هُنِّيتَ بالنصر موعوداً لك الظفَرُ

وما تحاوله يمضى به القَدَرُ

You were promised victory, and triumph is destined for you.

What you strive for will come to pass, as is decreed by fate.

يَمَّمتَ نحوَ العِدى غرّاً غطارفةٌ

شُمَّ الأنوف شداداً زَانها الغُرَرُ

You marched defiantly towards the enemy, a daring lion,

With nostrils flaring in anger, adorned with pride.

وفيهمُ سادةٌ مِن يعربٍ سطعتْ

وُجوهُهم كَبُدُورِ التِّم تَزْدهِر

Among them are chiefs from the glorious tribe of Yarub,

Their radiant faces shine like full moons in bloom.

تخَاُلهم في ظُهور الخيل أُسْد شَرًى

تجرى بهم في الوغَى والحرب تَسْتَعِمُر

When they ride their steeds into battle, they are fierce lions,

Charging into the fray of war to conquer and subdue.

تَرْمِى بأنفسها والأُسْدُ حائرةٌ

في مَأْزَق الحرب والأرماحُ تَشتَجِرُ

They hurl themselves into danger, while the confused lions

Are trapped in the labyrinth of war where spears clash and shatter.

بُوركْتَ مِن ملكٍ عَدْل ومِنْ حَكمٍ

لاَ زلْتَ دَهْراً على الأملاكِ تَفْتَخِرُ

You are blessed by a just King and wise rule,

You have always triumphed over all other kingdoms.

أنت الغنىُّ عن الأملاك كُلهمُ

وكل حَيٍّ إليك الدهرَ يفتَقرُ

You have no need for any kingdom,

Every living soul in this world relies on you alone.

فمَا يساويك مَن في باعه سعةٌ

أَنْى يُساويك مَن في باعه قِصرُ

None can equal you, no matter how far their reach extends,

How can anyone equal you, no matter how vast their palace?

فُقْتَ البريَّة في عدْل وفي خُلق

وكل خَلْقٍ سِواك اليوم مُحْتَقَرُ

You surpassed the nomads in justice and character,

While everyone else these days is disgraced and disdained.

مالي أرَى عُصبة تاهوا وعِندهمُ

سِواك كل عظيم ما له قَدَرُ

I see a rabble who have lost their way, thinking

No one else matters besides you, every great man now worthless.

ويُورِد الرمح في لَباتهم سلَماً

وليس يصدرُ إلا وهْو مُنكسرُ

They drive their spears into the throats of their enemies effortlessly,

And their spears never fail to shatter.

فالحربُ ساطعةٌ والبِيض لامعةٌ

كأنها بالصقال الأنجمُ الزهُرُ

The battle rages on and the swords gleam,

As if they are glittering stars adorned with polishing.

اللَّهُ أكبرَ إنّ العدلَ مُشتهرٌ

والجور مُنطمِسٌ والحقَّ مُنتصرُ

God is Great! Justice now prevails,

Oppression is vanquished and truth is victorious.

ونارُ أهل الخَنا والجَورِ خامدةٌ

ونورُ أهل الهدَى والدِّينُ مُزْدَهِرُ

The fire of the treacherous oppressors is extinguished,

While the light of the rightly-guided believers shines bright.

ودولةُ العدل لا زالتْ مظفرةً

ودولةُ الجهل معدومٌ بها الظفرُ

The state of justice remains triumphant,

While the state of ignorance is destroyed, left without glory.

بطلعةِ اليعربىّ النَّدبِ سيدنا

ذاكَ الإمام الهمام الصَّارم الذكرُ

By the rising of the bright star of Yarub, our master,

That steadfast Imam and daring warrior.

مهذبُ الرأْى محمودُ الخلائق مأْ

مُونُ البَوائِق صاٍف مَابه كَدرُ

Wise in judgement, praiseworthy in character, an Imam

Who unravels tribulations, pure without any turbidity.

إنْ صَالَ يوماً على الأعداءِ في رَهَجٍ

بِصارم الحدِّ لا يُبقى ولا يَذَرُ

If he were to march one day against the enemies in rage

With his sharp sword, none would be left alive.

قد أجْمَعوا أمرهم سرّاً ومكرَهُمُ

غدراً فأعْقَبهم إهلاكُ ما مَكرُوا

They secretly plotted and schemed treachery,

So their scheming brought about their own destruction.

ظنوا بأنْ يَربحوا فاجتثَّ دابرُهم

وكيف يربحٌُ مَن قد خانَه الظفرُ

They thought they would profit, but instead their roots were torn out,

How can one profit after betraying victory?

تقولُ أجسادُهم لو أنها نطقتْ

عِبارة يا أُولى الأبصار فاعْتبِرُوا

Their bodies, if only they could speak, would say:

"O wise men, reflect and be admonished!"

تعساً لهم وخساراً خابَ سَعيهمُ

لا هُم عملوا خيراً وقد خَسرُوا

Wretched are they, losers whose efforts failed,

They did no good and ended up losing.

لو أنّ ثَمّ عُقولا يَفقهون بها

تَفكّرُوا في خطوبِ الدهر وادكرُوا

If only they had minds to understand,

To contemplate the tribulations of fate and be warned.

لكنهم جحدوا آياتِ ربهمُ

إنْ لم يَتُوبوا فَمأْوَى كُلِّهم سَقرُ

But they denied the signs of their Lord,

If they do not repent, Hell shall be their refuge.

وَمَنْ طَغى وعَصى الرحمنَ خالقَه

فليس تنفعهُ الآياتُ والنذُرُ

Whoever defies and disobeys the Merciful Lord who created him,

Signs and warnings will not benefit him.

وهؤلاءِ طغوْا في سَعيهم وبغوا

وغرَّ بعضهم بعضاً بما ائتمرُوا

These people were defiant in their endeavors and rebellious,

Inciting each other by their plotting.

لو أنْصَفوا لأَطاعوا اللَّه وامتثَلوا

أَمْرَ الإمام وقاموا بالذي أُمِرُوا

If only they were just, obeying God and abiding

By the command of the Imam and doing as they were ordered.

لكن تواصَوْا بنقض العَهدِ وانتحلُوا

خلافَ ما أمرُوا حقّاً وما ازْدَجَرُوا

But they plotted to break the covenant and took

A path contrary to what they were commanded and admonished against.

هُم البهائمُ حقّاً لا عُقُول لهم

وإِنْ رأيتَ خيالا أنَّهم بَشَرُ

They are like cattle in truth, without any intellect,

Even if you think they have the form of man.

عَمُوا وصَمُّوا نَسُوا آلاءً سيّدهم

بلعْربٍ نسل سلطانٍ وما ذَكرُوا

Blind, deaf, forgetting the favors of their master,

Al Buwayb, whose lineage descends from the Sultan, which they did not acknowledge.

هُمُ عَبيدٌ له خانوه فانهزمُوا

وما يضرهُمُ لو أنهم صبَرُوا

They are his servants who betrayed him and so were vanquished,

It would not have harmed them had they been patient.

خانُوا فأَعقبَهم كُفرا بنعمتِه

عُقوبتين وبالخسران قد ظَفِرُوا

They betrayed him, so their ingratitude was followed by twofold punishment,

And they have attained loss and ruin.

إن أَنتَ أبعدتَهم عن دُورنا مردُوا

على النفاق وإن قربتهم غَدرُوا

If you distance them from our abodes, they turn to hypocrisy,

And if you draw them near, they betray.

غرَّتهمُ مِنك أخلاقٌ مطهرةٌ

وأرفةٌ ونوالٌ مِنك مُنهمِرُ

They were deceived by your refined character

And your grace which flows upon them like rain.

وما دَرَوْا أنك الملكُ الذي خضعَتْ

له مُلوكُ الورَى والبَدْوُ والحَضرُ

They did not realize that you are the King to whom

The kings of all lands, Bedouin and cities alike, submit.

وأنَّك الصارمُ البتَّارُ مُنْصَلِتاً

عَلَى الأعادِى وَفي علياكَ مُقتدِرُ

That you are the warrior who annihilates

The enemies, fully capable of defeating your opponents.

ولو دَرَوْا ما بَدَتْ منهم مُخالَفةٌ

ولا أحاطَ بهم سُوءٌ ولا نُكُرُ

Had they known, no defiance would have appeared from them,

Nor would misfortune or disgrace have surrounded them.

قد حاذَرُوا مِن أمور أَنتَ صانعُها

بهم نكالاً فلم ينفعهم الحذَرُ

They should have been wary of your actions against them -

Punishment from which their precautions are to no avail.

فرّقتهم فِرقاً فانحلَّ عِقْدُهم

بما أَساءُوا وعن أبنائهم نَفرُوا

You scattered them into fragments, so their unity dissolved

Because of their misdeeds, and they fled from their children.

فمنهمُ في عذابٍ لا نفادَ له

ومنهمُ في قيود فكُّها عَسِرُ

Some are now in endless torment,

Others are bound in shackles not easily undone.

ومنهمُ في مَطاميرٍ مُضيقةٍ

بها الأَراقِمُ والديدانُ والقذَرُ

Some are in narrow, foul confinement,

With scorpions, maggots, and filth as company.

ومنهمُ في رؤوس الشمِّ مُنهزما

ومنهمُ في مفازاتٍ وما قُبرُوا

Others lie defeated with their heads in the dust,

Others in barren wastelands, their bodies unburied.

والحمدُ للَّه نحن السالمِونَ ولا

يَسُوءُنَا حالُ قومٍ إن هُمُ كَفرُوا

Thanks be to Allah, we are safe and unharmed

By the state of a people who turned to disbelief.

يا أيُّها الناسُ إْن كنتم أُولو بصرٍ

وليس يْعقلُ إلا مَنْ له بَصرُ

O people! If you possess vision and reason,

Reflect, remember the blessings of your master.

فَفكِّرُوا واذكرُوا آلاء سَيِّدكم

فهو الإمامُ الكريمُ الباسلُ النمرُ

He is the generous, valiant Imam, the lion -

He forgives if any sin comes from you.

ومَن أتى الذنبَ مِنكم فهْو يغفرُه

وكلُّ ذنبٍ سِوى الإشراكِ مُغتفرُ

Every sin, except idolatry, is forgivable.

The Imam for you all is a fortress and sanctuary

إنّ الإمام لكم حصنٌ وملتجَأٌ

مِن العِدَى فاشْكُروا نعْمَاه وائتمرُوا

Against enemies, so give thanks for his blessings and obey.

If you give thanks, you will succeed in this world and the next.

إن تشكرُوا تَفْلَحوا دُنيا وآخرة

فإنه من ذَوِى الكفران مُنتَصِرُ

For he is of those who support the ungrateful,

So do not say you have no need for his gifts.

ولا تقُولوا غَنِينا عن مواهبهِ

فكُلُّ خلقٍ إلى جَدواه مُفْتَقرُ

All creation relies on his plentiful generosity,

He knows no reluctance in fulfilling a promise or obligation.

لا يعرفُ الخلفَ في وَعْد ولا عِدَةٍ

وإنْ أتاهُ فقيرٌ ليس يَعْتَذِرُ

If someone in poverty approaches him, he offers no excuses.

He is watchful if the destitute come seeking his court,

يَقْظان إن يمَّم العافون ساحتَه

أَغْناهُمُ بنوالٍ منه ينْهَمِزُ

Enriching them with gifts flowing from his hands.

If you enumerate the days of his generosity, none compares.

إنْ عدَّ في الجودِ يوماً لا يُشَاكِلُه

في جُوده الأجْودان البحرُ والمطرُ

The oceans and rain cannot match his openhandedness,

If the first rays of his graciousness appear.

وإن بدَا طالعاً لآلاء غُرَّته

تكوَّرُ النيِّران الشمس والقمرُ

The glowing embers, sun and moon coil up in shame.

If we weigh all people together against his triumphant grasp,

ولو وزنَّا جميع الخلق قاطبةَ

بظفر خِنصرِه أَزْرَى بهم ظُفرُ

His victory over them would be weightier.

O Majesty, our hope! We are in need

يا أيُّها الملكُ المرجوُّ إنَّ لنا

لحاجةً نحن نرجُوهَا وننتظرُ

Of something we hope for and await.

Whenever I extend my hands in request for help,

فما بسطتُ يدى أرجُو مساعدةً

إلا وكفُّك لى بالجود ينحدِرُ

Your generous palm hastens to me.

How can I deny blessings which encompass me fully

وكيف أجحدُ نُعمَى وَهْي سابغةٌ

علىَّ في صِغرى حتى أتى الكِبرُ

From my youth till old age comes upon me?

If my mother, father and son turn against you as enemies

لو أنّ تجلى وعمى وابنَه وأبي

عَادَوْكَ عاديتُهم ديناً وإن هَجَرُوا

And abandon you, I would take up your religion though they shun me.

By God! If my soul harbored any defiance,

واللَّهِ لو أضمرتْ نفسى مخالفةً

لكم تبرأتُ منها كالذي غَبرُوا

I would absolve myself of it like the vanished past.

To you belong all sovereignty and supremacy undiminished,

لك الممالكُ والعلياءُ كاملة

وللأعادِى ترابُ الأرض والحجرُ

While the enemies inherit only dust and stones.

Live happily and joyfully in your palace of Yarub,

وعِشْ ودمْ وابق مسروراً ومُبْتَهِجاً

في قصر يَبْرِينَ يجْرِى تحته نهَرُ

With a river flowing beneath it.

A wondrous palace that delights all who see it -

قصرٌ مَشيدٌ يسرُّ الناظرين إذا

نظرتَه زال عنك الهمُّ والكدرُ

Grief and sorrow disappear when you gaze upon it.

It contains pleasure, all manner of fruit -

فيه السرورُ وفيه كل فاكهةٍ

يحوطُه النخل والرمانُ والشجرُ

Palm trees, pomegranates and trees surround it.

It contains what no eye has seen and no mind conceived,

وفيه مالا رأتْ عينٌ ولا خَطرتْ

به الخواطرُ والأوهامُ والفِكَرُ

Thoughts, imaginations and reflections cannot fathom it.

As if it is the Garden of Paradise made into a dwelling,

كأنه جنةُ الفردوس منزلة

فيها الفواكهُ والخيراتُ والسررُ

Filled with fruits, bounties and delights.

Around it is a spacious, melodious garden,

وحوله روضةٌ غناءٌ وارفةٌ

فيها الأطايبُ والأشجارُ والثمرُ

With perfumes, trees, and fruits.

From its beauty and radiance, the gleam of its joy -

من حُسنها وسناً أنوار بهجتهَا

إذا نظرتَ إليها يَقصُر النظرُ

When you look at it, your gaze falls short.

It is blessed for you with eternal, everlasting existence,

هنَّيتَه ببقاءِ لا نَفاد له

مخلداً فيه ممدوداً لك العمرُ

Abiding forever, with extended life for you within it.

While the hostile envious one dwells in confusion and darkness,

والباغِضُ الحاسدُ المحزونُ في وَلَهٍ

مُكَبَّلٌ حَظّهُ الأحزانُ والسهرُ

His portion is sorrow and sleeplessness.

You ascend to the highest rank, surpassing

وَأنت في درجِ العلياءِ مرتقياً

ما مرَّ ذو الحجة الزهراءِ أو صَفرُ

Dhu'l Hijjah or Safar in status.

You are the apex of greatness, O Caliph of the one

وَأنت خِدْن المعالى يا خليفة من

تضمنتْ مَدحَه الآيات والسورُ

Whose praises are mentioned in verses and Surahs.

He is the chosen Prophet from Mudhar -

هو النبىُّ الرضىُّ المبعوثُ مِن مُضر

ناهيك من جدُّه عدنانُ أو مضرُ

No less a descendant of Adnan or Mudhar!

I circulated your praises throughout the horizons,

نشرتُ مدحك في الآفاق ما طلعت

شمس وما لاح في جنح الدجى قمرُ

As long as the sun rises or the moon shines in the darkness of night.

You are all creation, this world and its joys -

أنت الخلائقُ والدنيا وبهجتها

لولاكَ ما كانت الدنيا ولا البشَرُ

Without you, there would be neither world nor humanity.