الحَمدُ للَّهِ مولي الخَيرِ والنِّعمِ
ومُذهبِ الشّرِّ والضرّاء والنِّقمِ
Praise be to Allah, Lord of bounty and favors
Who takes away harm, distress, and vengeance
سُبحانَه مِن إِلَهٍ لا شريكَ له
أجرى الأمورَ بما في العِلم بالحِكَمِ
Glorified is He, the God without partner
Who ordains all matters with wisdom and purpose
كما حادثٍ قد رآه الناسُ يهلكهُم
وَآلَ مِن لُطفِهِ فيهِم إِلى العدَمِ
As people witness calamities that destroy them
Yet find His kindness persists despite their faults
اُنظُر طرابلُسَ الشّام الّتي حُصِرت
فَعَمَّها اللُّطفُ عندَ الحادِث العَممِ
See Tripoli of Syria that was under siege
But was enveloped in mercy amidst the crisis
أَتى إِلَيها الوزيرُ العَظمُ يهلكُها
في عَسكَرٍ ماجَ مثلَ البحرِ في العظَمِ
The Grand Vizier came to decimate it
With an army swarming like the vast sea
فَحَطَّ ما حَولَها يَبغي مُحاصَرةً
إِنْ لَم يمكِّن بمشتقٍّ منَ الظُّلَمِ
He surrounded it, intending to lay siege
Unless it surrendered to the cruel darkness
هَلّا دَرى أَنّ ليثَ الغابِ يَمنعُه
مَنعَ الغَيورِ لِمَن يجني عَنِ الحُرَمِ
If only he knew the lion of the jungle defends it
With a guardian's zeal for the protected sanctum
الضّيغَمُ البطَلِ الجَزّارِ مَلجؤُها
رَبُّ المُروءَةِ والأَخلاقِ والشيَمِ
The place of the brave hero butcher its refuge
Lord of chivalry, morals, and pride its pillar
وَمَن لَهُ البيضُ في نَحرِ العِدا قَلمٌ
تَخطّ مِن غَير حِبرٍ أَسطُراً بدمِ
With a blade that etches lines in the necks of foes
Without ink, writing verses in blood
أَغاثَها بِجُيوشٍ لا مِثالَ لَها
وَفي سَفائِنَ كَالعالي مِنَ الأطُمِ
He aided it with armies beyond compare
In ships towering like peaks
وَصَدَّهُ عَن مُناهُ في مُصادَمةٍ
لَيثُ الشّرى مُصطَفى العَلياءِ وَالكَرمِ
He repelled the enemy in ferocious combat
Mustafa, noble and generous lion of war
الفارِسُ الفَحلُ مَن لو سَلّ باترَهُ
خَلّى لُيوثَ الوغى لَحماً على وضَمِ
The champion warrior, if he drew his sword
He would leave the beasts of war as shreds of flesh
بازي الحروبِ لَهُ الأَسيافُ أَجنِحَةٌ
إِن مَدَّها خِلتَ أسْدَ الحربِ كالرَّخَمِ
Master of battles, his swords are wings
When outstretched, rivals cower like crawling insects
مَن بِالرّصاصِ كَوى الأعدا ونقَّطَهم
فَلَم يَدَعْ حَرفَ جِسمٍ غير منعجمِ
He burned the foe with lead and riddled them
Leaving no body part free of holes
مَنِ اِستَمدَّ مِنَ الجَزّارِ مُنتَصِراً
فَمَدّهُ مدّ ذي القُربى وذي الرّحِمِ
He gained victory with aid from the butcher
Supporting him like a relative and friend
وَمُذ أَتَته مِنَ الجَزّارِ خِلعتهُ
فَرَّ العدوُّ بِداجي اللّيلِ والظّلَمِ
Since the robe of honor reached him from the butcher
The enemy fled in the darkness of night
إِنّي أُهنّيهِ إِذ عَنهُ نَأت نِقَمٌ
بِما أُنيلَ مِنَ الآلاءِ والنعَمِ
I congratulate him as vengeance is lifted
Due to the blessings and favors I attain
وَإِنّني أَرتَجي تَوفيقَهُ أَبَداً
في حُسنِ سابِقَةٍ مَع حُسن مختتمِ
And I pray he is always granted success
Between excellent beginning and excellent end
