نصرتَ لواءَ الحقِّ أيَّدك العدلُ

فشطَّ مزار الجور وابتهج العدلُ

You upheld the banner of truth, supported by justice,

So the abode of injustice collapsed, and justice rejoiced.

ومدَّن خلق اللَه منك خلائقٌ

ترد يد الهرميس أغضبه الهقل

The creation of God gained virtues from you,

That turn back the hand of the oppressor, angering injustice.

فيا لك سلطاناً سليل أعاظمٍ

أريكته العظمى وكلْمته الفصل

O Sultan, descendent of the greatest ancestors,

You were granted their greatness and conclusive word.

ويا لك من غيث برحمة ربه

يفيض فلا يعروه نقصٌ ولا بخل

O you, a downpour with your Lord's mercy,

Overflowing, with no inadequacy or stinginess.

يروِّض آساد الدعيسة حلمه

ويؤنس منه الطير نفَّره النبل

Your patience tames the ferocious lions,

And makes the birds, frightened by arrows, comforted by you.

كأنك روحٌ والبرية مهجةٌ

وعالمها هامٌ وأنت لها عقل

As if you are the soul, and the land is lifeless,

And its creatures confused, while you are its mind.

لقد زعم الروسيُّ أنك ظالمٌ

وعندك لا يسطو على الحمل الشبل

The Russian claimed you are an oppressor,

While with you, the lamb is not preyed on by the wolf.

لينظر مليك الروس حال بلاده

ويحكم حكماً لا يكذِّبه النقل

Let the Russian king look at the state of his country,

And judge with justice, not contradicted by transmitters.

أعند بني عثمان أم ببلاده

يباع مع الحقلِ المرابعُ والعجل

Are the rights of non-Muslims sold in the Ottoman state?

Are bulls and calves sold with the land?

كنائسنا تبنى لديك وعنده

تدك فأيُّ العاهلين له الفضل

Our churches are built under your rule, while under his rule,

They are destroyed. So which ruler has preference?

وأيكما المعطي الحقوق لأهلها

بأعدل قسط لا يلم به زِحل

And who of you grants rights to his people,

With the most just division, untouched by injustice?

وأيكما سيف الإله وظله ال

لذي بيديه العقد أجمع والحل

And who of you is the sword of God, whose shade

Holds together each covenant and releases bindings?

لقد شرد الذمي عند دخوله ال

فلاخ وفي آبائه فجع الطفل

The non-Muslim was expelled at the Russian’s arrival,

So even children mourned their forefathers.

ولو لمس الذميُّ راحةَ عدله

لقرَّ وما داست منازله الذقل

Had the non-Muslim felt the justice of your rule,

He would have settled, and residence would not have been disrupted.

ليلعم مليك الروس أن حقوقنا

لديك حقوق المسلمين وإن جلوا

Let the Russian king know our rights under you

Are the rights of Muslims, even if they are wronged.

وأنَّ دم الذمي يحقن عندكم

كما أمر الباري وأحكمت الرسل

And that the blood of the non-Muslim is spared by you,

As the Creator ordered, and the messengers ruled.

طعامكمُ حلٌّ لنا وطعامنا

لكم وعلينا ما علكيم لا يغلو

Your food is permitted to us, and our food permitted to you,

And we carry the same responsibilities, without increase.

براك بما أعطاك ربك قانعاً

تعافُ بلاداً عمَّ أكثرَها المحل

You are content with what your Lord granted you,

Abandoning countries mostly in ruins.

فخالكَ رعديداً تحاذر سيفَه

وسيفك سيف اللَه ليس له مثل

Your enemy fears your roaring sword,

While your sword is God’s, none equal to it.

وأوهمه الفظ الغليظ سفيرُه

بأن بلاد المسلمين له حل

His rude envoy deluded him,

That the Muslim lands are easy prey for him.

كأن بزاة الترك يغلبها القطا

أو الأسد الرئبال يقهره الوعل

As if Turkish soldiers are defeated by ducks,

Or ferocious lions overpowered by deer.

لقد نطق الخفَّاش واحتكم الصدى

وفاخرت الغزلان بالأرجِ الأبل

The bat has spoken, and the echo arbitrated!

The deer rivaled the graceful oryx!

وعندَل خطَّافُ الكهوف وعسَّلت

عناكبها واستعجل الفرس البغل

The cunning fox yelped, and its spider weaved,

And the mule hurried the horse.

دعاك لأمر لا يليق لآمر

فلاقَ به أن لا يطاع له رسل

He called you for improper affairs,

So suffered being disobeyed by messengers.

وسدَّد من نبل السعاية أسهماً

إليك فألقاها بسدَّته النبل

He unleashed arrows of intrigue toward you,

But his arrows fell back broken.

لعمر أبي ما المنجيكوف بعاقلٍ

ليعرض عن حربٍ يقبِّحها العقل

Mencikov is no wise man,

To refuse a war decried by the reasonable.

دعوتَ لدين اللَه دعوة صادق

يذب عن الدين الحنيف ولا يألو

You called to God’s religion with truth,

Defending the Hanafi faith without wavering.

فجاءك من بيض الوجوه فيالقٌ

صوارمهم حمرٌ وأعينهم شهل

You were met by white-faced groups,

Their swords red, and their eyes blue.

أتوك بأبطال الرؤوس كواسف ال

وجوه يخوض الرمح فيهمُ والنصل

They came to you with heroes of lofty heads,

Whose faces the spear and blade penetrate.

كأن دم اللبات فوق صدورهم

مرمَّلةً خمرٌ يعوم به نمل

As if the blood of battles upon their chests

Were fermented wine, in which ants float.

وشاهد نابليون شدة جوره

فجاد بجيش من خلائقه العدل

Napoleon witnessed the extent of their injustice,

So sent an army of his creatures of justice.

وقد بعثت فكتوريا لبحارك ال

بوارج تعلوها الغضافرة العُبْل

Victoria launched ironclad warships,

With towering funnels and smooth hulls.

فما انتفعت بالمنشآت رجالُه

وأحرقهم فيض اللهيب فما ابتلُّوا

But her men did not benefit from their tools,

Burned by the torrent of flames, without softening.

فيا لك شمس الإنكليز مليكةً

تذيب جبال الروس جللها الطسل

O sun of the British, their queen,

Melting the Russian mountains, shaking their foundations.

ويا لك نابليون رب حمية

عنايته حقٌّ يزول به البطل

And O Napoleon, guardian of zeal,

His care is truth, heroism fades through it.

يدوم لنابليون ليث زمانه

وجارته فكتوريا الشرف الحفل

May Napoleon, lion of his time, endure,

And his ally Victoria, of glorious gatherings.

ودمت أمير المؤمنين مؤيداً

تصان بك الدنيا وتفتخر الأهل

And may you, O Commander of the Faithful, remain supported,

The world protected through you, and the family prideful.

ليبطل عذل السيف سيفُك عاشقٌ

وفي أذن العشاق لا يلج العذل

May your sword of love negate the blame of the sword,

For the blame of the sword does not enter lovers’ ears.

ويهتف من والاك وهو مظفرٌ

نعشت وعشت اليوم يجتمع الشمل

And may your loyalists acclaim, when you are victorious,

“You have lived, and we lived - today the group is reunited!”

لسيفِك والنارِ العدى ونفوسُهم

وملكِك والجيشِ المنازلُ والنفل

For your sword and the fire, the enemy, and their souls,

And your rule and the army, the settlements and booty.