أناصِرَ دينِ اللهِ هُنِّئْتَهُ صُنْعا

بشائِرُهُ تُهْديكَ ما يَمْلأُ السّمْعا

You supported the religion of Allah, you were congratulated for your good deed

Its glad tidings guide you to fill the hearing

جمعْتَ قُلوبَ المُسلِمين بعزْمَةٍ

تكُفُّ مَنِ اسْتَعْدى تجيبُ مَنِ استَدْعى

You gathered the hearts of Muslims with determination

That stops whoever transgresses and answers whoever calls

رمَيْتَ عُداةَ الدّين منها بفادِحٍ

لدى مُلْتَقى الهَيْجاءِ يترُكُهُمْ صرْعَى

You hit the enemies of the religion with a terrible blow

Leaving them dead at the battleground

وكمْ من يَدٍ بيْضاءَ طوّقتها فتىً

إلى منزلِ البيضاء قد أعْملَ الرُّجْعى

And how many white hands have been decorated with a brave young man

Returning to the white abode

رمَى دارَهُ البيضاءَ أخْذاً بِثارِه

بما قد رَمى سيْفُ بنُ ذي يَزَنٍ صَنْعا

Who threw away his white abode to avenge

What the sword of Saif ibn Dhi Yazan had done

وقمْتَ بأعْباء الوفاءِ حقيقةً

ولا كُلْفةٌ فيما أتَيْتَ بهِ طَبْعا

And you truly upheld the burdens of loyalty

With no hardship in what you naturally did

وللهِ منها مُنشآتٌ قدِ ارْتَمَتْ

على اللّجِّ رَفْعاً حين أحْكَمتَها وَضْعا

And for Allah, construction was built from it

Raised on the coast when you established it

سرَتْ وظِلالُ الأمْنِ واليُمْنِ فوقَها

فأحْسِنْ به مَسْرىً وأنْجِحْ به مَسْعى

And the shadows of security and prosperity were over it

So do good with it and succeed with it

درأْتَ به في صدْرِ كلّ مُعانِدٍ

سِهامُ المَنايا نحْوَهُ أُحْكِمَتْ وَقْعا

You warded off in the hearts of every opponent

The arrows of death towards him were aimed and hit

أتتْكَ بها البُشْرى صَنيعةَ مُنْعِمٍ

حَباهُمْ بها وِتْراً وعادَتْ لهُ شفْعا

You were given good news of it, the making of a benefactor

He gifted them with it and it interceded for him

وشيّدتَ للدّين الحَنيفيّ مَصْنَعاً

وفي أولياءِ اللهِ أظهرْتَهُ صُنْعا

And you built a stronghold for the Hanafi religion

And made it prominent among the guardians of Allah

يُحِلُّ بمَنْ والَى الضّلالَ وأهْلَهُ

حوادِثَ جلّتْ أنْ يُطيقَ لها دَفْعا

It destroys those who befriended misguidance and its people

Grave events that he cannot handle defending against

غَويٌّ به التّثليثُ عزَّ مكانُه

فكمْ ضارعٍ للهِ ضاقَ بهِ ذَرْعا

Misguided by the Trinity, his place became mighty

So how many opponents of Allah were constrained by it

فلا آيَة تتْلَى ولا نعْمةٌ تُرَى

ولا سُنّةٌ تُحْيا ولا ذمّةٌ تُرْعَى

No verse is recited, no blessing is seen

No Sunnah is revived, no covenant respected

على الدّين ظُلماً قد جَنى وهْوَ روْضَةٌ

جَنى زهْرَها قَطْفاً وأغْصانَها قَطْعا

Wronging the religion, though it is a garden

Whose flowers he plucked and whose branches he cut

إلى أن تَدارَكتَ البلادَ وأهْلَها

فأوْسَعْتَها منْحاً وحصّنتَها مَنْعا

Until you came to the aid of the country and its people

Expanding them favor and fortifying them from prevention

صدَعْتَ بأمْر اللهِ فيه مُحَكّماً

فما تَجْبُرُ الأيامُ بعدُ لهُ صَدْعا

You split it with the order of Allah, making it unbreakable

So the days cannot mend it after the split

وأرسَلْتَ من رُحْماكَ شامِلَ رحْمةٍ

تُبدِّدُه شَمْلاً تفرِّقُهُ جَمْعا

And you sent from your womb an all encompassing mercy

To dissolve its group and separate its mass

فبايَنتَهُ رُشْداً وضلّلْتَهُ هُدىً

ودافعْتَهُ حُكْماً وجاهَدتَهُ شَرعا

You singled it out rightly and misguided it

And refuted it justly and struggled against it legally

دِيارٌ خلَتْ منهُ فقدْ أقْفَرَ الحِمى

وقد بعُدَ المَرْمى وقد صوّحَ المرْعَى

The abodes became empty of it, so the sanctuary was desolate

The goal became far, and the pasture became vacant

وآلُ مَرينٍ إذْ دَعَوْا منكَ ناصراً

ولم تُهمِل الدّعْوى ولم تُغْفِلِ المَدْعا

And the family of Marwan, when they called you for help

You did not neglect the call or disregard the plea

أجَبْتَ ومنْ أرْسالِكَ السّيفُ والقَنا

شِهاباً وبرْقاً قد أثارَا به نَقْعا

You answered, and from your sending was the sword and the spear

A flame and lightning that stirred conflict with it

أعوِّذُ بالسّبعِ المثاني خلائِقاً

لدى مُفرَد بالعزّ أحْرزَها سَبْعا

I seek refuge in the seven often repeated [verses] for people

At the One, the Almighty who attained them perfectly

عفافاً وإقداماً وعِلْماً وعزْمَةً

وحِلْماً وحَزْماً يوجِبُ المنحَ والمَنْعا

Chastity, courage, knowledge, determination

Forbearance, wisdom, warranting favor and prevention

لهُ برْقُ سيفٍ في غمامةِ راحةٍ

يروقُكَ لمْحاً في دُجَى الحرْبِ أو لمْعا

To Him is the lightning of a sword in the clouds of comfort

Pleasant to you flashing in the gloom of war or gleaming

وهاكَ من النّظمِ البَديعِ قَوافِياً

فسَمْعاً إمامَ الأكْرمين لها سَمْعا

And here is the beautiful rhyme for you

So listen, O the most generous of men, listen

تُطوّقنِي طوْقَ الحمامة مُنْعِماً

فبالمَدْحِ في روْضِ المُنى أُسْمِعُ السّجْعا

It crowns me the crown of a grateful dove

So with praise in the meadow of wishes I make rhymes

وقد جئتُ باللفظِ البَديعِ ومَن أتى

بوصْفِكَ نظماً ليسَ إبداعُهُ بِدْعا

And I have come with beautiful words, and whoever comes

To describe you in verse, his creativity is not innovation

فلازِلْتَ تُولي النّصْر بَدءاً وعَودةً

وتعْمرُ للدّين الحنيفِ بهِ رَبْعا

You continue to grant victory, initially and repeatedly

And build the Hanafi religion with it fully