هنيئاً هنيئاً لا نفاد لعدِّهِ

وبشرى لدين الله إنْجازُ وعدِهِ

Felicitations, felicitations—may their number never end!

And glad tidings to God’s faith: His promise is fulfilled.

فقد لاح بدر التم في أفق العلا

وحلَّ كما يرضى منازل سعدهِ

For the perfect full moon has risen upon glory’s horizon

and, just as he desires, entered the mansions of his good fortune.

وطاف أمير المسلمين محمدٌ

بحضرته العليا مبلَّغ قصدِهِ

Muhammad, Commander of the Muslims, has made his circuit

through his exalted court, his purpose attained.

وأبصَرَتِ الأبصار شَمْسَ هداية

وأشرقت الأرجاءُ من زُهر رفدِهِ

And every eye beheld a sun of guidance,

and every quarter shone with the radiant bloom of his bounty.

ولوَّحتِ الأعلامُ فيها بنصره

كما لوَّح الصبح المبين ببندِه

The standards there waved, proclaiming his victory,

as bright dawn waves its banner.

ستُهدي له الأيام كلَّ مسرَّةٍ

ويحيي به الرحمن آثار جَدِّهِ

The days will offer him every delight,

and through him the All-Merciful will revive his forebear’s crown.

فسُلَّ حسام السعد واضربْ به العدا

وخَلِّ حسام الهند في كِنِّ غِمْدهِ

So draw the sword of good fortune, and strike the foe with it;

leave the Indian blade sheltered within its sheath.

فسيفُك سيفُ الله مهما سَلَلْتَهُ

يُقيم حُدودَ الله قائمُ حَدِّهِ

For your sword is the sword of God: whenever you draw it,

it establishes God’s bounds, standing firm through its edge.