قَسماً باللّيلِ وما وسَقا

وإيَاةِ البدْرِ إذا اتّسَقا

I swear by the night and all it envelops

And the radiant moon when it becomes full

والنّجْمِ الثّاقِبِ حينَ هَوى

رجْماً والصُبْحِ إذا انْفَلَقا

And the bright piercing star when it sets

As a stone hurled and the dawn when it spreads

وبنورِ الطُّوْرِ وقدْ أضْحى

مُوسَى لجلالَتِهِ صَعِقا

And the light of Mount Sinai when it shone

And Moses fell down overwhelmed

لَمَخائِلُ مُلْكِكَ تُخْبِرُني

أنّ التّأبيدَ لَها خُلِقا

The angels of Your kingdom tell me

That it is created for eternity

أحْيَيْتَ الدّينَ وقدْ أوْدَى

وأعَدْتَ المُلْكَ وقد خلِقا

You revived the faith when it faded

And restored the kingdom when it decayed

يا ناصِرَ دينَ اللهِ ومَنْ

بعِنايَتِهِ الوُثْقى وَثِقا

O Helper of God's faith and the one

Who finds refuge and trusts in His care

مهّدْتَ لمُلْكِكَ مُصْطَبِحاً

في ظِلِّ الأنْسِ ومُغْتَبِقا

You prepared your kingdom illuminated

Under the shade of intimacy and shelter

ونظَمْتَ المَجْدَ فوافِرُهُ

غنّاكَ السّعْدُ بهِ وسَقَى

And you organized glorious glory

Which fortune sang for you and watered

طابَتْ بوجودِكَ أنْدَلُسٌ

حسُنَتْ بجوارِكَ مُرتَفَقا

Andalusia prospered in your presence

And delighted in your neighborhood and rest

إنْ طافَ بها شيْطانُ عِدىً

يبْغي بسَمائِكَ مُسْتَرَقا

If an enemy devil transgressed it

Seeking to steal from your heavens

أو جاسَ خِلالَ منازِلها

قذَفَتْهُ سُعودُكَ فاحْتَرَقا

Or if an intruder corrupted its houses

Your good fortune expelled him in flames

اللّهُ تُخَيّرَ يُوسُفَ منْ

غُرَرِ الأمْلاكِ هُدىً وتُقَى

God chose Joseph from among

The elite rulers, as a guide and piety

كهْفٌ لَجأ الإسْلامُ لهُ

فعَفا وحَمَى وكَفَى ووَقَى

A cave the faith took refuge with

Who pardoned, protected, sufficed, and prevented

وأعَزَّ الرّشْدُ بهِ فِرَقاً

وأذَلَّ الغَيُّ بهِ فِرَقا

And the right path was honored by him

And misguidance was disgraced and split

وافَى وصَباحُ المُلْكِ دُجَى

فانْجابَ الغاسِقُ وائْتَلَقا

The dawn of your kingdom was darkness

So the night walker departed and split

والأرضُ تَضيقُ بساكِنِها

وتَغَصُّ بريقَتِها شرَقا

And the earth squeezes its inhabitants

And throngs with its visitors from east to west

فاهْتَزّتْ حينَ أتى ورَبَتْ

وأسالَ بِها ماءً غدَقا

It shook when he came and sobbed

And poured down on it copious water

أوْ تَدارَكَها بعَزائِمِهِ

ما مِثْلُ صِفاحِ الهِنْدِ رُقَى

Or he rescued it with his resolves

Like the finest Indian steel refined

وأقامَ الحَقَّ وجاءَ بهِ

فإذا بالباطِلِ قدْ زهَقا

And he established the truth and brought it

So falsehood perished and faded

يُجْري في حُكْمِ راحَتِهِ

أحْكامَ سَعاداتٍ وشَقا

He runs in his rule's comfort

The rules of fortunes and woes

لوْ عادَ البَدْرُ بغُرّتِه

لمْ يخْشَ الخَسْفَ ولا محَقا

If the full moon returns with its lighting

It fears no eclipse or destruction

أو أمّ اليَمَّ بعَزْمَتِهِ

يوْماً لتصَدّعَ وانْفَرَقا

Or if the mother of rain is resolved by his will

A day so it cracks and ruptures

أو لاذَ الوحْشُ بجانِبِهِ

لمْ يرْهَبْ منْ عادٍ طرَقا

Or if wild beasts take refuge by his side

They fear no perishing pathways

مهْلاً فمَواطِرُ كفِّكَ ما

أبْقَتْ مُحْتاجاً مُرْتَزِقا

Wait, for the rain of your palm hasn't left

A needy person desperate and begging

ولقدْ أمَرَتْ حتّى غمَرَتْ

وتخوّفَ سائِلُكَ الغَرَقا

And indeed your pouring overwhelmed

And your asker fears you will drown

أبَني الأنْصارِ لكُمْ شرَفٌ

حُكْمُ القُرْآنِ بهِ نطَقا

O Ansar, you have a glorious rank

The Quran's rule voiced for you

آووْا نصَروا أوذُوا صَبَروا

كانوا لرَسولِ اللّهِ وِقا

They sheltered, supported, consoled, and were patient

For God's Messenger they were loyal

حَفِظوهُ ببَذْلِ النّفْسِ كَما

حَفِظوا بجُفونِهِمُ الحدَقا

They protected him sacrificing themselves

As they protected their eyes' pupils

وافَوا للّهِ ما عاهَدُو

هُ ما كَذبُوهُ إذْ صدَقا

They fulfilled for God what they promised

Never betraying when they were truthful

ورضَوْا بالصّبْرِ فما وهَنوا

جزَعاً في الدّينِ ولا قَلَقا

And they were content with patience so never wavered

Distressed or anxious in the faith

أمُجاهِدَ دِينِ اللهِ لقدْ

أمّنْتَ بصارِمِكَ الطُّرُقا

O fighter of God's faith indeed

You secured the paths with your sharp sword

وخَليفَتَهُ في أمّةِ مَنْ

بالوَحْيِ أتى وبِهِ فرَقا

And his Caliph in a nation from whom

Came the revelation that distinguished and parted

لهَجَرْتَ النّوْمَ لِطاعَتِهِ

بالغَزْوِ وواصَلْتَ الأرَقا

You abandoned sleep obeying him

Waging war while staying awake

هَذا النّيْروزُ أتاكَ بِما

تهْواهُ وبالبُشْرَى سَبَقا

This New Year has come to you

With what you wish and good news preceded

فسَتَمْلِكُ أرْضَ الرّومِ فَما

أبْقَيْتَ بِها إلاّ رمَقا

So you will rule Rome's land without

Leaving in it but a slight breath

كفَروا باللّهِ فأرْهَقَهُم

وملَكْتَ فزادَهُمُ رَهَقا

They disbelieved in God so He strangled them

And you conquered them adding to their strangulation

فالرُّمْحُ يُنَضْنِضُ منْ شَرَهٍ

لهُمُ والصّارِمُ قدْ دَلَقا

So the spear shakes back and forth from their evil

With the sword having split and cracked

والخيْلُ تهُدّ مرابِطها

وتَقُدّ أعنّتَها حنَقا

And the horses demolish their settlements

Herding their young in anger

شُهْبٌ كالشّهْبِ إذا قُذِفَتْ

دُهْمٌ كاللّيلِ إذا غسَقا

Flames as flames when cast

Smokes as the night when it coalesces

صُفْرٌ كالشّمْسِ إذا جنَحَتْ

حُمْرٌ قد أُلْبِسَتِ الشّفَقا

Yellow as the sun when it tilts

Red dressed in the horizon

إمّا صهَلَتْ في أرْضِ عِدىً

فغُرابُ البَيْنِ بهِمْ نَعَقا

Either they neigh in enemy land

So separation's crows croak over them

ما أرْعَدَ ركْضُ سَنابِكِها

إلاّ والصّارِمُ قدْ فَرِقا

Or the galloping of its stallions thunders

Except that the sword had clanked

يعْتَدُّ بِها مَلْكٌ شهْمٌ

لوْ رامَ بِها الشّعْرَى لحِقا

A fierce kingdom it threatens with them

If it intended to comb the Pleiades it would reach

أو عارَضَها بالبَرْقِ كَبا

أوْ أوْرَدَ عيْنَ الشّمْسِ سَقَى

Or it competed with lightning in striking

Or inflicted the eye of the sun with blindness

لوْلا كلِماتٌ قد سبَقَتْ

بالسِّلْمِ وعَهْدٌ قد سبَقا

Had it not been for words that preceded

With peace and a covenant that preceded

لتَرَكْت ديارَهُمُ قَفْراً

للهامِ وسلْمَهُمُ نفَقا

You would have left their lands barren

For beasts and their roads tunnelled

وجَعَلْتَ مِياهَهُمُ غوْراً

وترَكْتَ صَعيدَهُمُ زلَقا

And you would have made their waters a chasm

And left their plains slippery

يا حِزْبَ اللّهِ وناصِرَهُ

بالحقِّ ومُدْرِكَ ما سَحَقا

O party of God and His supporter

With truth and fulfiller of what was destined

أنتَ المذْخورُ ليَوْمِهمُ

أنتَ المِفْتاحُ لِما غُلِقا

You are the one warned on their day

You are the key to what was locked

وافَيْتُ إليْكَ بِها راكِضاً

ولغَمْرِ نوالِكَ مُسْتَبِقا

And I came rushing to you with it

Competing for your attainment

فسَبَكْتُ التِّبرَ لَها لُجُماً

وجعَلْتُ أعنّتَها سَرَقا

So I threaded its pearls loosely

And made its young stallions leap

فأنِلْ واحْمِلْ وأعِدْ وأبِدْ

وأنْعَمْ في ظلِّ حِمىً وبَقا

So bestow, carry, promise, and eternalize

In the shade of protection and survival

ما لاحَ النّورُ بمَشْرِقِه

أو هزّتْ ريحُ غُصْنٍ نَقا

As long as the light shines from its horizon

Or the wind rustles a delicate branch