لِلَذَّةِ العَيْشِ وَالأَفْراحِ أَوْقاتُ

فَانْشُرْ لِواءً لَهُ بِالنَّصْرِ عاداتُ

For the joys of life and times of delight, times

So raise for it a banner of victory, traditions

أَمامَ جَيْشِكَ أَنَّى سَارَ أَرْبَعَةٌ

نَصْلٌ وَنَصْرٌ وَآراءٌ وَراياتُ

Before your army wherever four went:

A point, and victory, and opinions, and banners

وَتَحْتَ غِيْلِ فُرْسانُ مَعْرَكَةٍ

لَها ثَباتٌ وَفِي الهَيْجاءِ وَثْباتُ

And under the shade of the horsemen of battle

With steadfastness, and in turmoil, steadfastness

أَهِلَّةٌ فِي سَماءٍ مَنْ مَغافِرِها

لَها التَّرائِكُ أَفْلاكٌ وَهالاتُ

New moons in a sky whose pardon

For it are planets and crescents

تَهْتَزُّ أَعْطافُهُمْ يَوْمَ الجِلادِ إِذْا

غَنَّتْ لَهُمْ مِنْ بَنَاتِ القَيْنِ قَيْناتُ

Their shoulders shake on the day of fighting when

The daughters of the lutes sing for them, songs

صَفائِحٌ هِيَ إِذْ دَبّض الفِرندُ بِها

صَحَائِفٌ كُتِبَتْ فِيْهَا المَنِيَّاتُ

Plates which when the knight attacks with them

Pages on which defeats were written

إِنْ مَسَّ شَمْسَ الضُّحى مِنْ لَمْعِها رَمَدٌ

كَحَلْنَها بِالعَجاجِ الأَعْوَجِيِّاتُ

If the sun of morning with its gleam touches a speck

The bent-eyed ones would kohl it

جُرْدٌ كَرائِمُ تَلْقَى عَنْ فَوارِسِها

شَبا الأَسِنَّةِ أَعْناقٌ وَهاماتُ

A troop, generous who meet from their horsemen

Necks and zeal, aspirations

مُسْتَشْرِفاتٌ بِآذانٍ مُؤَلَّلَةٍ

لَها إِلَى الثَّغْرِ مِنْ دِمْياطَ حاجاتُ

With ears adorned listening towards the border from Damietta

For it needs from Dimyat

الوَيْلُ لِلْرّومِ وَالإِبْرِنْسِ مِنْ مَلِكٍ

لَهُ مِنَ النَّصْرِ وَالتَّأْيِيْدِ عاداتُ

Woe to the Romans and the Prince from a King

For him from victory and support, traditions

أَيْنَ المَفَرُّ لِسِرْبِ الرُّومِ مِنْ أَسَدٍ

ضارٍ لَهُ مِنْ رِماحِ الخَطِّ غاباتُ

Where can the flock of Romans escape from a lion

Harmful, for it from the spears of war, forests

دِمْياطُ طُورٌ وَنارُ الحَرْبِ مُوقَدَةٌ

وَأَنْتَ موسى وَهَذا اليَوْمُ مِيقاتُ

Damietta is the Mount and the fire of war kindled

And you are Moses and this day, the appointed time

أَنْتَ الصَّباحُ فَمَزِّقْ لَيْلَ كُفْرِهِمُ

وَاصْبِرْ وَرَابِطْ فَلِلأَعْمالِ نِيَّاتُ

You are the dawn so tear apart their night of disbelief

And be patient and steadfast for acts depend on intentions

أَلْقِ العَصا تَتَلَقَّفْ كُلَّ ما أَفِكُوا

وَلاَ تَخَفْ ما حِبالُ القَوْمِ حَيَّاتُ

Throw your staff and it will pick up whatever they untie

And fear not what the ropes of the people are snakes

طَأْهُمْ بِجَيْشكَ لا تَحْفِلْ بِكَثْرَتِهِمْ

فَإِنَّهُمْ لِبُغاثِ الطَّيْرِ أَقْواتُ

Stamp them with your army pay no attention to their great number

For they are food for the young of birds

أَصَبْتَهُمْ بِسِهامِ الرَّأْيِ مِنْ حَلَبٍ

وَلِلْمَكَائِدِ مِنْ بُعْدٍ إِصاباتُ

You hit them with arrows of opinion from Aleppo

And for the schemes from afar, hits

فَطَّهَر اللَّهُ ذَاكَ الثَّغْرَ مِنْ قَلَحٍ

أَصابَهُ وَانْجَلَتْ تِلْكَ الثَّنِيَّاتُ

So Allah purified that border from the infidels

Who took it and those curses disappeared

تَذَكَّرُوا يَوْمَ صافِيْثَا ومَا لَقِيَتْ

مِنْ حَدِّ سَيِفْكَ عَرْقَا وَالقُلَيْعاتُ

Remember the day of Saifidha and what met

From the edge of your sword veins and necks

قَتْلاً وَأَسْراً وَسَبْياً وَانْتِهابَ ثَرىً

لِلَّهِ كَمْ أَحْسَنَتْ تِلْكَ الإِساءاتُ

Killing, capture, enslavement, and plundering of land

How good were those evils for Allah

شَنَتْهَا غارَةً كَالنَّارِ مُحْرِقَةً

لِلْكُفْرِ وَهْيَ عَلى الإِسْلامِ جَنَّاتُ

It raided like burning fire

To disbelief while it upon Islam, heavens

أَثْلَجْتَ صَدْرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَانْكَشَفَتْ

عَنْ سَرْحَةِ الدِّينِ وَالدُّنْيَا غَماماتُ

You delighted the Messenger of Allah and worries cleared

From the expanse of religion and life, clouds

لِلَّهِ مِنْ ثَغْرِ دِمْياطٍ وَبَرْزَخِها

فَتْحٌ لَهُ تُفْتَحُ السَّبْعُ السَّماواتُ

For Allah the conquest of the border of Damietta and its fortress

A conquest for him the seven heavens would open

يَوْمٌ عَلى الرُّومِ تُنْشِي رِيْحُهُ سُحُباً

أَمْطارُهُنَّ مُصِيباتٌ مُصِيباتُ

A day upon the Romans which its wind raises clouds

Its rains misfortunes, misfortunes

رَأَوْا جُيوشَ بَنِي أَيُّوبَ يَقْدُمُها

لَيْثٌ لَهُ فِي جُيوشِ الشِّرْكِ هَجْماتُ

They saw the armies of the House of Ayyub led

By a lion who upon the armies of polytheism, attacks

فلِلرِّماحِ كُلاهُمْ أَوْ صُدورُهُمُ

وَلِلصَّوارِمِ أَعْناقٌ وَلَبَّاتُ

So for the spears are both of them or their chests

And for the swords necks and chins

تَخَلقَ البَحْرُ ذاكَ اليَوْمَ مِنْ دَمِهِمْ

وَالمَوْجُ تُرْقِصُهُ فِيهِ المَسَرَّاتُ

That day the sea turned by their blood

And the waves dancing in it, pleasure boats

تَفاءَلُوا أَنَّ عِيسى نُصْرَةٌ لَهُمُ

فَقُلْتُ بَيْنَهُما فَرْقٌ وَأَشْتاتُ

They were optimistic that Jesus is a supporter for them

So I said between them is difference and dispersion

هذا تَموتُ بِهِ أَحْياؤُكُمْ أَبَداً

وَذاكَ يَحْيا بِهِ فِي التُّرْبِ أَمْواتُ

This kills your alive forever

And that brings to life in soil, dead

بَوادِرٌ وَهَنُوا مِنْ مَسِّ صَدْمَتِها

فَكَيْفَ لَوْ قَدْ أَتَتْ مِنْها النِّهاياتُ

Harbingers and they despaired from the touch of its hits

Then what if the ends had come from it

ثِقْ يا أَبا الفَتْحِ بِالْفَتْحِ المُبِينِ فَلَمْ

تُخْلَقْ لِغَيْرِ أَبِيْهِنَّ الفُتُوحاتُ

Trust, oh Abu Al-Fath in the clear conquest for

The conquests were not created for other than their fathers

عَكّا وَصُورُ إِلَى رُؤْياكَ عاطِشةٌ

فَانْهَضْ فَقَدْ أَمْكَنَتْ مِنْهُنَّ خَلْواتُ

Acre and Tyre thirsty for your vision

So get up for its recesses have been enabled

وَاسْتَخْبِرِ الرِّيحَ مِنْها إِذْ تُسَيِّرُهُ

إِلَيْكَ فَهْوَ سَلامٌ أَوْ تَحِيّاتُ

And ask the wind from it when it sends him

To you for it is greetings or salutations

اللَّهُ أَكْرَمُ أَنْ تُمْسِي مَزامِرُهُمْ

تُتْلَى وَتُنْسَى مِنَ القُرْآنِ آياتُ

Allah is most generous that their flutes

Are recited and verses of Quran forgotten

وَأَنْ يَخورَ عَلى القُرْبانِ عِجْلُهُمْ

جَهْراً وَيَخْفَى أَذانٌ أَوْ تِلاواتُ

And that their calf stumbles upon the altar

Openly and hearing or reciting hidden

زَلْزِل بِغارَتِكَ الشَّعْواءِ دَارَهُمُ

فَشِيْمَةُ النُّجُبِ الغُرِّ الإِغاراتُ

Shake with your raging raid their house

For the nature of the nobles, the raids

ما كُلُّ مَنْ طَلَبَ العَلْياءَ أَدْرَكَهَا

وَوافَقَتْ سَعْيَةُ فِيها سَعاداتُ

Not everyone who sought the most high, attained it

And coincided in it, fortunes