بِفَتْحِ الفُتُوحِ وسَعْدِ السُّعُودِ

وعِزِّ العزيزِ وحَمْدِ الحَمِيدِ

With the opening of victories and the joy of triumphs,

With the honor of the Almighty and praise of the Praiseworthy,

تَدَرَّعْتَ صَبْراً تَجَلَّى بِنَصْرٍ

وأَوْفَيْتَ شُكْراً وَفى بالمَزِيدِ

You have armed yourself with patience revealed in victory,

And you have fulfilled gratitude and exceeded with more.

فَمِنْ يَوْمِ عِيدٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ فَتْحٍ

ومن يَوْمِ فَتْحٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ عِيدِ

From one feast day to another day of conquest,

And from one day of conquest to another feast day,

وجُودٍ تَفَجَّرَ مِنْ نَارِ بَأْسٍ

وبَأْسٍ تَسَعَّرَ مِنْ بَحْرِ جُودِ

With generosity that pours from the fire of ferocity,

And ferocity that flares from the sea of generosity.

بِطَوْلٍ يُعِيدُ شَبابَ الكَبِيرِ

وهَوْلٍ يُشَيِّبُ رَأْسَ الوَلِيدِ

With long life that restores the youth of the elderly,

And awe that grays the head of the newborn.

وسَعْيٍ يزيدُ مَدىً كُلّ يَوْمٍ

إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي مَدىً من مَزِيدِ

And with effort that increases the range every day,

If there was no more to add to the range.

فَلَوْ عَلِمَ البَدْرُ عَمَّ السَّماءَ

أَوِ البَحْرُ جَلَّلَ وَجْهَ الصَّعِيدِ

If the moon knew what the sky contains,

Or the sea magnified the face of the desert,

فَكَمْ صَبَّحَتْكَ بِفَتْحٍ قَرِيبٍ

سُرى لَيْلَةٍ ذَاتِ صُبْحٍ بَعِيدِ

How often has the darkness of a distant dawn,

Brought you close conquests in the early morn.

وكَمْ حَمَلَتْ منكَ بَيْدَاءُ قَفْرٍ

إِلَى الكُفْرِ من يَوْمِ حَيْنٍ مُبِيدِ

And how often has the wilderness of desolation carried from you,

To disbelief from a day of annihilation.

بِكُلِّ كَمِيٍّ لأُمٍّ نَزُورٍ

ومن راحَتَيْكَ لأُمٍّ وَلُودِ

With every collective effort for a visiting mother,

And from your comfort for an affectionate mother,

يُجيبُ إِلَيْكَ صَرِيخَ المُنادِي

بِأَنْزَعَ مِنْ قَلْب صَبٍّ عَمِيدِ

Answering your screaming call,

With the most resolute heart’s cry.

ويَلْقى وَجُوهَ الأَهاوِيلِ عَنْكَ

لِقاءَ هَوىً مَا لَهُ مِنْ صُدُودِ

And meeting the horrors’ faces from you,

The meeting of a passion without any barriers.

إِذَا قَتلَ الحَزْنَ والسَّهْلَ وافى

نُفُوسَ العِدى من يَدَيْ مُسْتَقِيدِ

When it kills sorrow and the easy fulfills,

The souls of enemies at the hands of the needy.

وكُلِّ جَوَادٍ نَمَتْهُ يَدَاكَ

فأَعْرَقَ فِي سَرْوِ بَأْسٍ وَجُودِ

And every steed you have raised with your hands,

Has perspired in the cypress of ferocity and generosity.

رَعى بكَ كُلَّ حِمىً لَمْ يَرُعْهُ

صَرِيخُ المُنادِي بِهادٍ وَهِيدِ

Every protected sanctuary ungrazed by it,

Was herded by the screaming herald’s warning cries.

تَضَمَّنَهُ خافِقات البُرُوقِ

تَلأْلأُ فِي مُصْعِقَاتِ الرُّعُودِ

Embraced by the throbbing lightning flashes,

Glittering in the lightning strikes.

وأَوْرَدْتَها كُلَّ ماءٍ حَماهُ

بَرِيقُ السُّيُوفِ وَزَأْرُ الأُسُودِ

And you have watered it will all water protected,

By the saliva of swords and the lions’ roars.

سَرَيْتَ فَأَلْحَقْتَ لَيْلاً بِلَيْلٍ

وسِرْتَ فَوَصَّلْتَ بِيداً بِبِيدِ

You have moved by night connecting night to night,

And you have traveled uniting ruin with ruin.

كما قَدْ وَصَلْتَ حِبالَ الغَرِيبِ

وَقَرَّبْتَ مَأْوى القَصِيِّ البَعِيدِ

Just as you have connected the stranger’s ropes,

And brought closer the distant foreigner’s shelter.

ونادى نَدَاكَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ حَيَّ

عَلَى مُسْتَقَرِّ الشَّرِيدِ الطَّريدِ

And calling upon you alive on earth, hey!

Upon the wanderer’s settlement, the chased fugitive.

وجَيْشٍ عَقَدْتَ لَهُ فِي الجِهادِ

لِواءً سَما بِوَفاءِ العُقُودِ

And an army you have contracted with for jihad,

A banner rising with the loyalty of pacts.

فَزَادَ الضُّحى مِنْ سَنا الشَّمْسِ نُوراً

ولَيلَ السُّرى فِي نُجُومِ السُّعُودِ

Thus the light of the rising sun has increased,

And the night of happiness in the lucky stars.

وأَصْبَحْتَ أَعلى جِبالِ الأَعادِي

تُزَلْزِلُها بِجِبالِ الحَدِيدِ

And you have become higher than enemy mountains,

Shaking them with mountains of steel.

فَرُعْتَ الصَّياصِي بِشُعْثِ النَّوَاصِي

وأَبْناءِ قُوطٍ بأَبْناءِ هُودِ

So you have herded the Scythians by the forelocks,

And the sons of Qahtan by the sons of Hud.

بِكُلِّ نَجِيبٍ نَمى فِي تُجِيبَ

بِمَجْدِ الجُدُودِ وسَعْدِ الجُدُودِ

With every excellent one raised in excellence,

With the glory of ancestry and joy of ancestry.

لَهُ فِي المَدى كُلُّ بَحْرٍ طَمُوحٍ

وفَوْقَ العُلا كُلُّ قَصْرٍ مَشِيدِ

For him is every ambitious sea in the horizon,

And above the heights every erected palace.

مَناقِبُهُمْ لِصُدُورِ الدُّهُورِ

عُقُودٌ نُظِمْنَ نظامَ الفَرِيدِ

Their virtues are for the ages’ chests,

Necklaces strung in unique pattern.

ومُلْكُكَ سِلْكٌ لِذَاكَ النِّظَامِ

وأَنْتَ وَسِيطٌ لِتِلْكَ العُقُودِ

And your kingdom is a thread for that pattern,

And you are the broker for those necklaces.

فَأَسْرَيْتَ بَيْنَهُمُ يَا ابْنَ يَحْيَى

كَبَدْرٍ سَرى بَيْنَ زُهْرِ السُّعُودِ

So you have traveled between them, O son of Yahya,

Like the moon traveling between blossoming joy.

رُجُوماً رَمَيْتَ بِهَا فِي الضَّلالِ

عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْطَانِ كُفْرٍ مَريدِ

Planets you have launched against misguidance’s,

At every stubborn disbelieving devil.

تُذَكِّرُهُمْ بِذُبالِ الرِّماحِ

صِلاءَهُمُ النَّارَ ذَاتَ الوَقُودِ

Reminding them by the flames of spears,

Their family ties to the fiery fuel.

وتُرْهِقُهُمْ كُلَّ طَوْدٍ يفَاعٍ

يُمَثِّلُهُمْ رَهَقاً فِي صَعُودِ

And exhausting them every towering giant volcano,

Depicting to them exhaustion in ascension.

وَمَا فات صَرْفَ الرَّدى مَنْ عَلَيْهِ

لِنَصْرِكَ عَيْنُ رَقِيبٍ عَتِيدِ

And nothing missed by the stroke of fate,

For your victory has a vigilant eye.

ولَوْ كَانَ وَعْداً لأَنْجَزْتَ لكِنْ

خُلِقْتَ خَلِيقاً بِخُلْفِ الوَعِيدِ

And if it were a promise you would have fulfilled it, but,

You were created to break threats.

ولو شِمْتَ سَيفَكَ فِي صَدْرِ كِسْرى

وَقَيصَرَ بَيْنَ الطُّلى والوريدِ

And if you had stabbed your sword in Kisra’s chest,

And Caesar between the ribs and vein.

لما نِلْتَ حَقَّكَ سَعْياً وهَدْياً

ولا بَعْضَ ثارِ أَبِيكَ الشَّهيدِ

You would not have gotten your right fully in effort and guidance,

Nor some of your martyred father’s revenge.

وفي اللهِ أَكْفَأْتَ كَأْسَ المَنامِ

وسُمْتَ جُفُونَكَ فَقْدَ الهُجُودِ

And in God you have handed the sleep cup,

And named your eyelids after missing the darling.