لا تَخشَ عَدوى مَن أَبَحتَ ذِمارَهُ

لا تَخشَ عَدوى مَن أَبَحتَ ذِمارَهُ

مَن ماتَ قَلباً لَم تَعِش أَضغانُهُ

مَن ماتَ قَلباً لَم تَعِش أَضغانُهُ

Do not fear the hostility of one whose honor you have made fair game;

Do not fear the enmity of those whose secrets you have exposed

the grudges of one dead at heart do not survive.

He whose heart has died, his branches do not live

دَعهُ لِأَحداثِ الزَمانِ دَرِيَّةً

دَعهُ لِأَحداثِ الزَمانِ دَرِيَّةً

أَتُراهُ يُكرِمُ مَن هَواكَ هَوانُهُ

أَتُراهُ يُكرِمُ مَن هَواكَ هَوانُهُ

Leave him as a target for the calamities of time.

Leave him for the vicissitudes of time as prey

Do you think it will honor one whose abasement you desire?

Do you expect him to honor one whose love is his disgrace?

وَإِذا أَرَدتَ بَوارَ مَملَكَةٍ طَغَت

وَإِذا أَرَدتَ بَوارَ مَملَكَةٍ طَغَت

سَفَهاً فَبَعثُكَ رايَةً عُنوانُهُ

سَفَهاً فَبَعثُكَ رايَةً عُنوانُهُ

And if you desire the ruin of a kingdom that has rebelled

And if you wanted to destroy an arrogant kingdom

in folly, your dispatch of a banner heralds that ruin.

Your standard's inscription would be ignorance if you sent it as a van

فَلَقَد أَطاعَكَ مَن أَحَبَّ حَياتَهُ

فَلَقَد أَطاعَكَ مَن أَحَبَّ حَياتَهُ

فيها وَلَجَّ بِخائِنٍ طُغيانُهُ

فيها وَلَجَّ بِخائِنٍ طُغيانُهُ

Indeed, whoever loved his life has obeyed you

So those who loved life obeyed you

there, while a traitor's rebellion drove him to persist.

And the traitor immersed in tyranny joined you

فَليَطلُبِ الرومُ الأَمانَ فَقَد بَدَت

فَليَطلُبِ الرومُ الأَمانَ فَقَد بَدَت

لَهُمُ خُشونَةُ صارِمٍ وَلَيانُهُ

لَهُمُ خُشونَةُ صارِمٍ وَلَيانُهُ

Let the Romans seek safe-conduct, for there have appeared

Let the Romans seek safety, for the sharpness

to them a keen sword's harshness and gentleness.

Of a cutting sword and its wielder has appeared to them

هَجَرَ الرُقادُ جُفونَهُم مُذ نَبَّهوا

هَجَرَ الرُقادُ جُفونَهُم مُذ نَبَّهوا

مَن لا تَنامُ عَلى القَذى أَجفانُهُ

مَن لا تَنامُ عَلى القَذى أَجفانُهُ

Sleep has forsaken their eyelids since they roused

Sleep has abandoned their eyelids since they were awakened

one whose eyelids will not close upon a mote.

By one whose eyelids do not sleep on gravel

ذا العَزمُ جَأشُ الدَهرِ مِنهُ مُرَوَّعٌ

ذا العَزمُ جَأشُ الدَهرِ مِنهُ مُرَوَّعٌ

وَالجَيشُ يَفتَرِسُ العِدى فُرسانُهُ

وَالجَيشُ يَفتَرِسُ العِدى فُرسانُهُ

Such is resolve: Time's heart is terrified by it,

With resolve that shakes the universe and terrifies it

and the army's horsemen devour the foes.

And an army that hunts the enemy, its horsemen

ضَمِنَت سُوافَ مُعانِديهِ سُيوفُهُ

ضَمِنَت سُوافَ مُعانِديهِ سُيوفُهُ

فَأَمَرَّ عَيشَ عُداتِهِ مُرّانُهُ

فَأَمَرَّ عَيشَ عُداتِهِ مُرّانُهُ

His swords have guaranteed his opponents' destruction,

His swords guaranteed the throats of his opponents

so his ashwood spears have made his enemies' lives bitter.

So he settled the life of his followers and trained them

وَلَقَد سَمَت شَرَفاً مُلوكٌ قُسِّمَت

وَلَقَد سَمَت شَرَفاً مُلوكٌ قُسِّمَت

فيما تَقَدَّمَ بَينَها بُلدانُهُ

فيما تَقَدَّمَ بَينَها بُلدانُهُ

And kings indeed rose high in honor; divided

And kings aspired to the nobility he attained

among them in former times were his lands.

Since he conquered the lands that were divided between them long ago

بَجَحوا بِها وَأَجَلَّ عَنها نَفسَهُ

بَجَحوا بِها وَأَجَلَّ عَنها نَفسَهُ

مُذ حازَها فَوُلاتُها غِلمانُهُ

مُذ حازَها فَوُلاتُها غِلمانُهُ

They boasted of them; he deemed himself above them

They boasted of it and he put it above himself

since acquiring them, for their governors are his young servants.

Since his youths achieved it

فَلِذا الجُيوشُ يَقودُها وَيَسودُها

فَلِذا الجُيوشُ يَقودُها وَيَسودُها

بَنجوتَكينُ أَميرُها وَطُغانُهُ

بَنجوتَكينُ أَميرُها وَطُغانُهُ

Thus the armies are led and commanded

And so these armies are led and ruled

by Banjutakin, their emir, and his Tughan.

By Bonjuktin their prince and tyrant

وَاللَهُ جاءَ بِها عَلى أَعقابِهِم

وَاللَهُ جاءَ بِها عَلى أَعقابِهِم

لِيَفيضَ مِن إِحسانِهِم إِحسانُهُ

لِيَفيضَ مِن إِحسانِهِم إِحسانُهُ

And God brought them on their heels,

And God brought them against their enemies

so that his bounty might overflow beyond theirs.

So that kindness flows from their kindness

يُغني غَناءَ سُيوفِهِم إيعادُهُ

يُغني غَناءَ سُيوفِهِم إيعادُهُ

وَتَفيضُ فَيضَ بِحارِهِم غُدرانُهُ

وَتَفيضُ فَيضَ بِحارِهِم غُدرانُهُ

His threats do the work of their swords,

His promises sing the praises of their swords

and his pools overflow like their seas.

And the abundance of their seas overflows with treason

وَالغَيثُ لَيسَ يَنوبُ عَنهُ وَطالَما

وَالغَيثُ لَيسَ يَنوبُ عَنهُ وَطالَما

غابَ الغَمامُ فَنابَ عَنهُ بَنانُهُ

غابَ الغَمامُ فَنابَ عَنهُ بَنانُهُ

Rain cannot replace him, yet often

The rain is not withheld, though often

the clouds have gone, and his fingers have taken their place.

The clouds are absent, yet it comes from their peaks

يَحوي النَباهَةَ مَن تَقَدَّمَ فَضلُهُ

يَحوي النَباهَةَ مَن تَقَدَّمَ فَضلُهُ

لا مَن تَقَدَّمَ عَصرُهُ وَأَوانُهُ

لا مَن تَقَدَّمَ عَصرُهُ وَأَوانُهُ

Distinction is won by the one whose merit comes first,

He who excels possesses intelligence, not

not by the one whose era and age come first.

He whose time and era preceded

هَل مَن يُساهِمُ وَالمُعَلّى سَهمُهُ

هَل مَن يُساهِمُ وَالمُعَلّى سَهمُهُ

إِن كانَ بَعدَ الأَنبِياءِ زَمانُهُ

إِن كانَ بَعدَ الأَنبِياءِ زَمانُهُ

Who can vie with him, when his arrow wins the highest share,

Is there one who can compete when his arrow is lofty

even if his age comes after the prophets?

If his time is after the prophets?

فَليَدرِ أَملاكُ الطَوائِفِ أَنَّهُ

فَليَدرِ أَملاكُ الطَوائِفِ أَنَّهُ

فَلَكٌ تَضَمَّنَ سَلبَها دَوَرانُهُ

فَلَكٌ تَضَمَّنَ سَلبَها دَوَرانُهُ

Let the kings of the factions know that he

So let the rulers of the lands know that he

is a celestial sphere whose turning entails their dispossession.

Is a celestial orbit that will seize them in its rotation

فَلِما حَمَت أَتراكَها أَتراكُهُ

فَلِما حَمَت أَتراكَها أَتراكُهُ

وَلِما حَمَت سودانَها سودانُهُ

وَلِما حَمَت سودانَها سودانُهُ

Then why did his Turks protect their Turks,

For when his Turks protected them, it was his Turks

and why did his black troops protect their black troops?

And when his Sudan defended them, it was his Sudan

يا كافِيَ الإِسلامِ غَيرَ مُشارِكٍ

يا كافِيَ الإِسلامِ غَيرَ مُشارِكٍ

فِتناً تَشيبُ لِهَولِها وَلِدانُهُ

فِتناً تَشيبُ لِهَولِها وَلِدانُهُ

O you who single-handedly shield Islam

O you who suffice Islam without a partner

from upheavals whose horror turns its children gray!

Liberating it from tribulations that turn children gray

أَغنى صِفاتِكَ عَن شَهادَةِ شاهِدٍ

أَغنى صِفاتِكَ عَن شَهادَةِ شاهِدٍ

مَجدٌ لَعَمرُكَ واضِحٌ بُرهانُهُ

مَجدٌ لَعَمرُكَ واضِحٌ بُرهانُهُ

Your qualities need no witness's testimony,

Your qualities suffice, without witnesses testifying

thanks to glory whose proof, by your life, is clear.

Your glory, sir, is obvious proof

حُزتَ الفَضائِلَ لَيسَ يُمكِنُ جَحدُها

حُزتَ الفَضائِلَ لَيسَ يُمكِنُ جَحدُها

وَالصُبحُ لَيسَ بِمُمكِنٍ كِتمانُهُ

وَالصُبحُ لَيسَ بِمُمكِنٍ كِتمانُهُ

You have gained virtues that cannot be denied,

You have collected virtues that cannot be denied

and the dawn cannot be concealed:

And the dawn cannot conceal its light

بِشراً يُبَشِّرُ بِالغِنى إيماضُهُ

بِشراً يُبَشِّرُ بِالغِنى إيماضُهُ

كَالبَرقِ دَلَّ عَلى الوَرى لَمَعانُهُ

كَالبَرقِ دَلَّ عَلى الوَرى لَمَعانُهُ

a cheerful countenance whose flash heralds wealth,

Good tidings herald your flash of wealth

like lightning, whose flash points toward humankind;

Like lightning indicating its radiance to the world

وَنَدىً قَصَرتَ عَلى الثَناءِ فُنونَهُ

وَنَدىً قَصَرتَ عَلى الثَناءِ فُنونَهُ

وَتُظِلُّ آمالَ الوَرى أَفنانُهُ

وَتُظِلُّ آمالَ الوَرى أَفنانُهُ

and bounty whose forms you have reserved for praise,

A call that excellence falls short of your praise

whose branches shade mankind's hopes.

And the hopes of mankind are shaded by your branches

وَالمالُ لا يَبقى عَلى مُتَمَلِّكٍ

وَالمالُ لا يَبقى عَلى مُتَمَلِّكٍ

إِلّا وَأَبناءُ المُنى خُزّانُهُ

إِلّا وَأَبناءُ المُنى خُزّانُهُ

Wealth remains with no possessor

But property does not remain with an owner

unless the children of hope are its treasurers.

Except for the children of Muna as its treasurers

أَمّا شَبيهُكَ في الأَنامِ فَإِنَّهُ

أَمّا شَبيهُكَ في الأَنامِ فَإِنَّهُ

ما كانَ قَطُّ وَلا يَجوزُ كِيانُهُ

ما كانَ قَطُّ وَلا يَجوزُ كِيانُهُ

As for your equal among humankind, he

As for your peer among people, he does not

has never existed, nor can he exist.

Exist, nor can his being be possible

ما في طَريقِ المَجدِ غَيرَكَ مُهتَدٍ

ما في طَريقِ المَجدِ غَيرَكَ مُهتَدٍ

كُلٌّ سِواكَ يَقولُ أَينَ مَكانُهُ

كُلٌّ سِواكَ يَقولُ أَينَ مَكانُهُ

On glory's path, none but you knows the way;

None are rightly guided toward glory but you

all but you ask, 'Where does it lie?'

All others say "Where is my place?"

فَفَعَلتَ ما عَجَزَ الوَرى عَن فِعلِهِ

فَفَعَلتَ ما عَجَزَ الوَرى عَن فِعلِهِ

فَعَرَفتَ ما أَعياهُمُ عِرفانُهُ

فَعَرَفتَ ما أَعياهُمُ عِرفانُهُ

So you have done what humankind was powerless to do,

You have done what the world failed to do

and understood what baffled their understanding.

And known what their knowing frustrated them from

وَلَقَد شَفَعتَ الحَجَّ بِالغَزوِ الَّذي

وَلَقَد شَفَعتَ الحَجَّ بِالغَزوِ الَّذي

لَولاكَ أَعجَزَ أَهلَهُ إِمكانُهُ

لَولاكَ أَعجَزَ أَهلَهُ إِمكانُهُ

And you have coupled pilgrimage with the campaign that,

You supplemented the Hajj with a raid that, without you

without you, its men could never have made possible.

Its people would have been incapable of accomplishing

وَبَذَلتَ حُمرَ المالِ في تَنفيذِهِم

وَبَذَلتَ حُمرَ المالِ في تَنفيذِهِم

أَيّامَ عَزَّ عَلَيهِمُ وِجدانُهُ

أَيّامَ عَزَّ عَلَيهِمُ وِجدانُهُ

And you spent red gold to send them forth,

And you spent your red gold to enable them

in days when they could scarcely obtain it.

In days when accessing it pained them

فَمُعَجَّلٌ لَكَ مِن إِلَهِكَ نَصرُهُ

فَمُعَجَّلٌ لَكَ مِن إِلَهِكَ نَصرُهُ

وَمُؤَجَّلٌ لَكَ عِندَهُ رِضوانُهُ

وَمُؤَجَّلٌ لَكَ عِندَهُ رِضوانُهُ

So your God's victory comes swiftly to you,

So your victory from God is hastened

and His good pleasure awaits you later with Him.

And His approval is deferred for you

هِيَ مِنَّةٌ يَبقى عَلَيكَ ثَناؤُها

هِيَ مِنَّةٌ يَبقى عَلَيكَ ثَناؤُها

في الناسِ ما صَحِبَت حِراءَ رِعانُهُ

في الناسِ ما صَحِبَت حِراءَ رِعانُهُ

It is a benefaction whose praise remains yours

It is a blessing whose praise remains upon you

among mankind, as long as Hira's spurs remain with it.

Among people for as long as shepherds roam

فَالبَيتُ يَشكُرُها إِذا طافَت بِهِ

فَالبَيتُ يَشكُرُها إِذا طافَت بِهِ

زَمَنَ الحَجيجِ وَقُبِّلَت أَركانُهُ

زَمَنَ الحَجيجِ وَقُبِّلَت أَركانُهُ

The House gives thanks for it when pilgrims circle it,

Thus the House thanks it when it circles around

in the pilgrims' season, and its corners are kissed.

During the Hajj season, and its corners are kissed

فَأَجابَ فيكَ اللَهُ دَعوَةَ قارِنٍ

فَأَجابَ فيكَ اللَهُ دَعوَةَ قارِنٍ

يَتلو هُناكَ قِرانَهُ قُرآنُهُ

يَتلو هُناكَ قِرانَهُ قُرآنُهُ

May God then answer for you the prayer of a pilgrim joining Hajj and Umrah,

So God answered there the prayer of a companion

whose Qur'an recitation there follows his combined pilgrimage.

Reciting the Quran beside it, his recitation being the Quran

وَبَقيتَ لِلمَولى الَّذي شَرُفَت بِهِ

وَبَقيتَ لِلمَولى الَّذي شَرُفَت بِهِ

أَيّامُهُ وَتَطاوَلَت أَزمانُهُ

أَيّامُهُ وَتَطاوَلَت أَزمانُهُ

And may you live on for the lord through whom

And you remained for the Master whom you were ennobled by

his days have been ennobled and his years prolonged,

His days and eras became long

حَتّى تَرى أَضعافَ جَيشِكَ جَيشَهُ

حَتّى تَرى أَضعافَ جَيشِكَ جَيشَهُ

وَيَكونَ أَكثَرَ مَن بِهِ فِتيانُهُ

وَيَكونَ أَكثَرَ مَن بِهِ فِتيانُهُ

until you see his army many times the size of yours,

Until you see your army multiplied manyfold

and his young men make up most of those in it.

And its warriors more numerous than before

لِمَ لا أُبالِغُ في مَديحِكَ مُطنِباً

لِمَ لا أُبالِغُ في مَديحِكَ مُطنِباً

وَالشِعرُ طِرفٌ خاطِري مَيدانُهُ

وَالشِعرُ طِرفٌ خاطِري مَيدانُهُ

Why should I not extol you lavishly and at length,

Why should I go on excessively praising you

when poetry is a noble steed, and my mind its racecourse?

When poetry is an inclination of my thoughts

بَل كَيفَ أَجحَدُ ما أَنالَتني يَدٌ

بَل كَيفَ أَجحَدُ ما أَنالَتني يَدٌ

بِكرُ الغِنى مِن سَيبِها وَعَوانُهُ

بِكرُ الغِنى مِن سَيبِها وَعَوانُهُ

Rather, how could I deny what a hand has bestowed on me,

How can I deny what the hand that

whose bounty yields wealth both virgin and mature?

Gave generously with its prisoner's bounty and help has done for me?

فَاِسمَع لِمادِحِكَ الَّذي لا يَنطَوي

فَاِسمَع لِمادِحِكَ الَّذي لا يَنطَوي

إِلّا عَلَيكَ إِذا اِنطَوى ديوانُهُ

إِلّا عَلَيكَ إِذا اِنطَوى ديوانُهُ

So listen to your praiser, whose verse enfolds

So listen to your praiser, whose poetry contains

none but you when his collection is folded shut.

None but you, when his book is folded

ما في بَني حَوّاءَ عِندي آخَرٌ

ما في بَني حَوّاءَ عِندي آخَرٌ

يُرجى عَطاهُ وَيُتَّقى حِرمانُهُ

يُرجى عَطاهُ وَيُتَّقى حِرمانُهُ

Among Eve's children there is, for me, no other

Among the sons of Eve I see no other

whose bounty is hoped for and whose withholding feared.

Whose gift is hoped for and estrangement feared

فَلِذا رَجائي عَن سِواكَ مُنَكِّبٌ

فَلِذا رَجائي عَن سِواكَ مُنَكِّبٌ

وَإِلَيكَ يَتبَعُ نَصَّهُ ذَمَلانُهُ

وَإِلَيكَ يَتبَعُ نَصَّهُ ذَمَلانُهُ

Thus my hope turns aside from all but you,

Thus my hopes turn away from other than you

and toward you its trot follows its full-speed rush.

And follow you, their firm intent cleaving to you

أَثنى عَلَيكَ العيدُ بِالتَقوى الَّتي

أَثنى عَلَيكَ العيدُ بِالتَقوى الَّتي

أَثنى بِها مِن قَبلِهِ رَمَضانُهُ

أَثنى بِها مِن قَبلِهِ رَمَضانُهُ

Eid has praised you for the piety

The feast praised you for the piety with which

for which its Ramadan praised you before it.

Its fasting praised you before

فَتَهَنَّهُ وَاِسلَم وَعِزُّكَ قاهِرٌ

فَتَهَنَّهُ وَاِسلَم وَعِزُّكَ قاهِرٌ

أَبَداً فَسُلطانُ الهُدى سُلطانُهُ

أَبَداً فَسُلطانُ الهُدى سُلطانُهُ

So enjoy it, and live safe, your might triumphant

So celebrate it and submit, may your might remain triumphant

forever, for the sovereignty of right guidance is its sovereignty.

Forever, for the authority of truth is its authority