عِيدُ الفِداءِ جَرَى باليُمنِ طائِرُهُ

وَجدَّدتْ نَضرةَ الوادي بَشائِرُهُ

The feast of redemption came with good omen,

And renewed the valley's vitality with its tidings.

إنْ آثرَ الصَّمتَ يُغريهِ الوَقارُ بهِ

ضَجَّتْ بِمكتومِ ما تُخْفِي سرَائرُهُ

If he prefers silence, dignity allures him,

The hidden secrets of his soul loudly roar.

وإن طَوَى مِن حَديثِ الغَيبِ ما حَمَلْت

صُحفُ الزّمانِ طَوَى الآفاقَ نَاشِرُهُ

And if he surpassed narrating the unseen's talks

That time's scriptures conveyed, its horizons spread them.

تِلكَ البَوادرُ لاحتْ غيرَ كاذبةٍ

ما أَسرعَ الأمرَ إن لاحتْ بَوادرُهُ

Those signs shone, they were not deceiving,

How soon the matter progresses when its signs appear.

الشَّرقُ يَنهضُ والإسلامُ مُنتفِضٌ

يَبغِي المطارَ ويَأبَى الأَسرَ ثَائِرُهُ

The East rises, and Islam steps forth,

Seeking flight and refusing captivity its rebels.

صَاحَ الحُماةُ به فاسْتنفرتْ أُمَمٌ

دَارَ الزمانُ فَغَالتْها دَوائِرُهُ

The protectors called for it, so nations were alerted,

Time circled around, so its spheres revolved.

نَامتْ عنِ الأمرِ حتّى ضَاعَ أكثرُهُ

والدّهرُ مُستوفِرُ الحِدثانِ ساهرُهُ

They slept about the matter until most of it was lost,

And time is sleepless though rich with events.

حِينٌ من الدّهرِ ما ساءت أوائلُه

إلا لِتَزْدَانَ بِالحُسنَى أَواخِرُهُ

An era whose beginnings were ill,

Except to adorn its ends with goodness.

جَدُّ الممالكِ ما استعلت مَطالِعُه

بالنّاهضين وشرُّ الجَدِّ عاثِرُهُ

The pillar of kingdoms, whose beginnings rose high,

Is the active ones, and the worst of hardship makes it stumble.

وأصدقُ العزمِ ما لو جاشَ مُصطخِبٌ

مِنَ الحوادثِ غَالَتْهُ زَواخِرُهُ

The truest determination sees turmoil billowing,

Yet its conclusion makes it pass through.

جاب الجِواءَ ونال النَّجمَ مُنصلِتٌ

أعيا العُقابَ ورَاعَ النَّسْرَ كاسِرُهُ

It charged the atmosphere and reached for the star its climber,

It tired the eagle and startled the eagle its breaker.

ظَنُّوا بهِ من ظُنونِ السُّوءِ ما ضحكتْ

جُنودُهُ منه وَاسْتَحيتْ بَوادِرُهُ

They suspected it with evil suspicions, yet

Its troops laughed at it and its signs were too shy.

الليثُ مُسْتَجمِعٌ يَبغِي فَريستَهُ

والويلُ للقومِ إن هَمّتْ أظافِرُهُ

The lion gathers seeking his prey,

And woe to the people if his claws become intent.

لَتمنعنَّ دَمَ الإسلامِ مَلحمةٌ

يَسيرُ فيها على الأشلاءِ شاعِرُهُ

An epic will prevent Islam’s blood being shed,

In which its poet walks on the corpses.

واليأسُ إن طرد الإيمانُ رائِدَهُ

لم يَبْقَ للنَّفسِ مِن شيءٍ تُحاذِرُهُ

And if despair expels belief’s guide,

The soul will have nothing left to be wary of.

ما بِتُّ إلا أظنُّ الصُّبحَ يكشف لي

عَن غُرَّةِ الزمن الوضّاحِ سافِرُهُ

I do not spend the night except thinking the dawn will reveal

The cheating time’s mask to its itinerant.