هَتفَ البشيرُ به وحَانَ الحينُ
فأَضاءَ وَجهٌ واسْتنارَ جَبينُ
The herald proclaimed it and the time had come,
A face lit up and a forehead shone bright,
وبَدَتْ مواكبُه حِساناً طلقةً
فَشَدا اللّهيفُ وغَرَّدَ المحزونُ
His processions appeared beautiful and radiant,
The hearts fluttered and the grieved sang.
وَيحِي أأنتَ انْشقَّ قَبرُك وانْقَضى
عَبَثُ الخُطوبِ ورأيُها المأفونُ
Oh you, did your grave burst open and trials cease?
The nonsense of ordeals and their buried thoughts?
إن غِبْتَ عن نَظرِ العُيونِ هُنيهةً
فَقلوبُنا الحرَّى عليكَ عُيونُ
If you were absent from sights for a little while
Our ardent hearts were eyes gazing upon you.
ماذا تَظنُّ بِكَ البلادُ وأهلُها
تلك القيامةُ لو يكون يقينُ
What do the countries and its people think of you?
That resurrection, if only it were a certainty!
مَن أطلقَ الأفكارَ من أوهامِها
أَيَظلُّ طُولَ الدّهرِ وَهْوَ سجينُ
Who unleashed ideas from their imaginations?
Will it remain for ages while still imprisoned?
أوَلَمْ يقولوا مِحنةٌ حاقَتْ بنا
هَيهاتَ يكشُفها فتىً مَفتونُ
Did they not say, “A tribulation has befallen us,
Alas! No enamored youth can dispel it.”
أَلَهُ جُنودٌ حوله محشودةٌ
وبَوارجٌ مَبثوثةٌ وسَفِين
Does he have armies gathered around him?
And ships dispersed and sailing?
هذا الذي بَعثَ الشُّعورَ وبَثَّهُ
مِلءَ الكنانةِ والشُّعورُ دَفينُ
It is he who aroused feelings and scattered them
Filling the quivers while feelings lay dormant.
نَادَى بلادِي فَاسْتجابتْ أُمّةٌ
ليست بغيرِ هَوى البلادِ تدينُ
He called my country and a nation responded
Not swayed except by the country’s passion.
تبغي الحياةَ عزيزةً ويَغيظُها
أن يُستباحَ من اللّيوثِ عَرينُ
It seeks life, honorable, and is angered
That its lair be violated by the lions.
أَبَتِ القُعودَ مع الخوالفِ بعدما
أَخذَ اللّواءَ القائدُ الميمونُ
It refused to sit with the dissenters after
The blessed leader took up the banner.
ومَضَتْ تذودُ اليأسَ عن آمالها
وتُعلِّمُ الأحداثَ كيف تلينُ
It went to ward off despair from its hopes
And teach events how to be gentle.
هذا الذي شَرعَ الجهادَ لِقومِه
فَهَدى الكتائبَ نهجُه المسنونُ
It is he who paved the path of strife for his people,
Guiding the regiments in his blessed path.
إنّ المُضلَّلَ في الحياةِ لَمن يَرَى
أن الحياةَ وَساوِسٌ وظُنونُ
The one misguided in life is he who sees
That life is merely whims and notions.
هيَ ما رأيتَ فكلُّ شيءٍ دونها
إن كنتَ تكرَهُ أن تضامَ يَهونُ
It is what you saw, everything else besides it,
If you disdain being unjustly subjugated.
إنّا وَفَيْنا للبلادِ فلم نَخُنْ
والدّهرُ يَظلِمُ والخُطوبُ تَخونُ
We kept faith with the country and did not betray,
While time is unjust and tribulations treacherous.
نَسخُو بأَنفُسِنا نُريدُ حياتها
إنْ صَدَّ هَيّابٌ وكفَّ ضنينُ
With our own lives we desire its life,
If a yelling warrior or biting snake deters.
