هالَةٌ لِلهِلالِ فيها اِعتِصامُ

كَيفَ حامَت حِيالَها الأَيّامُ

A halo for the crescent, in which there is steadfastness

How the days hovered around it

دَخَلَتها عَلَيكَ عُثمانُ في السِل

مِ وَقَد كُنتَ في الوَغى لا تُرامُ

Othman entered it in authority

While you were in the fray, unassailable

وَإِذا الداءُ كانَ داءَ المَنايا

صَعَّبَتهُ لِأَهلِها الأَحلامُ

And when the disease was the disease of death

Dreams made it difficult for its family

فَبُرَغمِ المُشيرِ أَن يَتَوَلّى

وَالخُطوبُ المُرَوِّعاتُ جِسامُ

So, despite the advisor's wish to take responsibility

And the terrifying events were strong bodies

وَيَدُ المُلكِ تَستَجيرُ يَدَيهِ

وَالسَرايا تَدعوهُ وَالأَعلامُ

And the king's hand sought refuge in his hands

And the palaces called him, and the flags

وَبَنوهُ يَرجونَهُ وَهُمُ الجُن

دُ وَهُم قادَةُ الجُنودِ العِظامُ

And his sons hoped for him, and they were the brave

They were the leaders of the great armies

مَثَّلَتهُم صِفاتُهُ لِلبَرايا

رُبَّ فَردٍ سادَت بِهِ أَقوامُ

Their qualities exemplified them to people

Many individuals led nations through him

بَطَلَ الشَرقِ قَد بَكَتكَ المَعالي

وَرَثاكَ الوَلِيُّ وَالأَخصامُ

Hero of the East, glories mourned you

And the intimate friend eulogized you, and the opponents

خَذَلَ المُلكَ زِندُهُ يَومَ أَودَي

تَ وَأَهوى مِن راحَتَيهِ الحُسامُ

The state deserted its pillar the day it collapsed

And the swords fell from its comfort

وَدَهى الدينَ وَالخِلافَةَ أَمرٌ

فادِحٌ رائِعٌ جَليلٌ جُسامُ

And the religion and the caliphate were shaken by

A momentous, dreadful, mighty matter

عَلَمُ العَصرِ وَالمَمالِكِ وَلّى

وَقَليلٌ أَمثالُهُ الأَعلامُ

The sign of the age and kingdoms passed away

And few are his peers among the great

سَل بِلَفنا أَكُنتَ تُدرَكُ فيها

وَلَوَ أَنَّ المُحاصِرينَ الأَنامُ

Ask with our swords, would you be reached through them

Even if all people besieged

خَيَّمَ الروسُ حَولَ حِصنِكَ لَكِن

أَينَ مِن هامَةِ السِماكِ الخِيامُ

The Russians camped around your fortress but

Where are their tents from the celestial dome?

وَأَحاطَت بِعَزمِكَ الجُندُ لَكِن

عَزمُكَ الشُهبُ وَالجُنودُ الظِلامُ

And the armies surrounded your resolve but

Your resolve is meteors and the armies are darkness

كُلَّما جَرَّدَ المُحاصِرُ سَيفاً

قَطَعَ السَيفَ رَأيُكَ الصَمصامُ

Whenever the besieger brandished a sword

Your opinion broke the blade

وَإِذا كانَتِ العُقولُ كِباراً

سَلِمَت في المَضايِقِ الأَجسامُ

And when minds were great

Bodies submitted in straits

وَعَجيبٌ لا يَأخُذُ السَيفُ مِنكُم

وَيَنالُ الطَوى وَيُعطى الأُوامُ

And strangely, the sword does not take you

Yet loss is taken, and lives are given

فَخَرَجتُم إِلى العِدا لَم تُبالوا

ما لِأُسدٍ عَلى سُغوبٍ مُقامُ

So you went out to the enemy, not caring

What awaits the lion among the wolves?

تَخرِقونَ الجُيوشَ جَيشاً فَجَيشاً

مِثلَما يَخرِقُ الخَواءَ الغَمامُ

You tear through the armies, army after army

As clouds tear through the horizon

وَالمَنايا مُحيطَةٌ وَحُصونُ الرو

سِ تَحمي الطَريقَ وَالأَلغامُ

And death all around, and the Russian forts

Protect the road, and the mines

وَلِنارِ العَدُوِّ فيكُم قُعودٌ

وَلِسَيفِ العَدُوِّ فيكُم قِيامُ

For the enemy's fire against you there is sitting

And for the enemy's sword against you there is standing

جُرِحَ اللَيثُ يَومَ ذاكَ فَخانَ ال

جَيشَ قَلبٌ وَزُلزِلَت أَقدامُ

The lion was wounded that day, so the

Army's heart failed, and feet shook

ما دَفَعتَ الحُسامَ عَجزاً وَلَكِن

عَجَّزتَ ضَيغَمَ الحُروبِ الكِلامُ

You did not parry the swords out of weakness but

You rendered the eloquence of wars helpless

فَأَعادوهُ خَيرَ شَيءٍ أَعادوا

وَكَذا يَعرِفُ الكِرامَ الكِرامُ

So they returned him, the best thing they returned

And so the noble recognize the noble

فَتَقَلَّدتَهُ وَكُنتَ خَليقاً

سَلَبَتنا كِلَيكُما الأَيّامُ

You took over it, and you were worthy

Time robbed us of both of you

ما لَها عَودَةٌ وَلا لَكَ رَدٌّ

نِمتَ عَنها وَمَن تَرَكتَ نِيامُ

It has no return, nor do you have recovery

You slept away from it, and those you left sleep

إِنَّما المُلكُ صارِمٌ وَيَراعٌ

فَإِذا فارَقاهُ سادَ الطَغامُ

Indeed, the kingdom is a strict keeper

So when they leave it the tyrants rule

وَنِظامُ الأُمورِ عَقلٌ وَعَدلٌ

فَإِذا وَلَّيا تَوَلّى النِظامُ

And the system of affairs is reason and justice

So when they pass away, order passes away

وَعَجيبٌ خُلِقتَ لِلحَربِ لَبثاً

وَسَجاياكَ كُلُّهُنَّ سَلامُ

Strangely, you were created for war for a while

Yet all your qualities are peace

فَهيَ في رَأيِكَ القَويمِ حَلالٌ

وَهيَ في قَلبِكَ الرَحيمِ حَرامُ

So in your sound opinion it is lawful

And in your kind heart it is forbidden

لَكَ سَيفٌ إِلى اليَتامى بَغيضٌ

وَحَنانٌ يُحِبُّهِ الأَيتامُ

You have a sword that is hateful to the orphans

And affection that the orphans love

مُستَبِدٌّ عَلى قَوِيٍّ حَليمٌ

عَن ضَعيفٍ وَهَكَذا الإِسلامُ

A dictator over the strong, gentle with

The weak, and so is Islam