بقيتَ بقاءَ الدّهرِ يا بهجةَ الدّهرِ

بقيتَ بقاءَ الدّهرِ يا بهجةَ الدّهرِ

وهُنّئَ فيكَ العصرُ يا زينةَ العَصْرِ

وهُنّئَ فيكَ العصرُ يا زينةَ العَصْرِ

May you endure as long as time, O joy of time,

You have remained forever, O joy of all time

And may the age be congratulated on having you, O adornment of the age.

And this era was blessed through you, O beauty of the age

وفَدّتْ مُحيّاكَ النُجومُ بشَمسِها

وفَدّتْ مُحيّاكَ النُجومُ بشَمسِها

ولا زِلْتَ منها تَجتَني هالةَ البَدْرِ

ولا زِلْتَ منها تَجتَني هالةَ البَدْرِ

And may the stars ransom your countenance with their sun,

The stars came to congratulate you with their sun

And may you ever gather from them the full moon's halo.

And you continue to glean from them the halo of the full moon

ولا برحَتْ ريحُ الوَغى لك في اللِقا

ولا برحَتْ ريحُ الوَغى لك في اللِقا

تُفتّحُ أزهارَ الفُتوحِ مع البِشْرِ

تُفتّحُ أزهارَ الفُتوحِ مع البِشْرِ

May the wind of battle never cease, for you in combat,

The gentle breeze praising you has not ceased in meetings

To open the blossoms of victory with gladness.

Opening the flowers of victories with good news

ولا برِحَ الجيشُ الّذي أنت قلبُه

ولا برِحَ الجيشُ الّذي أنت قلبُه

يضمُّ جناحَيه على بيضةِ النّصْرِ

يضمُّ جناحَيه على بيضةِ النّصْرِ

And may the army whose heart you are never cease

The army which you are its heart has not ceased

Folding its two wings over victory's egg.

Folding its wings over the egg of victory

أتى اللَّهُ بالفتحِ المُبين نبيَّهُ

أتى اللَّهُ بالفتحِ المُبين نبيَّهُ

ونصرُك هذا أنجزَ الوَعْدَ بالأمرِ

ونصرُك هذا أنجزَ الوَعْدَ بالأمرِ

God brought His Prophet the manifest victory,

God has fulfilled His promise to His Prophet through manifest conquest

And this victory of yours made good the promise in deed.

And this victory of yours has fulfilled the promise and command

لقد سُرَّتِ الدُنيا بنصركَ والعُلا

لقد سُرَّتِ الدُنيا بنصركَ والعُلا

وأصبحَ دَسْتُ المُلكِ منشرحَ الصّدرِ

وأصبحَ دَسْتُ المُلكِ منشرحَ الصّدرِ

The world and high glory were indeed gladdened by your victory,

Indeed the world rejoiced in your victory and supremacy

And the throne of kingship grew glad at heart.

And the hand of kingdom became free in its chest

نشأتَ ونفسُ الجودِ في قبضةِ الرّدى

نشأتَ ونفسُ الجودِ في قبضةِ الرّدى

فأنقَذْتَها في بَسْطِ أنْمُلِكَ العَشْرِ

فأنقَذْتَها في بَسْطِ أنْمُلِكَ العَشْرِ

You arose while generosity's soul lay in death's grasp,

You were raised while the soul of generosity was in the grip of meanness

So you rescued it by spreading your ten fingertips.

So you saved it by extending your ten fingers

وأحدَثْتَ في وجهِ الزّمانِ طَلاقةً

وأحدَثْتَ في وجهِ الزّمانِ طَلاقةً

وورّدْتَ خدَّ المَجدِ في بِيضِكَ الحُمْرِ

وورّدْتَ خدَّ المَجدِ في بِيضِكَ الحُمْرِ

And brought a smile to the face of time,

And you brought ease to the face of time

And made glory's cheek rosy with your white blades stained red.

And reddened the cheek of glory with your rosy white

ورنّحْتَ أعطافَ الرِّماحِ كأنّما

ورنّحْتَ أعطافَ الرِّماحِ كأنّما

مزَجْتَ دماً سقّيْتَها منه بالخَمْرِ

مزَجْتَ دماً سقّيْتَها منه بالخَمْرِ

And made the spears' flanks sway, as though

And you made the spear-tips buzz as if

You had mixed the blood you made them drink with wine.

You mixed blood for them and gave them wine to drink

قُدودُ المَعالي ما حمَلْتَ من القَنا

قُدودُ المَعالي ما حمَلْتَ من القَنا

وأحداقُها ما قد هزَزْتَ منَ البُتْرِ

وأحداقُها ما قد هزَزْتَ منَ البُتْرِ

The slender forms of lofty glories are the lances you bore,

The necks of supremacy did not carry any yoke from you

And their eyes are the cutting blades you brandished.

Nor did its cheeks feel any slash from you

عضَدْتَ بحُسْنِ الرأي عَضْباً مهنّداً

عضَدْتَ بحُسْنِ الرأي عَضْباً مهنّداً

فأعْرَبَ عِندَ الضّربِ عن مُعجَمِ السِرِّ

فأعْرَبَ عِندَ الضّربِ عن مُعجَمِ السِرِّ

You strengthened a keen Indian-forged sword with sound judgment,

You supported a hissing, biting blade with good opinion

So, when it struck, it gave voice to the secret's obscure meaning.

So it expressed in striking the lexicon of secrets

شَفَعْتَ بماضي العَزْمِ يا ذا غِرارهُ

شَفَعْتَ بماضي العَزْمِ يا ذا غِرارهُ

فأدْرَكْتَ وِتْرَ المَجد بالضّربةِ الوِتْرِ

فأدْرَكْتَ وِتْرَ المَجد بالضّربةِ الوِتْرِ

You paired its edge with keen resolve, O sir,

You interceded with your resolved past, O possessor of its pride

So you avenged glory with a single stroke.

So you attained the lute string of glory with the perfect strike

وفلّقْتَ هاماتٍ به طالَ ما غدَتْ

وفلّقْتَ هاماتٍ به طالَ ما غدَتْ

متوّجةً في عِزّةِ الغَيِّ والكِبْرِ

متوّجةً في عِزّةِ الغَيِّ والكِبْرِ

And with it you split heads that had long been

And you split with it arrogant heads that have long

Crowned in the pride of error and arrogance.

Become crowned with the glory and arrogance of delusion

تَراها العُلا في خدّها وهْيَ في الثّرى

تَراها العُلا في خدّها وهْيَ في الثّرى

على دَمِها خالاً على وَجْنَتَي بِكرِ

على دَمِها خالاً على وَجْنَتَي بِكرِ

High glory sees them on her cheek, though they lie in the dust,

Supremacy sees them in its cheek while they are in the ground

Against their blood, a beauty spot upon a maiden's two cheeks.

With their blood like a mole on the cheek of an undeflowered girl

كأنّ دماً منها سَقى التُرْبَ قد سَقى

كأنّ دماً منها سَقى التُرْبَ قد سَقى

رِقابَ العُلا بعد البِلى جَرعةَ الخَضْرِ

رِقابَ العُلا بعد البِلى جَرعةَ الخَضْرِ

As though their blood, which watered the soil, had given

As if the blood that watered the ground had watered

Glory's throats, after decay, a draught of al-Khidr.

The necks of supremacy after ruin with a draught of greenness

وأهزَمْتَ أحزابَ الضّلالِ ولو وَنَوْا

وأهزَمْتَ أحزابَ الضّلالِ ولو وَنَوْا

لألْحَقْتَهُم في إثْرِ سيّدِهِمْ عَمرِو

لألْحَقْتَهُم في إثْرِ سيّدِهِمْ عَمرِو

And you routed the factions of error; had they faltered,

And you defeated the parties of misguidance even if they conspired

You would have made them follow in their leader Amr's wake.

You would have chased them in the tracks of their master Amr

وأخرَجْتَهم في زَعمِهم عن دِيارِهم

وأخرَجْتَهم في زَعمِهم عن دِيارِهم

وما اِعتقدوا هذا إلى أوّلِ الحَشْرِ

وما اِعتقدوا هذا إلى أوّلِ الحَشْرِ

And, in their own reckoning, you drove them from their homes,

And you brought them out while they thought

And they had not expected this until the first gathering.

They would never leave their homes until the first resurrection

وألْقوا حِبال المُنكَراتِ وخيّلوا

وألْقوا حِبال المُنكَراتِ وخيّلوا

فعارَضْتَهُم في آيةِ السّيفِ لا السِحْرِ

فعارَضْتَهُم في آيةِ السّيفِ لا السِحْرِ

And they cast the ropes of wicked deeds and conjured illusions,

And they cast the ropes of abhorrent acts and fantasized

So you countered them with the sword's miracle, not sorcery.

But you confronted them in the verse of the sword, not sorcery

كفى اللّهُ فيكَ المؤمنينَ لدى الوَغى

كفى اللّهُ فيكَ المؤمنينَ لدى الوَغى

قِتالَ العِدا حتّى سَلِمْتَ من الأزْرِ

قِتالَ العِدا حتّى سَلِمْتَ من الأزْرِ

Through you God spared the believers, amid battle,

It sufficed the believers when courage was required

From fighting the foe, so that you remained free of guilt.

That you fought the enemies until you were safe from harm

ولو لم يكِفَّ البأسَ عفوُكَ عنهُمُ

ولو لم يكِفَّ البأسَ عفوُكَ عنهُمُ

لعُدْتَ وقد عادَ الحَديدُ منَ التِبْرِ

لعُدْتَ وقد عادَ الحَديدُ منَ التِبْرِ

And had your pardon of them not restrained the violence,

And if your forgiveness had not restrained violence

You would have returned with iron turned to gold.

You would have returned while iron turned to copper

وما لبِثوا إلّا قليلاً فكم تَرى

وما لبِثوا إلّا قليلاً فكم تَرى

بهِم من ظَليمٍ فرّ عنْ بيضةِ الخِدْرِ

بهِم من ظَليمٍ فرّ عنْ بيضةِ الخِدْرِ

And they lingered only briefly; how many you see

And they did not remain except briefly, so think how many

Among them—male ostriches fleeing the maiden, the bower's egg.

Oppressors fled from the egg of gentleness

تولّوا مع الخُفّاشِ في غَسَقِ الدُجى

تولّوا مع الخُفّاشِ في غَسَقِ الدُجى

وخافوا طِلابَ الشّمسِ في عَقِبِ الفَجْرِ

وخافوا طِلابَ الشّمسِ في عَقِبِ الفَجْرِ

They fled with the bat in the blackness of night,

They turned away with the bats in the darkness of night

And feared the sun's pursuit in the wake of dawn.

And feared the seekers of sun at the break of dawn

إذا ما لهُم عِقبانُ راياتِك اِنجَلَتْ

إذا ما لهُم عِقبانُ راياتِك اِنجَلَتْ

أُعيروا من الغِرْبانِ أجنحةَ الغُرِّ

أُعيروا من الغِرْبانِ أجنحةَ الغُرِّ

Whenever the eagles of your banners appeared to them,

When the eagles of your banners swooped down upon them

They were lent by ravens the wings of white-fronted waterbirds.

They borrowed the wings of crows from fright

رميْتَهُمُ في فَيْلَقٍ قد تفرّدَتْ

رميْتَهُمُ في فَيْلَقٍ قد تفرّدَتْ

به طائِراتُ النُجْحِ في عَذَبِ السُّمْرِ

به طائِراتُ النُجْحِ في عَذَبِ السُّمْرِ

You assailed them amid a host that alone held

You threw them in a wasteland taken over

The birds of success among the pennons of brown spears.

By the birds of success in the sweetest wine

به كلُّ شَهمٍ من سُلالةِ هاشمٍ

به كلُّ شَهمٍ من سُلالةِ هاشمٍ

منَ الحَيدرِيّينَ الغطارِفَةِ الغُرِّ

منَ الحَيدرِيّينَ الغطارِفَةِ الغُرِّ

In it is every valiant man from Hashim's line,

In it every valiant one from the lineage of Hashim

Of the Haydaris, the illustrious noble chiefs.

From the Haydari courageous hawks

إذا وَلَجوا في مَعرَكٍ كادَ نَقعُه

إذا وَلَجوا في مَعرَكٍ كادَ نَقعُه

لِطيبِهمِ يُربي على طَيِّبِ العِطْرِ

لِطيبِهمِ يُربي على طَيِّبِ العِطْرِ

When they enter a battlefield, its dust almost

When they enter a battlefield, its stench from their goodness

Surpasses the finest perfume because of their fragrance.

Nearly matures into fine perfume

سَحائِبُ جُودٍ كلّما سُئِلوا هَمَتْ

سَحائِبُ جُودٍ كلّما سُئِلوا هَمَتْ

بنانُهُمُ للوَفْدِ بالبيضِ والصُفْرِ

بنانُهُمُ للوَفْدِ بالبيضِ والصُفْرِ

Clouds of bounty: whenever they are asked, rain pours

Clouds of generosity, whenever asked, their fingertips

From their fingertips for the visitors, in silver and gold.

Stretch to give away eggs and chick

أُسودُ كِفاحٍ بأسُهُم في رِماحِهم

أُسودُ كِفاحٍ بأسُهُم في رِماحِهم

كَسُمّ الأفاعي في أنابيبِها يَجري

كَسُمّ الأفاعي في أنابيبِها يَجري

Lions of close combat: their might within their spears

Lions whose might is in their spears

Flows through their hollow shafts like vipers' venom.

Like the venom of snakes flowing in their tubes

وكم قبلَهُم صبّحْتَ قوماً بغارةٍ

وكم قبلَهُم صبّحْتَ قوماً بغارةٍ

فلم يحتَموا منها ببَرٍّ ولا بَحْرِ

فلم يحتَموا منها ببَرٍّ ولا بَحْرِ

And how many a people before them you struck with a morning raid!

And how many people you attacked at dawn

They found no refuge from it on land or sea.

Who found no refuge on land or sea

رَجَعْتَ ضُحىً عن أُسْدِهم نَجِسَ الظُبا

رَجَعْتَ ضُحىً عن أُسْدِهم نَجِسَ الظُبا

وعن عَيبِهم عفَّ الرّدا طاهِرَ الأزْرِ

وعن عَيبِهم عفَّ الرّدا طاهِرَ الأزْرِ

You returned at forenoon from their lions with defiled sword-edges,

You returned at morning from their filthy hyenas

Yet refraining from dishonoring them, chaste of cloak and free of guilt.

And from their shame, pure of sin

أبا السّبعةِ الأطهارِ لا زِلْتَ ناظِماً

أبا السّبعةِ الأطهارِ لا زِلْتَ ناظِماً

بهِم عِقْدَ جِيدِ المَجْدِ بالأنجُمِ الزُّهْرِ

بهِم عِقْدَ جِيدِ المَجْدِ بالأنجُمِ الزُّهْرِ

O father of the seven pure ones, may you ever string

O father of the seven pure ones, you have remained

With them—bright stars—the necklace at glory's neck.

Stringing with them the necklace of glory with stars

مُلوكٌ إذا شنّوا الإغارةَ لم تكن

مُلوكٌ إذا شنّوا الإغارةَ لم تكن

لهُم همّةٌ إلّا إلى مغنَمِ الفَخْرِ

لهُم همّةٌ إلّا إلى مغنَمِ الفَخْرِ

Kings who, whenever they launch a raid, have no

Kings, when they wage attacks, have no ambition

Ambition except to win the spoils of glory.

Except for the booty of pride

فمَنْ شِئْتَ منهُم فهو مِصباحُك الّذي

فمَنْ شِئْتَ منهُم فهو مِصباحُك الّذي

يُفيدُ العُلا نوراً وكوكَبُك الدُرّي

يُفيدُ العُلا نوراً وكوكَبُك الدُرّي

So whichever of them you choose is your lamp, which

Whoever you wish among them is your lantern

Gives high glory light—and is your pearl-bright star.

Enlightening supremacy, and your starry pearl

وإنّهمُ أيّامُ أُسبوعِكَ الّتي

وإنّهمُ أيّامُ أُسبوعِكَ الّتي

على الخَلْقِ تُقضى بالمنافعِ والضُرِّ

على الخَلْقِ تُقضى بالمنافعِ والضُرِّ

And they are the days of your week, which

They are the days of your week

Run their course over mankind with benefits and harm.

Ordained upon people with benefits and harm

وأبحُرُكَ اللُجُّ الّتي قد جعلْتَها

وأبحُرُكَ اللُجُّ الّتي قد جعلْتَها

بيومِ النّدى والضّرْبِ للمَدِّ والجزْرِ

بيومِ النّدى والضّرْبِ للمَدِّ والجزْرِ

And your deep seas, which you have appointed

And your turbulent seas which you have made

To flood and ebb on the day of bounty and battle.

For the day of dew and striking, of ebb and flow

إذا نُسِبوا للأكرَمينَ فإنّهم

إذا نُسِبوا للأكرَمينَ فإنّهم

بمنزلَةِ السّبعِ المَثاني من الذِكرِ

بمنزلَةِ السّبعِ المَثاني من الذِكرِ

When compared with the noblest, they hold

If attributed to the most generous, they are

The rank of the Seven Oft-Repeated Verses within the Remembrance.

Like the seven oft-repeated verses of the Quran

حَواميمُ رُشدٍ فُصِّلَتْ للوَرى هُدىً

حَواميمُ رُشدٍ فُصِّلَتْ للوَرى هُدىً

وآياتُ فَتحٍ أُنزِلَتْ ليلةَ القَدْرِ

وآياتُ فَتحٍ أُنزِلَتْ ليلةَ القَدْرِ

Ha-Mim chapters of right guidance, expounded as guidance for mankind,

Letters of righteousness detailed for people as guidance

And verses of victory, revealed on the Night of Decree.

And verses of conquest revealed on the Night of Power

بهِم نفّذَ الرّحمنُ حُكمَك في الوَرى

بهِم نفّذَ الرّحمنُ حُكمَك في الوَرى

فعِشْتَ وعاشوا في السّعيدِ من العُمرِ

فعِشْتَ وعاشوا في السّعيدِ من العُمرِ

Through them the All-Merciful made your rule prevail among mankind,

Through them the Merciful executed your rule in the world

So may you and they live out a happy lifetime.

So you lived and they lived, in goodly life