سَافِرْ فَوجْهُ الْعِيد سَافِرْ

فلْتَرْجِعَنَّ وَأَنْتَ ظَافِرْ

Travel for the feast is bright

Return victorious, and appear

ولْتَظهَرنَّ على عدوِّ

كَ إِنَّ حِزْبَ اللهِ ظَاهِرْ

Superior over your enemy

Indeed, God's party is dominant

ولتَظْفَرَنَّ بِما يَسُـ

ـرُّ مُوَحِّداً ويَسُوءُ كَافِرْ

And conquer with what pleases

The monotheist and irks the infidel

ولتَمْلِكَنَّ الأَرضَ وحـ

ـدَك عامِراً مِنْها وغَامِرْ

And possess the land, and make it

Inhabited by you and empty of others

ولْتَكُبُرَنَّ ويَصْغُرنَّ

بِكَ الأَصَاغِرُ وَالأَكَابِرْ

And may you be great and the small

Be small through you, both weak and strong

ولتَقْصرنَّ بِك الْقَيا

صِرُ حِينَ تَكْسِرُ والأَكَاسِر

And through you may the short fall short

When you break them, the breakers

ولَتَخضَعَنَّ لك الأَسِرّ

ةُ حينَ تَخْطبُكَ المنَابِرْ

And the captives submit to you

When you are addressed from the pulpits

سِرْ في أَمَانِ اللهِ فالْفَتْـ

ـحُ المبينُ إِلَيْكَ سَائِرْ

Travel safely in God's security

For victory is open to you

بَادِرْ فمثلُك مَنْ يُبا

رِي بِالفِعال ومَنْ يُبَادِرْ

Take initiative for the likes of you

Are with deeds and initiative

فَدعْ الْعساكِر إِنَّ أَجـ

ـنَادَ السَّماءِ لَكَ العَساكِرْ

Leave the armies for heaven's

Soldiers are your armies

وَلَقدْ كَفاكَ الله تعـ

ـبئةَ الْميَامِنِ وَالميَاسِر

And God sufficed you the effort

Of right wing and left flank

وزر الخَليلَ فَقَدْ تَشَوَّ

قَ أَنْ تكُونَ إِليْهِ زَائِرْ

Visit the Friend for he longs

To see you as a visitor

والمسجدُ الأَقْصَى تَشَوّ

فَ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِليْكَ نَاظِرْ

And the Distant Mosque yearns

To look upon you

مَا فِيه مَنْ يَعْصى عليـ

ـكَ وَمَنْ يُنافِي أَوْ يُنَافِر

None disobey you therein

Or oppose or show enmity

خَافَتْ عبيدُك مِن سُطا

كَ وكَمْ لَهمْ فِي الخَوفِ عَاذِرْ

Your servants fear your might

And how much fear excuses them

وتَستَّروا مِنْ رُعْبهم

يا وَيْحَهم هَلْ عَنْك سَاتِر

They took cover from their fright

Woe to them! From you, is there a cover?

خَافُوا مِن الْغَرق المُبَا

كِرِ مِنْكَ إِنَّ البَحرَ زَاخِر

They feared the overwhelming flood

From you - the sea is raging

لي فِي الغَرامِ سَريرَةٌ

واللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالسَّرَائِر

I have a secret passion

And God knows best what's hidden

وخَشَوْا وَلَمْ يَغْرُرْهُم

بالَّليْثِ أَنَّ اللَّيثَ خَادرْ

They feared, and the lion did not fool them

That the lion is a deceiver

سَيُطَاعُ أَمْرُكَ فيهم

إِنَّ الأُمور لَها أَمَائِر

Your command will be obeyed in them

For things have their course

والسَّيفُ أَبْتَر في

أَكُفهمُ وفي كَفَّيكَ بَاتِر

And the sword is blunt in

Their palms, and in your palms, sharp

لَمْ يُخْطِئوا إِلاَّ لِعِلْمهمُ

بِأَنَّكَ خَيرُ غَافِرْ

They erred only due to their knowledge

That you are the best forgiver

وبِعُظمِ حِلْمِكَ فَهْو جَرَّارُ

الذُّيولِ عَلى الْجَرَائِر

And the enormity of your forbearance, it drags

Trails upon the enormities

وهمُ عبيدُكَ مَا لكَسْرِهِمُ

سِوى كَفَّيْكَ جَابِرْ

And they are your servants - nothing but your palms

Can discipline them

ولو أَنَّهم فَوْقَ السما

ءِ عَدَتْ إِلَيْك لَهُمْ مَعَابر

And if they were above the sky

Passages to you would reach them

وإِن اسَجَار النجمَ بعـ

ـضُهُمُ فَمِنْكَ النَّجْمُ حَائِرْ

And if they took refuge among stars

The stars from you go astray

والدَّهْرُ أَصْبحَ عَاجِزاً

لمَّا رَجَعْتَ عَلَيْه قَادِرْ

And time has become incapable

Since you returned able

وَقَضَى لَكَ الإِقْبَالُ تسـ

ـليم المقاد من المقادر

And destiny ruled your taking

The reins from the divine decree

انت الغفورلكلِّ ها

فٍ والمُقيلُ لِكُلِّ عَاثِر

You are forgiving of every confusion

And forgiving of every stumbler

أَنتَ الَّذِي لاَ تُتَّقَى الـ

ـأَفْعالُ مِنْه بِالمعَاذِرْ

You are the one whose actions cannot be

Avoided with excuses

وَأَبُو العَظائِم لَيْس يَملأُ

صَدْرَه أَمُّ الكَبَائِرْ

And the father of sublime deeds, his chest

Is not filled by the greatest sins

وقَد انْتَسَبْتَ إِلى الشَّجَا

عَةِ والسُّيُوفُ لَكَ العَشَائِرْ

And you have associated with courage and swords

The kinsfolk are yours

والنَّصْرُ إِرْثُكَ عَنْ أَبٍ

قَدْ كَان لِلإِسْلاَمِ نَاصِر

And victory is your inheritance from

A father who supported Islam

ولَقَدْ أَطَاعَتْك الْقُلو

بُ وأَخْلَصَتْ فِيكَ الضَّمائِر

And hearts have obeyed you

And consciences are sincere to you

ولَقَدْ تَساوَتْ في مَحَبَّـ

ـتِكَ البَواطِنُ والظَّوَاهرْ

And in love of you, essence and form

Are equal

لما مَلكْتَ قُلوبَنا

سَارَت بسيرتِكَ السَّرائِر

When you possessed our hearts

Secrets flowed in your ways

للهِ سِرٌّ فِيك يُسمَع بَلْ

وَيُبْصَر بِالبَصَائِرْ

God has a secret in you - it's heard and

Seen through spiritual insight

كَمْ لَيلَةٍ أَحْيَيْتَها

نَامَ الأَنَامُ وَأَنْتَ سَاهِرْ

How many nights have you kept alive

While people slept and you stayed wakeful

للهِ فِيها قَائِماً

وعَلَى سِوَاكَ الكَأْسُ دَائِر

Standing before God therein

While others circulated the cup

وتَهيم بالأًسْدِ الغِضَابِ

وَهَام غَيْرُكَ بالجَآذرْ

Yearning like a raging lion

While others wandered blind

وتَملَّها سَيَّارَةً

مصحوبةً مِنْ أَجْلِ سَائِرْ

Spending it travelling

Accompanied, for the traveller's sake

لم تَغْن في الأَسْفارِ عنها

إِنَّها زَادُ المُسافِرْ

On journeys, they do not suffice without them

They are supplies for the traveller

والقَولُ مِنْ سِحْرِ العقو

لِ وقَدْ أَتيتُ بِكُلِّ سَاحر

Reason's sorcery in speech, and I have come

With every sorcerer

وأَنَا الْوَليُّ وقَدْ عطشتُ

إِلَى سَحَائِبكَ المَواطِرْ

And I am the saint, and I have thirsted

For your raining clouds

ما شا لعدلك أن يكون

على فيه الدهر جائر

How can your justice be

Oppressive therein, time being unjust

وأُعِيذُ مَجْدَك أَنْ أَكو

نَ وقَدْ نفقْتُ عليكَ بَائِرْ

And I seek refuge for your glory, that I

Was ungrateful though you brought calamities

وَإِذَا نَظَرتَ إِليَّ أَكْمَدْ

تَ المناضِلَ وَالمُناظِر

And if you look at me, you would

Halt the competitor and rival

والْقَصْدُ قُربُكَ إِنَّه

نِعْم الأَخَائِرُ والذَّخَائِر

The goal is your nearness - it is the

Best of goals and treasures

قَدْ كُنْت تُكرِمُ غائِباً

وأُريدُ ذَاكَ وَأَنْتَ حَاضِرْ

You honored me absent

And I want that, you being present

في القُربِ تَنْساني وقِد

ماً كنتَ لي في الْبُعدِ ذَاكِرْ

Nearby, you forget me though

From afar, you remembered me

أَنت الَّذي لَوْلاَ مَدا

ئِحُه لمَا في سُمِّيتُ شَاعِرْ

You are the one who without your

Horizons I wouldn't be called a poet

أَوْلَيْتَني النُّعمَى فَقَا

بلتَ الجواهِرَ بِالجَواهِرْ

You graced me with bounty and so

You matched gems with gems