مَنِ المَلِكُ المحَيَّا في الرِّواقِ

ومَظْهَرُهُ عَلَى السَّبْعِ الطِّباقِ

Who is the living king in the palace

Whose appearance is over the seven levels

تَعِزُّ بِكَفِّهِ القُضْبُ المَواضِي

وَتشْرقُ باسْمِهِ الدِّيَمُ البَواقِي

The staffs are honored by his palm

And the remains shine with his name

وَتَسْتَبِقُ السُعودُ إلَى رِضَاهُ

هَوَادِيَ بِالْبُروقِ وبِالبُرَاقِ

Good tidings rush to his acceptance

Valleys with lightnings and miracles

إذَا زَحَفَتْ كتَائِبُهُ نَهَاراً

رَأيْتَ الليلَ مَمْدودَ الرِّوَاقِ

When his regiments march in the day

You see the night outstretched

فَمِنْ أُسْدٍ مُهَيَّجَةٍ ضَوَارٍ

عَلَى جُرْدٍ مُطَهَّمَةٍ عِتَاقِ

So from aroused, ferocious lions

Over energized, unbound horses

كَأَنَّ الأرْضَ مِنْها في بِحَارٍ

زَوَاخِرَ فِي ارْتِجَاجٍ واصْطِفَاقِ

As if the land, because of them, was in seas

Waves in turmoil and collision

تَمَوَّج بِالمَضَارِبِ والمَبَانِي

وتَطْفَحُ بالمَذَاكِي والنِّياقِ

It undulates with shields and buildings

And overflows with blazes and fires

تَكِلُّ الرِّيحُ عَنْ أَقْصَى مَدَاها

كَلالَ الهِيفِ عَنْ حَمْلِ النِّطَاقِ

The wind gives up blowing to its farthest extent

Like the exhaustion of the overburdened camel from carrying

تَقُودُ الخَيْلُ مِنْ غُرٍّ وَبُهْمٍ

ضَوامِرَ للِطِّرادِ وَلِلسِّبَاقِ

It leads the horses in eagerness and zeal

Samples for chasing and racing

جِيَادٌ كالظِّبَاءِ العُفْرِ تَسْمُو

سَوالِفَ حَيثُ لا مَرْقىً لِرَاقِ

Steeds like the wild deer soaring

To the highest where no ladder can climb

وَتُدْرِكُ غَائِبَ الأَشْيَاءِ عَنْها

بِأَسْمَاع تُؤَلِّلُها رِقَاقِ

And it overtakes the absent things from it

With ears that makes them hear whispers

رَبِيطَةُ رَبِّها والليْلُ دَاجٍ

وَعُصْرَةُ أَهْلِها وَالمَوْتُ ساقِ

Tied to its Lord while the night is dark

And family of its people and death is coming

تَمَنَّى العَاصِفَاتُ لَها لَحَاقاً

فَيَأْبَى عِتْقُهُنَّ مِنَ الَّلحَاقِ

The storms wished to join it

But their freedom prevents joining

إِذَا طَلَعَتْ مُحلاةَ الهَوادِي

عَدَلْنَ عَنِ الحَدَائِقِ بالحِدَاقِ

When the full moons of the valleys appear

They turn away from the gardens in shyness

ومِنْ سَهَكِ الحَديدِ هُناكَ طِيبٌ

تُبَادِرُهُ المَعَاطِسُ بانْتِشَاقِ

And from its iron spear there is a fragrance

The sneezes hurry to smell it

كَتَائِبُ تَخْفَقُ الرَّاياتُ فِيها

كَمَا فَرِقَ الفُؤادُ مِن الفِراقِ

Battalions whose flags flutter in them

As the heart fluttered from parting

كأَمْثَالِ الخَمَائِلِ نَاضِراتٌ

وَقَاهَا مِنْ جُفُوف المَحْلِ وَاقِ

Like resplendent moons

And it protected them from the dryness of place

بِها غُدُرُ المَواضِي والمَوَاذِي

تَرَقْرَقُ في انْسيَابٍ وانْسِيَاقِ

The betrayals of valleys and shelters

Trickle in flow and slide

تَحَمَّلَتِ المَنَايا والأَمَانِي

إلَى فِئَتَيْ خِلافٍ واتِّفَاقِ

It carried the disasters and wishes

To two conflicting and agreed groups

فأُولاها بِأَنْدَلُسٍ تُحَامِي

وَأُخْراهَا تَحُومُ علَى العِرَاقِ

The first it endows with Andalusia to protect

And the last hovering over Iraq

بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ قامَ المَلْكُ يَحْيَى

وَقَدْ قَعَدَتْ بهِ زُمَرُ النِّفَاقِ

By God's command King Yahya stood up

And the groups of hypocrisy sat down

فَتِلكَ عُرَى الدِّيانَة في اشْتِدَادٍ

وذَاكَ سَنَى الهِدَايَةِ في ائْتِلاقِ

So those are the ties of religion in distress

And that is the tradition of guidance in agreement

أميرٌ كُلُّهُ عِلْمٌ وَحِلْمٌ

وَإِحْسَانٌ وَعَدْلٌ فِي اتِّساقِ

A prince, all knowledge, forbearance

Goodness, justice in harmony

فَمِنْ شِيَمٍ سَعيدَاتِ المَرَامِي

وَمنْ هِمَمٍ بَعيدَاتِ المَرَاقِي

So from good omens, distant goals

And from ambitions, distant horizons

تُقَصِّرُ عَنْهُ أَمْلاكُ البَرايا

وَهَيْهَاتَ الزُلالُ مِنَ الزعاقِ

The kingdoms of earth fall short of it

And far from the smooth is slipping

تُطِلُّ عَلَى الليَالِي وهي جُونٌ

طلاقَتُهُ فَتُوذِنُ بِانْطِلاقِ

It stays up at night while in its prime

Its freedom heralding its launch

قَضَى أَلا يُشَقَّ لَهُ غُبَارٌ

مُؤيِّدُهُ علَى أَهْلِ الشِّقَاقِ

He decreed to not have dust raised around him

His supporter over the people of conflict

عَجِبْتُ لبَيْضِه تَصْدَى مُتُوناً

كَأَنْ لَمْ تُرْوَ بالعَلَقِ المُرَاقِ

I wondered at its white resisting bodies

As if they were not wet with thin blood

وَلا خُضبَتْ بِأَفْئِدَة غِلاظٍ

تَسِيلُ عَلَى مَضَارِبِها الرَّقَاقِ

Nor dyed with the hearts of rough men

Whose blades drip with fragility

أَمينُ اللَّهِ واصَلَها فُتُوحاً

أجَابَتْ في ابْتِداء واسْتِباقِ

The trustee of God connected them with openings

They responded at the beginning and outpacing

وَدُمْ لِلدِّينِ وَضَّاحَ التَّرَقِّي

وَلِلدُنيا مُحَلاةَ التَّرَاقِي

He supported religion and the progress was evident

And for the world the rise of ascent

وَشَمْلُ المُؤمِنِينَ إِلَى اجْتِماعٍ

وَشَمْلُ الكَافِرينَ إلَى افْتِراقِ

And the unity of believers into a gathering

And the unity of disbelievers into division

نَهَضْتَ إلَى مُلاقَاةِ الأمَانِي

فبُشرَى للأَمَانِي بالتَّلاقِي

You rose to face the wishes

So glad tidings to the wishes for the meeting

وَتَأييدُ الإلَهِ عَلَيْكَ بَادٍ

وَإِحْسَانُ الإلَهِ إلَيْكَ باقِ

And the support of God is evident upon you

And the kindness of God to you is lasting

فَحِل وسِرْ علَى الظَّفَرِ المُوَاتِي

وَأُبْ واظعَنْ إلَى النَّصْرِ المُلاقِي

So resolve and travel to the forthcoming victory

And strive to the victorious meeting

مَنَنْتَ علَى الأقَاصِي والأَدَانِي

وَجُدْتَ مُنَفِّساً ضِيقَ الخِنَاقِ

You have favored the far and near

And you relieved the strangled tightness

وَأَجْزَلْتَ المَوَاهِبَ والأيَادِي

وأتْرَعْتَ السِّجَالَ إلَى العَرَاقِي

And you gave generously and bountifully

And you hastened the contention to Iraq

أَجَبْتُ إلَى الوَدَاعِ وقَد دَعانِي

عَلَى كَلَفٍ بِبَرْحٍ واشْتِياقِ

I responded to the farewell as I was called

With yearning and longing

وَمَا دَارُ الإمَارَة بالتِي لا

أبِيتُ لِبَيْنِها خَضِلَ المَآقِي

The seat of authority is not one I would

Spend its nights having exhausted travels

وقَدْ وافَيْتُها عَبْدَاً صُراحاً

فَكَيْفَ أعيبُ مِلْكِي بالإباقِ

And I came to it as a free servant

So how can I fault my stay with escape

لَقَدْ فَدَحَ العَزَاءُ فلَم يُطِقْهُ

رَحِيلٌ ما أرَاهُ بالمُطَاقِ

Indeed, the consolation has spread and he could not bear

A departure I do not see as feasible

فإنْ رَافقْتُ جسْماً في سَرَاحٍ

فَقَد فارَقْتُ قَلْباً في وثاقِ

If I accompanied a body in travel

Then I have left a heart in shackles

بِحَيْثُ البَأْسُ مَهْزوز العَوَالِي

وَحَيْثُ الجُودُ مَعْسولُ المَذَاقِ

Where glory has demolished the high places

And where generosity has sweetened the taste

فَإِنِّي أيْنَما وُجِّهْتُ شَرْقاً

وغَرْباً في السَّفِينِ أَو الرِّفاقِ

So wherever I was directed east

Or west on a ship or a saddle

بِنِعْمَتِها اعتِزازِي واعْتِزائِي

وَخِدْمَتُها اعْتِلائِي واعْتِلاقِي

With its blessing is my pride and my boast

And serving it is my elevation and my rise