وَرِثَ الخِلافَةَ سَبعَةً آباءَهُ
عَمِروا وَكُلُّهُمُ لِأَعلى المِنبَرِ
He inherited the caliphate from seven of his forefathers
Who ruled, each ascending to the highest pulpit
رَبٌّ عَلَيهِ يَظَلُّ يَخطُبُ قائِماً
لِلناسِ يَشدَخُهُم بِمُلكٍ قَسوَرِ
With the Lord above him, delivering sermons standing
Rallying the people with mighty rule
وَرِثوا مَشورَتَها لِعُثمانَ الَّتي
كانَت تُراثَ نَبِيِّنا المُتَخَيَّرِ
They inherited its counsel from Uthman
Which was the inheritance of our chosen Prophet
وَعِمادُ بَيتِكَ في قُرَيشٍ رُكِّبَت
في الأَكرَمينَ وَفي العَديدِ الأَكثَرِ
The pillar of your house was established among Quraysh
Among the most generous and the most numerous
لا شَيءَ مِثلُ يَدَيكَ خَيرٌ مِنهُما
حَيثُ اِلتَقَت بِيَدَيكَ فَيضُ الأَبحُرِ
Nothing compares to your hands, better than them
Where they joined and the seas overflowed
فَتَرَ الرِياحُ عَنِ الوَليدِ إِذا غَدَت
مَعَهُ وَفَيضُ يَمينِهِ لَم يَفتُرِ
The winds stopped blowing at Al-Walid
When they raged with him, and the overflowing of his right hand did not cease
مَن يَأتِ رابِيَةَ الوَليدِ وَدِفأَها
مِن خائِفٍ لِجَريرَةٍ لا يُضرَرِ
Who comes to Al-Walid's meadow and takes shelter in it
From fear of an injury that does no harm
الواهِبُ المِئَةَ المَخاضَ وَعَبدَها
لِلمُجتَديهِ وَذو الجَنابِ الأَخضَرِ
The bestower of a hundred births, who trained them
For the valiant, and the one with the green mantle
فَفَداكَ كُلُّ مُجاوِرٍ جيرانُهُ
وَرَدوا بِذِمَّةِ حَبلِهِ لَم يُصدَرِ
So every neighbor ransomed you
And they guaranteed your covenant without breach
حَربٌ وَيوسُفُ أَفرَغا في حَوضِهِ
وَأَبو الوَليدِ بِخَيرِ حَوضَي مُقتِرِ
War and Yusuf poured in his basin
And Abu Al-Walid with the best of two basins filled
حَوضا أَبي الحَكَمِ اللَذانِ لِعيصِهِ
وَالمُترَعانِ مِنَ الفُراتِ الأَكدَرِ
The two basins of Abu Al-Hakam which were filled for him
From the muddy Euphrates
إِنَّ الَّذينَ عَلى اِبنِ عَفّانٍ بَغَوا
لَم يَحقُنوها في السَقاءِ الأَوفَرِ
Those who rebelled against the son of Affan
Did not quench their thirst from the most abundant drink
قُتِلوا بِكُلِّ ثَنِيَّةٍ وَمَدينَةٍ
صَبراً وَمَيتُ ضَريبَةٍ لَم يَصبُرِ
They were killed in every pass and town
With patience, and the tax of those who did not show patience
وَالناسُ يَعلَمُ أَنَّنا أَربابُهُم
يَومَ اِلتَقى حُجّاجُهُم بَالمَشعَرِ
And the people know that we are their masters
When their pilgrims met ours at Mash'ar
وَتَرى لَهُم بِمِنىً بُيوتَ أَعِزَّةٍ
رَفَعَت جَوانِبَها صُقوبَ العَرعَرِ
And you see for them in Mina houses of honor
Whose edges the poles of the litters rose over
يَقِفونَ يَنتَظِرونَ خَلفَ ظُهورِنا
حَتّىنَميلَ بِعارِضٍ مُثعَنجِرِ
They stand waiting behind our backs
Until we turn away with a nose held high
