إلَيْكَ تَباشير البشائِرِ مُقْبِلَهْ

تَلوحُ بآفاقِ الهُدَى مُتهَلِّلَهْ

To you come tidings of good news glittering,

Bearing prospects of guidance waving,

وعنْك أحاديثُ الهِباتِ صحيحةٌ

عَلَيْكَ غَدَتْ وَقْفاً وفي النّاسِ مُرْسَلَهْ

And from you true talks of gifts,

Becoming trusts in people circulated.

فوجْهُك للشمْسِ المنيرةِ مُخجِلٌ

وكفُّكَ للغيْثِ الهَتون مُبخِّلَهْ

So your face to the shining sun is outshining,

And your palm to the pouring rain is withholding,

وخَيْلُك في أعْرافها لك آيةٌ

مُسوّغةٌ مالَ العِدَى ومُنَفِّلَهْ

And your steed in its meadows is a sign for you

Legitimizing the possessions of enemies and unharnessing.

فهُنِّئتَ ما استَقْبلْتَ يا مَلِكَ الهدى

من العِزّ لا زالتْ سُعودُكَ مُقْبِلَهْ

So congratulations for what you have been facing, O king of guidance,

Of honor that didn’t stop facing you.

لقد قَلّد الرحْمنُ أمْرَ عبادِه

إماماً لهُ في العدْلِ أرْفعُ مَنْزِلَهْ

God has appointed you as leader for His servants in justice,

A leader of guidance whom the rule was ennobled by his name,

إمامُ هُدىً قد شُرِّف الملكُ باسْمِه

كما شرَّفَ السيفُ اليَمانيُّ مِحْمَلَهْ

As the Yemeni sword was ennobled by its scabbard.

You have become similar in forbearance, determination and bounty,

غَدا مُشْبهاً في الحِلمِ والعزْمِ والنّدى

مؤيَّدَهُ مَنصورَهُ مُتوكِّلَهْ

Supported, victorious and reliant.

Do the angels take example except from Joseph?

وهَل تقتدي الأملاك إلا بيُوسفٍ

فقدْ عَلِموا إخْباتَهُ وتبتُّلَهْ

For they knew his suppression and his trials.

Do the heroes submit except to Joseph?

وهل تخضَعُ الأبطال إلا لِيوسُفٍ

إذا هو يومَ الرّوعِ جرّد مُنصُلَهْ

When on the day of commotion he unsheathed his sword.

It is as if I see God’s horses with their neighing,

كأنّي بخيْل اللهِ وهوَ يُجيلها

لفتح بلادِ الكُفْرِ غرّاً محجّلَهْ

To open the lands of blasphemy baring their teeth.

And its Indian with correct rumors that its zeal,

وهِندِيُّهُ قد صحّ أنّ هُيامَهُ

بِهامِ العِدَى أنحى عليها وأنْحلَهْ

Turned away the zeal of enemies and unraveled it.

And its black engraved by awe struck with it,

وأسْمَرُهُ الخطّيُّ من طرَبٍ بِها

ترنّحَ في كفّ الكَميِّ فأرْسَلَهْ

Swaying in the grip of the warrior so he released it.

It settled its sword in the necks of enemies,

أقامَ صَغاهُ في نحور عُداته

فللهِ ما أعْداهُ حُكماً وأعْدَلَهْ

By God, how just it deemed them and how it equalized!

The angels of the seven heavens guard him,

ملائكَةُ السّبعِ الطِّباقِ تَحُفُّهُ

إذا ما غَدا والنّصْر يَقْدُمُ جَحْفَلَهْ

When he sets forth and victory comes forward its regiments.

And how many pursuers of glory seek his door,

وكمْ واردٍ يَبْغي النّدى أمَّ بابَهُ

فأورَدَهُ جَدوى يَديهِ وأنْهَلَهْ

So he lets them attain it with the bounty of his hands.

He is the king, the patron, the zealous one who has

هو الملِكُ الموْلى الهمامُ الذي لهُ

مَكارمُ تُزْري بالغمائم مُسْبَلَهْ

Generosities that the clouds pour forth their rain.

And a judicious view, if his era lasts long,

ورأيٌ رشيدٌ لوْ تقادمَ عهْدُهُ

لأمّلَهُ فيه الرّشيدُ وأمّ لَهْ

The judicious will exemplify it and inspire from it.

Of the honorable men whose faces,

من النفَرِ الغرّ الذين وُجوهُهُمْ

لإشراقِها تعْنو البُدورُ مُكَمَّلَهْ

Due to their glow, enhance the full moons.

To you belongs the glory in kingdoms, its narrative quenched,

لك المجْدُ في الأمْلاكِ يُرْوى حَديثُه

وقَيْسُ بنُ سعْدٍ في القديم تأثّلَهْ

And Qais bin Sa`d in old times exemplified it.

As for your forefathers, the supporters, their mention came to us

فآباؤك الأنصارُ جاءت بذكْرِهمْ

لنا سُوَرٌ في مُحْكَمِ الذكر مُنزَلَهْ

With verses in the Perfect Scripture revealed.

They elucidated the path of guidance for mankind,

هُمُ أوْضحوا نَهْجَ الهِدايةِ للوَرى

وهمْ نصرُوا دينَ الإلهِ ومُرسَلَهْ

And they supported the religion of God and His Messenger.

The sharpened sword hastened towards it so it frightened him,

سَعى نحْوَهُ السيفُ الصقيلُ فراعَهُ

وجَدّ لهُ الرمحُ الطويل فجدّلَهْ

And the long spear bared itself for it so it straightened it.

With what will the eloquent praise while the verses of Scripture have come

بماذا عَسَى يُثْني البَليغُ وقدْ أتَتْ

بذلك آياتُ الكِتابِ مُفَصَّلَهْ

Detailing that fully?

My patron, no poet can describe you,

أموْلايَ لا يأتي بوَصفك شاعرٌ

ولوْ أنّ قُسّاً فيه أعْمل مِقْوَلَهْ

Even if a measure in it he Sally worked.

But with praises I come, for they are

ولكنّ بالأمْداحِ آتي فإنّها

بأغراضِ من يأتي بها مُتكفّلَهْ

With purposes of whoever comes with them obliged.

So your slave presents them to you causes,

فعبْدُكَ يُهْديها إليك وسائِلاً

أبى اللهُ أنْ تُلفَى بجودك مُهْمَلَهْ

God refused they be found with your generosity neglected.

Make them less, bestow them, fulfill what you have promised him long ago,

أقِلْهُ أنِلْهُ وفِّ ما قدْ وعَدتَهُ

قديماً وبلّغْهُ الذي منكَ أمّلَهْ

And convey him that which from you he hopes for.

Your Qataar is a cloud and the system a verdant garden,

نَداكَ غَمامٌ والنّظامُ حديقةٌ

بهِ قدْ غدتْ أدْواحُها مُتهدِّلَهْ

In it its vessels have become dripping.

Is it anything but the meadow whose beauty is blossoming

وهل هُوَ إلا الروضُ باكرهُ الحَيا

فأوْدَعَ ريّاهُ صَباهُ وشَمْألَهْ

So it deposited in it his youthfulness and his plumpness?

So it takes from the hefty system necklaces

فتأخُذُ من جَزْل النّظام قلائِداً

وتعطي جَزيلَ المالِ من غيْر مسألَهْ

And gives generous wealth without being asked.

So it is the supporter of the religion of Hanif, and its shelter

فدُمْ ناصِرَ الدّين الحنيفِ وكهْفَهُ

ومَلجأهُ في الحادثاتِ وموئِلَهْ

In afflictions, and its sanctuary and refuge.