بِالفَتح لاحَ لَنا الهَناء مُبَشِّرا

وَالسَعد قامَ مُهلّلاً وَمُكَبِّرا

With the conquest, joy dawned upon us heralding good news,

And fortune stood exulting and glorifying,

وَالنَصر وَالفَوز المُخَلّد عزّه

رفعت لَنا راياته بَينَ الوَرى

And victory and triumph whose might is immortalized

Raised its banners amongst mankind.

وَشُموس أَفلاك السَعادة أَشرَقَت

وَصَباح إسعاد العِناية أَسفَرا

And the suns of the spheres of felicity shone,

And the morn of divine care dawned radiant.

وَعَن الخَواطر غَيهب الوَهم اِنجَلى

وَتَنبّه الوَسنان مِن سِنَةِ الكَرى

And from the minds the illusions disappeared,

And the heedless woke from the slumber of apathy.

وَأَتَت تَباشير السُرور عَلى المَلا

تُتلى وَرَوض العزّ أَصبَح مُزهرا

And tidings of joy came to the assembly,

As the garden of glory became verdant.

بُشرى المَليك الأَسعد الغازي الَّذي

لَو هَزَّ عودَ قَناً لَأَينَع مُثمرا

Good tidings of the most auspicious victorious king,

Who, were he to shake a dry branch, would make it fruitful,

سُلطاننا العالي عَلى فلك العُلى

عَبدِ المَجيدِ الأَوحد السامي الذُرى

Our exalted sultan, atop the sphere of sublimity,

Abdülmecid, the unique, the lofty, the elite,

وَهبَ الإِلهُ لَهُ المَعالي مِثلَما

أَولاهُ بِالعزّ المشيَّد مظهَرا

And God granted him glories as He made him eminent with mighty glory.

O opener of the new conquest, and owner of the auspicious kingdom, aided and victorious,

يا فاتح الفَتح الجَديد وَصاحب ال

مُلك السَعيد مُؤيّداً وَمظفّرا

And clother of the commendable with probity,

And guider of sound opinion with insight.

وَمقلّدَ الخلق الحَميد نَزاهة

وَمُسدّد الرَأي الرَشيد تَبصّرا

Your pearl of a king whose clemency encompassed the world, beyond doubt or demur,

The minaret of mighty glory stands with his sword erect,

لِلّهِ دُرُّك مِن مَليكٍ حلمه

شَمل الوَرى لا رَيب فيهِ وَلا مرا

Until he prevailed over the enemy and became dominant.

And providence assisted his destiny,

أَعلى مَنار العزِّ قائم سَيفه

حَتّى تَمكّن في العدا وَاِستَظهَرا

And God facilitated his desires.

So make his felicity and aid endure, O You whose generosity is beyond measure,

وَلَهُ العِناية ساعَدَت أَقدارها

وَلَهُ الإِله مُرادهُ قَد يَسَّرا

And cast over him the shade of Your might which has always been his shield and pardon,

And with utter sincerity, strive to favor the men of his state so its pillars grow firm,

فَأَدِم لَهُ الإِسعادَ وَالإِمدادَ يا

مَن جوده قَد جَلَّ عَن أَن يُحصَرا

Especially the governor of our province, whom the splendid years have adorned,

I mean, the companion of fortune, Mahmud Pasha, among the notables with merits that none can deny,

وَاِسدل عَلَيهِ ظلال عزّتك الَّتي

هِيَ لَم تَزَل دِرعاً تَقيهِ وَمغفرا

If I say he is like the famed scholar among mankind,

His merits were more precious and renowned,

وَبِخالص التَوفيق جُد مُتفَضّلاً

لِرِجالِ دَولَتِهِ لتتّثق العُرى

And if he contained all pride, yet he is the cub of the noble and deserves to take pride,

A resolve that when mentioned in the assembly of lords,

لا سِيّما والي إيالتنا الَّذي

قَد فاخرت فيهِ السِنين الأَعصرا

Humbled them, and the eminent speaker became fragrant,

And traits from the essence of his pure nature,

أَعني نَديم السَعد مَحمودَ النُهى

بَينَ المَلا بِمَناقِبٍ لَن تُنكرا

A spring whose perfection burst forth,

And the clarity of manners whose purity,

إِن قُلت كَالعَلم الشَهير لَدى الوَرى

كانَت مَناقبه أَعَزَّ وَأَشهَرا

None ever muddied at its springs,

And the radiance of a face that if it appeared to you in darkness

وَلَئن حَوى كُلَّ الفَخار فَإِنَّهُ

شبل النَجيب وَحَقّه أَن يَفخَرا

You would behold the dawn bursting forth,

And the generosity of a hand that if destitution befell you

شِيَمٌ مَتى ذكرت بِمحفل سادة

خَضعت وَناديها النديُّ تَعَطّرا

You would witness from it copious fresh water for your rose garden,

And the soundness of an opinion whose circumspection decides for him

وَشَمائِلٌ مِن طيب عُنصر ذاتِها

ينبوع ذَيّاك الكَمال تَفَجّرا

Perplexing matters without contemplating,

And indeed I repeat his praise delightedly,

وَصَفاءُ أَخلاقٍ لِفَرط صَفائِها

ما قَطّ مِنهلها الشَهيُّ تَكَدّرا

For honey is best when reiterated,

Valor is his nature for doing good, it is praised,

وَسَناءُ وَجهٍ بِالبَشاشَة لَو بَدا

لَكَ في الدجا عاينت صبحا مُسفِرا

And for benevolence it was a source,

His feats captivated souls, so they became devoted to him,

وَسَخاءُ كَفٍّ لَو أَلمَّ بِكَ الظَما

شاهَدت مِنهُ لطيب وردِكَ كَوثَرا

Refusing to be freed,

And his traits captivated hearts' love,

وَسَداد رَأيٍ حزمه يقضي بِهِ

في المُشكِلات بِدون أَن يَتَفَكّرا

So it manifested, and was latent in the conscience,

Joy unto you, O wise advisor, for God has favored you,

وَلَقَد أُكرّر حَمده مُتَلذّذاً

وَالشهد ألطف ما يَكون مُكرَّرا

So rejoice in it and take glad tidings,

The tidings of fortune arrived, and how excellent are those delegations,

شَهمُّ لَهُ فعل الجَميل سَجيّة

حمدت وَلِلمَعروف كانَت مَصدرا

Our praises are their neighbors,

God's gift is the victorious army, how much glory among the people and pride it attained,

مَلَكت صَنائعه الرِقاب فَأَصبَحَت

رقّاً لَهُ تَأبى بِأَن تَتَحرّرا

Its horsemen ripped their enemies apart as the lions of valor ripped gazelles,

All intrepid, fearing no audacity and fearing the disgrace of retreating,

وَتَملّكت حبَّ القُلوب خِصاله

فَبَدا وَكانَ لَدى السَريرة مضمرا

And its fierce lions crushing skulls aflame,

Roaring hotly and prancing proudly,

فَلك الهَنا يا ذا المشير بِما بِهِ

مَنَّ الإِله فَكُن بِهِ مُستَبشِرا

And its stalwarts offering up souls cheaply on the day of thrusting when passions intensified,

Death is more coveted by them than living disgraced among the people,

وَفدت بشارات السُعود وَحَبَّذا

تِلكَ الوُفود لَها مَحامدنا قِرى

And its biting blades hot with warring, whetting,

Are dearer to it than embracing an ignoble wretch,

لِلّه دَرّ العَسكَر المَنصور كَم

قَد حازَ عزّاً في الأَنام وَمَفخرا

And the eggs of starlings mixed up are dearer to it

Than stirring the sides of the brown lionesses,

فَتَكت فَوارسه بِأعداها كَما

فَتَكَت براتعة الفَلا أُسد الشرى

And the smoke of the gunpowder of battle is more vital to it

Than perfume of ambergris wafting from censers,

مِن كُلّ أَروعَ لا يَهاب تَقدّما

وَيَهاب ذُلَّ العار أَن يَتَأخَّرا

The day it confounded darkness with its light

And its light with its darkness was the strangest sight,

وَغَضنَفر يَطس الجَماجم مسعرا

حرَّ الوَطيس وَيَنثَني مُتبخترا

As if the sounds of the cannons in the darkness

Were lightning whose flashes thundered a pouring rain,

وَسمَيدع يَشري النُفوس رَخيصةً

يَوم الطِعان وَقَد غَلا وَتَسعَّرا

And the clashing of arms dyed with blood

Were like the tinkling of bejeweled anklets,

أَشهى لَهُ الأَجل المُتاح أَو العلى

من أَن يَعيش لَدى الأَنام محقّرا

And in pursuing the horses the falconry

Tied its jesses upon them in flocks,

وَعناقه ماضي الغرار مهنّداً

أَهنا لَهُ مِن أَن يُعانق جؤذرا

And the war pigeons built next to the vultures

A canopy that prevented their suns from rising,

وَأحبّ مِن بيضِ الكَواعِبِ خُرَّداً

تَقليبه اللّدنَ الكَعوبَ الأَسمرا

If you wish to attain honor, then set out early for battle

And rise up with your sleeves rolled,

وَدُخان بارود الوَغى أَذكى لَهُ

مِن أَن تروِّحَهُ المَجامِرُ عَنبَرا

I see esteemed glory attained in a market

Where souls are sold and bought.

يَوم بِهِ اِلتبسَ الدُجا بِنَهارِهِ

وَنَهاره بِدُجاه أَشبَه ما يَرى

Do you not see that there is nothing above the dust except glories for the dust?

A man's honor is the speech of his enemy, saying

وَكَأنَّ أَصوات المَدافع في الدُجا

رَعد تَأَلَّقَ برقهُ مُستَمطرا

"I see such resoluteness in so-and-so."

And it suffices him disgrace that his friend says

وَصَليل قَعقعة السِلاح مخَضَّباً

أَزرَت بِصلصلةِ الحليّ مجوهرا

"Zayd was deficient in battles."

We have praised striving to attain the sublime,

وَلَدى طراد الخَيل في إثر العِدا

عقدت سَنابكها عَلَيها عِثيرا

And at dawn the band will praise the hidden.

By God's aid we were saddened as we wished,

وَبَنى العَجاجُ لَدى الهِياج سرادِقاً

منعت شُموس نَهارهم أَن تَظهَرا

As that was decreed in the Book.

So victory exulted with felicity nearing,

إِن شئت نَيل العِزّ فاِبتدر الوَغى

وَاِنهَض لَها عَن ساعديك مُشمّرا

And its opposite turned away in misery departing.

By the conquest of Sevastopol we attained our wishes,

إِنّي أَرى الشَرفَ الرَفيع يُنالُ في

سوقٍ تُباع بِهِ النُفوس وَتُشتَرى

Until the voice of joy ascended the pulpit,

And the herald came with glad tidings dated with

أَفلا تَرى عَين الجَبان بِأَنّ ما

فَوقَ الثَرى إِلّا المَآثر لِلثَرى

The conquest, joy dawned upon us heralding.

حَسبُ الفَتى شَرَفاً مقالُ عدوّهِ

إِنّي لأَنظُرُ مِن فُلانٍ قسورا

وَكَفاه عاراً أَن يَقول صَديقه

قَد كانَ زَيد في الحُروب مُقَصِّرا

وَلَقد حَمدنا السَعي في طَلب العُلى

وَلَدى الصَباح سَيحمدُ القَوم السرى

حُزناً بِعَون اللَه ما شئنا كَما

قَد كانَ ذَلِكَ في الكِتاب مسَطَّرا

فَالفَوز هَلّل بِالسَعادة مُقبِلاً

وَالضدّ وَلّى بِالشقاوة مُدبِرا

سيوستبول بِفتحها نِلنا المُنى

حَتّى اِرتَقى داعي المَسَرَّة منبَرا

وَأَتى البَشير مَع الهَناء مُؤرِّخاً

بِالفَتح لاحَ لَنا الهَناءُ مُبَشِّرا