هَذي الكواكِبُ قابلتْكَ سُعودُها
ولدَيْكَ في أوْجِ الكَمالِ صُعودُها
These planets have met you, rising in glory,
At the peak of perfection, ascending.
هذي المآثِرُ حيثُ قامَ خَطيبُها
يرْتَدُّ عنهُ زيادُها ويَزيدُها
These glorious feats where the orator stood,
Overflowing, ever increasing.
هذي محامِدُكَ التي عنْ مثلِها
يَثْني العِنانَ أمينُها ورَشيدُها
These your praises that make the trusted
And the rightly guided rein in and heed.
هذي المآمِلُ ما يَطولُ نُزوحُها
إلا ويَدْنو كيفَ شِئتَ بَعيدُها
These hopes however long frustrated,
Approach if you wish from afar or near.
هذي المواهِبُ كلّما سُئِلَ النّدى
يأتي بمُنهَلّ الغمائِمِ جودُها
These gifts whenever the clouds were asked for rain,
Came with pouring clouds in munificence.
هذي المكارمُ كلّما بخِلَ الحَيا
أحْيا الوجودَ لدى عُلاكَ وُجودُها
These noble deeds whenever life was miserly
Revived existence through your being.
هذي الخلائِفُ يمّمَتْكَ على النّوى
أرْسالُها ورجَتْ نَداكَ وُفودُها
These successors hastened to you earnestly
Their envoys sped to you in deputations.
ما راعَ خَطْبٌ أو تفاقمَ مُعْضِلٌ
إلا وأنتَ عِمادُها وعَميدُها
No ordeal was complex, no knot was tight
Except you were its pillar and support.
ما بَدّلَتْ كلِماتِها إذ قوبِلَتْ
بعواطِفٍ من وصْفِها توْكيدُها
Whenever matched their words were affirmed
By sentiments describing and asserting.
ما أزْهَرَتْ للمَكْرُماتِ حدائِقٌ
إلا غدَتْ يُمْنى يَديكَ تُرودُها
No gardens bloomed for the noble deeds
Except thy right hand made them flourish.
ما أخْلَفَ الأرضَ الغَمامُ وأمْحَلَتْ
إلا وجَدْوى راحتَيْكَ تَجودُها
The rain clouds disappointed not the land
Except thy rest brought about fertility.
قُصِرتْ عليْكَ المَكْرُماتُ ومنْكَ قد
راقَ الخلائِفَ فوقَها مَمْدودُها
Honors were limited to you and only
Through you licence was given past them.
تبْغي الأعادي في جَنابِكَ مَوْرِداً
فتكُفُّها عن ورْدِها وتَذودُها
The enemies seek in your presence resource
So you block them from attaining their wants.
كمْ أخفَقَتْ مَسْعى عِداكَ خوافِقٌ
في الحربِ قد نُشِرَتْ عليْكَ بُنودُها
How often did your enemies fail, their luck run out
In war, their plots against you come to naught.
للهِ دوْلتُكَ التي لجَلالِها
خضَعَتْ صناديدُ المُلوكِ وصيدُها
By God, your state before which the great ones
Of kings were humble and became subdued.
في حرْبِها ماضٍ لديْكَ حُسامُها
في سَلْمِها مُستَقْبَلٌ تأييدُها
In its wars, the swords made great havoc
In its peace, the future bodes its support.
هَذي خِلافةُ ناصرِ الدّين الذي
يغْزو وأمْلاكُ السّماءِ جُنودُها
This is the caliphate of the aider of the faith
With the hosts of heavens as its soldiers.
ولسَوْفَ يُبْذَلُ في جِهادِ عُداتِها
طوْعَ المكارِمِ والعُلى مجْهودُها
And the utmost of virtues and high magnanimity
Shall be spent in fighting its enemies.
ولسوفَ يُلْفى كُلُّ باغٍ مُسرِفٍ
يَصْلى بنارِ الحربِ وهْو وَقودُها
And every transgressor tyrant shall be burnt
By the fires of war, himself the fuel.
لكأنْ بهِ والحرْبُ توقِدُ للعِدى
ناراً بمُنْهَلِّ النّجيعِ خمودُها
As if the war kindled by him for the foes
Were a fire quenched at the valley of An‘am.
لكأنْ بهِ يغْزو كتائِبَهُمْ وقدْ
جالَتْ جِيادُ النّصرِ كيفَ يُريدُها
As if he invades their bands and the steeds of victory
Pace as he wishes fast or slow.
لكَأنْ بهِ والرّومُ عندَ لِقائِهِ
لمْ يُغْنِ عنْها عدُّها وعَديدُها
As if when the Byzantines meet him,
Their number and preparation avail them not.
يرْتاعُ خيفَةَ بأسِهِ مُرْتاحُها
ويخِفُّ في طَلبِ النّجاةِ وئيدُها
Terrified by the awfulness of his might
The secure of them seeks safety in escape.
وكَتائِبُ الإسْلامِ في أعْقابِهمْ
يَمْحو مَعالِمَ شرْكِهِمْ توْحيدُها
While the Muslim battalions in their trails
Obliterate all traces of their polytheism by the unity of God.
واليوسُفيُّ المُلْك لوْلا أمْنُهُ
في الأرضِ ما ألفَ الجُفونَ هُجودُها
And the Ottoman state―were it not for its protection
Eyes would find no rest in sleep.
ملِكٌ تَرى الأمْلاكَ وهْو يَطولُها
سَبْقاً لغاياتِ العُلى ويسودُها
A dominion whose authority makes the dominions
Appear short and deficient.
ما شامَ في الأقطارِ قائِمَ سيْفِه
إلا وقامَ بعَدْلِهِ تَمْهيدُها
Wherever his sword reached in the regions
Justice was established after chaos.
فارتدّ باغيها وذُلِّلَ خطْبُها
وانْقادَ من بعْدِ الإباءِ شَرودُها
So those who rebel against it are halted
And those after refusal are subdued.
بمكارِمٍ للمَعْلُواتِ يُنيلُها
ومَعالِمٍ للمَكْرُماتِ يُشيدُها
With noble deeds reaching the heights
And pillars for the glorious acts erecting.
وسوابِقٍ يحْلُلْنَ مُشْتَجرَ القَنا
غِيلاً فتزْأرُ بالكُماةِ أُسودُها
And preeminences through which the writhing serpent
Is rendered lifeless, its knights extinguished.
وصَوارِمٍ ما جُرِّدَتْ في المُلْتَقى
إلا وهامُ الدّارِعينَ غُمودُها
And sharp swords that when unsheathed in the battlefield
Make the armor of the warriors melt away.
عَجباً لها بيضاً وما إن راعَها
خجلٌ ويبْدو في الوَغى توْريدُها
How wondrously white yet when perceiving
Withdrawal shows in the fray ashamed.
وذوابِلٍ خفَّت كأسْرابِ القَطا
هِيماً تحومُ وفي النّجيعِ وُرودُها
With troops lighter than flocks of wild cows
Roaming in the preserves where the wild cows graze.
لوْلا اشتِغالُ سِنانِها حيثُ النّدى
من كفِّه يَهْمي لأوْرَقَ عودُها
Were it not for their preoccupation with spears
Before which the most leafy of branches bow.
تُرْوى المَعالي عنْ عَواليهِ التي
ما راعَ زُرْقَ عُيونِها تَسْهيدُها
The heights are watered from his summits which
Did not embarrass the gazes with settling gently.
فتقودُ حَتْفَ المعْتَدي لحَظاتُها
وتُقَدُّ في حلَقِ الدّروعِ قُدودُها
So their moments lead the transgressors to doom
And their poles thrust into the armor.
عجَباً لها طوْعَ العزائِمِ شُرَّعاً
لمْ يَثْنِها عن قصدِها تَقْصيدُها
How wondrously compliant to the resolves
That no composition makes them turn away.
شيَمٌ لأنصارِ الرّسالةِ تَنْتَمي
إنْ عُدّدتْ لا ينقَضي تَعْديدُها
An attribute of the supporters of the Message that
Is numberless though enumerated.
للهِ آثارٌ لهُمْ ومآثرٌ
يَبْلى الزمانُ ولا يَزولُ جَديدُها
By God, they have traces and glorious feats
Time decays but their freshness renews.
فيهِمْ أُبيدَتْ في اليَمامةِ أمّةٌ
غصّتْ بهِمْ طوْعَ الضّلالةِ بيدُها
Among them a nation at Yamamah was destroyed
By whom misguidance was confined at its hands.
ولَيوْمِ بَدْرٍ بادَروا فاسْتأصلوا
فِئَةً تَمادى كُفْرُها وجُحودُها
On the day of Badr they took the initiative and uprooted
A group whose disbelief and denial had spread.
لجِدالِها حُجَجٌ تُثيرُ جِلادَها
حيثُ الحُسامُ مُبينُها ومُبيدُها
For its disputation they had conclusive arguments
Where the sword definitively arbitrates.
حتّى قضَوْا طوْعَ الجِهادِ وخلّفوا
خُلَفاءَ أُنْجِزَ بالعُلى مَوْعودُها
Until they passed away striving and left
Successors fulfilling the high promises.
كانوا ظِلالاً والهواجِرُ تلْتَظي
قد فاءَ فوقَ العالَمينَ مَديدُها
They were shadows the Emigrants gathered under
Whose glory shone above both worlds.
بهِمُ الخِلافةُ نُظّمَتْ أسْلاكُها
لمّا وهَى بيَدِ الضّلالِ فَريدُها
Through them the Caliphate was organized
When it was solely with misguidance.
وأتى عدُوُّ الدّين يرْجو أن يُرى
عن حَمْلِ ما قدْ قُلّدَتْهُ يَؤودُها
And the enemy of the religion came wishing to see
It collapse under the burden with which it was entrusted.
أعْلَوْا مظاهِرَ قُبّةِ الإسْلامِ إذْ
قامَتْ بهِمْ أطْنابُها وعَمودُها
They raised the edifices of the dome of Islam when
Its pillars and columns were erected through them.
فئةٌ تَمائِمُها السّيوفُ وما درَتْ
للحَرْبِ مَعْنىً والسّروجُ مُهودُها
A group whose banners are swords and who never knew
Meaning of war while the saddlebags were loaded.
ولحَمْلِ أعْباءِ الوفاءِ قدِ انْبَرى
من قَبْلِ أنْ كُتِبَتْ عليْهِ وليدُها
And they took upon themselves the burdens of loyalty
Before a successor to bear them was designated.
تُتْلَى وتُجْلى آيُها وإياتُها
يُرْجى ويُخْشى وعْدُها ووعيدُها
Its signs and verses are recited and clarified
Bringing hopes and warnings in promise and warning.
فلَها علَى حُكْمِ المكارِمِ والعُلى
هِمَمٌ قضَتْ أنّ المُلوكَ عَبيدُها
So by the judgment of nobility and highness
They resolved that kings are but its servants.
فمَعالِمُ الإسْلامِ بعْدَ عفائِها
في أرْضِ أندَلُسٍ بهِمْ توْطيدُها
After its demise, the pillars of Islam
In Andalusia were restored through them.
يا ناصرَ الدّين الذي أمْداحُهُ
يَهْدي ويُهْدَى قصْدُها وقَصيدُها
O aider of the faith who praise of him
Guides and is itself guided aright.
وقفَتْ ببابِكَ من مَرينٍ أُسْرةٌ
طوْعَ الوَفاءِ فما تُضاعُ عُهودُها
Before you a group of Marinids halted
Loyally, their pact known never to fail.
وافَتْكَ لا تَثْني أعِنّةَ سيْرِها
ورجاؤُها إذْ يمّمَتْكَ يَقودُها
They came to you unswerving intravel,
Their hope in you driving them forth.
فأنَلْتَ ما شاءَتْ من النّعَمِ التي
يُرْجَى وإنْ عَظُمَتْ لديْكَ مَزيدُها
You bestowed whatever goods they sought,
Hoping abundantly, finding increase.
واهْنأْ بِعيدٍ عائِدٍ لكَ بالمُنى
ولْتَهْنَأِ الدّنْيا لدَيْكَ مَزيدُها
And a returning feast has come renewing
The wishes for you and the world's increase.
قد سارَ شهْرُ الصّوْمِ أكْرَمَ ظاعِنٍ
يُلْقي أحاديثَ العُلى ويُعيدُها
The month of fasting departed most generous
Relating the tales of magnanimity and repeating them.
تتناقَل الرُكْبانُ منْها كُلَّ ما
قد لذّ في أسْماعِها تَرْديدُها
The traveling groups transmit them, whatever
Pleased their hearing by recollection.
هَيْهاتَ يَنْسى من حِماكَ مَعاهِداً
ولها عُهودٌ ما يُذَمُّ حَميدُها
Alas! One whose protection includes a pact
Will not forget while its beauty renews.
وأتاكَ عيدُ الفِطْرِ أشْرَفَ قادِمٍ
راقَ المكارمَ عندَهُ تجْديدُها
And the Feast of Breaking Fast came to you the most noble arrival
Whose center is virtues refreshed and multiplied.
قد شفّهُ شوْقٌ لحضْرَتِكَ التي
بعوائِدِ الصُّنْعِ الجَميلِ يعودُها
On its account burning with passion for your presence
Where custom of fine action recurs.
فطلَعْتَ في أفُقِ الخِلافةِ آيةً
راقَتْ تهائِمُها بهِ ونُجودُها
So you appeared on the horizon of the Caliphate a sign
At which the horizons dazzled and bowed.
ولَديْكَ من أمَراءِ مُلْكِكَ أوْجُهٌ
غُرٌّ تَروقُ النّيِّراتِ سعودُها
And among the princes of your kingdom are faces
Radiant, at which the brilliant stars set.
ومَدَدت للتّقْبيلِ كفّاً لم تزَلْ
تنْهَلُّ فوقَ الآمِلينَ عُهودُها
And you extended a palm that never ceased
To let fall favors upon the hopeful.
أولَيْتَ أحْرارَ القَبائِلِ أنْعُماً
وبدأْتَها ونَدَى يَديْكَ مُعيدُها
You bestowed the finest gifts on the noble tribes
Starting them while your hand???s radiance grants increase.
فأتَتْ إلى تجْديدِ بيْعَتِكَ التي
هذي ملائِكةُ السّماءِ شُهودُها
So they came renewing their oath of fealty to you
Witnessed by the angels of heaven.
جَعَلَتْ يَمينَكَ للمكارِمِ قِبْلَةً
فلِذاكَ طالَ رُكوعُها وسُجودُها
Making your hand the direction to nobleness
So it remained humble, bowing and prostrating.
وإليْكَها من بحْر فكْريَ لُؤْلُؤاً
لوْلا خِلالُكَ لمْ يرُقْ تَنْضيدُها
And from the sea of my thoughts I retrieved for you pearls
That would not have coalesced or formed without you.
حَسْناءُ فالزُّهْرُ الكَواكِبُ تنْثَني
عنْها وتَقْصُرُ في المَقاصِرِ غيدُها
Beauteous she whose flowers the stars incline from
Remaining too short next to her towering height.
أوَ ليْسَ أفْكاري حَدائِقَ تُجْتَلى
لا يشْتَكي مَحْلاً لدَيْك مَجودُها
Are not my thoughts orchards to roam in
Finding no place with you barren?
لولاكَ ما راقتْ مَعانيها ولا
راقَتْ على جِيدِ الزّمانِ عُقودُها
Were it not for you their meaning would not have flowered
Nor would time celebrate contracts with them.
لكَ دولةُ العِزّ التي قد عزَّ مَن
أضْحى مُوالِيهَا وخابَ حَسودُها
To you belongs the state of might that empowers
Those made loyal while the envious it disgraces.
يدْعو لها بالنّصْرِ كُلّ مُوَحِّدٍ
دامَتْ لها الدُنْيا ودامَ خُلودُها
Every true monotheist supplicates for its victory
May its dominion and perpetuity endure!
فعلى الخلائِقِ أنْ تُطيلَ دُعاءَها
وعلَى الذي تدْعو لهُ تخْليدُها
So creation should prolong their prayers
And the prayers??? object perpetuate his Caliphate.
