فَتَحتَ بِلادَ اللَهِ دُونَ مَشَقّةٍ

وَما عَرَفَت أَربابُها حادِثَاً نُكرا

Without hardship you opened God's lands

And their people knew of no strange events

وَلا بُدَّ مِن فَتحِ البَقيّةِ عاجِلاً

وَيَعجَلُ لِلأَشياءِ خالِقُها قَدرا

The rest must be opened soon

And their Creator hastens their fate

وَكَم زَهرَةٍ فَتّحَتَ وَهِيَ كَمامَةٌ

وَلَم تَجنِ غَير البيضِ مِن فَتحِها زَهرا

How many buds you opened while still hidden

Bearing naught but white from their bloom

أَمثلِ ابنِ هودٍ آخِذاً بِتراتِهِ

وَمَن كانَ موتوراً فَلا يَدَعُ الوَترا

Like Solomon's son seizing his inherited realm

He whose reign was stunted leaves the lute's string

وَإِن كانَ مَغصوباً فَإِنّ مُحَمَّداً

بِصارِمِه الهِنديّ قَد رَدَّهُ قَهرا

And if it was seized from him, Muhammad

With his Indian blade took it back by force

وَنادى عَلى مُلكٍ تَقهقر مُدَّةً

وَعادَ إِلى ما كانَ في مُدّةٍ أُخرى

He called out against a king's retreating rule

Which returned to its former state after some time

فَيوشَعُ رَدَّ الشَمسَ في جَريانِها

وَما بُعدَت نوراً وَلا نَقَصَت عَصرا

Joshua returned the sun to its course

Its light undimmed, its time unchanged

وَكَم آخرٍ قَد جاءَ بِالفَضلِ أَوّلاً

وَهَلأ تُجعَلُ الدُنيا سِواءً مَع الأُخرى

While many others came with excellence at first

Can the two now be made equal?

فَفي رَمَضان لَيلة القَدر كَونَها

وَما صَحّحت إِلّا أَواخره العَشرا

So Ramadan gained the Night of Power

But only its last ten were confirmed as such