أعليتَyou exalted دينَthe faith الواحِدِthe One القهَّارِthe All-Subduing
أعليتَ دينَ الواحِدِ القهَّارِ
بالمشرفيةِwith Mashrafi swords والقَنَاand the lances الخطَّارquivering
بالمشرفيةِ والقَنَا الخطَّار
You exalted the faith of the One, the All-Subduing,
You have exalted the religion of the One Almighty
with Mashrafi swords and quivering lances.
With Al-Mushrifiya and the dangerous Al-Qanat
ورأىand saw بكَthrough you الإسلامُIslam قُرَّةَdelight عَينِهِits eye
ورأى بكَ الإسلامُ قُرَّةَ عَينِهِ
وغدَتand became بكthrough you الغراءُthe radiant one دارَan abode قرارِrepose
وغدَت بك الغراءُ دارَ قرارِ
Through you, Islam saw the delight of its eye,
And Islam saw comfort in its eyes through you
and through you, the radiant land became an abode of repose.
And Al-Ghra became a land of stability through you
وسلكتَand you followed منamong طُرقِpaths الهدايةguidance لاحباًa broad, clear road
وسلكتَ من طُرقِ الهداية لاحباً
طُوبىblessedness لمنfor whoever يمشيwalks علىupon الآثارthe footsteps
طُوبى لمن يمشي على الآثار
You followed a broad, clear road among the paths of guidance;
And you took the paths of guidance enthusiastically
blessed is whoever walks in those footsteps.
Good fortune belongs to those who follow the traces
وَجَرتand raced معاليكُمyour lofty achievements إلىtoward الأمدِthe goal الذيwhich
وَجَرت معاليكُم إلى الأمدِ الذي
بعُدَتwas far مسافتهits distance علىfor الأسفارjourneys
بعُدَت مسافته على الأسفار
Your lofty achievements raced toward the goal whose
And your sublime deeds have flowed to the extent
distance lay beyond the reach of journeys.
Whose distance has been too far for travels
وقفتstood ready علىfor ماwhat قدalready أردتyou desired سعادةٌgood fortune
وقفت على ما قد أردت سعادةٌ
وقفتstood ready عليهاfor it خدمةُthe service الأقدارِthe fates
وقفت عليها خدمةُ الأقدارِ
Good fortune stood ready for whatever you desired;
You have attained the happiness you wanted
the fates stood at its service.
Your service of fate has attained it
لاnot تخلقُwear away الأيامُthe days جدَّةَthe freshness ملككُمyour kingdom
لا تخلقُ الأيامُ جدَّةَ ملككُم
أبداًever ولاnor تبلىdecays علىthroughout الأعصارِthe ages
أبداً ولا تبلى على الأعصارِ
The days will never wear away your kingdom's freshness,
The days do not create any newness to your kingdom
nor will it ever fade throughout the ages.
Nor does time wear it down through the ages
لاno غروَwonder أنthat كنتَyou were الأخيرَthe last زمانُهُhis time
لا غروَ أن كنتَ الأخيرَ زمانُهُ
فالفضلُfor excellence للآصالِto the late afternoons والأسحارِand the predawn hours
فالفضلُ للآصالِ والأسحارِ
No wonder that you came last in time,
It is no wonder that you were the last of its era
for excellence belongs to late afternoons and predawn hours.
For precedence belongs to the latecomers and the dawns
وافيتَyou came to أندلساًal-Andalus فأمنَso became safe خائفٌa fearful person
وافيتَ أندلساً فأمنَ خائفٌ
وسماand rose لأخذِto take الثارِvengeance ربُّthe claimant الثارِvengeance
وسما لأخذِ الثارِ ربُّ الثارِ
You came to al-Andalus, and the fearful found safety;
You came to Andalusia so the frightened became secure
the avenger rose to take revenge.
And the Lord of vengeance rose to take vengeance
وحللتمُand you encamped جبلَthe mountain الهُدىguidance لحللتُمُyou surely untied
وحللتمُ جبلَ الهُدى لحللتُمُ
منهُfrom it عقُودthe knots عزائمِresolves الكفارِthe unbelievers
منهُ عقُود عزائمِ الكفارِ
You encamped upon the Mountain of Guidance; surely you untied
You unlocked the mountain of guidance so you unlocked
there the knots of the unbelievers' resolve.
From it the knots of the infidels' resolves
جبلَthe mountain الهُدىguidance والفتحِand conquest والنصرِand victory الذيwhich
جبلَ الهُدى والفتحِ والنصرِ الذي
سبقتraced ahead بشائرُهُits glad tidings إلىto الأمصارthe cities
سبقت بشائرُهُ إلى الأمصار
The Mountain of Guidance, conquest, and victory, whose
The mountain of guidance, victory, and triumph whose
glad tidings raced ahead to the cities.
Tidings had reached all the lands beforehand
لوif بدلُواthey exchanged أقدامُهمtheir feet بقوادمٍfor primary flight feathers
لو بدلُوا أقدامُهم بقوادمٍ
طارُواthey would have flown عنaway from الأوطانِthe homelands كلَّevery مطارِdirection of flight
طارُوا عن الأوطانِ كلَّ مطارِ
Had they exchanged their feet for flight feathers,
If they substituted their feet with racers
they would have flown from their homelands in every direction.
They would have flown from the homelands like every flier
لوif راءَsaw مُوسىMusa ماwhat فعلتَyou did وطارِقٌand Tariq
لو راءَ مُوسى ما فعلتَ وطارِقٌ
زرياthey both looked down بماon what لهماbelonged to them both منof الآثارِthe achievements
زريا بما لهما من الآثارِ
Had Musa and Tariq seen what you did,
If after Moses there was what you did and Tariq
they would both have looked down on their own achievements.
Ziryab with what they both left of traces
أتممتَyou completed ماwhat قدalready أمَّلُوهthey hoped for it ففاتُهُمyet it eluded them
أتممتَ ما قد أمَّلُوه ففاتُهُم
منof نصرِvictory دينِthe faith الواحِدِthe One القهَّارِthe All-Subduing
من نصرِ دينِ الواحِدِ القهَّارِ
You accomplished what they had hoped for but failed to attain:
You fulfilled what they had wished but missed
victory for the faith of the One, the All-Subduing.
From the victory of the religion of the One Almighty
بعرابِwith purebred Arabian خيلٍhorses فوقهُنَّupon them أعارِبٌArabs
بعرابِ خيلٍ فوقهُنَّ أعارِبٌ
منfrom among كلevery مقتحمٍone plunging boldly علىinto الأخطارِthe dangers
من كل مقتحمٍ على الأخطارِ
With purebred Arabian horses bearing Arab riders,
With Arabian horses atop which are desert Arabs
each one plunging boldly into danger.
Fearless of every daring raider
أكرِمhow noble بهنَّthey are قبائلاًas tribes إقلالُهاtheir small numbers
أكرِم بهنَّ قبائلاً إقلالُها
فيin الحربِwar يُغنيهاspares them the need عنِfor الإكثارِlarge numbers
في الحربِ يُغنيها عنِ الإكثارِ
How noble these tribes, whose small numbers
You have honored tribes whom fighting
in war spare them the need for multitudes!
Suffices over proliferating in war
وانظرand look إذاwhen اصطفتlined up كتائبُهاtheir battalions إلىat
وانظر إذا اصطفت كتائبُها إلى
ماwhat تحمَدُpraise الكُتَّابُthe scribes فيin الاسطارِthe written lines
ما تحمَدُ الكُتَّابُ في الاسطارِ
And when their battalions line up, look at
And look when its brigades line up to
what the scribes praise in written lines.
What writers praise in lines
لوif أنهاthat they نصرتsupported علياًAli لمdid not تَردarrive
لو أنها نصرت علياً لم تَرد
خَيلُthe cavalry ابنِson of حربٍHarb ساحَةَthe field الأنبارِal-Anbar
خَيلُ ابنِ حربٍ ساحَةَ الأنبارِ
Had they supported Ali, there would have come no
If it had supported Ali, the horses of Ibn Harb
cavalry of Ibn Harb to the field of al-Anbar.
Would not have returned to the plains of Anbar
همthey أظهرهُmade it prevail معَwith النبيِّthe Prophet وواجِبٌand it is a duty
هم أظهرهُ معَ النبيِّ وواجِبٌ
أنthat يُتبِعُواthey follow الإظهارَsecuring victory بالإظهارِwith securing victory
أن يُتبِعُوا الإظهارَ بالإظهارِ
They made it prevail alongside the Prophet, and it is their duty
They showed it with the Prophet, and it is incumbent
to follow one triumph with another triumph.
To follow showing with showing
مَلِكَO king المُلُوكِthe kings لَقَدindeed أنِفتyou rose proudly إلىto العُلاthe heights
مَلِكَ المُلُوكِ لَقَد أنِفت إلى العُلا
ونظرتَand you looked منfrom فوقِabove إلىtoward الأقدارِthe fates
ونظرتَ من فوقِ إلى الأقدارِ
King of kings, you have proudly risen to the heights,
O King of Kings, you have indeed risen to the height
and gazed down from above upon the fates.
And looked down from above at the foreordained
أنتَyou السبيلُthe path إلىto النجاةِsalvation فكلناfor all of us
أنتَ السبيلُ إلى النجاةِ فكلنا
لولاكَbut for you كانwould have been علىon شفيرٍa brink هارِcrumbling
لولاكَ كان على شفيرٍ هارِ
You are the path to salvation, for all of us,
You are the path to salvation, so we are all
without you, would have stood on a crumbling brink.
Without you on the brink of an abyss
وجريتَand you raced فيin نصرِsupporting الإلهِGod إلىto مدىa limit
وجريتَ في نصرِ الإلهِ إلى مدى
يَكبُوstumbles وراءَكَbehind you فيهِin it كُلُّevery مجارِrival racer
يَكبُو وراءَكَ فيهِ كُلُّ مجارِ
And in support of God you raced to a point
And you have strived in supporting God to an extent
where every rival runner stumbles behind you.
Beyond which every strider lags behind you
قدindeed ضاقَwas straitened ذَرعُthe capacity الكُفرِunbelief منكَbecause of you وأهلُهُand its people
قد ضاقَ ذَرعُ الكُفرِ منكَ وأهلُهُ
بموفقِby one granted success الإيرادِadvancing والإصدارِand withdrawing
بموفقِ الإيرادِ والإصدارِ
Unbelief and its people are overwhelmed by you,
The disbelief has been frustrated by you and its people
by one guided aright in advancing and withdrawing,
By the blessing of giving and bestowing
متحمِّلٌbearing أعباءَthe burdens كُلِّevery عظيمةٍgreat undertaking
متحمِّلٌ أعباءَ كُلِّ عظيمةٍ
بالنفعِthrough benefit والإضرارِand inflicting harm
بالنفعِ والإضرارِ
bearing the burdens of every mighty undertaking,
Bearing the burdens of every great feat
through bringing benefit and inflicting harm.
With benefit and harm
ملئتwas filled بهِthrough him الدنياthe world صفاءَserenity بعدماafter
ملئت بهِ الدنيا صفاءَ بعدما
ملئتhad been filled منwith الأقدارِthe decrees of fate والأكدارِand troubles
ملئت من الأقدارِ والأكدارِ
Through him the world was filled with serenity, after
You have filled the world with serenity after
it had been filled with misfortunes and troubles.
It was filled with foreordained destinies and afflictions
أخليفةَO successor المهديِّal-Mahdi دُمتmay you remain مؤيداًsupported
أخليفةَ المهديِّ دُمت مؤيداً
باللَهby God منتقماًtaking vengeance منupon الكفارthe unbelievers
باللَه منتقماً من الكفار
O successor of al-Mahdi, may you remain upheld
O deputy of al-Mahdi, you have remained supported
by God, taking vengeance upon the unbelievers.
By God, avenging the infidels
ترميyou pelt شياطينَthe devils الأعاديthe enemies فيin الوغىbattle
ترمي شياطينَ الأعادي في الوغى
برجومِwith missiles خيلٍhorses منfrom سماءٍa sky غُبارِdust
برجومِ خيلٍ من سماءٍ غُبارِ
You pelt the devils of your foes in battle
You pelt the devils of enemies into confusion
with horses as missiles from a sky of dust.
With the shooting stars of a horse troop in the dusty sky
روَّعتyou terrified كلevery مروعٍterrorizer وحفظتand you protected كُلevery
روَّعت كل مروعٍ وحفظت كُل
لَcompletes ‘every’ مضيعٍa neglected person وحميتand you defended كلevery ذمارِan inviolable charge
لَ مضيعٍ وحميت كل ذمارِ
You terrified every terrorizer and safeguarded every
You have frightened every frightening one, and guarded every
neglected one, and defended everything held inviolable.
Unattended, and protected every protege
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.