ويومَ كَسَوْتَها رَهَجَ المُصلَّى

تُنادِيها المُنى أهلاً وسهلا

When you adorned it, the mosque sighed in relief,

The wishes called out to it, “Welcome!”

مُجَلَّلَةً هوادِيها بِعِزٍّ

يجلّلُ أوْجُهَ الأعداءِ ذُلّا

Adorned with glory are its valleys,

Bringing humiliation to the faces of enemies.

إذا ضَلَّ العجاجُ بِهَا هَدَاها

جبينُكَ أنْ تُعَرِّجَ أو تَضِلّا

When the army went astray with it, you guided it,

It is unfitting for your forehead to deviate or go astray.

وقد نَشَقَتْ رِياحَ النَّصْرِ تُزْجِي

غمامَ الموتِ أبْرَقَ فاْستَهَلّا

The winds of victory blew apart,

The clouds of death thundered and poured down.

شوازِبَ كالقِداحِ مُساهِماتٍ

ضَرْبتَ بِهَا العِدى حَزْناً وسَهْلا

Your graying sideburns like torches,

You used them to strike the enemies with sorrow and ease.

وكنتَ نَصيحَها سِرّاً وجَهْراً

وكنتَ أمينَها قولاً وفِعْلا

You were its confidential advisor, openly and secretly,

You were its trusted one, in word and deed.

وكنتَ وَليَّ حُكْمِ اللهِ فِيهَا

تُنِيرُ بنورِهِ صِدْقاً وعَدْلا

You were the executor of God’s rule over it,

Illuminating with his light, truth and justice.

فحازَ الغدرُ أخْيَبَها سِهاماً

وطبْتَ ففُزْتَ بالقِدْحِ المُعَلَّى

So betrayal obtained its arrows,

While you triumphed, winning the sublime flask.

فما جَلَتِ الدُّجى شمسٌ تَجَلَّتْ

كوجهِكَ فِي الوغى لما تَجلَّى

No sun has risen from the darkness,

Like your face in the fray when it rose.

ولا راقَ الحُلِيُّ عَلَى سيوفٍ

كسيفكَ من دمائهِمُ مُحَلَّى

No jewelry shone on swords,

Like your sword covered with their blood.

إذا التَقَتِ الفتوحُ عَلَيْكَ تَتْرى

فأولى للمصابِ بِهِنَّ أَولى

When the conquests come to you in succession,

Then the most deserving of them is the most deserving.

وجاءَتْكَ المُنى صُوَراً تَوَالى

فلا تَحْزُنْكَ صَفْحَةُ مَا تَوَلَّى

Good tidings came to you as recurring images,

So do not grieve over whatever turns away.

ولا يُؤْيِسْكَ أبراجٌ تَسامَتْ

بأهمَاجٍ فإنَّ لَدَيْكَ أعْلى

Do not despair from the high-reaching towers,

With the clubs, for with you is the Most High.

ورُبَّ عُقابِ شاهِقَةٍ تَعَلَّى

بِهَا أَمَلٌ إلى يَدِكُمْ تَدَلَّى

How often does a lofty eagle perch,

When a hope stretches out to your hands, hanging down.