أَخلِقِ الدَّهْرَ بَقاءً واسْتَجِدّ

عُمُراً يَفْضُلُ عن عُمْرِ الأَبَدْ

Make time last eternally and renew it,

With an age exceeding the age of perpetuity.

والْبَسِ المَجْدَ حُلىً بَعْدَ حُلىً

واعْتَوِزهُ أَمَداً بعدَ أَمَدْ

Put on glory, ornament after ornament,

And extend it for aeons after aeons.

وابلُغِ الغاياتِ مغبوطاً بِهَا

فِي ضمانِ الله بُقْيا واسْتَزِدْ

And attain the utmost aspirations, made happy by them

In God's protection, everlasting and increase.

وإِذا سَرَّكَ صُنْعٌ فَلْيَدُمْ

وإِذا وافاكَ عيدٌ فَلْيَعُدْ

And if a deed delights you, let it endure,

And if a feast comes to you, let it return.

وإِذا جاءَكَ يومٌ بالمُنى

فَاقْتَبِلْ أَضعافَها فِي يومِ غَدْ

And if a day brings wishes

Then receive its doubles on the morrow.

نِعَمٌ تَثْرى وَجَدٌّ يَعْتلِي

وعُلا تَبْأَى وفَتْحٌ يُسْتَجَدْ

Blessings accrue and trouble mounts,

Ascent estranges and conquest is renewed.

واهدِمِ الكُفْرَ وغَيّر مُلْكَهُ

وابْنِ أَعلامَ الهُدى عِزّاً وشِدْ

Destroy unbelief and change its reign,

And build the emblems of guidance, honor and firmness.

والبَسِ الصبرَ إِلَى أَرْضِ العِدى

وقُدِ النصرَ إِلَيْهِ واسْتَمِدْ

Don the patience unto the land of enmity

And lead victory to it and draw strength.

واخسِفِ الشِّرْكَ بعزمٍ يُنْتَضى

سَيْفُهُ عن قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدْ

Eclipse polytheism with resolute intent

Whose sword for "Say: He, Allah, is One" is sharpened.

وَجَدَ الخيلَ تَثَنَّى مَرَحاً

فَهَدَاهَا لمدى الشَّأْوِ المُجِدْ

The steeds curvet playfully,

So he guides them to the expanse of glorious ambition.

ودَعَا السُّمْرَ فوافَتْ شُرَّعاً

وظُبى الهِنْدِ فجاءَتْ تَتَّقِدْ

He called on the spears and they came erected

And the Indian blades so they came burning.

فكأَنْ مَا كَانَ للرُّمْحِ شَباً

قبلَهُ يوماً ولا للسَّيْفِ حَدْ

It is as if previously the lance never had

A yesterday, nor the sword an edge.

فَرَمى عن قوسِ بأْسٍ صادِقٍ

وَسَطَا بساعِدِ الدينِ الأَشَدْ

So he shot from the bow of true resolve

And thrust with the arm of firmest faith.

رُبَّ أَرضٍ بِغِرَارَيْ سَيْفِهِ

وُحِّدَ الرحمنُ فِيهَا وعُبِدْ

Lord of a land through the strikes of his sword

Where the Merciful is one, single, and worshipped.

وبلادٍ للعِدى من ذُعْرِهِ

عُدِمَ الإِشراكُ فِيهَا وفُقِدْ

And countries where for enmity, from his terror,

Polytheism is annihilated and lost.

فانْتحى للكُفْرِ حَتَّى لَمْ يَجِدْ

واقتفى آثارَهُ حَتَّى هَمَدْ

He pursued unbelief until he found

No more, and tracked its traces until they died out.

جابَ عنه الأَرضَ حَتَّى جُمِعُوا

فِي أَقاصِيها عَلَى أَدْنَى العَدَدْ

He ransacked the earth until they were gathered

In its farthest reaches, to the least number.

وعفا أَعلامَهُمْ حَتَّى لقد

كادَ أَنْ يَخْفَى لَهُمْ يَوْمُ الأَحَدْ

He subdued their emblems until indeed

Their Sunday was almost hidden from them.

هِمَمٌ غاياتُها لا تَنْتَهِي

عَزَمَاتٌ شأَوُها لا يَتَّئِدْ

Aspirations whose goals never cease,

Resolves whose loftiness is never brought low.

لِعَزِيزٍ نصرُهُ حَيْثُ انْتَوى

وعَلِيٍّ كعبُهُ حَيْثُ قَصَدْ

For the mighty, his victory wherever it turns,

And the sublime, his stature wherever it marches.

مُنْتَقى الآباءِ من ذي يَمَنٍ

ماجِدِ الأَحوالِ فِي عُلْيا مَعَدْ

Chosen from the Yemeni fathers

Of glorious states in lofty abodes.

منهمُ الأَقيالُ والصِّيدُ الأُلى

طَرَفَ المُلْكُ لَهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلَدْ

Theirs are judgments and the lofty prey,

For them the edge of dominion, then it gave birth.

ولهمْ مُفْتَخَرُ الجودِ الَّذِي

وَلَدَتْهُ طَيِّئٌ بِنْتُ أُدَدْ

Theirs is the pride of generosity which

Taiy gave birth to, daughter of Udad.

وهمُ المغفورُ فِي بَدْرٍ لَهُمْ

وهم الأَبرارُ فِي يومِ أُحُدْ

They are those forgiven at Badr,

And the righteous at Uhud's day.

وهمُ حُرَّاسُ نفسِ المصطفى

حينَ نامَ الجيشُ عنهُ وهَجَدْ

They are guardians of the soul of Mustafa

When the army slept from it and nodded off.

وهُمُ أَندى وأَعطى من قَرى

وهُمُ أَرْضى وأَزكى من شَهِدْ

They are the most bountiful of clans

And most generous of those who witnessed.

وهنيئاً لَكَ يَا مَوْلى الوَرى

ولداً أَنْجَبْتَهُ وَمَا وَلَدْ

And congratulations to you, Lord of mankind,

For a son you begot though none begot you.

قَمَرٌ أَشرقَ فِي أُفقِ العُلا

فأَضاءَ الدهرُ منه وسَعِدْ

A moon shone in the horizon of sublime,

So time shone from it and prospered.

وحَياً أَغْدَقَ إِلّا أَنَّهُ

بَرَقَ الإِقدامُ منهُ وَرَعَدْ

And a downpour unleashed, though verily

Valiant onslaught flashed from it and thundered.

فَهْوَ لِلإِسلامِ غَيْثٌ صائِبٌ

وَعَلَى الإِشراكِ شُؤْبُوبُ بَرَدْ

So he is for Islam a beneficial rain,

And upon polytheism a cold, howling wind.

مَنْ رَسولي نَحوَهُ يُخْبِرُهُ

بالذي فِيهِ يَقِيني يَعْتَقِدْ

“Inform him who is my messenger towards him,

Of that in which my belief is affirmed.”

دونَكَ السُّؤْدُدَ مَوْفُوراً فَسُدْ

وجنودَ الدينِ والدنيا فَقُدْ

Rally the army with provisions forgiven, so rally!

And the soldiers of religion and the world, so lead!

أَيَّ مجدٍ لَمْ تَحُزْهُ عن أَبٍ

وفَخارٍ لَمْ يَحُزْهُ لَكَ جَدْ

What glory have you not won from a father?

What pride has no ancestor won for you?

أَسمعُوهُ رغبةً من راغِبٍ

ويَدِي رهنٌ لكُمْ إِن لَمْ يَجُدْ

They hear him eager though desirous,

And my hand is hostage to you if he does not help.

وأَروهُ فارساً مستلْئِماً

وأَنا كَذَّابُكُمْ إِن لَمْ يَشدْ

Show him as a horseman fully equipped,

While I am your liar if he does not decide.

هَدِّئوهُ بالعوالي والظُّبى

وبأَبطالِ الكُماةِ تَجْتَلِدْ

Calm him with the lofty deeds and the gazelles,

And the heroes of the tribe you rely upon.

جاءَتِ الأَعيادُ تستقبلُهُ

للأَمانِي والسُّرورِ المُسْتَجِدْ

The holidays came to welcome him,

For the hopes and newfound joys.

فَهَنا الإِسلامَ منه عُدَّةٌ

للهُدى والدينِ من أَسْنى العُدَدْ

Prepared through him for Islam are supplies

For guidance and religion, of choicest amounts.

حَضَرُوا الإِذْنَ الَّذِي عَوَّدْتَهُمْ

كظِماءِ الطَّيْرِ أَسراباً تَرِدْ

They attended the permission you accustomed them to,

Like the thirsty birds in droves alighting.

فَدَنَوْا واستوقَفَتْهُمْ هَيْبَةٌ

ملأَتْهُمْ من سُرورٍ وزُؤُدْ

So they approached and were halted by an awe

That filled them with joy and politeness.

فتوانَوا بقلوبٍ لم تَرِمْ

ثُمَّ أَدنَتْهُمْ جسومٌ لَمْ تَكَدْ

Then bodies drew near that did not waver,

Then they wished for the lofty peace

ثُمَّ أَمُّوا الراحَةَ العُلْيا الَّتِي

عَمَّتِ الدُّنيا أَماناً وَصَفَدْ

That pervaded the world with safety and captivation.

Illuminated by an intrepid sun,

يستضيئونَ بشمسٍ طَلْقَةٍ

ويُهالُونَ بإِقدامِ أَسَدْ

Made mighty by the courage of a lion.

So he rallied them, then creation never ceased,

فَهَناهُمْ ثُمَّ لا زالَ الورى

منكَ فِي أَثوابِ آمالٍ جُدُدْ

Through you, in robes of renewed hopes.