هو الفتحُ منظوماً على إثرِهِ الفتحُ

وما فيهما عهدٌ ولا فيهما صُلحُ

Victory follows victory

In them no truce or reconciliation

سِوى أنَّ صَفحاً كانَ من بعدِ قُدرةٍ

وأحسنُ مقرونٍ إلى قُدرةٍ صَفحُ

Except that pardon came after power

And the best things come after power with pardon

سَلِ السَّيفَ والرُّمحَ الرُّدينيَّ عنهما

فتسمعَ ما يُنْبي به السيفُ والرمحُ

Ask the sword and the pool-like spear about them

And you will hear what the sword and spear tell

لقد شَفعت يومَ العروبةِ عِندَها

بعيدٍ لنا فيه السلامةُ والنُّجحُ

Indeed on the day of the Arabs it interceded for us

Far off for us in which is safety and success

ذبائحُ راحتْ يوَم عيدِ لحومِها

وما ازدانَ عيدٌ لا يكونُ بهِ ذبحُ

Sacrifices went on the day of their flesh feast

And no feast is adorned unless there is slaughter in it

قَرَيناهُمُ سَجْلاً من الحربِ مُرَّةً

وعَشراً ركيكاً ليس في طَعمهِ ملحُ

We coupled them, a register of war once

And a vile mob whose taste has no salt

ومُقْرَبة يشقرُّ في النَّقْعِ كمْتُها

وتَخْضرُّ حيناً كلَّما بَلَّها الرَّشحُ

And an altar whose flour was kneaded

And which greens whenever the sprinkler wets it

تَراهُنَّ في نَضْحِ الدماءِ كأنَّما

كساها عَقيقاً أحمراً ذلكَ النَّضحُ

You see them in the outpouring of blood as if

That outpouring clothed them in red carnelian

تطيرُ بلا ريشٍ إلى كلِّ صَيحةٍ

وتَسبحُ في البرِّ الَّذي ما بهِ سَبْحُ

They fly without feathers to every scream

And swim on land in which there is no swimming

عليها منَ الأبطالِ كلُّ مُمارِسٍ

يرى أن جِدَّ الحربِ من بأسهِ مَزْحُ

Over them is every hero practitioner

Who sees the seriousness of war from his strength is jest

يَعدُّونَه الأعداءُ كَرْباً عليهمُ

على أنه طَلقٌ لنا وجهُهُ سَمْحُ

The enemies count it a disaster upon them

While to us its demeanor is easy and forgiving

وكانَ ابنُ حفصونٍ يعدُّ جيادَهُ

سَراحينَ قبلَ اليومِ فهي لنا سَرْحُ

And the son of Hafsoun used to count his steeds

As gifts before this day so they are our gift

نَجا مُستَكِنَّاً تحتَ جُنحٍ منَ الدُّجَى

وليسَ يؤدِّي شكرَ ما أنعمَ الجُنْحُ

He escaped, feeling protected beneath the wings of night's darkness

And the wing does not repay the favor it granted with gratitude

دعَتْهُ مُنىً كانت عليهِ مَنِيَّةً

فَترْحا لهُ منها وقَلَّ لهُ الترْحُ

Munya called him, death being intended for him

So scorn from it was little for him

تَسرْبَلَ ثوبَ اللَّيلِ خامسَ خمسةٍ

فكلُّهم في كلِّ جارحةٍ جُرحُ

He wore the garment of the night on the fifth of five

And each of them has a wound in every organ

يودُّونَ أنَّ الصبحَ ليلٌ عليهمُ

ونحن نودُّ الليلَ لو أَنَّه صُبْحُ

They want the dawn upon them to be night

While we want the night if only it were dawn

أقادِحَ نارٍ كانَ طعمَ وقودِها

بعينيكَ فانظرْ ما أضاءَ لكَ القَدْحُ

Sparks of fire whose fuel was your eyes

So look what the kindling illuminated for you

مَحا السيفُ ما زخرفتَ أوّلَ وَهْلةٍ

ودونكَ فانظرْ بعد ذلكَ ما يَمْحو

The sword erased what you adorned at first glance

And below you so look after that what it obliterates

فكم شاربٍ منكمْ صحا بعدَ سُكرهِ

وما كانَ لولا السيفُ من سُكرهِ يَصْحو

So how many drinkers among you woke up after their intoxication

And were it not for the sword from their drunkenness they would not awaken

كأَنَّ بلايا والخنازيرُ حولها

مُقطَّعةُ الأوصالِ أنيابُها كُلحُ

As if disasters and pigs were around them

Their tusks severed, the limbs torn apart

ديارُ الَّذينَ كذَّبوا رُسْلَ ربِّهم

فلاقَوا عذاباً كان موعدهُ الصُّبحُ

The abode of those who denied the messengers of their Lord

And so met a punishment whose time was morning

فلو نطقَ السَّفحُ الذي قُتلوا بهِ

إذنْ لبكَى من نَتْنِ قتلاهُمُ السَّفحُ

If the ground on which they were killed were to speak

Then surely the ground would cry from the stench of their corpses

دماءٌ شَفتْ منها الرماحُ غَليلَها

فودَّ قضيبُ البانِ لو أنَّه رُمحُ

Blood from which the spears quenched their thirst

So the penis wished that it were a spear

وللَّهِ ما أَزكى تجارةَ صَفقةٍ

يكونُ لهمْ خُسرانُها ولنا الرِّبحُ

And by God what blessed merchandise of deal

Their loss is for them and for us the profit

أقَمنا عليها اللهوَ في يومِ عيدِهمْ

فكم لهم فِصحاً بهِ قُطعَ الفصحُ

We held revelry over it on the day of their feast

So how many Easters for them the Easter was severed

ألا تَعِستْ تلكَ الوجوهُ وقُبِّحتْ

فما خُلقا إلّا لها التَّعسُ والقُبحُ

Oh how miserable those faces became and how ugly

Created only for misery and ugliness for them

فيا وقعةً أنستْ وقيعةَ راهطٍ

ويا عزمةً من دونِها البطنُ والنَّطحُ

So what a calamity that erased the calamity of Rahat

And what resolve without which there is only paunch and goring

ويا ليلةً أبقتْ لنا العزَّ دهرَنا

وذُلّاً على الأعداءِ جلَّ بهِ التَّرحُ

And what a night that left for us honor forever

And humiliation upon the enemies, abundant with contempt

بدولةِ عبدِ اللَّهِ ذي العزِّ والتُّقَى

يُحبَّرُ في أدنَى مَقاماتهِ المَدْحُ

With the rule of Abdullah, of might and piety

Its praise in his lowest positions is inspired