هَناكَ الفخرُ يا شهرَ الصيامِ

بقُربِ الآمرِ الملكِ الهُمامِ

There is pride, O month of fasting,

In being near the Commander, the Glorious King.

فحَسْبُك منه منزلةً ومجدا

زذارةُ مرةٍ في كلِّ عام

It suffices you from him an elevated rank and glory

That you frequent once every year.

لَليلةُ قَدْرِك الغراءُ تحكِى

طريقةَ قَدْرِهِ بين الأَنام

The night of your worth narrates

His destiny's way among people.

وكلٌّ جَلَّ عن شَبَهٍ ومِثْلٍ

وفاق عن المُطاوِل والمُسامِى

Each so lofty, peerless and matchless,

Excelling the ambitious and the high-reaching.

هو السببُ الذي لولاه فينا

لَمَا عُرِف الحلالُ من الحرام

He is the reason, without whom for us

The lawful would not be known from sin,

ولم يَتَملَّ قلبٌ من أمانٍ

ولم تَتَرَوَّ عينٌ من منام

Nor would any heart be filled with safety,

Nor would any eye delight in sleep.

يُبخِّل جودُه دِيَمَ الغَوادِي

ويُخجِل وجهُه بدر التَّمام

His generosity makes seas seem paltry,

And his face puts the full moon to shame.

ويحْذر بأسَه صَرْفُ الليالي

ويَرْجو رِفْدَه صَوْبُ الغمام

The cycle of nights fears his might,

And the clouds hope for his gift.

نَوالٌ كالحَيا والبحرِ هامٍ

وعزمٌ كالمُثقَّف والحُسام

A resolve like the knowledgeable and the swords,

A bestowal like life and the churning sea.

تذلّ له الملوك الصِّيدُ قَسْرا

على فَرْطِ المَهابة والعُرام

Kings are forced to bow to him,

Due to utmost awe and dread.

له جيشٌ سَماويٌّ خَفِيٌّ

كظاهرِ جيشِه اللَّجِبِ اللُّهام

He has a hidden heavenly army,

Like his evident lion-hearted army on earth.

تَقُدُّ صَوارمُ العُلْويِّ بَدْءا

إذا الأرضيُّ همَّ بضَرْبِ هام

The swords of the heavenly host lead,

Whenever the earthly intends a blow.

هو المنصورُ تسميةً وفِعْلا

وبعضُ الفِعْلِ أضعافُ الكلام

He is victorious in name and deed,

Some deeds being worth more than words.

حَوَى شرفَ المَناقبِ باختراعٍ

له وبإِرْثِ آباءٍ كِرام

He assumed the honor of virtues ingeniously,

And by the inheritance of generous ancestors.

هُداةٌ كالكواكبِ وهْو بدر

وعِقْدٌ وهْو واسِطةُ النِّظام

Guides like stars, and he the full moon,

A necklace, and he its central gem.

شموسٌ أشرقتْ في الغَرْبِ لكنْ

مَطالعُها من البيتِ الحَرام

Suns shone in the west, though

Their rising was from the Sacred House.

وآلُ الحِجْر والحَجَرِ المُعلَّى

وأربابُ المقامة بالمَقام

And the House’s folk and its Exalted Stone,

And the Keepers of the Station at the Station.

أميرَ المؤمنينَ هَناكَ نصرٌ

قريبٌ جاءَ بالتُّحَف الجِسام

There, O Commander of the Faithful, is near victory,

Brought by complete triumphs.

كنصرِ أبيك في يومَىْ حُنينٍ

وبَدْرٍ عند مُعْتَرك الحِمام

Like your father's victory on the two days of Hunayn

And Badr, at the arena of trial.

فتوحُ الأرضِ شرقا ثم غربا

بسيفك والبداية بالشآم

The openings of the east and west through your sword,

And the beginning with Greater Syria.

وذلك وعد وحىِ اللهِ قِدْما

ونصرك حين غايات التَّمام

That is a promise of God's revelation before,

And your victory when intents are realized.

فذا أبدا هناءٌ ليس يفنَى

مدى الدهرِ المُقيمِ على الدوام

So this is eternal bliss that does not fade,

For eras ongoing forevermore.

صلاةُ اللهِ وما جَرتِ الليالي

عليك ختامُها طِيبُ السلام

May the prayers of God and the nights’ succession

Conclude upon you with fragrant peace.