وَعْداً عَلَى اللهِ حَقَّاً نَصْرُ مَنْ نَصَرَهْ
وحُكْمُ سَيْفِكَ فِي هاماتِ مَنْ كَفَرَهْ
A promise from God fulfilled, victory for those victorious,
And your sword's judgement on the neck of he who rejects belief.
رأسٌ مُطِلُّ عَلَى بابَيْ طُليْطِلَةٍ
يُومي إلى الكُفْرِ هَذَا مَوْعِدُ الكَفَرَهْ
A head peeking at the gate of Toledo,
Calling daily to unbelief, such is the tryst of the faithless one.
وهامَةٌ قَدْ قَضَتْ نَحْبَ الحِمامِ ضُحىً
وهامَةٌ فَوقَ صَفْحَي شَنْجُ مُنْتَظِرَهْ
And a neck that finished off the doves at dawn
And a neck above the horizon awaiting its turn.
أوفى عَلَى مَوْعِدٍ منهُ تُراقِبُهُ
تَدْعُو هَلُمَّ إلى مُسْتَودَعِ الغَدَرَهْ
More loyal to his word than he who keeps watch over it,
Inviting: come and enter the abode of betrayal.
وناخِراً أمْسِ فِي البيداء من عِظَمٍ
واليومَ أصبَحَ فِيهَا أعْظُماً نَخِرَهْ
And yesterday in the desert a colt of noble stock
And today it has become the greatest of racers.
كم من سمِيٍّ له فيها وذي نسبٍ
لم يدخِّرْ نابَهُ عنه ولا ظُفُرَهْ
How many honorable and noble men
Whose might and glory did not save them.
كأنَّما زارَ مُشتاقاً ومُعْتَنِقاً
فاعتامَ منهُ مكانَ النَحْرِ والقَصَرَهْ
As if he visited longing and embracing
Then blinded himself to the place of slaughter and palaces.
ومُسْعِراً لِضِرامِ الحربِ من أشرِ
فَلَمْ يُطِقْ منكَ فِي إضرامِها شَرَرَهْ
And igniting the embers of war with evil
But could not bear your ignition of its flames.
فإنْ جَرى دَمُهُ فِيهَا فأطفأها
فإنَّ نَفْسَ ابنِ شَنْجٍ منهُ مُسْتَعِرَهْ
If his blood flows and extinguishes it
The soul of the son of Shanj is but fuel to the fire.
شَقيقُ مَفخَرِهِ إن قامَ مُفْتَخِراً
وشِقُّ مُهْجَتِهِ إنْ واتِرٌ وَتَرَهْ
The partner of his pride if he stands proud
And the companion of his madness if confused and lost.
حُمَّ الحِمامُ لَهُ قَدْراً فأفْرَدَهُ
يدعو الحِمامَ لِرُزْءٍ غالَ مُصْطَبَرَهْ
The doves deemed him worthy and singled him out
Calling the doves to easy prey made available.
ما يَرْجِعُ الطَرْفَ إلّا وَهْوَ ذاكِرُهُ
ولا يُحِسُّ بنفسٍ كُلَّما ذَكَرَهْ
His eyes do not return except remembering him
And he feels no self whenever reminded of him.
ولا يَرُدُّ الرَّدى عنهُ سِوَى دَلَهٍ
وافى المُصابَ وَلَمْ يَعرِفْ بِهِ قَدَرَهْ
Only the deluge can drive away his loss from him
And the calamity has come to him unknown.
وما القَنا بالِغاتٌ من جوانِحهِ
بلوغَ ألسِنَةٍ أبْلَغْنَهُ خَبَرَهْ
The cooing of the doves does not convey from their wings
What eloquent tongues have told of his news.
عَتادُهُ للوغى إن خافَ طارِقَها
وذُخْرُهُ لِمُلِمِّ الخطبِ إن حَذِرَهْ
His custom is to fear the approach of the night raid
And his reserve is for the decisive moment he dreads.
وسيفُهُ وسيوفُ الهِنْدِ بارِقَةٌ
ورُمْحُهُ ورِماحُ الخَطِّ مُشْتَجِرَهْ
His sword and the Indian swords lightning flashes
And his lance and the lances of the cavalry locked in combat.
فَتْحٌ تَقَدَّمْتَ فِي اسْتِفْتاحِ مُقْفَلِهِ
بخافقاتِ إلى الأعداءِ مُبْتَدِرَهْ
A conquest where you took the lead in opening its closed gates
With flags rushing towards the enemy and taking them by surprise.
فِي دَعْوَةٍ سَمِعَ الرحمنُ داعِيَها
لما اسْتَهلَّ بأخرى سُورَةِ البَقَرَهْ
With an invocation the Merciful heard its caller
When you commenced with reciting the 'Cow' chapter.
هوَ الجِهادُ الَّذِي بَرَّتْ مَشاهِدُهُ
فَأُشهِدَتْهُ الكِرامُ الصَّفْوَةُ البَرَرَهْ
This is the holy war whose witnesses did vouch
And the angelic guardians bore witness to its righteousness.
ذَلَّلتَ فِيهِ حِمى الإشراكِ مُقْتحِماً
بالخيلِ رَائِحَةً فِيهِ ومَبْتَكِرَهْ
You subjugated therein the zeal of polytheism boldly sweeping in
With horses sniffing the air and improvising.
فِي كُلِّ ضاحِيَةٍ ألْبَسْتَها كِسَفاً
غادَرْتَ شمسَ الضحى فيهِنَّ مُنْعَفِرَهْ
In every plain you clad it in mourning garments
Allowing the dawn sun upon them writhing in agony.
دونَ السماء سماءُ النَّقْعِ أنْجُمُها
زُرْقُ الوشيجِ عَلَى الأعداءِ مُنْكَدِرَهْ
Beneath the sky is the starry sky of lances, their stars
The green of the pond reeds to the enemies murky and gloomy.
وكُلِّ مُزْدَحَمٍ في جُنحِ مُرتَكمٍ
لا نجمَهُ يَرقبُ الساري ولا قمرَهْ
And all who assemble on wing interlinked
Have neither star nor moon to gaze upon.
إلّا جبينَكَ يحدو صارِماً ضَرِماً
كالبدرِ تحتَ الدَّياجي يَتبَعُ الزُّهَرَهْ
Except your forehead proceeding cutting sharp
Like the moon beneath clouds pursuing Venus.
حتَّى رَفَعْتَ عَلَى أعلامِهمُ عَلَماً
يستنجزُ الله فِيهَا وَعْدَ من نَصَرَهْ
Until you raised above their flags a flag
Where God fulfills His promise to those He supports.
عُقابُ فَألٍ بِعُقْبى رَفْعِ أوَّلِهِ
يجلُو السعادَةَ للإسلامِ والخِيَرَهْ
Punishment for sin with consequence of raising first
Which reveals happiness for Islam and benevolence.
وجَدُّ شانيكَ مَخفُوضٌ فكانَ لَهُمْ
عِقابَ خَسْفٍ مُبِينِ الزَّجْرِ والطِيَرَهْ
And your enemy confused so for them was
The exemplary punishment of pitiless subjugation.
سَعْيٌ تركْتَ بِهِ أرضَ العِدى نَهَجاً
لِمَنْ سَعى فِي مداهُ واقْتَفى أثَرَهْ
An effort you expended thereby making enemy land
A path for those who strive in its length and follow its tracks.
فَهَلْ لِنفسِ ابنِ شنْجٍ بعدَها عِوَضٌ
مِنْ لُبِّ لُبِّسَ أو من كافِرِ الكَفَرَهْ
What can now make up for the soul of the son of Shanj
From the essence of one clad or an infidel's disbelief?
صِنْواهُ فِي حربِهِ أو فِي ضَلالَتِهِ
قَدْ كانَ ذا سَمْعَهُ فِيهَا وذا بَصَرَهْ
His end in war or in his misguidance
Had already seen and heard it.
وَفَتْ دِماؤُهُما ثَأراً فلم يَدَعا
للمسلمينَ عَلَى حربِ الضَلالِ تِرَهْ
Their blood avenged so it left not
For the Muslims the evil of fighting misbelief.
فلْيَهْنِكَ اليومَ فَتحٌ تقتفيهِ غَداً
عَوَائِدٌ من فتوحِ اللهِ مُنتَظِرَهْ
Then congratulations on a conquest you will attain tomorrow
With recurring victories from God awaiting you.
بضائِعٌ لَكَ من بأسٍ ومن كَرَمٍ
محفوظَةٌ لكَ عند اللهِ مُدَّخَرَهْ
Gains for you of might and nobility
Preserved for you by God and stored away.
سلَّمْتَها فِي سبيلِ اللهِ وافِيَةً
فناجِزُ النَّقْدِ أو مُستَقْرَبُ النَّظِرَهْ
You delivered them in the way of God flawless
So the rewarder of cash or aproacher of deferred.
وابْشِرْ بِأُخْرى وأُخرى واعَدَتْ فَوَفَتْ
بوعدِ ذي العرشِ فِي نعماءِ من شَكَرَهْ
And rejoice in another and another promised and fulfilled
By the promise of the Lord of the Throne to those thankful.
