أذِنَتْ أرْضُ العِدَى بافْتِتَاح

هَلْ وَرَاءَ الليْل غَيْرُ الصّباح

The land of enmity has given consent to its opening

Is there anything after night except the morning?

مَا عَدَوْا أنْ هَيّجُوا لافْتِراس

وهُمُ الذُّؤْبانُ لَيْثَ الكِفاح

The enemies did not hesitate to attack voraciously

They are the wolves, the lions of struggle

قَدحوا زَنْدَ الوَغَى فَاسْتَحَثُّوا

مَنْ لَهُ فِيها مُعلّى القِداح

They ignited the fire of turmoil, so they hurried

Whoever's place of ascent among them is lofty

لَقِحَتْ حَرْبُهُمُ عَن حِيَالٍ

أنِسُوا إلْحَاقَهُم باللقَاح

Their war has been fertilized by resolves

They forgot to join it with harmony

إنَّ للتّوْحيدِ عَزْماً صَحيحاً

يُوسعُ التَثليثَ كَرَّ اكْتِساح

Indeed, monotheism has a sound determination

It widens the scope of the Trinity's conquest

وَيُساقِي الصُّفْرَ حُمْرَ المَنايا

بِالصّعادِ السمْر أو بِالصّفاح

And it irrigates jaundice with the red of death

With lead missiles or with sharp blades

وُعِدت أنْدلْسٌ مِنْهُ بِيَومٍ

هِي لاسْتِقْبَالِهِ في ارْتِيَاح

Andalusia has been promised by him one day

It is at ease awaiting his arrival

كُلُّ أزْمٍ قَبْلَهُ وانَبِهَامٍ

لانْفراجٍ بَعدَهُ واتّضاح

Every crisis before it and hesitation

Is for an unraveling after it and clarification

إنْ يَكُنْ عِيداً لِنَحرٍ وذَبْحٍ

كَيْفَ شَاءَتْ فَالأعَادي أضَاحي

If it is a feast for slaughter and sacrifice

However they wished, so let the enemies be victims

بالفَسَادِ اعْتَمَدُوا كُلّ صُنْعٍ

وعَلى الهادِي مَعَادُ الصّلاح

With corruption they employed every craft

While the guide has the means for reform

أحِمَى حِمْصٍ أبَاحوا جِهاراً

وحِماها لَمْ يَكُن بالمُباح

They openly permitted violations of the sanctuary at Hims

While its protection was not permissible

لا وَيَحْيَى المُرْتَضى لا هَنَاهُم

بِألِيمِ القَرْحِ وَرْدُ القَراح

No, Yahya the Chosen One did not forbid them

With the pain of deep gashes and fervent zeal

إنّمَا يَرْقُبُ مِيقَات فَتْحٍ

هُو آتٍ في ضَمانِ النّجاح

Rather, he awaits the time of an opening conquest

Which is sure to come, a herald of success

ويُعيدُ البَرّ بَحْراً إلَيْهِمْ

ذا مَضَاء كالقَضاءِ المُتاح

And he will return the land to them as a sea

With a flood like unrestrained destiny

مِنْ كَمُاةٍ في وثوبِ الضّواري

فَوْقَ خَيْلٍ في هُبوبِ الرّياح

Of warriors in the garb of monks

Above horses in the blowing of the winds

كالرّماحِ الُمشْرَعات اهتِزازاً

هزّ أعْطَافِهِم بالْمَراح

Like lances quivering with agitation

That shook their blades with delight

وَدَمُ الأعلاجِ يَكْسو طُلاها

بَضّةً كالوَرْدِ فَوْقَ الأقاح

The blood of steeds cloaks their brightness

With dew like roses above meadows

وهُناك الصّيدُ يَرْوِي صَداها

باغْتِبَاقٍ مِنْهُ إثْرَ اصْطِباح

And there the hunt will slake their thirst

With the melodious echoes of its morning chime

وغِنَاءُ البيضِ في الهامِ يُنْسي

طِيبَ أصْوات المَثاني الفِصاح

The cooing of doves in the thickets makes one forget

The sweet voices of singing nightingales

إنَّ مِضْرابَ القُيونِ المُحَلّى

غَيْرُ مِضْراب القِيانِ المِلاح

Indeed, the striking of seasoned bows

Is unlike the striking of salty bows

مَوْقِفٌ للنّصْرِ يَنْعي النّصارى

فاضِحٌ للنّوحِ مِلء النّواحي

A stand for victory that laments the Christians

Exposing clearly their loud wailing

فَخْرُهُ وَقْفٌ على كُلّ حامٍ

فيهِ لِلأعْمَارِ بالسّيْفِ مَاح

Its pride is a stand against every protector

Among them, by the sword, prosperity flourishes

غَزَلٌ يَهْوى خُدودُ المَواضي

دامِيَاتٍ أو قُدودَ الرّماح

A yarn that the cheeks of plateaus swoon for

Bloodied or the cheeks of lances

لاعْتِناق البُهْمَةِ الذّمْر يَصبْو

سَلْوةً عَن كُلّ خَوْدٍ رَداح

To embrace the alluring darkness they pour

Sweetness instead of any cloying perfume

وبِروْح اللّه يُبْدى هُياماً

لا بِرَيْحان جَنِيٍّ وَراح

And by God's spirit knightliness is shown

Not by basil or any fragrant herb

لم يَضِقْ بالصَّوْلِ والطَّوْلِ ذَرْعاً

كيفَ والبأسُ مُؤاخي السّمَاح

The length and breadth have not narrowed for him

How could they when valor is intimate with generosity

وَمِنَ الأقْدارِ أَعْوانُ صِدْقٍ

ليسَ لِلْقَتْلى بِها مِنْ جِراح

And from fate there are allies of sincerity

For the slain, from them there are no wounds

فَتَرى الأبْطَالَ صَرْعى ولكنْ

ما عَلَيْهَا أَثَرٌ للسّلاح

Thus you see the heroes slain but

No trace upon them of weapons

دَنَتِ الرّوم لِتَنْأى نَجاةً

كَمْ تَدانٍ مُؤْذِنٌ بِانْتِزاح

The Romans approached to slip away safely

How drawn near a summoner is to recoiling

إنَّما عَزْمُ إمامٍ مُطاع

أمْرُهُ في كلِّ حَيّ لَقاح

Indeed, the resolve of an obeyed imam

His command in every alive soul prevails

يَسْكُنُ الدّينُ لأقوى عِمادٍ

مِنْهُ والدُّنيا لأقْوى جَناح

Religion is settled by the strongest pillar

Worldly life by the strongest wing

هَذهِ العُرْبُ استَكانتْ وكانَتْ

في التّعاصي مَثَلاً والجِماح

These Arabs had surrendered and were

In disobedience an example and ostrich-like

ولَها في العُجْمِ عَوْداً كَبَدْء

فَتْكُ ذي الدِّرعِ بذاتِ الوِشاح

And for them against the non-Arabs is a precedent

Like the fierce striking of the armored with spear

إنَّما يَحيى حَياةُ البَرايا

وَكَفاها مِن حَياً مُسْتَماح

Indeed, the life of creatures only lives

And it suffices them from life to live off of

أسْلَفَتْ صدْقَ جُنوح فَأَلْفت

مَع رَفْعِ الخَوْف خَفضَ الجَناح

It loaned sincerity of intent, so it found

With banishing fear, lowering of wing

دَوْلَةٌ حَفْصِيّة في اقْتِبالٍ

وعُلىً مَهْدِيّةٌ في طِماح

An Umayyad state awaits

And an Abbasid ascent aspires

مُنْتَهَاهَا في عَدِيّ بْن كَعْبٍ

وذُرَاها في الُّلبابِ الصُّرَاح

Its endpoint is in Adiyy bin Ka'b

And its duration in honorable feats

نَيّرُ الأرْض سَنىً في اتّضاحِ

نَيِّرُ الأفْقِ به في افْتِضاح

He makes the earth radiant in clarification

Makes the horizon through it dazzlingly illuminated

وَمُلوك العَصرِ باؤوا بِعَجْزٍ

عَن فتوح سنها أوْ مِنَاح

And the kings of the age disappointed

Being unable to carry out its feats or establish them

مِنْ صِيَالٍ نَارُهُ في اضْطِرامٍ

ونَوالٍ ماؤُهُ في انْسِياح

From a horse whose inner flame blazes

And a blade whose water surges fluidly

ولَقَدْ آلَتْ مَعَالِيهِ ألا

يَظْفَرُوا مِنْ رَوْمِها بِاقْتِراح

And indeed their heights refused

That they obtain any proposal from its stabbing thrusts

أيْنَ أعْرَابُ الصّواحي سَناءً

وغَنَاءً مِنْ قُريش البِطَاح

Where are the eloquent tribesmen in glory

And song from Quraysh of wide plains

عِلْمُهُ مِنْ حِلْمِهِ لانْفِتاحٍ

ذاكَ كالبَحْرِ وَذا لانفِساح

His knowledge from his forbearance in inclusiveness

That is like the sea and this in vastness

وأحاديثُ النّدى عَنْ يَديهِ

مُعْرِقاتٍ في الغرابِ الصّحاح

And the pure hadiths from his hands

Are perfumed oleanders in the Authentic Collections

أيُّها المولى تُوافي الأَيادِي

والقَوافِي لا تَفِي بامْتِداح

O Master, hands fall short

And rhymes cannot fully praise

عُذْرُها في ذُعْرِها مِن جَلال

مَا عَلَى هَائِبه مِنْ جُنَاح

Their excuse in their awe of majesty

With no wing over its startled one

يا لَها كَدّت قِواها وَأَكدتْ

رُبّ زَنْدٍ صَالِدٍ في اقْتِداح

Oh if only their vigor spent itself and their most vehement

Many resolute blades in unsheathing exhausted themselves

إنْ تَكُنْ مِنْ غَيْرَةٍ في اقْتِتَالٍ

فَاللُّهى مِنْ كَثْرةٍ في اصْطِلاح

If it is from zeal in fighting

Then O God, from an excess of accord

يَدُكَ العُليا حَبَتْ كُلّ حُذْيا

مَا لإرْبَاحِي بِها من بَراح

Your victorious hand has plucked every opponent

What respite for me from it is there

بُورِكَتْ مِنْ رَاحَةٍ سَوّغَتْنِي

في بَكورِي لثْمَها أوْ رَواحي

Blessings have permitted me from a comfort

That allowed me at dawn to kiss it or smell its fragrance