أَجدِر بِمَن عاداكَ أَن يَتَذَلَّلا
وَبِمَن أَرَدتَ لِقاءَهُ أَن يَنكُلا
Worthy of being humble is he who opposed you
And of turning back is he whom you intended to meet
لَم يُزجِ أَرمانوسُ نَحوَكَ رُسلَهُ
حَتّى تَخَوَّفَ أَن يَكونَ الفَيصَلا
Armenos did not dispatch his messengers to you
Until he feared the decisive separation
كَالعَيرِ يوعِرُ جاهِداً فَإِذا رَأى
إيعارَهُ ضَرَراً عَلَيهِ أَسهَلا
Like a camel herd scaring away actively, but when it sees
Its liveliness causing it harm, it calms down
قَد نابَ عَن إِسلامِهِ اِستِسلامُهُ
بَعدَ الخُضوعِ عَلَيهِ سِتراً مُسبَلا
His surrender to Islam was negated by his submission
After humiliation, he cloaked himself in robes
ما فالَ رَأيُ الرومِ لَما عاجَلوا
طَلَبَ الأَمانِ مَخافَةً أَن يُعجَلا
The opinion of Rome did not matter when they hastened
To seek safety, fearing they would be rushed
فَاِستَنزَلوا عَن مُلكِهِم مَن لا يَرى
فيهِ بِمِثلِ فِعالِهِم مُستَنزَلا
They came down from their kingdom, one who does not see
In their actions, a descent befitting his stature
وَاِستَصفَحوا هَذي الصِفاحَ فَأَطفَأوا
بِخُضوعِهِم مِنها حَريقاً مُشعَلا
And they sought this reconciliation, so they extinguished
With their submission a blazing fire
قَد ماجَ بَحرُهُم فَلَم يَحفِل بِهِ
بَحرٌ يُغادِرُ كُلَّ بَحرٍ جَدوَلا
Their sea roared but did not care for
A sea that leaves every river a stream
وَالريحُ إِن هَبَّت يَهُزُّ هُبوبُها
نارَ الذُبالِ بِأَن تُحَرَّكَ يَذبُلا
And if the wind blew, the fervor of its blowing
Would diminish the fire of tinder by stirring up ashes
عَنِيَت بِشَمسِ العَزمِ بَعدَ بُزوغِها
وَلَوَ اِنَّها طَلَعَت عَلَيهِم طَلعَةً
You focused on the sun of determination after its rising
And even if it rose upon them one time
لَرَأَيتَهُم مِنها هَباءً مُهمَلا
في هُدنَةٍ قَد قَلَّدَتهُمُ مِنَّةً
You would have seen them from it as scattered dust, disregarded
In a truce which gave them a favor they refused to be ignorant of
تَأبى صَنائِعُ رَبِّها أَن تُجهَلا
ضَلَّ السَبيلَ فَلَم يَفُز بِنَجاتِهِ
Who lost the way did not succeed in his salvation
He who remained seeking other than your forgiveness as a refuge
مَن ظَلَّ يَطلُبُ غَيرَ عَفوِكَ مَوئِلا
فَليَقهَرِ الأَديانَ غَيرَ مُدافِعٍ
So let it defeat religions without a defender
A religion you guaranteed victory by supporting
دينٌ غَدَوتَ بِنَصرِهِ مُتَكَفِّلا
أَمُبَلِّغَ الرُسُلِ المُرادَ لَقَد رَأَوا
The messenger delivering the intentions saw
Without your palace what saddens the sent
مِن دونِ قَصرِكَ ما يَسوءُ المُرسِلا
جَيشاً تَظَلُّ لَهُ الشَواهِقُ خُشَّعاً
An army which lofty pillars bow down humbly to
And the earth almost shakes because of it
وَتَكادُ مِنهُ الأَرضُ أَن تَتَزَلزَلا
حَتّى رَأَوكَ وَمَن رَآكَ فَلَم يُرَع
Until they saw you, and whoever saw you did not refrain from
Despairing while looking upon that horde
يَئِسوا وَقَد نَظَروكَ ذاكَ الجَحفَلا
وَتَحَقَّقوا ما رابَهُم بِتَوَهُّمٍ
And they realized what they had doubted with imagination
And saw plainly what they had imagined
وَرَأَوا عِياناً ما رَأَوهُ تَخَيُّلا
خَطَبَت إِلَيكَ السِلمَ أَملاكُ الوَرى
The masters of the world sought peace from you
So their delegations became continuous at your door
فَغَدَت وُفودُهُمُ بِبابِكَ مُثَّلا
كَم قَد أَتَتكَ مُخِفَّةً وَأَعَدتَها
How many came to you humiliated and you prepared them
To where they cannot endure what you enabled
لا تَستَطيعُ بِما أَنَلتَ تَحَمُّلا
شَيَّدتَ لِلإِسلامِ فَلتَسلَم لَهُ
You established glory for Islam, so let it submit to it
Through your supremacy, glory that has no cracks
بِعُلاكَ عِزّاً لا يَريمُ مُؤَثَّلا
لا يَطمَعَنَّ بِأَن يُسامِيَ ذا العُلى
Let no climber aspire to rise to this loftiness
A towering one, even if reaching the highest clouds
سامٍ وَلَو كانَ السِماكَ الأَعزَلا
كَلّا وَلا رَيّاً يُؤَمِّلُ دونَها
No, by rain does one who hopes without it hope
A downpour, even if the pouring rains flooded
ظامٍ وَلَو شامَ الغُيوثَ الهُطَّلا
لَمّا اِرتَضَتكَ لَها الخِلافَةُ عُدَّةً
When the caliphate approved you as support for it
Then got you to straighten what deviated
ثُمَّ اِنتَضَتكَ فَكُنتَ عَضباً مِقصَلا
أَصبَحتَ صاحِبَ رَأيِها إِن عَضَّها
You became an advisor when an era twisted it
And a decisive healer when its sickness lingered
زَمَنٌ وَحاسِمَ دائِها إِن أَعضَلا
وَلَتَذخَرَن طَيُّ العَصاءَ لِرَعيِ ما
It will hoard obedience for shepherding what
You kept and leave the withered and worn
أَبقَيتَ وَلتَذَرِ الوَشيجَ الذُبَّلا
قَد أَصبَحوا فِرَقاً بِكُلِّ مَفازَةٍ
They have become in every desolate place
Scattered groups from a fire that cannot be lit
فَرَقاً مِنَ النارِ الَّتي لا تُصطَلا
أَنزَلتَهُم دارَ الهَوانِ وَلَو رَضوا
You brought them down to the abode of disgrace, and if they accepted
Other than your authority, they would not have taken it as a dwelling
بِسُطى سِواكَ لَما اِرتَضَوها مَنزِلا
وَسَلَبتَ حَسّاناً بِعِزِّكَ عِزَّةً
And you stripped the Romans through your honor of honor
And it would have had disappointment over what escaped it
وَلَكانَ ذا وَجدٍ بِما عَنهُ سَلا
فَاِذعَر بِذا العَزمِ الأُسودَ الغُلبَ في
So frighten in its dense forests the blackened defeat, and leave
The ostriches scattered about
غاباتِها وَذَرِ النَعامَ الجُفَّلا
فَسُيوفُ عَزمِكَ لَو لَقيتَ مُهَلهِلاً
Your swords of determination, if you met
A mocker on a day of dogs with them, would return him silenced
يَومَ الكُلابِ بِها لَعادَ مُهَلِّلا
وَسِهامُ رَأيِكَ ما رَمَيتَ بِها العِدى
And the arrows of your opinion, whenever you shot them at an enemy
They always made every limb slain
إِلّا أَصارَت كُلَّ عُضوٍ مَقتَلا
وَليَلبَسِ الطَوقَ المُرَصَّعَ ناكِثٌ
And let the oath breaker wear the studded necklace
And find the cross lighter than it to carry
وَجَدَ الصَليبَ أَخَفَّ مِنهُ مَحمَلا
وَليَهنِ مَولانا عَزائِمُ غادَرَت
And let our Master’s resolves that deserted
The flatterer who never ceased to flatter, languish
مُتَذَلِّلاً مَن لَم يَزَل مُتَدَلِّلا
وَاِنتابَهُ أَهلُ البِلادِ وَطالَما
And let it destroy those who forsook it, though long
Its people had intended to turn away from it
قَد رامَ عَنهُ أَهلُهُ مُتَحَوَّلا
قَد صارَ صُبحُ الشامِ لَيلاً مُسفِراً
The dawn of Syria has become an unveiling night
And the dawn in it would have been a very dark night
وَلَكانَ فيهِ الصُبحُ لَيلاً أَليَلا
مُذ ظَلَّ بَأسُكَ عَونَهُ إِن نابَهُ
Since your might stood by it if misfortune struck it
And your generosity was its rain if the times aridified
خَطبٌ وَجودُكَ غَيثَهُ إِن أَمحَلا
فَليَرمِ مَن أَصبَحتَ عُدَّتَهُ العِدى
So let those whose preparedness against the enemy is through you
Hope from certainty that they will not be disgraced
بِكَ عَن يَقينٍ أَنَّهُ لَن يُنضَلا
وَليَرقَ مَن رامَ العُلُوَّ بِنائِلٍ
And let those whose rising ambition with attainment was to
Match your fame return disappointed and dejected
فَنَداكَ يَحكي العارِضَ المُتَهَلِّلا
فَبِمِثلِ هَذا البَأسِ يَحمي مَن حَمى
With such might is protected who you protect
And with such generosity ascends who you raise
وَبِمِثلِ هَذا الجودِ يَعلو مَن عَلى
أَيُّ الخَلائِقِ لَم تَدِن لَكَ طاعَةً
Which of the creations has not submitted obedience to you
Which of the cities has not become with you an impenetrable refuge
أَيُّ المَدائِنِ لَم تَصِر بِكَ مَعقِلا
لَو قيلَ لِلأَيّامِ وَهيَ خَبيرَةٌ
If it were said to the days, and they are knowledgeable
Is there anyone like the victorious among the people? They would say no
هَل كَالمُظَفَّرِ في الأَنامِ لَقُلنَ لا
إِنَّ الزَمانُ أَرادَ كَشفَكَ لِلوَرى
Time wanted to expose you to all
So you volunteered to fend it off and were impartial to correct
فَسَطا لِتَردَعَهُ وَجارَ لِتَعدِلا
فَعَدَلتَ حَتّى لَم تَجِد مُتَظَلِّماً
You were just until you found none wronged
And you prevented until you left none reduced
وَمَنَعتَ حَتّى لَم تَدَع مُتَبَذِّلا
عِزٌّ أَنالَكَ ذو الجَلالِ بَقاءَهُ
Glory the Majestic granted you eternal
So you contained thereby the pride fully completed
فَلَقَد حَوَيتَ بِهِ الفَخارَ مُكَمَّلا
وَأَراكَ مَحموداً مُبَلَّغَ رُتبَةٍ
And I see you attained praiseworthy rank
Not reached by lesser conquerors of old
ما نالَ أَدناها الأَكاسِرَةُ الأُلى
فَلَقى الشَآمَ وَساكِنيهِ عِصمَةً
The Levant and its inhabitants were protected
When the darkness upon it became shaded
أَن أَصبَحَ الضِرغامُ فيهِ مُشبِلا
مَلِكٌ إِذا حَمَلَ المَغارِمَ عَنهُمُ
A king who when he carried their burdens
Rewarded, and if he paid kindness, he was most rewarding
أَجزى وَإِن بَذَلَ المَكارِمَ أَجزَلا
سَهلٌ عَلى الطُلّابِ صَعبٌ في الوَرى
Easy upon seekers, hard to find in the world
Most generous with the awed whom you made feel at ease
أَكرِم بِهِ مُستَصعِباً مُستَسهَلا
يا مُصطَفى المَلِكُ المُظَفَّرِ لَم تَدَع
O chosen one, the King bestowed with triumph, you have left
In this praise, to an ennobled one, no way in
في ذا الثَناءِ لَدى مُجِدٍّ مَدخَلا
حَرَّمتُهُ إِلّا عَلَيكَ فَلَن تَرى
I made it exclusive to you, so you will never see
For other than you, ever, from me made permissible
أَبَداً لِغَيرِكَ ما حَيِيتُ مُحَلَّلا
ماذا أَرومُ وَكُلُّ أَكدَرَ قَد صَفا
What could I want when all bitterness has cleared
For me through your presence, and all bitterness dissolved?
لي في ذُراكَ وَكُلُّ مُرٍّ قَد حَلا
حَسبُ المَطامِعِ رَوضُ بِشرِكَ مَرتَعاً
It suffices ambitions as your serenity pastures
And it satisfies wishes as your stream of generosity flows
وَكَفى المُنى مُنهَلُّ جودِكَ مَنهَلا
وَالآنَ أَغناني عَنِ الثَمَدِ الحَيا ال
And now your spirit has made me needless of
Other praisings, and forgot me the remembered places
هامي وَأَنساني المَحَلَّ المُمحِلا
