مُظفَّرُ العَزمِ مَمدودُ الرّواقِ على

مَعالِمِ الدِّينِ يَرفيها وَيَبنيها

His determination is reinforced, extending its porticoes

Over the landmarks of religion, raising and founding them

رَدَّ الكَنائِسَ كُنْساً لِلهُدَى فَخَبَت

نَارُ الضَّلالِ وَوارَتها أَثافيها

He returned churches into sanctuaries for guidance, so the

Fire of misguidance faded out, with its fuel buried underneath

وَأَورَدَ العِلمَ عَدّاً مِن إِيالَتَهِ

فَاِستَنَّ وَاِفتَنَّ عبّاً في صَوافيها

And he brought back knowledge, training experts from his state

Who refined and sifted, bustling in its filter houses

وَبَثَّ لِلشِركِ أَشراكاً فَما دَرَجَت

طَريدَة مِنهُ إِلّا اِستَوهَقَت فيها

And he set traps for polytheism, so nothing avoided

Being caught in them, except what slipped away

يا بَدْرُ مُذْ أَشرَقَتْ في الدَّسْتِ غُرَّتُهُ

غِيثَ الرَّعِيَّةُ وَاِخْضَلَّت مَراعيها

O full moon, ever since you rose in the assembly, felicitously,

The flock’s raincloud, greening its pastures

أَقامَ أَحمَدُ مِن مَحمودِها عَلَماً

بِهِ اِستَقامَ عَلى البَيضاءِ ساريها

Ahmad set up the standard, with his praiseworthy qualities

Through which, fluttering whitely, it kept upright

مُحيِي شَريعَتِهِ مِن بَعدِما اِنهَدَمَت

وَاِستَعجَمَت بَعدَ إِفصاحٍ مَعانيها

Reviver of His law, after it crumbled down

And its meanings were garbled, after being so eloquent

شابَت مَواهِبَهَ فيها مَهابِتُهُ

حَتّى اِستَقَرَّت على سَمْتٍ سَواريها

His endowments flourished in it, and his reverence

Until it settled into a balanced, regular pace