النصرُ حِزْبُكَ فِي الضَّلالَةِ فاحْتَكِمْ

واغضَبْ لدينَ اللهِ مِنْها وَانْتَقِمْ

Victory is your party even in misguidance, so judge

And be angry for the sake of Allah’s religion and take revenge

قَدْ وافَقَ التوفيقُ سَعْيَكَ مُقْدِماً

فِيهَا وَقَدْ عَزَمَ القضاءُ لما عَزَمْ

Success has corresponded to your endeavor beforehand

In it, and fate has decided for what you decided

فموارِدُ النصرِ العزيزِ لَهَا مَدىً

وعوائِدُ الفَتْحِ المُبِينِ لَهَا أَمَمْ

So the springs of mighty victory for it have a span

And the returns of clear conquest for it have hopes

فَلَرُبَّ موقفِ ظافِرٍ لَكَ فِي الوَغى

والخيلُ تَعْبِسُ والبوارِقُ تَبْتَسِمْ

So there is for you perhaps a position of prevailing in the fray

And the horses frown and the lightnings smile

والشمسُ فِي كبدِ السماءِ كَأَنَّها

والنَّقْعُ يغشاها كَمِيٌّ مُلْتَئِمْ

And the sun in the middle of the sky as if

And the eclipse covers it like a black cloud gathering

وكأَنَّما كِسْفُ العَجاجِ إِذَا التقتْ

أُسْدُ الكُماةِ سحائبٌ مَطَرَتْ بِدَمْ

And it is as if the clashing of the arms when

The lions of valor, clouds rained with blood

ثُمَّ اقْتَحَمْتَ الحربَ فِي ضَنْكِ الوَغى

والموتُ فِي عَلَقِ الجَناجِنِ يَقْتَحِمْ

Then you stormed the war in the straitness of the fray

And death in the gullets of the souls rampaging

حَتَّى انتهَيْتَ من العِدى أَمَدَ المُنى

ومن العلا أَسْنى الرغائِبِ والقِسَمْ

Until you finished off the enemies the full term

And from elevation the highest of ambitions and allotments

يا ابْنَ الأُلى لم تَعْصِ طاعَةَ أَمْرِهِمْ

عادٌ عَلَى أُولى الزمانِ ولا إِرَمْ

O son of the revered, you did not disobey their command

Enemies to the early people and no weakness

رَفَعُوا رِواقَ الملكِ فِي أَرْماحِهِمْ

حَتَّى استكانَ الدهرُ والدنيا لَهُمْ

They raised the portico of the kingdom on their spears

Until time and the world surrendered to them

ولَوَ اَنَّهُمْ شَامُوا السيوفَ لأَحْرَزُوا

مُلكَ الخلائِقِ بالخلائِقِ والشِّيَمْ

And if they had unsheathed the swords they would have gained

The kingdom of creation by creation and morals

ثُمَّ انْتضَوْا دونَ الهدى أَسيافَهُمْ

قَسْراً فَعزَّ الدينُ والدنيا بِهِمْ

Then they sheathed their swords besides guidance

By force so religion and world triumphed through them

لا نَظْمُ أَشعارِي ولا نثري ولا

صُحُفِي ولا جَهْدُ اللسانِ ولا القَلَمْ

Neither my poetry nor my prose nor my

Pages nor the effort of my tongue or my pen

مِمَّا يقومُ بنشْرِ أَيسَرِ مَا طَوى

صدرِي من الإِخلاصِ فيكَ وَمَا كَتَمْ

Of what fulfills spreading the easiest that my

Chest hides of sincerity in you and what it conceals

وصلاتُكَ اتَّصَلَتْ مع الأَيَّامِ لي

حَتَّى عَدِمْتُ بِهِنَّ آثارَ العَدَمْ

And your prayers connected with the days for me

Until with them I lost all traces of non-existence

ورَفَعْنَ ذِكْرِيَ فِي عبيدِكَ فاعْتلى

ونَظَمْنَ شمليَ فِي جِوارِكَ فانتظَمْ

And raised my mention among your servants so it ascended

And joined my group under your shelter so it integrated

وتبوَّأَتْ بِيَ من جنابِكَ مَوْطِناً

وَقْفاً عَلَى كَرَمِ الوسائِلِ والذِّمَمْ

And attained with me from your side a dwelling

Standing by the generosity of the means and allotments

فحطَطْتُ رحلي منكَ فِي عِزِّ الحِمى

ومنعتُ أَهلي منكَ فِي أَهلِ الحَرَمْ

So I pitched my items from you in the glory of sanctuary

And prevented my family from you in the people of sanctuary

وغدَتْ تَهادى بي إِلَيْكَ بصيرةٌ

دانَتْ بما شرع الوفاءُ وَمَا حكمْ

And your intuition came guiding me to you

It believed in what loyalty legislated and what it ruled

حُدِيَتْ مطايانا بأُهْبَةِ شاكِرٍ

تُزْهى بأَنْعُمِكَ الَّتِي لا تُكْتَتَمْ

Our riding-beasts were adorned with gratitude

Beautified by your blessings that are not concealed

ومَنِ الَّذِي يعتادُ من شمسِ الضحى

نوراً ويهدأُ فِي غياباتِ الظُّلَمْ

And who is accustomed to from the sun at dawn

Light, and calms down in the darkness of night

وبِما يَكِيدُ العجزُ عنكَ عزيمةً

أَلِفَتْ جنابَ العزِّ منك فَلَمْ تَرِمْ

And with what incapacity schemes against your determination

It befriended the side of your might so it did not throw

وبما أقيمُ وَقَدْ حَشَدْتُ محامدي

لأقلِّ جُزْءٍ من نداكَ فلم تَقُمْ

And with what I stand while I have mobilized my praises

For the least portion of your benevolence, it did not stand

وأَضِنُّ عنكَ ببذلِ نفسٍ طالما

سُقِيَتْ بجُودِ يَدَيْكَ أَنداءَ الكرمْ

And I refrain from you by sacrificing a self that

Has long been watered by your generous hands' generosity

ويَرُوعُني لفحُ الهجيرِ إِذَا الْتَقى

وَهَجاً وأَنْسى منكَ مُنَهَلَّ الدِّيَمْ

And it terrifies me the striking of separation when it meets

Passion, and I forget from you the water-spring of communion

أَمُثَبِّطِي عنكَ الزمانُ إِذَنْ فَلا

نَهَضَتْ إِلَى الظِّلِّ المبارَكِ لي قَدَمْ

Do time then discourage me from you, no

My foot rose to the blessed shade for me

أَأُسَرُّ دونَكَ بالحياةِ وَكَمْ يَدٍ

لَكَ بَشَّرَتْنِي بالحياةِ وكمْ وكمْ

Shall I be delighted without you with life, and how many

Hands for you have given me good news of life, and how many

أَقريرةٌ عيني بعَيْشٍ لا أَرى

فِيهِ سيوفَكَ فِي عُداتِكَ تحتكِمْ

Is my eye delighted with a life in which I do not see

Your swords in your weapons arbitrating

أَمُكَلَّلٌ وجهِي ووَجْهُكَ بارِزٌ

لِشَبا الأَسِنَّةِ والهواجِرُ تضطرِمْ

Am I crowned while your face is exposed

To the flames of tongues and estrangement kindles

إِنِّي إِذَنْ لَكَفُورُ أَنْعُمِكَ الَّتِي

صَرَمَتْ حبالَ الذلِّ مِنِّي فانصرمْ

I am thus ungrateful for your blessings which

Severed the ropes of humiliation from me so receded

لا والذي قادتْ إِلَيْكَ هِباتُهُ

مُلْكَ الملوكِ وصَفْوَ طاعاتِ الأُمَمْ

No, by Him who led the inspirations to you

The kingdom of kings and description of nations' obedience

لا أَقتدِي بالخالِفينَ ولا أُرى

أَسعى لِنَيْلِ رِضاكَ فِي أَدْنى الهِمَمْ

I do not follow those who differ and I do not see

I strive to attain your approval in the lowest of ambitions

حَتَّى تَبَيَّنَ كَيْفَ أَثمارُ النَّدى

عندي وتَبْلُوَ كَيْفَ شكري لِلنِّعَمْ

Until the fruits of dew are evident to me

With me and taste how my gratitude for blessings

ويُريكَ صدقُ موارِدِي ومَصَادِرِي

إِبْطالَ مَا اختلَقَ الحسودُ وَمَا زَعَمْ

And show you the truth of my pursuits and sources

Nullifying what the envious fabricated and what it claimed

ولعلَّ من يقضِي الأُمورَ يُقيدُنِي

بِرِضاكَ من صَرْفِ الزمانِ فأَحْتَكِمْ

And perhaps the ordainer of matters restricts me

With your approval from the passage of time so I resort to arbitration