لا تَخشَ عَدوى مَن أَبَحتَ ذِمارَهُ

مَن ماتَ قَلباً لَم تَعِش أَضغانُهُ

Do not fear the enmity of those whose secrets you have exposed

He whose heart has died, his branches do not live

دَعهُ لِأَحداثِ الزَمانِ دَرِيَّةً

أَتُراهُ يُكرِمُ مَن هَواكَ هَوانُهُ

Leave him for the vicissitudes of time as prey

Do you expect him to honor one whose love is his disgrace?

وَإِذا أَرَدتَ بَوارَ مَملَكَةٍ طَغَت

سَفَهاً فَبَعثُكَ رايَةً عُنوانُهُ

And if you wanted to destroy an arrogant kingdom

Your standard's inscription would be ignorance if you sent it as a van

فَلَقَد أَطاعَكَ مَن أَحَبَّ حَياتَهُ

فيها وَلَجَّ بِخائِنٍ طُغيانُهُ

So those who loved life obeyed you

And the traitor immersed in tyranny joined you

فَليَطلُبِ الرومُ الأَمانَ فَقَد بَدَت

لَهُمُ خُشونَةُ صارِمٍ وَلَيانُهُ

Let the Romans seek safety, for the sharpness

Of a cutting sword and its wielder has appeared to them

هَجَرَ الرُقادُ جُفونَهُم مُذ نَبَّهوا

مَن لا تَنامُ عَلى القَذى أَجفانُهُ

Sleep has abandoned their eyelids since they were awakened

By one whose eyelids do not sleep on gravel

ذا العَزمُ جَأشُ الدَهرِ مِنهُ مُرَوَّعٌ

وَالجَيشُ يَفتَرِسُ العِدى فُرسانُهُ

With resolve that shakes the universe and terrifies it

And an army that hunts the enemy, its horsemen

ضَمِنَت سُوافَ مُعانِديهِ سُيوفُهُ

فَأَمَرَّ عَيشَ عُداتِهِ مُرّانُهُ

His swords guaranteed the throats of his opponents

So he settled the life of his followers and trained them

وَلَقَد سَمَت شَرَفاً مُلوكٌ قُسِّمَت

فيما تَقَدَّمَ بَينَها بُلدانُهُ

And kings aspired to the nobility he attained

Since he conquered the lands that were divided between them long ago

بَجَحوا بِها وَأَجَلَّ عَنها نَفسَهُ

مُذ حازَها فَوُلاتُها غِلمانُهُ

They boasted of it and he put it above himself

Since his youths achieved it

فَلِذا الجُيوشُ يَقودُها وَيَسودُها

بَنجوتَكينُ أَميرُها وَطُغانُهُ

And so these armies are led and ruled

By Bonjuktin their prince and tyrant

وَاللَهُ جاءَ بِها عَلى أَعقابِهِم

لِيَفيضَ مِن إِحسانِهِم إِحسانُهُ

And God brought them against their enemies

So that kindness flows from their kindness

يُغني غَناءَ سُيوفِهِم إيعادُهُ

وَتَفيضُ فَيضَ بِحارِهِم غُدرانُهُ

His promises sing the praises of their swords

And the abundance of their seas overflows with treason

وَالغَيثُ لَيسَ يَنوبُ عَنهُ وَطالَما

غابَ الغَمامُ فَنابَ عَنهُ بَنانُهُ

The rain is not withheld, though often

The clouds are absent, yet it comes from their peaks

يَحوي النَباهَةَ مَن تَقَدَّمَ فَضلُهُ

لا مَن تَقَدَّمَ عَصرُهُ وَأَوانُهُ

He who excels possesses intelligence, not

He whose time and era preceded

هَل مَن يُساهِمُ وَالمُعَلّى سَهمُهُ

إِن كانَ بَعدَ الأَنبِياءِ زَمانُهُ

Is there one who can compete when his arrow is lofty

If his time is after the prophets?

فَليَدرِ أَملاكُ الطَوائِفِ أَنَّهُ

فَلَكٌ تَضَمَّنَ سَلبَها دَوَرانُهُ

So let the rulers of the lands know that he

Is a celestial orbit that will seize them in its rotation

فَلِما حَمَت أَتراكَها أَتراكُهُ

وَلِما حَمَت سودانَها سودانُهُ

For when his Turks protected them, it was his Turks

And when his Sudan defended them, it was his Sudan

يا كافِيَ الإِسلامِ غَيرَ مُشارِكٍ

فِتناً تَشيبُ لِهَولِها وَلِدانُهُ

O you who suffice Islam without a partner

Liberating it from tribulations that turn children gray

أَغنى صِفاتِكَ عَن شَهادَةِ شاهِدٍ

مَجدٌ لَعَمرُكَ واضِحٌ بُرهانُهُ

Your qualities suffice, without witnesses testifying

Your glory, sir, is obvious proof

حُزتَ الفَضائِلَ لَيسَ يُمكِنُ جَحدُها

وَالصُبحُ لَيسَ بِمُمكِنٍ كِتمانُهُ

You have collected virtues that cannot be denied

And the dawn cannot conceal its light

بِشراً يُبَشِّرُ بِالغِنى إيماضُهُ

كَالبَرقِ دَلَّ عَلى الوَرى لَمَعانُهُ

Good tidings herald your flash of wealth

Like lightning indicating its radiance to the world

وَنَدىً قَصَرتَ عَلى الثَناءِ فُنونَهُ

وَتُظِلُّ آمالَ الوَرى أَفنانُهُ

A call that excellence falls short of your praise

And the hopes of mankind are shaded by your branches

وَالمالُ لا يَبقى عَلى مُتَمَلِّكٍ

إِلّا وَأَبناءُ المُنى خُزّانُهُ

But property does not remain with an owner

Except for the children of Muna as its treasurers

أَمّا شَبيهُكَ في الأَنامِ فَإِنَّهُ

ما كانَ قَطُّ وَلا يَجوزُ كِيانُهُ

As for your peer among people, he does not

Exist, nor can his being be possible

ما في طَريقِ المَجدِ غَيرَكَ مُهتَدٍ

كُلٌّ سِواكَ يَقولُ أَينَ مَكانُهُ

None are rightly guided toward glory but you

All others say "Where is my place?"

فَفَعَلتَ ما عَجَزَ الوَرى عَن فِعلِهِ

فَعَرَفتَ ما أَعياهُمُ عِرفانُهُ

You have done what the world failed to do

And known what their knowing frustrated them from

وَلَقَد شَفَعتَ الحَجَّ بِالغَزوِ الَّذي

لَولاكَ أَعجَزَ أَهلَهُ إِمكانُهُ

You supplemented the Hajj with a raid that, without you

Its people would have been incapable of accomplishing

وَبَذَلتَ حُمرَ المالِ في تَنفيذِهِم

أَيّامَ عَزَّ عَلَيهِمُ وِجدانُهُ

And you spent your red gold to enable them

In days when accessing it pained them

فَمُعَجَّلٌ لَكَ مِن إِلَهِكَ نَصرُهُ

وَمُؤَجَّلٌ لَكَ عِندَهُ رِضوانُهُ

So your victory from God is hastened

And His approval is deferred for you

هِيَ مِنَّةٌ يَبقى عَلَيكَ ثَناؤُها

في الناسِ ما صَحِبَت حِراءَ رِعانُهُ

It is a blessing whose praise remains upon you

Among people for as long as shepherds roam

فَالبَيتُ يَشكُرُها إِذا طافَت بِهِ

زَمَنَ الحَجيجِ وَقُبِّلَت أَركانُهُ

Thus the House thanks it when it circles around

During the Hajj season, and its corners are kissed

فَأَجابَ فيكَ اللَهُ دَعوَةَ قارِنٍ

يَتلو هُناكَ قِرانَهُ قُرآنُهُ

So God answered there the prayer of a companion

Reciting the Quran beside it, his recitation being the Quran

وَبَقيتَ لِلمَولى الَّذي شَرُفَت بِهِ

أَيّامُهُ وَتَطاوَلَت أَزمانُهُ

And you remained for the Master whom you were ennobled by

His days and eras became long

حَتّى تَرى أَضعافَ جَيشِكَ جَيشَهُ

وَيَكونَ أَكثَرَ مَن بِهِ فِتيانُهُ

Until you see your army multiplied manyfold

And its warriors more numerous than before

لِمَ لا أُبالِغُ في مَديحِكَ مُطنِباً

وَالشِعرُ طِرفٌ خاطِري مَيدانُهُ

Why should I go on excessively praising you

When poetry is an inclination of my thoughts

بَل كَيفَ أَجحَدُ ما أَنالَتني يَدٌ

بِكرُ الغِنى مِن سَيبِها وَعَوانُهُ

How can I deny what the hand that

Gave generously with its prisoner's bounty and help has done for me?

فَاِسمَع لِمادِحِكَ الَّذي لا يَنطَوي

إِلّا عَلَيكَ إِذا اِنطَوى ديوانُهُ

So listen to your praiser, whose poetry contains

None but you, when his book is folded

ما في بَني حَوّاءَ عِندي آخَرٌ

يُرجى عَطاهُ وَيُتَّقى حِرمانُهُ

Among the sons of Eve I see no other

Whose gift is hoped for and estrangement feared

فَلِذا رَجائي عَن سِواكَ مُنَكِّبٌ

وَإِلَيكَ يَتبَعُ نَصَّهُ ذَمَلانُهُ

Thus my hopes turn away from other than you

And follow you, their firm intent cleaving to you

أَثنى عَلَيكَ العيدُ بِالتَقوى الَّتي

أَثنى بِها مِن قَبلِهِ رَمَضانُهُ

The feast praised you for the piety with which

Its fasting praised you before

فَتَهَنَّهُ وَاِسلَم وَعِزُّكَ قاهِرٌ

أَبَداً فَسُلطانُ الهُدى سُلطانُهُ

So celebrate it and submit, may your might remain triumphant

Forever, for the authority of truth is its authority