ما في المَعالي مَطمَعٌ لِسَواكا

أَيَنالُ ما اِستَولَت عَلَيهِ يَداكا

There is no aspiring to heights but through you,

None can attain what your hands have grasped.

فَليَسلُها مَن لَم يَكُن أَهلاً لَها

فَلَها بَراكَ اللَهُ حينَ بَراكا

So let him despair who is unworthy of it,

For it is yours, may Allah bless you when He blessed you.

نامَ الأَنامُ وَباتَ يَمنَعُكَ الكَرى

هَمٌّ بِها مِن دونِهِم أَغراكا

The people slept while cares for it kept you awake,

A concern for it, apart from them, kept you awake,

حَتّى غَدَوتَ تَأُمُّها مُستَنهِجاً

قَصدَ السَبيلِ وَجارَ مَن جاراكا

Until you came seeking it early in the morning,

Heading for the path, alongside the one accompanying you.

يا مُصطَفى المُلكِ الأَغَرِّ وَعُدَّةَ ال

مَولى الإِمامِ وَسَيفَهُ البَتّاكا

O Mustafa, pride of the noblest kingdom and treasure of

The master of authority and its piercing sword.

مَن رامَ أَن يَرقا مَحَلَّكَ فَليَحُز

بِأساً كَبَأسِكَ أَو نَدىً كَنَداكا

Whoever aspires to your lofty position, let him prepare

A might like your might or helpers like your helpers.

خَفِّض عَلَيكَ فَما أَمامَكَ غايَةٌ

وَأَقِم بِحَيثُ تَرى الأَنامَ وَراكا

Lower yourself unto it though before you no limit,

And take your stance where you view men behind you.

لا تُنضِ عَزمَكَ طالِباً أَثَرَ العِدى

فَلَوِ اِكتَفَيتَ بِبَعضِهِ لَكَفاكا

Relent not your resolve seeking the enemies' tracks,

For if you were content with some of it, it would suffice you.

إِن لَم يَنالوا نُصرَةً فَلَقَد غَدَوا

وَالرومَ في إِشراكِهِم أَشراكا

If they attained no succor, they have become

Allies of Rome in their idolatry.

خابَ الَّذينَ رَجَوا بِأَعداءِ الهُدى

أَن يَستَرِدَّ اللَهُ ما أَعطاكا

They who hoped that Allah would restore

What He gave you have come to naught.

بَغياً عَلَيكَ وَتِلكَ عُقبى مَعشَرٍ

كَفَروا الجَميلَ وَهَذِهِ عُقباكا

Such was the treachery against you, and this is the recompense

Of a people who disbelieved good and this is your recompense.

فَليَطلُبوا لِلضَيمِ جَنباً لَيِّناً

حاشاكَ مِمّا أَمَّلوا حاشاكا

So let them seek for outrage a gentle flank.

Far be it from you what they have wished. Far be it from you!

وَليَبتَغَوا نَفَقاً سِوى هَذا فَقَد

وَقَفَ البَرِيَّةُ دونَ فَصمِ عُراكا

And let them seek a road other than this, for

The open country stands between you and their corpses.

وَلِيَيأَسوا النَصرَ العَزيزَ فَإِنَّهُ

لَكَ دونَهُم مُذ سارَ تَحتَ لِواكا

And let them despair of mighty victory, for it

Is yours, not theirs, since you marched under your banner.

وَليَعلَموا أَنَّ النَجابَةَ خَلَّةٌ

خَصَّ الإِلَهُ بِنيلِها الأَتراكا

And let them know that deliverance is a quality

That Allah has reserved for bestowing upon the Turks.

وَالرومُ إِن ظَهَروا وَلَمّا يَظهَروا

كانوا دَرايا في الوَغى لِقَناكا

If the Byzantines gain mastery, and they shall not,

They would be prey during strife for your sword's point.

وَلَوَ اِنَّهُم راموا نِزالَكَ دِلَّةً

كانوا كَمَن دارَت عَلَيهِ رَحاكا

Had they aspired to fight you in pitched battle,

They would be as one whom yourContentType revolved against.

إِن غَرَّهُم تَغريرُ حَسّانٍ بِهِم

فَسَيَعرِفونَ الكاذِبَ الأَفّاكا

If they are deluded by Heraclius' delusion,

Then they will recognize the mendacious deceiver.

فَليَختَبِر قَبلَ التَقَدُّمِ نَفسَهُ

مَن مالَهُ قِبَلٌ بِمَن يَلقاكا

So let each, before advancing, test himself -

Who has resolved to meet the one who meets you.

فَمَتى نَظَرتَ الشِركَ أَدنى نَظرَةٍ

كانَت لِأَسرى المُسلِمينَ فَكاكا

Whenever you deign to look upon idolaters,

It will be for releasing the Muslim captives.

وَمَتى سَرَيتَ إِلَيهِمُ لَم يَأمَنوا

أَن يُصبِحوا أَسراكَ غِبَّ سُراكا

And whenever you march against them, they cannot feel safe

From waking up your captives minus their captivity.

فَلِأَجلِ ذا مَدّوا إِلَيكَ رِقابَهُم

يَرجونَ أَن تَرضى وَما أَولاكا

For this they have extended their necks to you,

Hoping you will be pleased, for they love not captivity.

عَمري لَقَد نَظَروا بِعَينِ الحَزمِ إِذ

خَطَبوا إِلَيكَ السِلمَ وَالإِمساكا

By my life! They have surely looked with the eye of wisdom

By suing to you for peace and restraint.

وَتَطَرَّحوا ذُلّاً لَدَيكَ لِيَحرُسوا

مَلِكاً مَتى نادَيتَهُ لَبّاكا

And they have thrown themselves down in abjection before you

To guard a kingdom, when you call its king, he obeys.

فَاِستَفعِ جِزيَتَهُم وَخَرجَ بِلادِهِم

يُعطوكَ ما اِستَدعَيتَ خَوفَ سُطاكا

So exact their tribute and the land tax,

They give you what you demand in fear of your whip.

أَو شَطرَ مُلكِهِمُ تَجِدهُ عَلَيهِمُ

سَهلاً إِذا أَمَّنتَهُم عَدواكا

Or half their kingdom - you will find it easy to take

If you give them security against your foes.

وَاِذكُر لِدينِ المُسلِمينَ وَقائِعاً

لَكَ ما نَبا لِأَحَدِّها حَدّاكا

And recall for the Muslim's religion events

You spearheaded without precedent striking your limit.

لِتُخَوِّفا مَن يَمَّماهُ بِها وَإِن

خافَ الكَرى مُذ صارَ فيهِ يَراكا

Frightening those who contemplate them, though the infidels,

Since you have been amongst them, dread you.

أَتَظُنُّ أَرمانوسَ يَنسى يَومَهُ ال

مَشهودَ مَع مَن شَرَّدَتهُ ظُباكا

Does Armanus forget his day

Witnessed with those whom your wolves scattered?

سَيَبينُ خَوفُكَ في أَسِرَّةِ وَجهِهِ

فَليَنظُراهُ كُلَّما ذَكَراكا

Your awe will show plainly on the face of his secret thoughts

So let them behold him whenever they mention you.

وَليُعلِماهُ بِأَنَّ هَذي هُدنَةٌ

أَضحَت لِمَلكِهِمُ المَروعِ مِلاكا

And let them inform him that this is a truce

That has become a refuge for their frightened king.

وَلَقَد أَطاعَكَ مَن أَحَبَّ حَياتَهُ

لَكِنَّ مَن كَرِهَ الحَياةَ عَصاكا

He who loved life obeyed you.

But he who hated life defied you.

أَضحى إِباؤُكَ فَوقَ عِزَّكَ جُنَّةً

فَعَلَيهِ أَلّا يُستَباحَ حِماكا

Your might has been a shield above your power,

So let it not be violated protecting your sanctuary.

وَعَلى شِفارِ ظُباكَ أَلّا يُقدِموا

طُرَداكَ حَتّى يَنشُروا قَتلاكا

And on the edges of your wolves let them not advance

Your huntsmen until they wreak havoc.

عِزٌّ لَهُ عَنَتِ الحَوادِثُ عَنوَةً

وَسَعادَةٌ تَستَخدِمُ الأَفلاكا

A power which the vicissitudes of fate assail stubbornly

And good fortune which commands the celestial spheres.

فَطُلِ الزَمانَ وَمَن رَآهُ فَما رَأى

في العالَمينَ وَلا يَرى شَرواكا

Lengthen your time, and whoever sees it has not seen

The like of you in all creation, nor will he see your peer.

وَتَهَنَّ أَلطافَ الإِمامِ فَإِنَّها

نِعَمٌ أَنالَكَ فَخرَها مَولاكا

And enjoy the Imam's kindnesses, for they

Are bounties you won, so your master honored you.

أَقرَرتَ عَينَيهِ بِإِقرارِ الهُدى

فَحَباكَ ما قَرَّت بِهِ عَيناكا

You gave comfort to his eye by establishing religion,

So for that Allah disgraced whoever showed you enmity.

وَقَطَعتَ دابِرَ مَن طَغى في أَرضِهِ

فَحَظيتَ مِنهُ بِفَوقِ ما أَرضاكا

And you built for Islam an enduring glory

Whose pillars the irrational will salute.

عُدَدٌ كَسا الجَيشَ المُؤَيَّدَ بَعضُها

عِزّاً وَكَرَّمَ بَعضُها مَغناكا

Until you see this gift redoubled for you

As long as you live, and the like of it for your young warriors.

تَشريفُهُ هَذا السِدِلّى رُتبَةٌ

لَكَ جَلَّ موليها وَما أَولاكا

O you who lavish favors upon me! Listen to

What rapture moves me from your kindness’ stirring!

لَم يَكسُ بَعدَ البَيتِ بَيتاً غَيرَهُ

هَل في البُيوتِ أَحَقُّ مِنهُ بِذاكا

When spread, the blossoms of my praise will exude perfume.

I almost folded up mentioning them, were it not for you!

وَالدَستُ قَد حازَ الفَضائِلَ كُلَّها

وَحَوى العُلى وَالمَجدُ مُنذُ حَواكا

The ingenious loathed all but you and rushed

To shower upon you, for they yearn for you.

وَمَراتِبُ الخُلَفاءِ لائِقَةٌ بِمَن

مَلَكَ البِلادَ وَشَتَّتَ الأَملاكا

Today I have found your merits’ pearls strung together

In prose from me, and their scattering in poetry.

وَالسِترُ سِترُ البابِ لَيسَ بِحاجِزٍ

عَمّا يُحاوِلُ طالِبو جَدواكا

You have garlanded me with bounty until I cannot

Articulate full gratitude for your abounding recompense.

وَلَقَد عَلِمتَ بِأَنَّ هَذي أَنعُمٌ

لا يَستَحِقُّ جَزيلَها إِلّاكا

Were rhymed verse not sacrosanct in my eyes

It would suffice me to stand in awe of your sanctity.

أَطلَعتَ دينَ اللَهِ بَعدَ أُفولِهِ

فَلِذاكَ عادى اللَهُ مَن عاداكا

The poets do not fall short in praising you deliberately,

Rather your meaning surpasses their ideas.

وَبَنَيتَ لِلإِسلامِ عِزّاً ثابِتَ ال

أَركانِ فَلتَسلَم لَهُ حَوباكا

So distinguish me from them through qualities

That I may be of those you marked out by your care.

حَتّى تَرى هَذا العَطاءَ مُضاعَفاً

لَكَ ما حَيَيتَ وَمِثلَهُ لِفَتاكا

Singling out those whose tongues were eloquent

And embracing those who privately conversed with you.

يا عاطِفَ النُعمى عَلَيَّ أَصِخ لِما

يَهتَزُّ مِن طَرَبٍ لَهُ عِطفاكا

By what action have you not deserved praise, or

In what thing have you not reached your aspiration?

مِدَحاً إِذا نُشِرَت تَضَوَّعَ نَشرُها

قَد كِدتُ أَطوي ذِكرَها لَولاكا

For by neither have you ceased to bite your religion

And by neither were you diverted from devotion to your servants.

كَرِهَت بَدائِعُها سِواكَ وَأَقبَلَت

تَنثالُ فيكَ لِأَنَّها تَهواكا

So make your fleeting glances a deliverance

For me to be of those your gaze delivered!

فَاليَومَ أَلفى دُرُّ وَصفِكَ ناظِماً

مِنّي وَصادَفَ نَثرُهُ سَبّاكا

That you favor those whose praises were prolonged

And embrace those who praised you in conscience.

طَوَّقتَني مِنَناً إِلى أَن لَم أُطِق

تَصريحَ شُكرٍ عَن جَزيلِ جَزاكا

By what deed have you not deserved praise, or

Toward what goal have you not attained?

لَو لَم تَكُن لي بِالقَوافي حُرمَةٌ

لَكَفى لَدَيكَ تَحَرُّمي بِذَراكا

For by neither have you ceased to defend your faith,

Nor by either were you diverted from caring for your subjects.

ما قَصَّرَ الشُعَراءُ فيكَ تَعَمُّداً

بَل دَقَّ عَن أَفكارِهِم مَعناكا

فَاِجعَل لُهاكَ مُمَيِّزاتٍ بَينَهُم

لِأَكونَ مِمَّن مَيَّزَتهُ لُهاكا

فَتَخُصَّ مَن أَثنى فَطالَ لِسانُهُ

وَتَعُمَّ مَن بِضَميرِهِ ناجاكا

وَبِأَيِّ فِعلٍ ما مَلَكتَ الحَمدَ أَم

في أَيِّ شَيءٍ ما بَلَغتَ مُناكا

فَكَلاكَ مَن ما زِلتَ تَكلَأُ دينَهُ

وَرَعاكَ مَن لِعِبادِهِ اِستَرعاكا