اليومَ نادَتْكَ السيادَةُ هَيْتَ لَكْ

فِي مُلْكِ مَنْ حَلّاكَ بَهْجَةَ مَا مَلَكْ

Today, sovereignty called you, so you came

To the kingdom of one who brought you the joy of what he possessed

ورأى جبينَكَ قَدْ تَلأْلأَ للمُنى

نُوراً فَتَوَّجَكَ السناءَ وكَلَّلَكْ

And saw your forehead shine brightly for good fortune

A light, so praise crowned you and garlanded you

فلك السيادةُ والقيادَةُ دُونَهُ

وله الرياسَةُ والسياسَةُ ثُمَّ لَكْ

So sovereignty and leadership are for you, without rival

And leadership and governance are for him, then for you

صَدَقَتْ فِرَاسَتُهُ شمائِلَكَ الَّتِي

منه فأَغْمَدَ سَيْفَهُ واسْتَبْدَلَكْ

His insight was true about your noble traits

So he sheathed his sword and made you his replacement

وأَخَذْتَ سيفَ النصرِ منه بِحَقِّهِ

وحَمَلْتَ من أَعبائِهِ مَا حَمَّلَكْ

And you took the sword of victory from him by his right

And you took on from his burdens what he had burdened you with

فرمى بكَ الثَّغْرَ القَصِيَّ تَيَقُّناً

أَلّا يَرى غيرَ المُهَنَّدِ مَوْئِلَكْ

So he threw you into the distant frontier, certain

That he would not see any home but the honored one as your dwelling

والفتحُ مُبْتَهِجٌ إِلَيْكَ كَأَنَّهُ

للعُرْفِ والإِكرامِ مِمَّنْ أَمَّلَكْ

And victory comes joyfully to you as if

It were to recognize and honor you from one who hoped for you

ولَرُبَّ وجهٍ للمنايا دُونَهُ

عَمَّمْتَهُ بالسيفِ حِينَ اسْتَقْبَلَكْ

And for the sake of many a face turned to death beneath it

You have outstretched it with the sword when you rose to meet it

في غمرةٍ أَعْيا الحِمامَ طريقُها

ففتحتَ فِيهِ للقنا حَتَّى سَلَكْ

In a squall the pigeons lost their way

So you opened the pass for them until they went through

ونهضتَ والإِسلامُ يَهتِفُ معلناً

يَا مُنْذِراً قرَّة عينٍ لِي وَلَكْ

And you rose up while Islam hailed you, proclaiming

O delight of my eye and yours, o warner!

فَسَقَيْتَ ظِمْءَ الغيظِ من مُهَجِ العِدى

مَا عَلَّكَ الشَّبِمَ القَرَاحَ وأنْهَلَكْ

So you quenched the thirst of rancor from the tender mouths of enemies

With what made you suffer from wounds and drink from them

أَلفٌ كأُسْدِ الغابِ أُلِّفَ شَمْلُهُمْ

ليزيدَهُمْ ذو العَرشِ فيما نَفَّلَكْ

A thousand like forest lions, you brought them together

So the Lord of the Throne may increase for you what He has freely given you

فَقَسَمْتَهُمْ بَيْنَ الصَّوارِمِ والقَنا

إِلّا الَّذِينَ مَلأْتَ مِنْهُمْ أَحْبُلَكْ

And you divided them between the swords and the spears

Except for those whose ropes you filled with your captives

أُمراءُ أَجنادٍ ونُخْبَةُ دولَةٍ

كانوا ذخيرةَ نُخْبَةِ الأَيّامِ لَكْ

Princes of armies and elite of the state

Who were the treasured elite of the glorious days for you

وحَمى ابْنُ شَنْجٍ منك آجِلَ مِيتَةٍ

أَلْقَتْ إِلَيْكَ بعُذْرِ مَا قَدْ أَعجلَكْ

And the son of Shanj protected himself from you, postponing

A death which hastened you with the excuse of what hurried you

فالحَيْنُ يُدْنِيهِ إِلَيْكَ لِتقتَضِي

عبداً يُهَيِّئُ وجْنَتَيْهِ ليُنعِلَكْ

So now he comes nearer to you for you to demand

A slave preparing his two gardens to entertain you

قلِقاً تناهى فِي البلادِ فِرارُهُ

ونَهى ضميرَ النفسِ أَنْ يَتَمَثَّلَكْ

Restless, his fleeing has reached the ends of the lands

And the conscience of his soul refused to imagine you

ويذودُ عن أجفانِهِ سِنَةَ الكَرى

كَيْ لا يُرِيهِ الحُلْمُ أن يَتَأَوَّلَكْ

And he wards off from his eyelids the years of misery

Lest dreams show him interpreting you

ويحيدُ عن جَوِّ السَّماءِ بطَرْفِهِ

أَلّا يَرى بَيْنَ الكواكِبِ مَنْزِلَكْ

And he veers his gaze from the atmosphere of the sky

Lest he see your dwelling place among the planets

ولكم أَراهُ البَدْرُ حَيْنَ حِمامِهِ

لما اسْتَبَدَّ بِهِ الكمالُ فَخَيَّلَكْ

And how often the full moon seemed to him in his defeat

When perfection prevailed over him, making you his illusion

ودَوِيُّ سيفِكَ فِي رقابِ حُماتِهِ

عَجِلٌ إِلَيْكَ برِقِّهِ ويَقِلُّ لَكْ

And the echo of your sword in the necks of his protectors

Comes quickly to you with its lightning and lessens for you

ولقد تفَهَّمَ فِيهِ لَفْظَ مُخاطِبٍ

خَلِّ البلادَ لأَهلِها لا أُمَّ لَكْ

And in it he certainly understood the words of one addressing him

Empty the lands for their people, no mother to you!

لِمَنِ اسْتَرَدَّ حياةَ نفسِكَ عَفْوُهُ

وقدِ انْتَحى سهمُ المَنِيَّةِ مَقْتَلَكْ

To whom his pardon restored your life

When the arrow of death took your life

ولمن تُلَبِّيهِ السماءُ وأَرضُها

مدداً إِلَيْكَ لَهُ مَلِيكاً أَوْ مَلَكْ

And for whom the heavens and earth are at his service

Assisting you, whether he possesses kingdoms or owns property

ولِمُقْحِمٍ عينَيْكَ فِي رَهَجِ الوغى

خيلاً تَغصُّ بِهِنَّ أَقطارُ الفَلَكْ

And for one who plunges your eyes into the confusion of the fray

Horses filling the corners of the universe for you

فَلْيَهْنِ سَعْيُكَ يَا مُظَفَّرُ أُمَّةً

جاهَدْتَ عنها مَنْ بَغى حَتَّى هلَكْ

So let your effort cease, o victorious one, for a nation

You struggled for against whoever rebelled until he perished

ورَمَيْتَ دونَ ثغورِها ونُحُورِها

من لَمْ يَدِنْ بالحَقِّ حَتَّى دانَ لَكْ

And you cast before its borders and breasts

Whoever did not come near in truth until he surrendered to you

ولئن شَكَرْتُ اللهَ فِيكَ جزاءَ مَا

قسَمَ الفضائِلَ فِي الملوكِ فَفَضَّلَكْ

And if I thank God for you as reward for

How He divided virtue among kings and privileged you

فلَقَدْ بَلا شُكْرِي بِما خُوِّلْتُهُ

أَنِّي وَرِقَّ بَنيَّ مِمّا خَوَّلَكْ

Then without my thanks, for what I have been granted to serve you

My being honored stems from what empowered you

فلَئِنْ لَبسْتُ بكَ الثناءَ فَحَقَّ لي

ولَئِنْ لَبسْتَ بيَ الثناءَ فحَقَّ لَكْ

So if I wear praise of you, I have the right

And if you wear my praise, the right is yours