تفوقُ السيف والوَطْ

فاءَ فَتْكَتُهُ ونائلُهُ

The supremacy of the sword and counsel,

Its prowess lethal, its gains bountiful.

فأنْعُمُهُ مَواطِرُهُ

وعَزْمتُهُ مَناصِلُهُ

Its rain is gracious,

Its resolve resolute.

غَمامٌ بِشْرُهُ الوَضَّا

حُ في النَّادي مخائلُهُ

A cloud whose glad tidings the meadows hail,

Flirting in the club, its glances playful.

إذا لَمَعتْ بَشاشَتُهُ

هَمى وانْهلَّ وابِلُهُ

When its radiance shines,

It surges, pours down, its rain copious.

مَنيعُ الجارِ ناصِرُهُ

مُباحُ الجودِ باذِلُهُ

Impregnable ally of the neighbor,

Free with bounty, its hand generous.

مُنَجَّحَةٌ مكارِمُهُ

مُخَيَّبَةٌ عَواذِلُهُ

Its virtues successful,

Its morals exemplary.

وغامِرَةٌ فَواضِلُهُ

وباهِرَةٌ فَضائلُهُ

Prolific its outpourings,

Manifest its merits.

تَجودُ على عِتاقِ ال

طَّيْرِ والعافي أنامِلُهُ

It is bounteous to the birds of the air,

Offering sanctuary, its wings sheltering.

فَتُطْعِمُها مَعارِكُهُ

وتُطْعِمُهُمْ مَراجِلُهُ

Its battles nourish them,

Its hearths nourish them.

ويَشْقَى مَنْ يُجادِلُه

كما يَشْقى مُنازِلُهُ

Wretched is he who contends with it,

As wretched as his dwellings.

فَمُرْضِيَةٌ فَتاويهِ

وراضِيَةٌ مَسائِلُهُ

Satisfying its judgments,

Agreeable its dealings.

تَبَرُّعُهُ لِباغي الجُو

دِ والنُّعْمى وسائلُهُ

It volunteers its bounty to the obstinate transgressor,

Numerous its kind acts, but few its petitioners.

فقد كَثُرَتْ عَوارِفهُ

ولكنْ قَلَّ سائلُهُ

An eminent minister, abhorrent that

Any disliked act should stain its reputation.

وزيرٌ جَلَّ أنْ تَسْري

بمكْروهٍ مَخاتِلُهُ

Rather, it assaults at dawn

Those whose aggression exhausts patience.

ولكِنْ ضارِبٌ بالصُّبْحِ

مَنْ أعْيَتْ مَقاتِلُهُ

What glory for Allah’s religion!

The Lord of the Throne guarantees it.

أيا شَرفاً لدينِ اللهِ

رَبُّ العَرْشِ كافِلُهُ

And praise to Ahmad in all praiseworthiness,

Its bastion his piety.

وأحْمَدَ كُلِّ مَحْمَدَةٍ

وتَقْواهُ مَعاقِلُهُ

To those whose aspirations are pure

As were its beginnings.

ومَنْ طابَتْ مَاسعِيهِ

كما طابَتْ أوائلُهُ

You remain for every good

Its speaker and its doer

بَقِيتَ لِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ

أنْتَ قائلُهُ وفاعِلُهُ

For as long as days sprout

In the garden of sorrow, its rain pouring down.

مَدى الأيَّامِ ما أنْبَتَ

رَوْضَ الحَزْنِ هاطِلُهُ

For as long as the barefoot circle

His House, extolling His oneness.

وما طافَ ببَيْتِ اللَّهِ

حافِيهِ وناعِلُهُ