رَضِيَ المُسلِمونَ وَالإِسلامُ

فَرعَ عُثمانَ دُم فِداكَ الدَوامُ

The Muslims and Islam were content

With Uthman whose blood we sacrifice for eternity

كَيفَ نَحصي عَلى عُلاكَ ثَناءُ

لَكَ مِنكَ الثَناءُ وَالإِكرامُ

How can we enumerate your virtues in praise

Praise and honour come from you, to you they return

هَل كَلامُ العِبادِ في الشَمسِ إِلّا

أَنَّها الشَمسُ لَيسَ فيها كَلامُ

Do people say anything but that the sun is the sun

Though it is silent, there is no speech

وَمَكانُ الإِمامِ أَعلى وَلَكِن

بِأَحاديثِهِ يَتيهُ الأَنامُ

And the position of the Imam is supreme though

With his words people lose their way

إيهِ عَبدَ الحَميدِ جَلَّ زَمانٌ

أَنتَ فيهِ خَليفَةٌ وَإِمامُ

Oh Abd al-Hamid, time has passed gloriously

With you as Caliph and Imam

ما رَأَت مِثلَ ذا الَّذي تَبتَني ال

أَقوامُ مَجداً وَلَن يَرى الأَقوامُ

A people never saw the likes of this glory that eludes

Understanding, which people will never see again

دَولَةٌ شادَ رُكنَها أَلفُ عامٍ

وَمِئاتٌ تُعيدُها أَعوامُ

An empire established for a thousand years

And hundreds of years will rebuild

وَأَساسٌ مِن عَهدِ عُثمانَ يُبنى

في ثَمانٍ وَمِثلُهُنَّ يُقامُ

On foundations from Uthman's era, constructed

In eight and likewise sustained

حِكمَةٌ حالَ كُلُّ هَذا التَجَلّي

دونَها أَن تَنالَها الأَفهامُ

A wisdom that surpasses all this manifestation

Before which perceptions cannot reach

يَسأَلُ الناسُ عِندَها الناسَ هَل في الن

ناسِ ذو المُقلَةِ الَّتي لا تَنامُ

People will ask is there among people one of insight

That does not sleep

أَم مِنَ الناسِ بَعدُ مَن قَولُهُ وَح

يٌ كَريمٌ وَفِعلُهُ إِلهامُ

Or is there anyone left whose words are generous

And actions inspired

صَدَقَ الخَلقُ أَنتَ هَذا وَهَذا

يا عَظيماً ما جازَهُ إِعظامُ

All people agree, you are that one

O exalted, no exaltation can match you

شَرَفٌ باذِخٌ وَمُلكٌ كَبيرٌ

وَيَمينٌ بُسطٌ وَأَمرٌ جِسامُ

Your nobility and kingdom are great

Your authority vast, your command supreme

عُمَرٌ أَنتَ بَيدَ أَنَّكَ ظِلٌّ

لِلبَرايا وَعِصمَةٌ وَسَلامُ

You are lifetime for people and safety

And wellbeing and peace

ما تَتَوَّجتَ بِالخِلافَةِ حَتّى

تُوِّجَ البائِسونَ وَالأَيتامُ

You were not given the Caliphate until

The destitute and orphans were crowned

وَسَرى الخِصبُ وَالنَماءُ وَوافى ال

بِشرُ وَالظِلُّ وَالجَنى وَالغَمامُ

And prosperity and growth prevailed, promises were fulfilled

Shade, harvest, clouds and rain arrived

وَتَلَقّى الهِلالَ مِنكَ جَبينٌ

فيهِ حُسنٌ وَبِالعُفاةِ غَرامُ

And the crescent welcomed your radiant forehead

Where beauty and passion reside

فَسَلامٌ عَلَيهُمُ وَعَلَيهِ

يَومَ حَيَّتهُمُ بِهِ الأَيّامُ

Peace be upon them and him

The days of their lives through him found meaning

وَبَدا المُلكُ مُلكُ عُثمانَ مِن عَل

ياكَ في الذِروَةِ الَّتي لا تُرامُ

And the kingdom appeared clearly Uthman's kingdom

From your summit that cannot be contested

يَهرَعُ العَرشُ وَالمُلوكُ إِلَيهِ

وَبَنو العَصرِ وَالوُلاةُ الفِخامُ

The Throne and kings hasten to you

And people of the age and eminent governors

هَكَذا الدَهرُ حالَةٌ ثُمَّ ضِدٌّ

ما لِحالٍ مَعَ الزَمانِ دَوامُ

Thus is the nature of time, a state then its opposite

No state with time endures

وَلَأَنتَ الَّذي رَعَّيتُهُ الأُس

دُ وَمَسرى ظِلالِها الآجامُ

You who I sheltered under your forearms' shade

And the expanse of its shadows' sanctuaries

أُمَّةُ التُركِ وَالعِراقُ وَأَهلو

هُ وَلُبنانُ وَالرُبى وَالخِيامُ

The Ottoman nation, Iraq and its people

Lebanon, the countryside and tents

عالَمٌ لَم يَكُن لِيُنظَم لَولا

أَنَّكَ السِلمُ وَسطَهُ وَالوِئامُ

A world that could not have been organized had you not been

Its pillar and peacemaker

هَذَّبَتهُ السُيوفُ في الدَهرِ وَاليَو

مَ أَتَمَّت تَهذيبَهُ الأَقلامُ

It was refined by swords in time and today

Pens have completed its refinement

أَيَقولونَ سَكرَةٌ لَن تَجَلّى

وَقُعودٌ مَعَ الهَوى وَقِيامُ

Do they say intoxication that will not fade

And remaining with desire and rising?

لَيَذوقُنَّ لِلمُهَلهِلِ صَحواً

تَشرُفُ الكَأسُ عِندَهُ وَالمُدامُ

They will taste sobriety with the cups raised

And wine flowing at their hands

وَضَعَ الشَرقُ في يَدَيكَ يَدَيهِ

وَأَتَت مِن حُماتِهِ الأَقسامُ

The East placed its hands in your hands

And parts of its protective arms came to you

بِالوَلاءِ الَّذي تُريدُ الأَيادي

وَالوَلاءِ الَّذي يُريدُ المُقامُ

With the loyalty desired by all

And the loyalty positions require

غَيرَ غاوٍ أَو خائِنٍ أَو حَسودٍ

بَرِئَت مِن أولَئِكَ الأَحلامُ

Without misguidance or treachery or envy

Those dreams have been dispelled

كَيفَ تُهدى لِما تُشيدُ عُيونٌ

في الثَرى مِلؤُها حَصىً وَرُغامُ

How can sight be guided when eyes

Are filled with pebbles and puss?

مُقَلٌ عانَتِ الظَلامَ طَويلاً

فَعَماها في أَن يَزولَ الظَلامُ

Eyes that suffered darkness long

Were blinded to see the darkness lifted

قَد تَعيشُ النُفوسُ في الضَيمِ حَتّى

لَتُري الضَيمَ أَنَّها لا تُضامُ

Souls can live with injustice until

They see injustice as unassailable

أَيُّها النافِرونَ عودوا إِلَينا

وَلِجوا البابَ إِنَّهُ الإِسلامُ

You who turn away, return to us

And enter the door for it is Islam

غَرَضٌ أَنتُمُ وَفي الدَهرِ سَهمٌ

يَومَ لا تَدفَعُ السِهامَ السِهامُ

You are but an arrow in time when

Arrows cannot ward off arrows

نِمتُمُ ثُمَّ تَطلُبونَ المَعالي

وَالمَعالي عَلى النِيامِ حَرامُ

You slept, now you seek glory

But glory on sleeping is forbidden

شَرُّ عَيشِ الرِجالِ ما كانَ حُلماً

قَد تُسيغُ المَنِيَّةَ الأَحلامُ

The worst life for men is that of dreams

For dreams can make death palatable

وَيَبيتُ الزَمانُ أَندَلُسِيّاً

ثُمَّ يُضحي وَناسُهُ أَعجامُ

And time passes an Andalusian night

Then dawns with people as foreigners

عالِيَ البابِ هَزَّ بابُكَ مِنّا

فَسَعَينا وَفي النُفوسِ مَرامُ

You called from your lofty door

So we hurried with purpose in our souls

وَتَجَلَّيتَ فَاِستَلَمنا كَما لِلنا

سِ بِالرُكنِ ذي الجَلالِ اِستِلامُ

You appeared so we surrendered as people do

To the glorious pillar, prostrating

نَستَميحُ الإِمامَ نَصراً لِمِصرٍ

مِثلَما يَنصُرُ الحُسامَ الحُسامُ

We implore the Imam victorious for Egypt

As sword champions sword

فَلِمِصرٍ وَأَنتَ بِالحُبِّ أَدرى

بِكَ ياحامِيَ الحِمى اِستِعصامُ

So for Egypt, you know best with love

With you, O guardian of sanctuary, protection lies

يَشهَدُ اللَهُ لِلنُفوسِ بِهَذا

وَكَفانا أَن يَشهَدَ العَلّامُ

God bears witness to souls in this

And the knowledge of the All-Knowing suffices

وَإِلى السَيِّدِ الخَليفَةِ نَشكو

جَورَ دَهرٍ أَحرارُهُ ظُلّامُ

And to the Master Caliph we complain

Of the injustice of an era whose freemen are shadows

وَعَدوها لَنا وُعوداً كِباراً

هَل رَأَيتَ القُرى عَلاها الجَهامُ

And its promises to us were great

Did you see what ruin befell the villages?

فَمَلَلنا وَلَم يَكُ الداءُ يَحمي

أَن تَمَلَّ الأَرواحُ وَالأَجسامُ

We are weary and the affliction does not abate

That souls and bodies should tire

يَمنَعُ القَيدُ أَن تَقومَ فَهَل تا

جٌ فَبِالتاجِ لِلبِلادِ قِيامُ

Does the fetter prevent rising? For the land is the crown

So raise your voice for it is Egypt

فَاِرفَعِ الصَوتَ إِنَّها هِيَ مِصرٌ

وَاِرفَعِ الصَوتَ إِنَّها الأَهرامُ

Raise your voice for it is the Pyramids

And rouse Egypt, you were always the best guardian

وَاِرعَ مِصراً وَلَم تَزَل خَيرَ راعٍ

فَلَها بِالَّذي أَرَتكَ زِمامُ

So the reins are yours by what you desired

The most loyalty can do, you have attained

إِنَّ جُهدَ الوَفاءِ ما أَنتَ آتٍ

فَليَقُم في وَقائِكَ الخُدّامُ

So let your servants rise to defend you

And assault those whom time enslaves

وَليَصولوا بِمَن لَهُ الدَهرُ عَبدٌ

وَلَهُ السَعدُ تابِعٌ وَغُلامُ

And fortune favours and youth serves

For the banner they carry is lofty

فَاللِواءُ الَّذي تَلَقَّوا رَفيعٌ

وَالأُمورُ الَّتي تَوَلَّوا عِظامُ

And the matters they undertake momentous

Whoever wants what is right, many champions stand for right

مَن يُرِد حَقَّهُ فَلِلحَقِّ أَنصا

رٌ كَثيرٌ وَفي الزَمانِ كِرامُ

And in time there are noble men

The sleep of truth will not please the transgressor

لا تَروقَنَّ نَومَةُ الحَقِّ لِلبا

غي فَلِلحَقِّ هَبَّةٌ وَاِنتِقامُ

To truth belong gifts and vengeance

Decayed bones have natural graves

إِنَّ لِلوَحشِ وَالعِظامُ مُناها

لَمَنايا أَسبابُهُنَّ العِظامُ

Their causes are bones

Raising the letter Dād to the Suhā will it be accepted?

رافِعَ الضادِ لِلسُها هَل قَبولٌ

فَيُباهي النُجومَ هَذا النِظامُ

So this system outshines the stars

I stood raising Dād in love to you

قامَتِ الضادُ في فَمي لَكَ حُبّاً

فَهيَ فيهِ تَحِيَّةٌ وَاِبتِسامُ

It is with it greeting and smile

In the curves of passion there are traits

إِنَّ في يَلدِزِ الهَوى لَخِلالا

أَنا صَبٌّ بِلُطفِها مُستَهامُ

I am drunk on its subtlety, entranced

It appeared for the best full moon and waned

قَد تَجَلَّت لِخَيرِ بَدرٍ أَقَلَّت

في كَمالٍ بَدَت لَهُ أَعلامُ

Revealing signs of perfection

So adhere always to completeness, O moon

فَاِلزَمِ التَمَّ أَيُّها البَدرُ دَوماً

وَاِلزَمِ البَدرَ أَيُّهَذا التَمامُ

And you, completeness, adhere to the moon.