1. سبحان من في كلِّ شيء شاهدُ

    أنَّا عبيدٌ وهو مولى واحد

    Glory be to Him: in everything is testimony

    that we are servants and He is the one Master.

  2. سبحان من ظهرت بمخلوقاته

    آياتُ حقٍ لا يراها الجاحد

    Glory be to Him through whose creatures appear

    signs of truth that the denier does not see.

  3. سبحان من لا ملك إلاَّ ملكه

    ذلَّ الطَّريف لعزه والتالد

    Glory be to Him: no dominion exists but His.

    Newly acquired and inherited possessions bow before His might.

  4. سبحان من سبق الوجودَ وجودُهُ

    فله البقاء وكلُّ شيء بائد

    Glory be to Him whose being preceded existence.

    His is eternity, while everything passes away.

  5. سبحان من هو واحد في مجدِهِ

    لا الرَّب مولود ولا هو والد

    Glory be to Him who is unique in His glory.

    The Lord is not begotten, nor does He beget.

  6. بهر العقولَ بديعُ مصنوعاتِهِ

    لما تقدَّمها الدليلُ القاصد

    The marvel of His handiwork has dazzled minds,

    when the sure guide went before them.

  7. وتقلبت هذي البريّةُ كلُّها

    في جوده والكلُّ منهم واحد

    And all this creation moves

    within His bounty, all of them alike.

  8. وبدت القلوب مشاهِدٌ

    تبدو لها بين الجفون شواهد

    And hearts appeared as places of vision;

    signs appear to them between the eyelids.

  9. أغنى الفقير وللزمان مفاقر

    وحمى الضعيف وللعدو مكائد

    He enriched the poor, though time brings privations,

    and protected the weak, though the enemy has plots.

  10. يا ناظراً وكأنما هو مطرقٌ

    مستيقظاً وكأنما هو راقد

    O you who gaze, yet seem to have your head bowed,

    awake, yet seeming to be asleep:

  11. احضر فؤادك إن أردتَ إجابة

    وابسط يديك فللدعاء فوائد

    summon your heart if you desire an answer,

    and stretch out your hands, for supplication has benefits.

  12. واشكر إلهاً لا يغبك حفظه

    والناس إما شامت أو حاسد

    And thank God, whose protection never leaves you,

    while people either gloat or envy.

  13. أو ما ترى الألطاف وهي كثيرة

    عمدت بها الآفات وهي شدائد

    Or do you not see the acts of grace, so abundant,

    with which calamities were confronted, severe though they were?

  14. ووراء ما تخشى الأنامُ خليفةٌ

    أيامه للمعلوات معاهد

    And behind what humankind fears stands a caliph,

    whose days are abodes of lofty deeds.

  15. حَسُنت به الأغوار فهي حدائق

    وزكت به الأنجاد فهي مساجد

    Through him the lowlands grew fair: they are gardens;

    and through him the highlands grew pure: they are mosques.

  16. هادٍ إلى طرق الحقيقة مرشد

    متأول فيما يحاول راشد

    A guide to the paths of truth, showing the way,

    discerning in what he undertakes, rightly guided.

  17. معقود أزرار القميص على التُّقى

    واللهُ حافظه له والعاقد

    His shirt-buttons are fastened over piety,

    and God preserves it for him and fastens it.

  18. دَانَت له الدنيا ولم يُسفَك دَمٌ

    وَتَقَلَّدَتهُ ولم يُنَبَّه راقد

    The world submitted to him, and no blood was shed;

    it wore him as a necklace, and no sleeper was awakened.

  19. ولطال ما خدعت سواه فقد رأت

    أن ليس ينخدعُ الإمام الزاهد

    Long has it deceived others, but it has seen

    that the ascetic imam is not deceived.

  20. حكمت له بالفتح نفسٌ حرة

    وَيَدٌ مؤيدة وذهن واقد

    A noble soul has decreed victory for him,

    and a strengthened hand, and a blazing mind.

  21. وكفته أعمال الجياد سعادة

    أضحت له الأقدارُ وهي سواعد

    And good fortune spared him the labor of steeds;

    the decrees of fate became his helping arms.

  22. أما العادة لخوفه فَمَرُوعَةٌ

    والليثُ يرهبه النَّعام الشاردُ

    As for custom, it is terror-struck for fear of him;

    and the fleeing ostriches fear the lion.

  23. سمعت نداءَ البيض وهي صوامتٌ

    وَرأت عيونَ السُّمر وهي أباعد

    They heard the call of white swords, though they were silent,

    and saw the eyes of brown spears, though they were far away.

  24. فاليوم لا غير المُجَدّل وارد

    منها ولا غير الحتوف موارد

    So today none but the felled comes to drink

    from them, and no watering places exist but death.

  25. هذا الإِمام وكلُّ باغ راغم

    هذا السعيد وكُلِّ غادٍ جاهد

    This is the imam; every rebel is humbled.

    This is the fortunate one; all who set out at dawn toil.

  26. عمت سياستُه فيُسعَدُ صالح

    في نظرةٍ منه ويصلح فاسد

    His governance embraces all: the righteous are made happy

    by a glance from him, and the corrupt are reformed.

  27. بأسٌ كما اهتز الحسامُ المنتضى

    جودٌكما انبجس الغمام الرَّاعد

    Valor as when an unsheathed sword quivers;

    bounty as when a thundering cloud bursts forth.

  28. فَلَهُ من الوصف المقدَّم موعد

    وله من الوصف المؤخر واعد

    Thus, from the former quality, he has one who threatens,

    and from the latter quality, one who promises.

  29. ضمنت له نجحَ المقاصدِ فكرةٌ

    غابت عن الأفكار وهي تشاهد

    A thought has guaranteed him success in his aims,

    hidden from other thoughts, yet itself beholding.

  30. قل كيف لا يلقى النجاح خليفةٌ

    أمِنَ الوليُ به وخاف المارد

    Say, how could a caliph fail to find success,

    through whom the ally is safe and the rebel afraid?

  31. فوراءَ دولتِهِ ثناءٌ نازلٌ

    وأمام دعوته دعاء صاعد

    For behind his reign, praise descends,

    and before his call, supplication ascends.

  32. والله يكلأ أمره ويديمه

    فهو الحسام لديننا والسَّاعد

    And God guards his rule and makes it endure,

    for he is the keen sword and supporting arm of our faith.