أدركت آمالَ الشريعة في العدا

وتركت نظم جموعهم متبددا

I have realized the hopes of the Law in vengeance

And left the rhythms of their groups scattered

وكففت من دون المدى جمحاتهم

من بعد ما راموا المزيد على المدى

And I checked their violent attacks short of the goal

After they sought to gain more ground

وثنت عزائمهم عزائمك التي

أغنت عن الأسياف أن تتقلدا

And I made their resolutions submit to your resolutions

That sufficed instead of swords to be girded

وتضحضحت فرقاً بحورُ جيوشهم

لما أتاهم بحر جيشكَ مُزبدا

And their armies' seas were fragmented

When your army's turbulent sea came to them

ألقوا بأيديهم مافةَ صولةٍ

تستأصِلُ الأدنى بها والأبعدا

They threw down the sharp swords

With which they uproot the near and the far

واستسلموا إذ لم يروا تحت الثرى

نفقاً ولا فوقَ الثريا مصعداً

And they surrendered when they did not see under the ground

A way out or above the ground an ascent

ما جاءت الدنيا بمثلكَ ناصراً

للدين منصورَ اللواءِ على العدا

The world has not brought forth one like you, supporting

The religion, triumphant over the banners of vengeance

أعلى الملوكِ يداً وأمنعهُم حمىً

واعمهم صفحاً وأبعدُهُم مدى

Highest of kings in power and most impregnable in protection

Broadest in clemency and farthest in reach

عمَّ الورى عدلاً وجوداً فاغتدى

هذا لهم ظِلا وهذا مورِدا

He brought justice and generosity to the world so it transgressed

This was their shade and this their watering place

ما الجُودُ مما كان في طبعِ الحيا

لكن رأى منهُ المواهِبَ فاقتدى

Generosity was not what had been in the nature of life

But it saw the gifts in him so it emulated

والنجمُ لو لم يسرِ في جُنحِ الدجا

ورأى دليلاً من هُداهُ لما اهتدى

The star, had it not traveled on the wings of darkness

And seen a guide in his guidance, would not have found its way

من حيثُ قابلتِ العيونُ جبينَهُ

حسبت سناهث نيراً متوقدا

Whenever eyes faced his forehead

They thought it a burning torch

لم ترتو الأبصارُ من لألأئه

إلا وعادت نحوهُ تشكو الصدى

Eyes were not sated by his brilliance

Save to return to him complaining of dazzle

خُلِعَت سريرتُهُ عليهِ فاغتدى

متحملاً منها بأجملِ مُرتدى

His glorious raiment was stripped from him so he took

Bearing from it the finest of clothes

لا يعدمُ الإسلامُ منكَ حياطةً

ورعايةً وحمايَةً وتفقدا

Islam will never lack from you protection

And care and preservation and vigilance

وأراكَ رَبُّكَ في بنيكَ كفايةً

ترعى المضاعَ وتجمَعُ المتبددا

And your Lord sees you as sufficient for your sons

To watch over the weak and gather the scattered

كملَ السُرورُ بهم وتمَّ وعمَّهم

فضلٌ إلهي وخصَّ محمدا

Joy in them was perfected and fulfilled, and a divine

Grace enveloped them, singling out Muhammad

اهنأ أميرَ المؤمنينَ بأنجمٍ

منها تقابِلُ في المطالِعِ أسعدا

Congratulations to the Commander of the Faithful for stars

From which the auspicious risings can be divined

واللَه خَصَّكَ بالكمالِ وشاءَ أن

يبقى على الأيامِ أمرُكَ سَرمَدا

And God distinguished you with perfection and willed that

Your command should endure for all time

رؤيا لأمرِكُم العليِّ بعزِّهِ

تقضي وطُول بقائِهِ متجدِّدا

A vision of your most high command in its glory

Judging and its long survival made new

أضحى حبيبٌ كاسمِهِ لمَّا غدا

لي في المنامِ على امتداحِكَ مُنجِدا

He became a beloved, like his name, when he came

To me in my sleep, supporting me in your praise

أوصى إليَّ فقمتُ غيرَ مُضيِّعٍ

لوصايَةٍ منهُ أغني منشدا

He enjoined me, so I stood, not failing

To carry out a behest from him, enriched by a gift