شُكْراً لمن أعطاك مَا أعطاكا

رَبٌّ أَذَلَّ لِمُلْكِكَ الأَملاكا

Thanks to the One who gave you what He gave

A Lord who humiliated the angels for your kingdom

فَشَفَى الأَمانِي من يمينكَ مِثلَما

رَوّى سيوفَكَ من دماءِ عِداكا

So He healed the hopes with your right hand just as

Your swords quenched from the blood of your enemies

شِيَمٌ بِعَدْلِ اللهِ فيك تقسَّمَتْ

فِي العَالَمِينَ معايشاً وهلاكا

It is an honor by the justice of Allah that

In the two worlds, livelihoods and perditions were divided

والله أَشْقَى جَدَّ من عاداكا

صُنْعاً وأَسْعَدَ جَدَّ مَنْ والاكا

And Allah made utterly miserable whoever was hostile to you

In creation, and made happiest whoever was loyal to you

يا حَيْنَ مختارٍ لسُخْطِكَ بعدما

ضاءَتْ لَهُ الدنيا بنجمِ رِضاكا

O time of the Chosen One, after the world shone

Upon him with the star of your pleasure

جَدَّتْ مساعِيهِ ليَحْفِرَ هُوَّةً

فهوَى إليها من سماء عُلاكا

His efforts strove to dig a pit

So he fell into it from the heaven of your highness

لَفَحَتْهُ نارٌ باتَ يقدحُ زَنْدَها

فِي روضةٍ ممطورةٍ بِنَداكا

A fire whose flames he kept kindling

Engulfed him in a meadow watered by your bounty

أَمسى وأَصبحَ بَيْنَ ثَوْبَيْ غَدْرَةٍ

سَلَبَتْهُ ما ألبستَ من نُعْماكا

Morning and evening he remained between the folds of betrayal

That robbed him of what you clothed him in blessings

أَوَ مَا رأى المُغتَرُّ عُقْبَى مَنْ سَعى

فِي كُفْر مَا أَسْدَتْ لَهُ يُمْنَاكا

Or did the deluded one not see the consequence of him who strove

In blasphemy against what your right hand offered him in bounty?

أَوَ مَا رآك قَد اسْتَعَنْتَ بذي العلا

فأعانَ واسْتَكْفَيْتَهُ فكَفاكا

Or did he not see you seek the aid of the Almighty

So He aided and sufficed you, and that sufficed you?

أَوَ مَا رأى أَحكامَهُ وقضاءَهُ

يَجْرِي بمَهْلِكِ مَنْ يشُقُّ عَصاكا

Or did he not see His rulings and decrees

Taking their course in destroying whoever defied your authority?

أَوَ مَا رأى إِشراقَ تاجِكَ فِي الورى

والمكْرُمَاتِ الزُّهْرَ بعضَ حُلاكا

Or did he not see the radiance of your crown in the lands

And the flowers of honor are but some of your adornments?

أَوَ مَا رأى مفتاحَ بابِ اليُمْنِ فِي

يُمْنَاكَ والميسورَ فِي يُسْراكا

Or did he not see the key to the gate of prosperity in

Your right hand, and ease in your facilitation?

ومتى رأى دَاءً جهِلْتَ دواءَهُ

أَوْ خطبَ دهرٍ قبْلهُ أَعْياكا

And whenever you saw an illness whose cure you knew not

Or a time that tired you out before it

مَا كَانَ أَبْيَنَ فِي شواهِدِ عِلْمِهِ

أَنَّ الرياسة لا تُريدُ سِوَاكا

It was not clear in the evidence of his knowledge

That leadership wants none but you

حتى هَوَتْ قَدَماهُ فِي ظُلَمِ الرَّدى

لما اهْتَدى فِيهَا بِغَيْرِ هُدَاكا

Until his feet sank in the darkness of loss

When he was guided by other than your guidance

وأراك فِيهِ اللهُ منْ نِقْمَاتِهِ

عاداتِه فِي حَتْفِ مَن عاداكا

And Allah showed you therein some of His vengeance

And His ways with whoever showed hostility to you

قُلْ للمُصَرَّعِ لا لَعاً من صَرْعَةٍ

وافَيْتَها بغياً عَلَى مَوْلاكا

Say to the slain, "No blame for a slaying

You brought upon yourself in enmity to your Master."

تبّاً لسَعيِكَ إِذ تَسُلُّ مُعانِداً

لِخِلافِهِ السيف الَّذِي حلّاكا

Woe to your efforts as you stubbornly resist

The sword with which Allah girded you!

وسقاك كأساً للحتوف وَكَمْ وَكَمْ

مِنْ قَبْلِها كأْسَ الحياةِ سقاكا

And made you drink a cup of perdition - and how oft

Before it the cup of life He made you drink!

لا تَفْلُلِ الأَيَّامُ سيفاً ماضياً

فضَّ الإِلهُ بشفرتيه فاكا

The days do not wear down a sword already drawn -

God cleaved through it with its two edges.

حَيِيَتْ لموتكَ أَنْفُسٌ مظلومَةٌ

كانت مناياهُنَّ فِي مَحْياكا

For your death, oppressed souls gained life

Whose deaths were in your remaining alive

فانْهَضْ بخِزْي الدينِ والدنيا بما

قَدْ قَدَّمَتْ فِي المُسلِمِينَ يَدَاكا

So rise with the disgrace of religion and world that

Your hands have presented the Muslims

هذا جزاءُ الغَدْرِ لا عَدِمَ الهُدى

مولىً بسعيكَ فِي النفاق جزاكا

This is the reward of betrayal - not lack of guidance -

My lord, by your striving in hypocrisy He rewarded you

يا أَيُّهَا المولى الَّذِي نَصَرَ الهُدى

وحَمى الثغورَ وَذَلَّلَ الإِشرَاكا

O Master whom victory aided, who guarded orthodoxy

And subjugated polytheism, humbling it

لا يُبْعِدِ الرحمنُ إِلّا مُهْجَةً

ضلَّتْ وَفِي يدها سِرَاجُ هُدَاكا

The Merciful only distances a glowing ember

That strayed, its torch being your guidance

تَعْساً لِمَنْ ناواك بل ذُلّاً لِمنْ

ساماك بَلْ خِزْياً لمن جاراك

Wretched is he who opposed you - nay, disgraced is he who

Defied you - nay, shamed is he who was hostile to you

فابلُغْ مُنَاكَ فإِنَّ غاياتِ المنى

للمسلمين بأَنْ تنالَ مُنَاكا

So accomplish your purpose, for the goals of desire

For the Muslims are for you to attain your wishes

حتى ترى النَّجْلَ المُبارَكَ رافِعاً

عَلَمَ السيادة جَارياً لمداكا

Until you see the blessed foal raising

The flag of sovereignty, following your ways

ويُريكَ فِي شِبْلِ المكارِم والهُدى

والبِرِّ أَفضَلَ مَا أَرَيْتَ أَباكا

And He shows you in the cub of virtues, guidance

And righteousness the best of what you saw in your father