هنيئاً لوَفْدِ الغَرْبِ من صفوة العُرْب
قُدومٌ على الرُّغبِ المُجيرِ من الرُّعبِ
Welcome to the delegation from the West, the elite of the Arabs
An arrival dispelling fright and providing safe haven
وهَصْرٌ لأفنانِ الأماني أفادَهُم
أفانينَ حصْبِ الجُودِ بالرَّفْهِ والخِصْبِ
Quenching the thirst of yearning souls with generosity and bounty
Did you not see them overflowing with fresh bounty
ألم تَرهُم أفضوا إلى فائض النّدى
فلقّاهُمُ بالنائِل الرّحب والرّحْبِ
And welcoming them with spacious and ample gifts
You see nothing but youthful vigor adorning their vigor
وَقَلّدهم لَمّا كَساهُم فَلا تَرى
سوى العضْبِ حَلاهُ النُّضارُ عَلى العَصْبِ
The minds of rationalists wander lost in fascination
It is enough that the clouds pour down ample rain
تَحارُ عُقُولُ المعْقِلِيّينَ في لُهىً
كَفى السّحْب من فَضْفاضِها نُجْعة السحبِ
By their life, did they gain the like of this before
When life was found between hardship and want
بِعَيْشِهِمُ هل أحْرَزوا قَبْل مِثْلَها
إذِ العَيْشُ بينَ القَسْبِ يَرْتادُ والسَّقَبِ
The greatest benefit being guidance towards guidance
Though it nurtures according to the number of motes of dust
وأنْفَسُ مِنها ما أُفيدَ من الهُدى
وإن جَعَلَتْ تُربي عَلَى عَددِ التُّرْبِ
Whether the new moons have appeared or the old disappeared
For God is a people who accepted the rift with amiability
أَما انْجَلَتِ الجُلّى أما التَأم الثأى
فلِلّه شَعْبٌ قابلوا الصّدْع بالشّعبِ
Sincerity drew near to them while the abode was strange
So their esteem rose above the heads of the esteemed
دَنا بِهم الإخْلاصُ والدار غُرْبَةٌ
فكعْبُهم يَعلو رُؤوسَ بني كَعْبِ
They are a caravan whom hardship avoided guiding them
From pursuing harm and walking into pits
هُمُ الرّكْبُ حاد الكْرب عَنهم محيدَهم
عَن الجَرْيِ في الإيضاعِ والخَبّ في الخبِّ
Cyclical, when the atmosphere was somber they shone
Their comfort revolves from crescent to celestial pole
بُدوراً إِذا ما قطّب الجَوُّ أشرَقوا
تَدور رحاهُم مِن هِلالٍ على قُطْبِ
Their inclination proves the truth of their aspirations
And their determination foretells the gazelles will return
إنابَتُهُم تَقضي بِصِدْقِ منابهم
وعَزْمَتُهُم تُنْبي بِأنّ الظّبى تُنْبي
Guidance led them to the guiding Imam, fortunate
Shepherding them to bestowal and herd
هَدَتْهُم إِلى الهادِي الإمام سعادَةٌ
تؤُمُهم بالسّرْبِ يوهِب والسّرْبِ
Teaching them that dawn's radiance is not like the deceptive mirage
Nor fleeting fair ones like the winged steadfastness
وتُعلمُهم أن ليس كَالْغَيْهَب الضُّحى
ولا السّابِقاتُ الجُرْد كالرُّزح الجُرْبِ
Whoever intends to vitalize a shrine for his circumambulation
Tomorrow will not fear oppression at the peak of oppression
ومَنْ رامَ يحيى كَعْبَةً لِطَوافِه
غدا لا يُهابُ الهَضْم في ذَرْوَة الهَضْبِ
The Imam of guidance destroyed misguidance, empowered
Against it with inspiration's staff, determined in resolve
إمامُ هُدى أفنى الضّلال مُسلّطاً
عليهِ بِأوْحى القَضْبِ ماضية القُضْبِ
An ocean of freshness, whoever draws from its overflowing
Attains eased plight and leafy fortune
وبَحْر ندىً منْ يَرْجُ فيض عُبابه
يَفُزْ بالنُّضار السبك والوَرِق السَّكْبِ
He showed righteousness to the angels, righteous
His making, though bodies, to the Lord
أبَرّ على الأملاك بِراً مباركاً
صَنائعُه وهي الجسامُ إلى ربِّ
He dispatched the foe of steeds in pursuit of hostility
While the band of guidance from him to the deputized king
وأنْفَذَ عدْوَ الخَيْلِ في طلبِ العِدى
وَبنْدُ الهُدى منهُ إلى ملكٍ نَدْبِ
Drafting books or maneuvering regiments
And the risky ink of war is sufficient
يُحبّر كُتْباً أو يَجُرُّ كتائِبا
وحَسبُك بالحِبْر المغامر في الحَرْبِ
How many scholars did he empower and how many teachers
With a kind of disgracing, like stabbing and striking
فَكَمْ عَالِمٍ أرْدَتْ عُلاهُ وَمُعْلَمٍ
بِضَرْبٍ من التبكيتِ كالطّعنِ والضّربِ
Devoted to spiritual poverty and piety on the prayer rug
And its sword thirsty for knowledge and worship
عَلى النّشْجِ مقصورُ الزّهادةِ والتُّقى
وصارمُه الظمآن في العَلِّ والعَبِّ
Did he not defend the Orient with the most wondrous support
Spreading without the defiance of West or hostility towards the West
أما راعَ منهُ الشّرقَ تأييدُ أرْوَعٍ
سَطا غَيْرَ نابي الغَرْبِ والحَدّ بالغَرْبِ
Repelling poverty and neediness with wealth
And relieving great hardship with generosity
يُديل من الإملاقِ والفَقْرِ بِالغِنى
ويُفرِجُ بالكَر العَظيم من الكربِ
Securing those whose state drove them
To fumble in the horizons, fearing grave calamities
ويُؤمِنُ مَن تَضْطَرُّهُ حالُ مَحْلِه
إلى الخبطِ في الآفاقِ مِن خيفةِ الخطبِ
The faith took refuge from his rule to a decisive
Adversary, shedding blood with slaughter
أوَى الدّين من سُلطانِه لِمُناجِزٍ
مُناوئَه بَسْلٍ على الدّم بالذّبِّ
He established his authority the day he stood for its victory
At the enemies' morn, among the most virtuous of companions
أقامَ صَغاه يَوْم قام لِنَصْرِهِ
بصبح الأعادي الحَيْنَ في أشرَفِ الصَّحْبِ
You see every snorting charger, when it rears, neighing
Call out to prominent lineage, "It is sufficient for me!"
تَرى كُلّ جحجاح إذا اعتزّ واعتَزَى
إلى الحَسَبِ الوَضّاحِ نادى بهِ حَسْبي
The gazelle dyed by his verdure the thorns of hostility
As if it longed for greenery and dyed greenery
خَضيب الظُّبى من خضْدِه شوْكةَ العِدى
كأنّ به شَوْقاً إلى الخَضْدِ والخَضْبِ
Accept the Caliph's relics, lending them
As divine proximity repaid with proximity
تَقَبّل آثارَ الخَليفَة مُسلِفا
بِها قُرباً تحْظى من اللّهِ بالقُرْبِ
Whoever intends to vitalize a shrine for his circumambulation
Tomorrow will not fear oppression at the peak of oppression
ومَنْ رامَ يحيى كَعْبَةً لِطَوافِه
غدا لا يُهابُ الهَضْم في ذَرْوَة الهَضْبِ
The Imam of guidance destroyed misguidance, empowered
Against it with inspiration's staff, determined in resolve
إمامُ هُدى أفنى الضّلال مُسلّطاً
عليهِ بِأوْحى القَضْبِ ماضية القُضْبِ
An ocean of freshness, whoever draws from its overflowing
Attains eased plight and leafy fortune
وبَحْر ندىً منْ يَرْجُ فيض عُبابه
يَفُزْ بالنُّضار السبك والوَرِق السَّكْبِ
He showed righteousness to the angels, righteous
His making, though bodies, to the Lord
أبَرّ على الأملاك بِراً مباركاً
صَنائعُه وهي الجسامُ إلى ربِّ
He dispatched the foe of steeds in pursuit of hostility
While the band of guidance from him to the deputized king
وأنْفَذَ عدْوَ الخَيْلِ في طلبِ العِدى
وَبنْدُ الهُدى منهُ إلى ملكٍ نَدْبِ
Drafting books or maneuvering regiments
And the risky ink of war is sufficient
يُحبّر كُتْباً أو يَجُرُّ كتائِبا
وحَسبُك بالحِبْر المغامر في الحَرْبِ
How many scholars did he empower and how many teachers
With a kind of disgracing, like stabbing and striking
فَكَمْ عَالِمٍ أرْدَتْ عُلاهُ وَمُعْلَمٍ
بِضَرْبٍ من التبكيتِ كالطّعنِ والضّربِ
Devoted to spiritual poverty and piety on the prayer rug
And its sword thirsty for knowledge and worship
عَلى النّشْجِ مقصورُ الزّهادةِ والتُّقى
وصارمُه الظمآن في العَلِّ والعَبِّ
Did he not defend the Orient with the most wondrous support
Spreading without the defiance of West or hostility towards the West
أما راعَ منهُ الشّرقَ تأييدُ أرْوَعٍ
سَطا غَيْرَ نابي الغَرْبِ والحَدّ بالغَرْبِ
Repelling poverty and neediness with wealth
And relieving great hardship with generosity
يُديل من الإملاقِ والفَقْرِ بِالغِنى
ويُفرِجُ بالكَر العَظيم من الكربِ
Securing those whose state drove them
To fumble in the horizons, fearing grave calamities
ويُؤمِنُ مَن تَضْطَرُّهُ حالُ مَحْلِه
إلى الخبطِ في الآفاقِ مِن خيفةِ الخطبِ
The faith took refuge from his rule to a decisive
Adversary, shedding blood with slaughter
أوَى الدّين من سُلطانِه لِمُناجِزٍ
مُناوئَه بَسْلٍ على الدّم بالذّبِّ
He established his authority the day he stood for its victory
At the enemies' morn, among the most virtuous of companions
أقامَ صَغاه يَوْم قام لِنَصْرِهِ
بصبح الأعادي الحَيْنَ في أشرَفِ الصَّحْبِ
You see every snorting charger, when it rears, neighing
Call out to prominent lineage, "It is sufficient for me!"
تَرى كُلّ جحجاح إذا اعتزّ واعتَزَى
إلى الحَسَبِ الوَضّاحِ نادى بهِ حَسْبي
The gazelle dyed by his verdure the thorns of hostility
As if it longed for greenery and dyed greenery
خَضيب الظُّبى من خضْدِه شوْكةَ العِدى
كأنّ به شَوْقاً إلى الخَضْدِ والخَضْبِ
Accept the Caliph's relics, lending them
As divine proximity repaid with proximity
تَقَبّل آثارَ الخَليفَة مُسلِفا
بِها قُرباً تحْظى من اللّهِ بالقُرْبِ
