وَقَد أَلحَقَ التَطاوِنيّ مُحَمَّدٌ

وَقَد أَلحَقَ التَطاوِنيّ مُحَمَّدٌ

خَلائِفَ جاءَت بَعدَ هَذا المُعَظَّمِ

خَلائِفَ جاءَت بَعدَ هَذا المُعَظَّمِ

And Muhammad al-Tatawini has added

Muhammad al-Tawani has ascribed

caliphs who came after this exalted one.

Successors who came after this exalted one

فَقالَ وَلَم يَلحَق بِقَولِهِ شأوَ مَن

فَقالَ وَلَم يَلحَق بِقَولِهِ شأوَ مَن

مَقالُهُ فيهِم كالجُمانِ المُنَظَّمِ

مَقالُهُ فيهِم كالجُمانِ المُنَظَّمِ

So he spoke, yet his words did not reach the stature of one

Saying, his words about them contained no ill,

whose verse about them is like strung pearls.

Like well-arranged pearls on a string

أَتى بَعدَهُ عَبدُ العَزيز وَيا لَهُ

أَتى بَعدَهُ عَبدُ العَزيز وَيا لَهُ

إِماماً حَوى بِالعِزِّ فَضلَ التَقَدُّمِ

إِماماً حَوى بِالعِزِّ فَضلَ التَقَدُّمِ

After him came Abd al-Aziz—and what an

After him came Abdel Aziz - what a leader!

imam he was, winning through might the distinction of preeminence!

The imam who excelled in honor and precedent

أَتى قُبَّةَ الإِسلام وَهيَ عَلى شَفا

أَتى قُبَّةَ الإِسلام وَهيَ عَلى شَفا

يَقولُ أَيا داراً لِمَيَّة فاِسلَمِ

يَقولُ أَيا داراً لِمَيَّة فاِسلَمِ

He came to Islam's dome while it stood on the brink,

He came to the dome of Islam while it was on the brink

saying, 'O dwelling of Mayya, remain safe!'

Saying "O house of Mayya, submit!"

بَدا أَمرُهُ مِن حَيثُ ما كانَ صنوهُ

بَدا أَمرُهُ مِن حَيثُ ما كانَ صنوهُ

إِلَيهِ اِنتَهى بِالحَزمِ وَالعَزمِ فاِعلَمِ

إِلَيهِ اِنتَهى بِالحَزمِ وَالعَزمِ فاِعلَمِ

His reign arose where his brother

His command emerged from where it had been preserved

had left off, with prudence and resolve—know this.

To him it came with resolve and determination, know

أَعَدَّ مِنَ الأَجنادِ وَالعُدَدِ الَّتي

أَعَدَّ مِنَ الأَجنادِ وَالعُدَدِ الَّتي

تَجَرَّعَ فيها الروسُ كيسانَ عَلقَمِ

تَجَرَّعَ فيها الروسُ كيسانَ عَلقَمِ

He readied troops and armaments through which

He prepared armies and equipment with which

the Russians gulped down cups of bitter colocynth.

The Russians would drink bitter poison

وَلَكِن لأمرٍ شاءَهُ اللَهُ خَلقَهُ

وَلَكِن لأمرٍ شاءَهُ اللَهُ خَلقَهُ

سَرى لَهُ في جُنحٍ مِنَ اللَيلِ مُظلِمِ

سَرى لَهُ في جُنحٍ مِنَ اللَيلِ مُظلِمِ

But for a purpose God had willed, His creatures

But by God's will which created it

came to him in a dark stretch of night.

Fate flowed to him on dark wings of night

فَساقوهُ سَوقاً وَالسَماءُ تَجودُهُ

فَساقوهُ سَوقاً وَالسَماءُ تَجودُهُ

فمنهل مزن وَالمَحاجِر بالدم

فمنهل مزن وَالمَحاجِر بالدم

Then they drove him along, while the sky drenched him,

So they took him away forcibly while the sky mourned him

with rainclouds pouring, and eye sockets streaming blood.

And blood flowed from Minhal and stones

وَقامَ مُرادُ الخَلقِ بَعدَهُ لِلَّتي

وَقامَ مُرادُ الخَلقِ بَعدَهُ لِلَّتي

مَرامُها شأنُ كُلّ خِرقٍ مُعَمَّمِ

مَرامُها شأنُ كُلّ خِرقٍ مُعَمَّمِ

And Murad, the people's desire, rose after him to that station

After him came Murad, for whom

whose pursuit concerns every turbaned man of mettle.

The goal was the way of every veiled fanatic

وَلَكِن مُرادُ الحَقِّ بَيَّنَ عَجزَهُ

وَلَكِن مُرادُ الحَقِّ بَيَّنَ عَجزَهُ

فَعوضَ مِن عَبدِ الحَميدِ بِضَيغَم

فَعوضَ مِن عَبدِ الحَميدِ بِضَيغَم

But the True One's will revealed his incapacity,

But the will of Truth showed his incapacity

so He replaced him with Abd al-Hamid, a lion—

And replaced him with Abdelhamid Digham

بِلَيثٍ هَصورٍ لا يُبالي بِمَن عَدا

بِلَيثٍ هَصورٍ لا يُبالي بِمَن عَدا

حَوالَيهِ مِن ذِئبٍ وَكَلبٍ مُذَمَّمِ

حَوالَيهِ مِن ذِئبٍ وَكَلبٍ مُذَمَّمِ

a fierce lion, heedless of whoever rushes

With a snarling lion who cared not

around him, be it wolf or reviled dog.

For the wolves and dogs surrounding him

فَوَجَّهَ نَحوَ الروسِ وَجهَ اِهتمامِهِ

فَوَجَّهَ نَحوَ الروسِ وَجهَ اِهتمامِهِ

يَجُرُّ خَضَمّاً مِن خَميسٍ عَرَمرَمِ

يَجُرُّ خَضَمّاً مِن خَميسٍ عَرَمرَمِ

So he turned the face of his attention toward the Russians,

He turned his attention to face the Russians

drawing along an ocean of a mighty army.

Dragging a fierce, unsheathed sword

وَلَكِن لٍسوءِ الحَظِّ خانَت ثَقاتُهُ

وَلَكِن لٍسوءِ الحَظِّ خانَت ثَقاتُهُ

فَأَصبَحَ صُلحُ الروسِ أَجزَلَ مَغنَمِ

فَأَصبَحَ صُلحُ الروسِ أَجزَلَ مَغنَمِ

But, through ill fortune, his trusted men betrayed him,

But by ill fate, those he trusted betrayed him

so peace with the Russians became the richest prize.

And the Russian peace became a great prize

وَيا رُبّ صُلحٍ هوَ لِلحَرب عُدّةٌ

وَيا رُبّ صُلحٍ هوَ لِلحَرب عُدّةٌ

كَما اِغتَرَّ ذو ضِغَنٍ بِبادي التَبَسُّمِ

كَما اِغتَرَّ ذو ضِغَنٍ بِبادي التَبَسُّمِ

And many a peace is provision for war,

By God, that peace was preparation for war

just as one harboring rancor was beguiled by an outward smile.

As the scornful are deceived by a smiling face

لأَمرٍ قَصيرٌ ما تَعَمَّدَ جَدعَه

لأَمرٍ قَصيرٌ ما تَعَمَّدَ جَدعَه

لأنفٍ أَشَمَّ لا يُسامُ بِمَرغَم

لأنفٍ أَشَمَّ لا يُسامُ بِمَرغَم

For some purpose Qasir deliberately undertook the severing

For a trivial reason he severed ties

of a proud nose that would not be humbled in the dust.

With a proud nose too lofty to be led

بِهِ اِستَعزَلَ الزباءَ وَهيَ أَعَزّ مِن

بِهِ اِستَعزَلَ الزباءَ وَهيَ أَعَزّ مِن

أَعَزِّ عَزيزٍ كانَ لِلعِزِّ يَنتَمي

أَعَزِّ عَزيزٍ كانَ لِلعِزِّ يَنتَمي

With it he ousted al-Zabba, though she was mightier than

He isolated himself from the glorious ones

the mightiest of the mighty who ever laid claim to might.

More glorious than any honorable man

فجرعها كأسَ الرَدى فَصّ خاتَمٍ

فجرعها كأسَ الرَدى فَصّ خاتَمٍ

وَلَم يُغنِها قَرعٌ لِسِنِّ التنَدّم

وَلَم يُغنِها قَرعٌ لِسِنِّ التنَدّم

Then a ring's stone made her drink the cup of death,

He made them drink the cup of humiliation

nor did tapping her tooth in remorse avail her.

No banging on the teeth of regret helped them

كَذاكَ نَرى الروسي إِن شاءَ رَبُّنا

كَذاكَ نَرى الروسي إِن شاءَ رَبُّنا

يَخِرّ صَريعاً لِليَدَينِ وَلِلفَمِ

يَخِرّ صَريعاً لِليَدَينِ وَلِلفَمِ

Likewise we shall see the Russian, if our Lord wills,

So we hope, if our Lord wills

fall stricken upon his hands and mouth.

The Russian will fall, slain by hands and mouths