السَّعْدُ جُنْدُكَ وَالْقَضَاءُ دَلِيلُ

وَاللهُ بِالنَّصْرِ الْعَزِيِز كَفِيلُ

Good fortune is your army and destiny your guide

And God guarantees you noble victory

فَإذَا هَمَمْتَ بَلَغْتَ كُلَّ مُمَنَّعٍ

وَإذَا رَأَيْتَ الرَّأَيَ لَيْسَ يَفيِلُ

So when you are determined, you attain all obstacles

And when you see the way, no weariness makes you fall

شهِدَتْ لَكَ الْعَلْيَاءُ أَنَّك رَبَّها

وَالِّدينُ أَنَّكَ سَيْفهُ الْمسْلُولُ

The High One testified you are its Lord

And the religion that you are its drawn sword

وَالْجُودُ أَنَّكَ غَيْثُهُ الْهَامِي الْحَيَا

هَذَا وَكُلَّ شَاهِدٌ مَقْبُولُ

And generosity that you are its life-giving rain

This and every witness is accepted

والْحَقّ يُغْنِي عَنْ شَهَادَةِ شاَهِدٍ

أَنَّى يُرَامُ عَلَى الصَّبَاحِ دَلِيلُ

The truth makes any witness's testimony redundant

How does one seek proof of the dawn?

فَمِن اسْتَجَارَ عُلاَكَ عَزَّ جِوارُهُ

وَعَزِيزُ قَوْمٍ لَمْ يُطِعْكَ ذَلِيلُ

Whoever seeks your protection, his refuge grows mighty

And the mighty people who disobeyed you became abased

وَإذَا تَوخَّيْتَ السَياسَة فِي الْوَرَى

يَوْماً فَمَا للِعَدْلِ عَنْكَ عُدُولُ

And if you applied politics in the lands

One day, justice has no deviation from you

وَإذا جَنَبْتَ الْمُقْرَبَاتِ إلَى الْعِدَى

سِيَّانِ عِنْدَكَ فَرْسَخٌ أَوْ مِيلُ

And if you avoid favoritism and injustice

With you, a mile or a league are equal

وَلَوِ اسْتَعَنْتَ الدَّهْرَ وَاسْتَنْجَدْتَهُ

لَبَدَتْ لأمْرِكَ طَاعَةٌ وَقَبُولُ

And if you sought help from fate and implored it

Obedience and acceptance of your command would appear

وَأَتَى وَمِنْ قِطَعِ الظَّلاَمِ مَوَاكِبٌ

وَمِنَ الصَّبَاحِ أسِنَّةٌ وَنُصُولُ

And squadrons came from the darkness of night

And in the morning, spears and warriors

أزْمَعْتَ فِي اللهِ الْجِهَادَ وَطَالَمَا

أرْضَى الإلاَهَ جِهَادُكَ الْمَقْبُولُ

You intended jihad in God and often

Your acceptable jihad pleased the God

وَأَنِفْتَ للِدِّينِ الْحَنِيفِ وَأَهْلِهِ

مِنْ أَنْ يَطِيحَ نَجِيعُهُ الْمَطْلُولُ

And you disdained for the upright religion and its people

That its entirety should suffer defeat

وَقَدَحْتَ زَنْدَ عَزِيمَةٍ نَصْرِيَّةٍ

تَرَكَتْ دَيَارَ الْكُفْرِ وَهْيَ طُلُولُ

And you lit the spark of a victorious resolve

Leaving the lands of disbelief while they are desolate

وَسَلَكْتَ للِتَّقْوَى سَبِيلاً سَنَّهَا

عَلَمُ الْمُلُوكِ أَبُوكَ إسْمَاعِيلَُ

And you took the path of piety pioneered

By the King of Kings, your father Ishmael

وَرَجَعْتَ وَالنَّصْرُ الْعَزِيزُ مُصَاحِبٌ

لَكَ وَالْمَلاَئِكَةُ الْكِرَامُ قَبِيلُ

And you returned, and noble victory accompanied you

And the noble angels were your tribe

فِي عَسْكَرٍ لَجِبٍ كَأَنَّ جُمُوعَهُ

فَوْق الْوِهَادِ إِذَا زَحَفْنَ سُيُولُ

With an army so numerous, it's as if its groups

Above the valleys, when marching, are floods

كَالْبَحْرِ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُنَّ كَتَائِبٌ

وَالرِّيحِ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُنَّ خُيُولُ

Like the sea, except they are brigades

And the wind, except they are horses

والْبَرْقِ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُنَّ أَسِنَّةٌ

وَالرَّعْدِ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُنَّ طُبُولُ

And lightning, except they are spears

And thunder, except they are drums

فَبِكُلِّ بَحْرٍ رَايَةٌ مَنْشُورَةٌ

وَبِكُلِّ غَوْرٍ مقْنَبٌ وَرَعِيلُ

In every sea, a banner is hoisted

And in every valley, a tribe and caravan

كَانَ افْتتَاحُ بَنِي بَشِيرٍ مَبْدَأً

سَبَبُ الْبِشَارَةِ بَعْدَهُ مَوْصُولُ

The opening of the Bani Bishr was the beginning

The cause of good tidings, thereafter, was continual

سُرَّتْ بِمَوْقِعِهِ وَإِنَّهُ

نَبَأٌ عَلَى سَمْعِ الْعَدُوِّ ثَقِيلُ

It gladdened with its occurrence, and indeed

It is news heavy on the enemy’s hearing

ثُمَّ ارْتَقَيْتَ ثَنِيَّةَ الثَّغْر الَّتِي

هِيَ للِضَّلاَلِ مُعَرَّسٌ وَمَقِيلُ

Then you climbed the mountain pass which

Is a dwelling for misguidance and its convergence

وَرَمَيْتَهَا بِعَزِيمَةٍ نَصْرِيَّةٍ

كَادَتْ لَهَا شُمّ الْهِضَابِ تَزُولُ

And you threw it with a victorious resolve

Almost making the peaks of the highlands collapse

خَوْدٌ تَجَلَّتْ فِي مِنَصَّةِ شَاهِقٍ

مُخْتَالَةً إِكْلِيلُهُا الإكْلِيلُ

A citadel appeared on a lofty dais

Arrogantly adorned, its crown the crown

وَمَصَامِ عِزًّ للنُّجُومِ مُزَاحِمٍ

مَا لاِسْتِبَاحةِ مَا حَوَاهُ سَبِيلُ

And a place of glory, challenging the stars

To gain entry to what its path enclosed

سَامِي الذَّرَى مُتَمَنِّعٍ أَرْكَانُهُ

يَرْتَدَّ عَنْهُ الطَّرْفُ وَهْوَ ذَلُولُ

Towering, its pillars unassailable

The glance bounces back from it, abased

أَصْمَيْتَ ثُغْرَتَهَا بِسَهْمِ عَزِيمَةٍ

تَذَرُ الأبِيَّ الصَّعْبَ وَهْوَ ذَلُولُ

You deafened its ear with the arrow of resolve

Leaving the impregnable citadel abased

دَارَتْ عَلَى مُتَدَبِّرِيهَا قَهْوَةٌ

لِلْحَتْفِ مُترَعَةُ الْكُؤوسِ شَمُولُ

The last cup of doom circulated upon its supervisors

The inebriating cup overflowing with fullness

ثُمَّ انْثَنَيْتَ وَبِالرِّمَاحِ تَقَصَّدٌ

مِمَّا غَزَوْتَ ولِلسَّيُوفِ فُلُولُ

Then you turned back, the spears receiving

Spoils from what you raided, and the swords streaming

وَتَرَكْتَ سُحْبَ النَّقْعِ فِي آفَاقِهَا

تَسْمُو وَأنْهَارُ السَّيُوفِ تَسِيلُ

Leaving the clouds of plague in their horizons

Ascending, and the rivers of swords pouring

لاَ يَغْرُرَنَّ الرَّومَ فِي إِمْلاَئِهَا

قَدَرٌ فأَيَّامُ الْحُرُوبِ تَدُولُ

Let not the Romans be fooled by their filling it

Destiny revolves, and the days of war alternate

وَالْعَزْمُ وَارٍ فِي الْحَفِيظَةِ زَنْدُهُ

وَالرَّأَيُ مَشحُوذُ الْغَرِار صَقِيلُ

And the resolve is burning in its sheath, its blade

Sharpened, polished, and bare

وَلَو انَّهُمْ مَلأَوا الْبَسِيطَةَ كَثْرَةً

إِنَّ الْكَثِيرَ مَعَ الضَّلاَلِ قَلِيلُ

And even if they filled the plain thickly

Indeed, the many with misguidance are few

وَإِذَا امْرُؤَ جَعَلَ الصَّلِيبَ نَصِيرهُ

دُونَ الإِلاَهِ فَإِنَّهُ مَخْذُولُ

And if one takes the cross as his ally

Instead of God, then he is forsaken

مَنْ مِثْلُ يُوسُفَ فِي الْمُلُوكِ إِذَا غَدَتْ

تُزْهَى بِفَضْلِ قَدِيمِهَا وَتَصُولُ

Who is like Joseph among kings when

Morning comes adorned with its ancient bounty?

طَلْقُ الْمُحَياَّ والْخُطُوبُ عَوابِسٌ

هَامِي الأَنَامِلِ وَالْغَمَامُ بَخِيلُ

His face radiant and frown destitute

Large-handed and the clouds being stingy

بَدْرٌ وَلاَ غَيْرَ الْكَتِيبَةِ هَالَةٌ

لَيْثٌ وَلاَ غَيْرَ الأَسِنَّةِ غيِلُ

A full moon yet no halo except the troop

A lion yet no mane except the spears

مِنْ أُسْرَةٍ سَعْدِيةٍ نَصْرِيَّةٍ

أَثْنَى عَلَيْهَا اللهُ والتَّنْزِيلُ

Of a happy, victorious family

That God and the Revelation extolled

للهِ مِنْ فَتْحٍ جَلِيلٍ قَدْرُهُ

يَنْمِيهِ جَدٌ فِي الْمُلُوكِ جَلِيلُ

For God, from a great victory its extent

Grown by glorious ancestry among kings

دَيْنٌ عَلَى الزَّمَنِ ابْتَدَرْتَ قَضَاءَهُ

سَهْلُ الْمَرَامِ وَإِنَّهُ لَبَخِيلُ

A debt on time you sought to repay

Easy to attain yet it was stingy

لَبِسَتْ بِكَ الأيَّامُ زُخْرُفَ حُسْنِهَا

وَزَهَا عَلَى الأَجْيَالِ هَذَا الْجِيلُ

The days dressed themselves in the adornment of beauty

And it embellished upon generations this generation

فَاهْنَأَ بِمَوْصُولِ الْفُتُوحِ فإِنَّمَا

هِيَ سُنَّةٌ مَا إِنْ لَهَا تَبْدِيلُ

So congratulations on the attached victories, for they

Are a tradition that has no change