عَمْرِي لقدْ أَعْذَرَ الدمعُ الَّذِي وَكَفا

أَوِ اشْتَفى من تبارِيحِ الأَسَى وشَفَى

My life, how the tears which sufficed have excused

Or quenched from the cups of sorrow and healed

وَمَا غَناءُ دُموعِ العَيْنِ عن كَبِدٍ

حَرَّى ونِضْوٍ يُقاسِي الليلَ مُلْتَهِفا

The singing of tears does not avail a heated liver

Burning, and grief enduring the night tossing and turning

يا ابْنَ الَّذِينَ لأَيدِيهِمْ وأَمْرِهِمُ

أَلقى الزمانُ قيادَ الذُّلِّ مُعْتَرِفا

O son of those whose hands and command

Time has surrendered the reins of humiliation confessing

ببأْسِهِمْ قامَ دينُ اللهِ منتصراً

من الحوادِثِ والأَعداءِ مُنْتَصِفَا

By their might religion of God rose victorious

Vanquishing adversities and enemies avenging

أَعْزِزْ عَلَى الدينِ والدنيا وأَهلِهما

خَطْبٌ سَما فارتقى من عِزِّكُمْ شَرَفا

Make strong on religion and world and their people

A matter ascended from your glory ennobled

غُصْنٌ من المجدِ عاذَ المسلمونَ بِهِ

هَبَّتْ عَلَيْهِ رياحُ النصرِ فانْقَصَفَا

A branch from glory the Muslims sought refuge with

The winds of victory blew upon it and calmed

للهِ من قَمَرٍ أَسْرَى العُفاةُ بِهِ

حَتَّى إِذَا مَا اسْتَوَى فِي أُفْقِهِ كُسِفا

For God a moon the vulgar captured

Until when poised on its horizon eclipsed

سما إِلَى جَنَّةِ الفِرْدَوْسِ مُعْتَلِياً

إِذْ لَمْ يَزَلْ مُسْتَهاماً بالعُلا كَلِفا

It ascended to Paradise of Immortality carried

As ceaselessly it aspired to the heights determined

تِلْكَ المكارِمُ وَالَتْهُ فَعُلِّقَها

حُبَّاً شَهِدْتُ لقد أَوْدى بِهَا شَغَفَا

Those are the virtues and tenderness so profess them

Love I witnessed to it enticed ardor

وسَهْمُ نصرٍ تُراعُ الحادِثاتُ بِهِ

أَضْحَى بسهمِ المنايا والرَّدَى قُذِفا

And arrow of victory events dread it

It became with arrow of death and decay cast

يا مَنْ رأَى الجودَ يَغْشى نَعْشَهُ شَغِفاً

بالهَمِّ مُرْتَدِياً بالحزنِ مُلتَحِفا

O you who saw generosity shroud his bier ardent

With anxiety donning grief enveloped

يدعوه حَتَّى إِذَا أَعْيا مُحاوَرَةً

نادَى فأَسْمَعَ صُمَّ الصخرِ وَا أَسَفا

Calling him until exhausted conversing

He called but deaf rock heard not his groan

وخلَّفُوهُ لديهِ رَهْنَ مَلْحَدَةٍ

حيرانَ يَلثُمُ بُرْدَ التُّرْبِ مُرْتشِفا

They left him by it pawned in a coffin

Perplexed kissing the chill of dust sipping

مبارِياً لدموعِ المزنِ مَا هَتَنَتْ

ومُسْعِداً لحمامِ الأَيْكِ مَا هَتَفا

Vying with tears of grief however they lamanted

And gratifying the doves however they cooed

قَدْ كَانَ من دُونِ ذَاكَ الغابِ لَيْثَ وَغىً

أَحْمَى العرينَ وَفِي تِلْكَ العُلا خَلَفَا

Indeed beyond that absence a lion of ferocity

Fiercest in den and in those heights refrained

فاختارَهُ اللهُ فِي الدنيا لَكُمْ فُرُطاً

ذُخْراً وَفِي جَنَّةِ المأْوى لكُمْ سَلَفا

So God chose him for you in life a pillar

A treasure and in Paradise of Refuge for you anteceded

من بعدِ مَا اهْتَزَّ سيفُ النَّصْرِ فِي يَدِهِ

وصالَ غضبانَ من دُونِ الهُدى أَسِفا

After swayed sword of victory in his hand

And met inimical to guidance provoked

وشَمَّرَتْ دونَ ذَاكَ الملكِ عَزْمَتُهُ

يَوَدُّ لَوْ كَرَّ صرفُ الدهرِ أَوْ زَحَفا

And beneath that king his resolve girded

Wishing cycle of fate would retreat or crawl

واسْتَشْرَفَتْ أَعيُنُ الأَبطالِ ناظِرَةً

أَيَّانَ يركبُ دِرْعَ الموتِ مُعْتَسِفا

And eyes of heroes gazed anticipating

When he would mount armor of death undaunted

والخيلُ قَدْ نَسَجَتْ سُفْلى سنابِكِها

من القتامِ عَلَى فُرسانِها كِسَفا

And the horses have woven the lower of their saddles

With darkness over its horsemen cloaked

كَأَنَّهُمْ فِي لَبوسِ السابغاتِ ضُحىً

كواكِبٌ لبسَتْ من ليلها سُدَفا

As if in attire of glimmering armors dawn

Stars donned of their night gowns enveloped

والبِيضُ قَدْ غَشِيَتْ منهم سَنا غُرَرٍ

كَأَنَّها دُرُّ بَحْرٍ يسكُنُ الصَّدَفا

And the white steeds covered among them cheeks of pearls

As if sea pearls settling in shells

فاسلَمْ ولا زالَ شَملُ الكفر مُفترِقاً

بالسيفِ مِنكَ وشملُ الدينِ مُؤْتَلِفا

So grant safety and may fold of disbelief not unite

By your sword and fold of religion reconcile

واستَقْبِلِ العيدَ مَسْروراً ولا بَرِحَتْ

تُهدِي الليالي إِلَيْكَ العِزَّ مُؤْتَنِفا

And meet the feast gladdened and may not cease

The nights to grant you might unrelentingly

وليَهْنِكَ الفوزُ والزُّلفى وأَنفسُنا

يلقينَ من دونِكِ التَّبْرِيحَ والأَسَفا

And let victory and intimacy delight you and our souls

Cast without you indignation and sorrow