْنَ ترْتاحُ منهُمُ

إلى العِز أقْيالٌ وتَسْمو تَبابِعُ

From the Aus and Khazraj he puts at ease

Generations to honor, and ambitions soar.

تكُفُّ خُطوبَ الدّهْرِ حيثُ أكفُّها

هَوامٍ بمُنْهَلّ النّوالِ هَوامِعُ

They stop the adversities of fate wherever their palms stop them,

Passionate at the watering place of attainment, waterers.

فما جدّ إلا ما انتَضَتْ عَزَماتُها

ولا جادَ إلا جودُها المُتتابِعُ

So nothing was serious except what their resolves stimulated,

And nothing was generous except their continuous generosity.

فَطامٍ بمُلتَفِّ القَتامِ وطامِحٌ

وهامٍ بوكّافِ الغَمامِ وهامِعُ

Passionate at the wraps of darkness, ambitious,

And passionate at the clouds' pavilions, flaming.

لقد أوْرَثوا المجْدَ المؤثَّلَ ناصِراً

يقومُ لحِفْظِ الدّينِ والدينُ هاجِعُ

They inherited glorious, abundant glory, supporting

Him who stands to protect the religion, and the religion dusty.

خِلافَتُهُ العُليا وكُلُّ خليفةٍ

لعُلْياهُ مُنْحازٌ لرُحْماهُ فازِعُ

His supreme Caliphate, and every caliph

To his supremacy is biased, to his mercy fleeing.

فَطولِبَ وهّابٌ وأُمّلَ مُنعِمٌ

وخُوطِبَ مرْتاحٌ ونودِيَ سامِعُ

So an asker asked, and a granter hoped,

And a suitor was addressed, and a listener called.

وبُلّغ مأمولٌ وأُسْعِفَ قاصِدٌ

وأُمِّنَ مُرْتاعٌ ورُدَّ مُنازِعُ

A hope was delivered, and a seeker aided,

And a frightened one secured, and a disputant returned.

بعزْمٍ له من عزّةِ المُلْكِ سائِقٌ

وحُكمٍ لهُ من سابِقِ الحِلْمِ وازِعُ

With resolve for him from the honor of kingship leading,

And wisdom for him from the foremost wisdom preventing.

وإنّ وليَّ الكُفْرِ بالفِكْرِ طالَما

يُنازِلُ أحْزابَ العِدَى وينازِعُ

The guardian of disbelief, with thinking, frequently

Confronts the parties of enemies and disputes.

وإنّ رِماحَ اليوسُفيّ بحرْبِهِ

دَوامٍ وأجْفانُ العُداةِ دوامِعُ

And the spears of Joseph in his war

Always, and the eyelids of enemies, waterers.

هُمامٌ يُزيرُ الحرْبَ أُسْداً زَئيرُها

دَليلٌ على النّصْرِ المؤزَّرِ قاطِعُ

Passionate whose roar makes war a roaring lion,

A sign of the supported victory, cutter.

على الرّوْعِ مِقْدامٌ وفي الوعدِ صادقٌ

وللمالِ وهّابٌ وبالحَقِّ صادِعُ

Brave in promise, truthful in promise,

Generous with money, and loud with the truth.

فجدٌّ لصَدْرِ الدين شافٍ وشارحٌ

وجودٌ لأبوابِ المكارِمِ شارِعُ

Serious for the chest of religion, healing and relaxing,

Generosity for the doors of virtues, opening.

وعزْمٌ كما هزّ المهنّدَ ضاربٌ

ورأيٌ كما قد فوّقَ السّهْمَ نازِعُ

And opinion like the lofty arrow surpassed,

And resolve like the arrow contested, deflecting.

فَيا ملِكَ الدُنْيا بعدلِكَ شُيِّدَتْ

منَ الدّينِ أعْلامٌ وقامَتْ مصانِعُ

O king of the world, through your justice founded

Of religion, flags, and workshops stood.

مَقامُك محْمودٌ وعدْلُكَ شامِلٌ

وظِلّكَ مَمدودٌ وجَهْدُكَ ذائِعُ

Your position is praiseworthy, and your justice all-encompassing,

Your shadow outstretched, and your effort disseminated.

وحزْبُكَ منصورٌ وعِزُّكَ قاهِرٌ

وجودُكَ مَبْذولٌ وحِلْمُكَ واسعُ

Your party victorious, and your might conquering,

Your generosity dispensed, and your patience vast.

وكفّكَ بحْرٌ والخلائفُ ترْتَجي

نَداها فَطامٍ بالنّوالِ وطامِعُ

Your palm a sea, and successors sail

Its generosity, passionate for the attainment, ambitious.

فلا مُعْتَلٍ إلا لعزّكَ خاضِعٌ

ولا معْتَدٍ إلا لحُكْمِكَ راجِعُ

Except to your might submitted,

And except to your rule returning.

ولا مَلَكٌ إلا بنَصرِكَ مُرْسَلٌ

ولا مَلِكٌ إلا لمُلْكِكَ تابِعُ

And no ruler except with your victory sent,

And no king except to your kingship following.

دعَتْكَ مُلوكُ الغرْبِ والكُلّ منهُمُ

بأيْسَرِ حظٍّ منْ قَبولِكَ قانِعُ

The kings of the West called you, all of them

With the easiest fortune to accept you, satisfied.

وقامَتْ بأعْباءِ الحُروبِ ولمْ تَقُمْ

رُبَى عزْمِها إلا ورأيُكَ فارِعُ

The burdens of wars stood, but the hilltops of its resolve stood not

Except when your opinion was seen, baring.

وقد أُشرِبَتْ منكَ القُلوبُ مَهابةً

فما منهُمُ إلا مُطيعٌ وسامِعُ

From you, the hearts were quenched with awe

So none of them except obedient and hearing.

لقد عزَّ مَن والَى مقامَكَ منهُمُ

فكفّ المُناوي واتّقاهُ المُنازِعُ

Honored is he who took the position of your station from them

So the opponent stopped, and the disputant feared him.

فلا السِّرْبُ مُرتاعٌ ولا الخطْبُ فاجئٌ

ولا المُلْكُ مَسْلوبٌ ولا الدّهْرُ فاجِعُ

So neither the warband frightened, nor the adversity surprising,

Nor the kingdom taken, nor fate startling.

أيُذْنِبُ دهْرٌ أو يُلمُّ بحادِثٍ

يَروعُ ومِنْ جَدْواكَ شافٍ وشافِعُ

Does time sin or inflict an event

That frightens, and from your stream, healing and interceding?

قَضى اللهُ أنّ الأمْرَ كيفَ تُريدُهُ

وليسَ لما قد شاءَهُ اللهُ دافِعُ

God has decreed that the matter however you want it

And for what God has willed, there is no repeller.

فللهِ يومٌ في المَواسمِ باهِرٌ

أنيقُ المحيّا رائقُ الحُسْنِ رائِعُ

For God is a day in seasons, radiant

Nice beauty, fine beauty, wondrous.

حلَلْتَ به الإيوانَ والحَفْلُ دونَهُ

تَفيضُ عليهِم من نَداكَ يَنابِعُ

You adorned the hall by it, and the celebration under it

Overflows upon them from your generosity, springs.

ودارَتْ حَوالَيْكَ الجنودُ كأنها

كَواكِبُ سَعدٍ قد جلَتْها المطالِعُ

The armies circled you as if they are

Planets of prosperity that the horizons lifted.

فللهِ منها حضْرةٌ كلُّ وافِدٍ

وقد حلّها في جنّة الخُلْدِ راتِعُ

By God, a presence that every newcomer entered it

As if he settled it in the Paradise of immortality, settled.

وهُنّئتَهُ عيداً أقمتَ صَنيعَه

وقد عظُمَتْ للهِ فيهِ صَنائِعُ

You were congratulated on a feast you held, doing its favor,

And for God through it, deeds were great.

وهاكَ التي رقّتْ وراقتْ مَحاسِناً

بدائِهُ من تِلْقائِها وبدائِعُ

And here she is who softened and flowed with beauty

With its manifestations spontaneously and marvels.

لتُلْقي لدى موْلى الخلائِفِ يوسُفٍ

منَ القوْلِ ما تُصْغي إليه المَسامِعُ

To meet at the Master of Caliphs, Joseph

With words she listens to, from speech, listeners.

ولوْلاكَ ما غيْثُ الإجادةِ هامِلٌ

لديّ ولا روْضُ البلاغةِ يانِعُ

Had it not been for you, the rain of eloquence not pouring for me

Nor the garden of rhetoric, sprouting.

فدامَتْ لك الدنْيا ومُلْكُكَ ناصرٌ

ومن دونِ عُلْياهُ مُطيعٌ وطائِعُ

So may your world and your kingdom last, supporting,

And under your supremacy, obedient and voluntarily following!

وللقَصْدِ إسعافٌ وللرّفْدِ طالِبٌ

وللوعْدِ إنجازٌ وللسّعْدِ طالِعُ

For the purpose, supporting, and for the gift, seeking

For the promise, fulfilling, and for the happiness, rising!

إلى أن تنالَ المُلْكَ غَرْباً ومَشْرِقاً

فيُدْرَكُ مأمولٌ ويَقْرُبُ شاسِعُ

Until you attain the kingship east and west

So a hope is reached, and the vast nears.

وإني لأرْجو اللهَ حتّى كأنّني

أرَى بجميلِ الظّنِّ ما اللهُ صانِعُ

I hope God until it is as if I see

With good thinking what God will do.