تنفست الأيام وابتسم الدهر

ولاحت على الدنيا الطلاقة والبشر

The days breathed and time smiled,

Serenity and joy appeared in the world,

ونحن بحمد الله في ذروة العلا

لنا السعد والاقبال والعز والنصر

And we, by the grace of God, are at the peak of glory,

For us is fortune, prosperity, honor and victory.

واعداؤنا ابدى سبا قد تفرقوا

وحاق بهم من بأسنا الذل والاسر

Our enemies, always pouring insults, scattered,

And humiliation and captivity befell them from our might.

واسباب سبل الامن منهم تقطعت

وما شعروا انا لنا البر والبحر

The means to secure paths were cut off from them,

And they did not realize we possess the land and sea.

ومن شأننا في الحرب آجامها القنا

نصول وفي سلم هم الانجم الزهر

It is our way in war to unsheathe the sword,

We attack, and in peace they are glittering stars.

وسلطاننا طومان باي اجل من

سما في الورى فخرا وهذا هو الفخر

Our sultan is the honorable Tuman Bay,

More lofty in the world with pride, and this is pride.

وطالعه وافى باسعد طالع

وفي فلك الاقبال قابله البدر

His ascendant met the happiest ascendant,

The full moon in the celestial sphere met him.

له التاج والقصر الذي قد اشاده

حوى شرفا يا حبذا المد والقصر

For him is the crown and palace he built,

It encompassed glory, oh beauty of extension and palace!

هو الملك السامي علا عن مضارع

هو الصارم الماضي له النهي والامر

He is the sublime king, unparalleled,

He is the resolute ruler, for him is the command and prohibition.

هو العادل السلطان والملك الذي

به طابت الايام واعتدل الدهر

He is the just sultan and king in whom

The days became pleasant and time equitable.

ابو النصر من بالحمد قد سار ذكره

وقد عز ان يأتي بمثل له العصر

Father of victory, his fame has spread,

The era was too weak to produce his equal.

فلا تنكروا جهلا من الوجه ما حوى

فهذا الذي لله في مجده سر

Do not, in ignorance, deny his qualities,

This secret of his glory is enough.

فيا من يضاهيه اليك فقدره

تسامى على الشعرى ويكفيك ذا القدر

So you who vie with him, know his worth,

He surpassed the star Capella, and this status suffices you.

جميل السجايا والمحامد ماجد

بنا قد غدا برا على أنه البحر

Beautiful natured, glorified, triumphal,

Jamil al-Sajaya became, through us, a sea of virtue.

كريم اذا اعطى عظيم اذا سطا

اخو الجوى ذو بأس به النقع والضر

Generous when he gave, great when he bestowed,

Brother of bounty, his blows caused wounds and affliction.

عن البيض لا تلهيه بيض كواعب

ولا عن طوال السمر تشغله السمر

Do not distract him from the fair ones with fair ones,

Or from the dark-skinned beauties with dark-skinned.

به عاد نثر الشمل منتظما وقد

تطابق في اوصافه النظم والنثر

Through him scattered unity was restored,

In his traits prose and poetry came together.

ومن عجب في الارض سبعة ابحر

ومن جود كفيه لنا ابحر عشر

A wonder on earth, seven seas,

And from his palms' generosity, ten seas for us.

تقلدني درا مدائحه التي

به لي قوافيها زهت وحلا الشعر

He granted me the gift of his praises which

Adorned and beautified poetry through their rhymes.

فيا ملك العليا وبدر سعودها

ويا من به جبر لمن ناله كسر

Oh king of the lofty, and full moon of its felicity,

He through whom the broken were mended!

حللت دمشق الشام فانضم شملها

وأضحت إلى لقياك ناظرة مصر

You have resolved Damascus, so its unity returned,

And it looks to meeting you like Egypt.

يهنيك نصر الله والفتح بعده

فشمس الضحى ضاءت وقد طلع الفجر

God’s victory and subsequent opening congratulate you,

The sun of morning shone and dawn broke.

وعما قليل منهم تبلغ المنى

وتظفر بالاعدا وينشرح الصدر

In a little while you will attain your goals,

Vanquish the enemy, and the breast expands.

فخذها قصيدا بالهنا طاب نشرها

وفاح لنا بالطيب من عرفها النشر

So take it as a poem which glowed with delight in spreading,

Its perfume was fragrant when circulated.

لنحوك قد وافت من الفقر تشتكي

أغثها فلا زبد يغيث ولا عمرو

It came to you, complaining of poverty,

Revive it, neither spume nor life can help.

عسى نظرة منها القبول وينجلي

سحاب الغنى عنها وينهزم الفقر

Hopefully a glance from you of acceptance, and

The cloud of wealth lifts from it and poverty retreats.

فلا برحت رايات مجدك والعلا

بها السعد مقرون ويقدمها النصر

The banners of your glory and elevation did not cease,

With them good fortune is paired and it leads to victory.

ولا زلت تولينا الهبات ولم يزل

لك المدح يا رب الندى ولك الشكر

You continued to grant us gifts and praise did not stop

For you, oh lord of dew, and for you thanks.

ودمت مديد العمر بالبسط كاملا

زمانا طويلا ليس يقضى له حصر

And you remained, lengthening life fully empowered,

For a long, long time that cannot be limited.

سريع الوفا يا بحر ما اينعت ربا

وجاد لها سكبا بمرسله القطر

Swift in loyalty, oh sea, how excellent is the juice you yielded,

And generous its pour from your pouring clouds.