بقيتَ غياث الدين ما أظلم الدُّجى

وما حان من شمس النهار ذُرورُ

You remained the savior of faith when night was darkest

And dawn from the sun of day had not yet arrived

يلوذ بك المستعصمون وسائلوا ال

نَّوالِ فتُعطي واسِعاً وتُجيرُ

The protected seek refuge in you, and they asked

For gifts, so you give generously and offer protection

فكم مات في كفيك قرنٌ مُنازلٌ

وكم عاش منها بالعطاء فقيرُ

So many centuries died in your palms

And so many lived in poverty through your gifts

غزاتك يُعمي مقلة الشمس نقعها

ورمحكَ فيها بالنَّحورِ بَصِيرُ

Your raids blind the pupils of the sun through its setting

And your spear within it is insightful and keen

لبيضك هاماتُ الغطاريف في الوغى

عَمودٌ وللزُرْق اللِّدانِ نُحورُ

For your white banners the covering cloths in the fray

Are pillars and for the blue the spears are strong

حوى المجد حتى لم يدع منه شارداً

أبو الفتح طِفلاً والقميصُ بَقيرُ

It contained glory until none of it was left

Abu Al-Fath an infant and his shirt stained

أبيٌّ إذا ما سيمَ خسْفاً مُنكِّبٌ

ولكنهُ تحت اللواءِ صَبورُ

A father who when fate oppresses bows down

But under the banner he is patient

بودي لا أنْفكُّ تحت عجاجهِ

وطرفيَ من كُحْل العجاج فخورُ

I wish I would not cease under his outcries

And my eyes from his kohl are proud

ولكنني في القرب والبعد مخلصٌ

ولي على مرِّ الزمان شكورُ

But near and far I am loyal

And for me over the course of time there is gratitude