بِحَمدِ اللَهِ رَبِّ العالَمينا

وَحَمدِكَ يا أَميرَ المُؤمِنينا

With the praise of Allah, Lord of the Worlds

And praise to you, O Commander of the Faithful

لَقينا في عَدُوِّكَ ما لَقينا

لَقينا الفَتحَ وَالنَصرَ المُبينا

We have faced in your enemy what we have faced

We have attained victory and clear triumph

هُمُ شَهَروا أَذىً وَشَهَرتَ حَرباً

فَكُنتَ أَجَلَّ إِقداماً وَضَربا

They have caused harm and you have waged war

So you were the greatest in valor and striking

أَخَذتَ حُدودَهُم شَرقاً وَغَرباً

وَطَهَّرتَ المَواقِعَ وَالحُصونا

You have taken their borders in the east and west

And purified the lands and fortresses

وَقَبلَ الحَربِ حَربٌ مِنكَ كانَت

نَتائِجُها لَنا ظَهَرَت وَبانَت

And before the war you already waged a war

Whose outcomes became apparent and evident to us

أَلَنتَ الحادِثاتِ بِها فَلانَت

وَغادَرتَ القَياصِرَ حائِرينا

You made incidents submit through it and relent

And left the emperors confused

جَمَعتَ لَنا المَمالِكَ وَالشُعوبا

وَكانَت في سِياسَتِها ضُروبا

You have gathered for us kingdoms and peoples

And they had types of policies

فَلَمّا هَبَّ جورجِيَهُم هُبوباً

تَلَفَّتَ لا يُصيبُ لَهُ مَعينا

So when their George erupted arrogantly

He found no helper against you

رَأى كَيفَ السَبيلُ إِلى كَريدٍ

وَكَيفَ عَواقِبُ الطَيشِ المَزيدِ

He saw how the path was to destruction

And the consequences of excessive recklessness

وَكَيفَ تَنامُ يا عَبدَ الحَميدِ

وَتَغفُلُ عَن دِماءِ العالَمينا

And how you sleep, O Abdul Hamid

Oblivious to the blood of humankind

وَلا وَاللَهِ وَالرُسلِ الكِرامِ

وَبَيتِكَ خَيرُ بَيتٍ في الأَنامِ

No, by God, and the honorable messengers

And your house, the best house among people

لَما كانوا وَسَيفُكَ ذو اِنتِقامٍ

يُعادِلُ جَمعُهُم مِنّا جَنينا

When they were there while your vengeance sword

Equals their whole group against our fetus

رَأَيتَ الحِلمَ لَمّا زادَ غَرّا

وَجَرَّأَ مَلكَهُم حَتّى تَجَرّا

You saw when impudence increased

And emboldened their king until he was brazen

فَجاءَتكَ الدَعاوى مِنهُ تَترى

وَجاءَتهُ جُنودُكَ مُبطِلينا

So claims from him came one after another

And your armies came invalidating them

بِخَيلٍ في الهِضابِ وَفي الرَوابي

وَنارٍ في القِلاعِ وَفي الطَوابي

With cavalry in the plateaus and prairies

And fire on the citadels and hills

وَسَيفٍ لا يَلينُ وَلا يُحابي

إِذا الآجالُ رَجَّت مِنهُ لينا

And a sword that does not relent or be partial

When terms become flexible to it

وَجَيشٍ مِن غُزاةٍ عَن غُزاةٍ

هُمُ الأَبطالُ في ماضٍ وَآتي

And an army of conquerors after conquerors

They are the heroes of the past and future

وَمِن كَرَمٍ أَذَلّوا كُلَّ عاتي

وَذَلّوا في قِتالِ المُؤمِنينا

And of generosity they humiliated every rebel

And humiliated in the battle of the faithful

أَبَعدَ بَلائِهِم في كُلِّ حَربٍ

وَضَربٍ في المَمالِكِ أَيِّ ضَربِ

After their affliction in every war

And blow to the kingdoms, what blow?

تُحاوِلُ صِبيَةٌ في زِيِّ شَعبٍ

وَتَطمَعُ أَن تَدوسَ لَهُم عَرينا

Foolish boys in the attire of a nation

Coveting to trample their den

جُنودٌ لِلجِراحِ الدَهرَ مِرهَم

يُدَبِّرُها البَعيدُ الصيتِ أَدهَم

Soldiers whose wounds time is a remedy

Healed by the far-famed ruddy dark knight

فَأَنجَدَ في تَسالِيَةٍ وَأَتهَم

وَكانَت لِلعِدا حِصناً حَصينا

So he helped in Tesalya and more

And it was an impregnable fortress for the enemy

أَروتَرُ لا تَدُسَّ السُمَّ دَسّاً

وَمَهلاً في التَهَوُّسِ يا هَوَسا

Routier, do not tread snakes silently

And stop your recklessness, O reckless one

سَلِ اليونانَ هَل ثَبَتَت لِرِسّا

وَهَل حُفِظَ الطَريقُ إِلى أَثينا

Ask the Greeks, did their fleet stand firm

And was the path to Athens preserved?

مَعاذَ اللَهِ كَلّا ثُمَّ كَلّا

هُمُ البَحّارَةُ الغُرُّ الأَجِلّا

God forbid! Never, never!

They are the weak ignoble sailors

وَما أُسطولُهُم في البَحرِ إِلّا

شَخاشِخُ ما يَرُحنَ وَما يَجينا

And their fleet at sea is nothing

But flotsam, jetsam, neither sailing nor coming

وَكَم بَعَثوا جُيوشاً مِن أَماني

أَتَت دارَ السَعادَةِ في أَمانِ

And how many armies of wishes they sent

That came to the Abode of Felicity in safety

وَما سارَت سِوى يَومَي زَمانٍ

فَأَهلاً بِالغُزاةِ الفاتِحينا

And marched no more than two days

So welcome, O conquering invaders

وَكَم باتوا عَلى هَرجٍ وَمَرجِ

وَقالوا المالُ مَبذولٌ لِجورجي

And in Istanbul they were victorious a victory

And they besieged Petersburg, bombarding it

وَكُلُّ المالِ مِن دَخلٍ وَخَرجٍ

دُيونٌ لا تُقَدِّرُها دُيونا

So for the Muslims and the Christians

And for the Tsar and other kings!

وَكَم فَتَحوا الثُغورَ بِلا تَواني

وَبِالأُسطولِ جاؤوا مِن مَواني

And William, where can you flee

When George and his soldiers raided

وَلِلبُسفورِ طاروا في ثَواني

فَأَهلاً بِالأَوَزِّ العائِمينا

So the sea was too narrow for their ships

And the land was too narrow as they fled in panic

وَفي الآسِتانَةِ اِنتَصَروا اِنتِصاراً

وَبُطرُسبُرجَ دَكّوها حِصارا

Matters that make children laugh

And the wise do not know their essence

فَيا لِلمُسلِمينَ وَلِلنَصارى

وَقَيصَرَ وَالمُلوكِ الآخَرينا

So ask Reuters and Havas about them

For they both have certain knowledge

وَيا غَليومُ أَينَ لَكَ الفِرارُ

إِذا جورجي وَعَسكَرَهُ أَغاروا

And the day of Malouna when we screamed and shouted

We remembered God in joy and lamented

فَضاقَت عَن سَفينِهِمُ البِحارُ

وَضاقَ البَرُّ عَنهُمُ واجِفينا

And consolation revolved among them in the souls

And the consolation of faith revolved within us

أُمورٌ تَضحَكُ الصِبيانُ مِنها

وَلا تَدري لَها العُقَلاءُ كُنها

On the two mountains we spent the night

And we killed them, their wished-for death, and they died

فَسَل روتَر وَسَل هافاسَ عَنها

فَإِنَّ لَدَيهِما الخَبَرَ اليَقينا

And we have died with steadfastness and they resisted unto death

But the stoics are not like those who endure patiently

وَيَومَ مَلَونَ إِذ صِحنا وَصاحوا

ذَكَرنا اللَهَ مِن فَرَحٍ وَناحوا

We made the ground sink to swallow the citadels

Growing more defiant, so we increase the bombardment

وَدارَت بَينَهُم بِالراحِ راحُ

وَدارَت راحَةُ الإيمانِ فينا

With fire that annihilates generations entirely

And takes up their fire, even those who ignite it

عَلَى الجَبَلَينِ قَد بِتنا وَباتوا

وَقُتناهُم مَنِيَّتَهُم وَقاتوا

Cannons that do not relent without provision

Volcanoes that target without depletion

وَقَد مِتنا ثَباتاً وَاِستَماتوا

وَما البُسَلاءُ كَالمُستَبسِلينا

We have set them up for them in every valley

So be death or the dearest wish of the eyes

خَسَفنا بِالحُصونِ الأَرضَ خَسفاً

تَزيدُ تَأَبِّياً فَنَزيدُ قَذفا

We have made the ground beneath them blood

And we have made the smoke a sky for them

بِنارٍ تَنسُفُ الأَجيالَ نَسفاً

وَتَلقَفُ نارَهُم وَالمُطلِقينا

And when they sought shelter from the fire

Our swords protected us from them in groups

مَدافِعُ ما تَثوبُ بِغَيرِ زادٍ

بَراكينٌ تَصوبُ بِلا نَفادِ

And how many revered, elderly holy warrior

Mountains bowed down before him but he did not bow

نَصَبناها لَهُم في كُلِّ وادي

فَكُنَّ المَوتَ أَو أَهدى عُيونا

He wanted to mount death bedecked

To his ancestors, the martyrs

جَعَلنا الأَرضَ تَحتَهُمُ دِماءَ

وَصَيَّرنا الدُخانَ لَهُم سَماءَ

He bid his steed farewell as he grieved for it

As their rifles were pointed at him

وَإِذ راموا مِنَ النارِ اِحتِماءَ

حَمَت أَسيافُنا مِنهُم مِئينا

And their bullets struck to bloody his hands

And his arms were about to betray him

وَرُبَّ مُجاهِدٍ شَيخٍ مُبَجَّل

تَرَجَّلَتِ الجِبالُ وَما تَرَجَّل

He was accustomed to strike and be struck

So he was addressed to descend but did not answer

أَرادَ لِيَركَبَ المَوتَ المُحَجَّل

إِلى أَجدادِهِ المُستَشهِدينا

And he spoke, having uttered appropriately:

His valor increased from dignity

وَفى لِجَوادِهِ وَحَنا عَلَيهِ

وَقَد شَخَصَت بَنادِقُهُم إِلَيهِ

A roaring lion of the fierce Turks

He went towards a fire - what fire!

وَصابَ رَصاصُها يُدمي يَدَيهِ

وَأَوشَكَتِ السَواعِدُ أَن تَخونا

To precede his Creator as a friend

So the regiments and chiefs besieged him

تَعَوَّدَ أَن يُصيبَ وَأَن يُصابا

فَخوطِبَ في النُزولِ فَما أَجابا

And our crescent banner revolved on the right

When they submitted that we are demise

وَقالَ وَقَد قَضى قَولاً صَوابا

هُنا فَليَطلُبِ المَرءُ المَنونا

And we are the best who have led elite forces

Their group dispersed except the remnants

وَقَد زادَ البَسالَةَ مِن وَقارِ

هِزَبرٌ مِن لُيوثِ التُركِ ضاري

On the mountain peaks wavering

The prayer of God, my Lord, and peace

تَقَدَّمَ نَحوَ نارٍ أَيُّ نارِ

لِيَسبِقَ نَحوَ خالِقِهِ القَرينا

Upon those killed at Plevna who stayed

They are the martyrs around God they thronged

جَرى فَأَذَلَّ هاتيكَ الأُلوفا

وَزَحزَحَ عَن مَواضِعِها الصُفوفا

So He brought them near, and they were the winners

They attained the kingdom - what an opening!

فَخاضَ إِلى مَكامِنِها الحُتوفا

وَما هابَ الرُماةَ مُسَدِّدينا

And built the caliphate - what a marvel!

And they came to their Lord with a sacrifice

دَعا لِلَّهِ في وَجهِ الأَعادي

كَلَيثٍ زائِرٍ في بَطنِ وادي

He accepted, and He was pleased with it

Peace upon Plevna, peace

فَلَبَّتهُ الفَيالِقُ وَالأَرادي

وَدارَ هِلالُ رايَتِنا يَمينا

And be the best place for he who stayed

And He was pleased with it even if its bones withered

فَلَمّا أَذعَنوا أَنّا المَنايا

وَأَنّا خَيرُ مَن قادَ السَرايا

The angels revolve around it hovering

O Edhem, are glories achieved thus?

تَفَرَّقَ جَمعُهُم إِلّا بَقايا

عَلى قُلَلِ الجِبالِ مُجَندِلينا

Are they achieved with ships and transports?

You have whitened the nights for the kingdom

صَلاةُ اللَهِ رَبّي وَالسَلامُ

عَلى قَتلى بِفِرسالو أَقاموا

With a sword that exposes the clear dawn

You have taken victory at the two mountains by force

هُمُ الشُهَداءُ حَولَ اللَهِ حاموا

فَأَدناهُم وَكانوا الفائِزينا

You were the pouncing, leaping lion

You carried cannons, so cheeks filled with fright

أَنالوا المُلكَ فَتحاً أَيَّ فَتحٍ

وَشادوا لِلخِلافَةِ أَيَّ صَرحِ

The ignorant assume them to be fighters

And in Plevna you have come with wonders

وَجاؤوا رَبَّهُم مِنهُم بِذَبحٍ

تَقَبَّلَهُ وَكانَ بِهِ ضَنينا

You laid the army, reading it like a book

And you counted it gate by gate

سَلاماً سَفحَ فِرسالو سَلاما

وَكُن خَيرَ المُقامِ لِمَن أَقاما

While they were oblivious to your book

The resolution remained hopeful of you

وَضَنَّ بِها وَإِن بَلِيَت عِظاماً

تُطيفُ بِها المَلائِكُ حائِمينا

Messages and couriers come to you

And around you are the trusted consultants

أَأَدهَمُ هَكَذا تُقنى المَعالي

وَتُقنى بِالقَواضِبِ وَالعَوالي

Who lead the armies victoriously

There the newspapers told tales

لَقَد بَيَّضتَ لِلمُلكِ اللَيالي

بِسَيفٍ يَفضَحُ الفَجرَ المُبينا

And telegrams communicated news

And the kingdoms talked holding

أَخَذتَ النَصرَ بِالجَبَلَينِ غَصباً

وَكُنتَ اللَيثَ تَخطاراً وَوَثبا

Sciences of war and skills from you

O sons of Othman, we have determined

حَمَلتَ فَماجَتِ الحُملانُ رُعباً

يَظُنُّهُمُ الجَهولُ مُقاتِلينا

Your great conquests and have thanked

We asked God for victory, so we were victorious

وَفي فِرسالَ قَد جِئتَ العُجابا

بَسَطتَ الجَيشَ تَقرَؤُهُ كِتابا

Through you, and God is best guardian

وَقَد أَحصَيتَهُ باباً فَبابا

وَكانوا عَن كِتابِكَ غافِلينا

ثَبَتَّ مُؤَمِّلاً مِنكَ الثَباتُ

تُوافيكَ الرَسائِلُ وَالسُعاةُ

وَحَولَكَ أَهلُ شوراكَ الثُقاتُ

تَسوسونَ الجُيوشَ مُظَفَّرينا

هُناكَ الصُحفُ سارَت حاكِياتٍ

وَطَيَّرَتِ البُروقُ مُحَدِّثاتِ

وَحَدَّثَتِ المَمالِكُ آخِذاتِ

عُلومَ الحَربِ عَنكُمُ وَالفُنونا

بَني عُثمانَ إِنّا قَد قَدَرنا

فُتوحَكُمُ الكِبارَ وَقَد شَكَرنا

سَأَلنا اللَهَ نَصراً فَاِنتَصَرنا

بِكُم وَاللَهُ خَيرُ الناصِرينا