زَوِّدينا نائِلاً أَو عِدينا

قَد صَدَقناكَ فَلا تَكذِبينا

Provide us with attainment or promise us,

We have been truthful to you, so do not lie to us,

خَبِّريني كَيفَ أَسلو وَإِن لَم

أَرَ إِلّا زَفرَةً أَو أَنينا

Tell me how I can be tranquil when all I have seen is a sigh or a moan,

Or comfort me, for in death there is equality,

أَو أَريحيني فَفي المَوتِ كُفءٌ

وَاِقتِليني مِثلَ مَن تَقتُلينا

And kill me like those whom you have killed,

O crescent under which is a myrtle branch,

يا هِلالاً تَحتَهُ غُصنُ بانٍ

أَيُّ ذَنبٍ فيكَ لِلعاشِقينا

What sin of the lovers is in you?

O commander of the faithful, the hoped for,

يا أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ المُرَجّى

قَد أَقَرَّ اللَهُ فيكَ العُيونا

God has settled the eyes on you,

And we have been called to your allegiance in truth,

وَدُعينا لَكَ بِبَيعَةِ حَقٍّ

فَسَعَينا نَحوَها مُسرِعينا

So we have hastened towards it eagerly,

With souls that have hoped for you for a time,

بِنُفوسٍ أَمَّلَتكَ زَماناً

سَبَقَت أَيدِيَنا طائِعينا

Our hands preceded obediently,

And you have favour upon us in it,

وَلَكَ المِنَّةُ فيها عَلَينا

لَم نَجِد مِثلَكَ في العالَمينا

We have not found anyone like you among both worlds,

God has united upon you hearts,

جَمَعَ اللَهُ عَلَيكَ قُلوباً

مُزِّقَت في مَعشَرٍ آخَرينا

That were torn apart amongst other factions,

You have delighted the eye of every soul,

أَنتَ أَقرَرتَ عَينَ كُلِّ نَفسٍ

وَفَرَشتَ الأَمنَ لِلخائِفينا

And spread security for the fearful,

And confined people from every unjust one,

وَحَصَرتَ الناسَ مِن كُلِّ عادٍ

بِسُيوفٍ وَقَناً قَد رَوَينا

With swords and spears that have watered us,

And whenever a lion of the earth growls,

وَإِذا ما زَأَرَت أُسدُ أَرضٍ

دُستَها حَتّى تَإِنَّ أَنينا

Subduing it until it groans weakly,

With a flood that fills the earth with horses,

بِرُكامٍ يَملَءُ الأَرضَ خَيلاً

وَرِجالٍ لا تَهابُ المَنونا

And men who do not fear death,

Victory is tied to them wherever they are,

رُبِطَ النَصرُ بِهِم أَينَ كانوا

إِن شِمالاً ذَهَبوا أَو يَمينا

Whether they go left or right,

He has gathered them in the chamber of resolve, among them,

ضَمَّهُم في غُرفَةِ الحَزمِ مِنهُم

رَأسُ بِرٍّ ساسَ دُنيا وَدينا

The head of righteousness rules the world and religion,

The ring of kingship settled in your palm,

قَرَّ في كَفِّكَ خاتَمُ مُلكٍ

لَكَ صاغَتهُ الخِلافَةُ حينا

The caliphate fashioned it for you at one time,

And he had been poor to you,

وَلَقَد كانَ إِلَيكَ فَقيراً

لا يَرى مِثلَكَ في اللابِسينا

Not seeing anyone like you among those wearing clothes,