يهنيكِ يا بلدةَ المختارِ من مُضَرِ

يهنيكِ يا بلدةَ المختارِ من مُضَرِ

قدومُ تاجِ العُلا بالنصر والظَّفر

قدومُ تاجِ العُلا بالنصر والظَّفر

Rejoice, O city of the Chosen One of Muḍar,

May you be gladdened, O city of the Chosen One of Mudar,

at glory’s crown arriving with victory and triumph;

by the arrival of the crown of glory, with victory and triumph,

ونَظْمِ أحوالِك اللاتي قد انتشرَتْ

ونَظْمِ أحوالِك اللاتي قد انتشرَتْ

عقودُ سيرتها في سائر القُطُر

عقودُ سيرتها في سائر القُطُر

at the ordering of your affairs, whose story has spread—

and the ordering of your affairs, whose

the necklaces of its course throughout every land;

necklaces of conduct had scattered throughout all lands,

ونفْيِ ما حلَّ في ناديكِ من خَبَثٍ

ونفْيِ ما حلَّ في ناديكِ من خَبَثٍ

لِحيثُ ألقَتْ كما قد جاء في الخبر

لِحيثُ ألقَتْ كما قد جاء في الخبر

and at the banishment of the foulness that befell your council,

and the expulsion of whatever impurity settled in your assembly,

to where it was cast, as the report has told.

to where she cast it out, as the report relates.

هذا جزاؤُهمُ بالنصِّ حين بَغَوْا

هذا جزاؤُهمُ بالنصِّ حين بَغَوْا

وحاربوا اللهَ والمبعوثَ بالسُّوَر

وحاربوا اللهَ والمبعوثَ بالسُّوَر

Such is their recompense by the sacred text, when they transgressed

This is their recompense, according to the explicit text, when they transgressed

and warred against God and the Messenger sent with the suras.

and warred against God and the one sent with the surahs.

أليس قد أصبحوا دارًا لهجرتِه

أليس قد أصبحوا دارًا لهجرتِه

ومهبطَ الوحي مأوى العلم والنظر

ومهبطَ الوحي مأوى العلم والنظر

Have you not become the dwelling of his Hijra,

Had they not become a home for his emigration,

the landing place of revelation, the home of learning and reflection?

and the descent-place of revelation, a refuge of learning and reflection?

فقل لمن خسر الدنيا وضرَّتها

فقل لمن خسر الدنيا وضرَّتها

في حربها أين أنت اليوم فاعتبر

في حربها أين أنت اليوم فاعتبر

Say, then, to him who lost this world and its co-wife:

Then tell the one who lost this world and its co-wife,

Where are you today, after warring against her? Take heed.

in warring against her: Where are you today? Take heed.

أين الركوبُ الذي يقضي بأنك إن

أين الركوبُ الذي يقضي بأنك إن

في طيبةٍ دمتَ لا تُبقي ولا تذر

في طيبةٍ دمتَ لا تُبقي ولا تذر

Where is that armed host which decreed that, if

Where is that bold undertaking which dictates that, if you

you remained in Ṭayba, you would spare nothing and no one—

remain in Taybah, you spare nothing and leave nothing?

فالبعض تصلبُهم والبعضُ تقتلُهم

فالبعض تصلبُهم والبعضُ تقتلُهم

والبعض قصدُك نفيًا لو إلى سقر

والبعض قصدُك نفيًا لو إلى سقر

crucifying some of them and killing others,

Some you crucify, and some you kill,

while others you meant to banish, even unto Saqar?

and for others your aim is banishment, even to Saqar.

ولم تراعِ لأهل العلم مرتبةً

ولم تراعِ لأهل العلم مرتبةً

ولا لمتَّشحٍ بالفضل مُتَّزر

ولا لمتَّشحٍ بالفضل مُتَّزر

You honored no rank belonging to the learned,

And you respected no rank for the people of learning,

nor anyone robed and girded with virtue.

nor for one cloaked in virtue and girded with it.

هذا ولما أراد الله أنَّ لنا

هذا ولما أراد الله أنَّ لنا

لديه وجْهَ قبولٍ غير منكسر

لديه وجْهَ قبولٍ غير منكسر

Yet when God willed that we should have

All this—and when God willed that we should have

in His presence a favor that would not be broken,

before Him a face received with favor, not cast down,

ولا تضيعُ سدًى في بابه وبه

ولا تضيعُ سدًى في بابه وبه

أضحى توسُّلنا عِقْدًا من الدُّرَر

أضحى توسُّلنا عِقْدًا من الدُّرَر

and that our plea at His gate, and through Him, should not be wasted,

nor be lost in vain at His door; and through Him

our appeal became a necklace strung with pearls.

our entreaty became a necklace of pearls.

هيِّئْ لنا سببًا في حلِّ عُقدتنا

هيِّئْ لنا سببًا في حلِّ عُقدتنا

وفصْمِ عروةِ هذا البؤسِ والضرر

وفصْمِ عروةِ هذا البؤسِ والضرر

He prepared for us a means to untie our knot

Prepare for us a means of loosening our knot,

and sever the bond of this misery and harm,

and severing the bond of this misery and harm,

لكي نُقلَّبَ في ظل الأمان على

لكي نُقلَّبَ في ظل الأمان على

فُرْشِ السرور ونجني لذةَ الثمر

فُرْشِ السرور ونجني لذةَ الثمر

so that beneath the shade of safety we might turn it over

so that we may be turned about in the shade of safety, upon

upon beds of joy and gather the fruit’s delight.

beds of joy, and reap the sweetness of fruit.

وهو التصوّر للفتوى التي حظيَتْ

وهو التصوّر للفتوى التي حظيَتْ

بخير كُفوٍ لها في الدوْمِ مُعتبر

بخير كُفوٍ لها في الدوْمِ مُعتبر

It is the drafting of the legal opinion that was favored

And it is the conception of the fatwa, which has been blessed

with the worthiest peer for it, esteemed through all time:

with its best worthy match, esteemed for all time:

أعني محمدًا المولى الأمينَ على

أعني محمدًا المولى الأمينَ على

ما قلَّدتْه أيادي الدولةِ الغُرر

ما قلَّدتْه أيادي الدولةِ الغُرر

I mean Muhammad, the trustworthy master of

I mean Muhammad, the master, faithful to

what the illustrious hands of state entrusted to him—

what the state's illustrious hands have entrusted to him.

ومَن تطوَّلَ أبقى الله دولتَه

ومَن تطوَّلَ أبقى الله دولتَه

وزاده بسطةً في العلم والعُمُر

وزاده بسطةً في العلم والعُمُر

one whose favor endures. May God preserve his rule

And the one who bestowed favors—may God preserve his reign

and increase his breadth in knowledge and in years,

and increase him in learning and years—

بمنَّةِ الفرمانات التي نفذَتْ

بمنَّةِ الفرمانات التي نفذَتْ

أحكامُها حين وافى عُمدَةُ الوُزر

أحكامُها حين وافى عُمدَةُ الوُزر

by grace of the firmans that went into force,

through the boon of the firmans whose

whose rulings took effect when the pillar of ministers arrived—

rulings took effect when the mainstay of the viziers arrived:

جمالُ وجهِ أولي الآراءِ قاهرُ من

جمالُ وجهِ أولي الآراءِ قاهرُ من

عَتَوا عُتُوّاً وقوَّى عُصبةَ النفر

عَتَوا عُتُوّاً وقوَّى عُصبةَ النفر

the beauty of the men of counsel, vanquisher of those

the beauty of the countenance of men of judgment, conqueror of those

who waxed insolent and gathered strength as a band,

who rebelled arrogantly; he strengthened the band of men—

والي دمشقٍ وحاميها محمّدُ من

والي دمشقٍ وحاميها محمّدُ من

به تباهَتْ أهالي الحجِّ والعُمَر

به تباهَتْ أهالي الحجِّ والعُمَر

Damascus’s governor and defender, Muhammad, by whom

Muhammad, governor of Damascus and its protector, in whom

the folk of Hajj and ʿumra took pride.

the people of Hajj and Umrah took pride.

لا زال وجهُ التهاني من تردُّدِه

لا زال وجهُ التهاني من تردُّدِه

بين الحجاز طليقًا زاهرَ الطُّرَر

بين الحجاز طليقًا زاهرَ الطُّرَر

May congratulations, through his frequent passage, never cease,

May the face of congratulations, through his coming and going

free in the Hijaz, radiant of brow.

throughout the Hijaz, remain cheerful, with radiant forelocks.

وكم وكم من مُهِمّاتٍ قد انحدرَت

وكم وكم من مُهِمّاتٍ قد انحدرَت

عنها المداركُ حسْرَى أيَّ منحدر

عنها المداركُ حسْرَى أيَّ منحدر

How many—how many—weighty matters have descended,

And how many, how many weighty tasks! Down have fallen

before which minds fall weary: what a descent!

from them the powers of understanding, exhausted—what a descent!

تخالُها حين تبلوها وتخبرُها

تخالُها حين تبلوها وتخبرُها

قد حاكتِ الفَلَكَ الدوّارَ في الصور

قد حاكتِ الفَلَكَ الدوّارَ في الصور

You would think them, when you test them and assay their gold,

You would think them, when you test and examine them,

to have imitated the revolving sphere in all its forms.

to have resembled the revolving celestial sphere in their forms.

وأصلها همَّةُ الشهم الذي ابتهجَتْ

وأصلها همَّةُ الشهم الذي ابتهجَتْ

به المدينةُ حين العَوْدُ من سَفَر

به المدينةُ حين العَوْدُ من سَفَر

Their source is the resolve of that valiant man, in whom

And their source is the resolve of the noble-hearted man in whom

Medina rejoiced when he returned from travel.

Medina rejoiced upon his return from a journey.