Sol 6.1

  1. عُقدَتْ بنصرِكَ رايةُ الإيمانِ

    وبَدَتْ لعصرِكَ آيةُ الإحسانِ

    The banner of faith was raised through your victory,

    and the sign of beneficence appeared in your age.

  2. يا غالبَ الغُلْبِ الملوكِ وصائدَ ال

    صِّيدِ اللُّيوثِ وفارسَ الفُرسانِ

    O conqueror of mighty kings, hunter of the

    proud lions, and horseman of horsemen!

  3. يا سالبَ التِّيجانِ مِنْ أَربابها

    حُزْتَ الفَخارَ على ذوِي التِّيجانِ

    O plunderer of crowns from their lords,

    you have won glory over the wearers of crowns.

  4. محمودٌ المحمودٌ ما بينَ الورى

    في كُلِّ إقْليمٍ بكلِّ لسانِ

    Mahmud, the praised one among mankind,

    in every region and in every tongue.

  5. يا واحِداً في الفضلِ غيرَ مُشاركٍ

    أَقسمتُ مالكَ في البسيطةِ ثانِ

    O matchless one in excellence, without a partner,

    I swear: you have no equal on earth.

  6. أَحلى أمانيكَ الجهادُ وإنَّهُ

    لكَ مُؤذِنٌ أَبداً بكلِّ أَمانِ

    Your sweetest aspiration is jihad, and it

    forever heralds complete safety for you.

  7. كم بكرِ فتحٍ ولَّدتْهُ ظُباكَ منْ

    حَرْبٍ لقمعِ المشركينَ عَوانِ

    How many a maiden victory your blade-edges brought forth from

    a seasoned war to subdue the polytheists!

  8. كم وقعةٍ لكَ في الفرنج حديثُها

    قد سارَ في الآفاقِ والبلدانِ

    How many a battle of yours against the Franks, whose tale

    has traveled through the horizons and the lands!

  9. كم مُصْعَبٍ عَسرِ المقادَةِ قُدتهُ

    نحوَ الرَّدى بخزائمِ الخُلانِ

    How many an untamed mount, hard to lead, you drove

    toward death with friends' nose-ring bridles!

  10. قَمَّصْتَ قومصَهُمْ رِداءً من رَدىً

    وقَرَنْتَ رأْسَ بِرِنْسهمْ بسنانِ

    You clothed their count in a robe of death,

    and fastened their prince's head to a spearpoint.

  11. وملكتَ رِقَّ ملوكِهمْ وتركتَهُم

    بالذُّلِّ في الأقْيادِ والأسْجانِ

    You enslaved their kings and left them

    in humiliation, in chains and prisons.

  12. وجعلتَ في أَعناقِهمْ أغلالَهُمْ

    وسَحبتَهُمْ هُوْناً على الأذقانِ

    You placed their fetters upon their necks,

    and dragged them abased upon their chins.

  13. إذْ في السَّوابغِ تُحْطَمُ السُّمرُ القنا

    والبيضُ تُخْضَبُ بالنّجيعِ القاني

    When brown spears shattered against full coats of mail,

    and bright swords were dyed with crimson blood;

  14. وعلى غناءِ المَشْرِفيّةِ في الطُّلَى

    والهامِ رَقْصُ عواملِ المُرَّانِ

    to the song of Mashrafi swords among throats

    and heads, the points of ash-wood lances danced.

  15. وكأنَّ بينَ النَّقْعِ لَمْعُ حديدها

    نارٌ تألّقُ مِن خلالِ دُخانِ

    As though amid the battle-dust the gleam of their steel

    were fire flashing through smoke.

  16. في مأْزقٍ وردُ الوريد مكفَّلٌ

    في بريِّ الصّارمِ الظّمآنِ

    In a battle's crush, the jugular's draught is guaranteed

    by the cutting of the thirsty sword.

  17. غَطّى العجاجُ بهِ نجومَ سمائهِ

    لتنوبَ عنها أَنجُمُ الخُرْصانِ

    The battle-dust covered the stars of its sky,

    so the stars of lanceheads might take their place.

  18. يَمْتاحُ من قلبِ القلوبِ دماءَها

    بالسُّمرِ مَتْحَ الماءِ بالأشطانِ

    It draws their blood from the very core of hearts,

    with brown spears, as water is drawn with well-ropes.

  19. أَوَ ما كفاهم ذاكَ حتى عاوَدوا

    طُرُقَ الضّلالِ ومركبَ الطغيانِ

    Was that not enough for them, that they returned

    to the paths of error and the mount of tyranny?

  20. يا خيبةَ الإفرنجِ حينَ تَجَمَّعوا

    في حَيْرَةٍ وأتَوْا إلى حَوْرانِ

    Oh, the Franks' disappointment when they assembled

    in bewilderment and came to Hauran!

  21. جاؤوا وظنهُمُ يُعجِّلُ رِبْحَهم

    فأعدتَهُمْ بالخِزي والخُسرانِ

    They came, their expectations hastening their gain,

    but you sent them back in disgrace and loss.

  22. وظنونهُمْ وقلوبُهمْ قد أَيقَنَتْ

    للرُّعبِ بالإخفاقِ والخَفَقانِ

    Their hopes and hearts became certain,

    through terror, of failure and trembling.

  23. وجلوتَ نورَ الدِّينِ ظلمةَ كُفرهم

    لمّا صَدَعْتَ بواضحِ البُرهانِ

    And you, Nur al-Din, dispelled the darkness of their unbelief,

    when you proclaimed the clear proof.

  24. وهَزَمْتَهمْ بالرَّأْي قبلَ لقائهمْ

    والرأيُ قبلَ شجاعةِ الشجعانِ

    You defeated them through judgment before meeting them,

    and judgment precedes the courage of the brave.

  25. راحوا فباتوا تحتَ كلِّ مَذلَّةٍ

    وَضَرَبْتَ منهم فوقَ كلِّ بَنانِ

    They departed and spent the night under every humiliation,

    and you struck them above every fingertip.

  26. ما في النّصارى الغُتْمِ إلاّ مَنْ له

    في الصُّلبِ بانَ الكَسْرُ والصُّلبانِ

    Among the foreign-tongued Christians, there is none but has

    a break evident in his backbone and his crosses.

  27. ولُّوا وقلبُ شجاعهمْ في صدرهِ

    كالسَّيف يُرعِدُ في يمينِ جبانِ

    They turned away, their brave man's heart in his breast

    trembling like a sword in a coward's right hand.

  28. فاروا من الفَوّارِ عندَ فِرارِهم

    بالفَوْرِ وامتدُّوا إلى المَدّانِ

    They surged from al-Fawwar in their flight,

    at once, and stretched away to al-Maddan.

  29. وأزراها الشّلالَةَ الشّلُّ الذي

    أَهدى لهمْ شَلَلاً إلى الأثمانِ

    And the rout disgraced al-Shallala—the rout that

    bestowed paralysis on them as far as al-Athman.

  30. ولَّى وجوهَهُمُ سوادُ وجوهِهمْ

    نَحو السَّوادِ وآذَنُوا بهوانِ

    The blackness of their faces turned their faces

    toward al-Sawad, and they proclaimed their abasement.

  31. حَمَلتْ عليهم من جنودِكَ فتيةٌ

    لم تَدْرِ غيرَ حَميَّةِ الفتيانِ

    Young warriors from your troops charged them,

    knowing nothing but the zeal of youth.

  32. زَخَرَتْ بهم أَمواجُ آجكَ في الوغَى

    غُزُراً وَطَمَّ بهم عُبابُ طُمانِ

    Ajak's waves surged with them in battle,

    abundant, and Tuman's billows overflowed with them.

  33. وتذمّمُوا من حَرِّ بأسِ مُحمّدٍ

    وتَهيّبُوا الحَمَلاتِ من عُثمانِ

    They sought protection from the heat of Muhammad's might,

    and feared Uthman's charges.

  34. وبسيفِ جُرديكَ المجرَّدِ غُودِروا

    بدماءِ أَهلِ الغَدْرِ في غُدرانِ

    And under Jurdik's unsheathed sword they were left

    in pools of the blood of treacherous men.

  35. وبعينِ دولتكَ الذي قدَّمتَهُ

    فُقِئَتْ عيونُ الكُفرِ والكُفرانِ

    And by the Eye of your state, whom you advanced,

    the eyes of unbelief and ingratitude were gouged out.

  36. واليارقيّةُ أَرَّقَتْهُمْ في الدُّجى

    بسهامِ كلِّ حَنيّةٍ مِرْنانِ

    The Yariqiyya kept them sleepless in the darkness,

    with the arrows of every resounding curved bow.

  37. أَجفانُهُمْ نَفَتِ الغِرارَ كما انتفَى

    ماضي الغِرارِ بهم منَ الأَجفانِ

    Their eyelids banished brief sleep, just as

    keen-edged blades had left their sheaths among them.

  38. بَعَلُوا معسكرَ بعلبكَ وأَبصروا

    من جُنْدِ بُصرى بَرْكَ كلِّ جِرانِ

    They were bewildered by Baalbek's camp, and saw

    every camel-neck brought low by Bosra's troops.

  39. وكأَنّما الأَكرادُ فوقَ جيادِها

    عِقْبانُ مُلْحَمَةٍ على عِقْبانِ

    As though the Kurds upon their steeds

    were flesh-fed eagles riding eagles.

  40. ولطالما مَهَرَتْ على نَصْرِ الهُدَى

    أَنصارُكَ الأَبطالُ من مهرانِ

    How often have they excelled in championing right guidance,

    your heroic supporters from Mihran!

  41. لم يتركِ الأَتراكُ فيهمْ غايةً

    بالفتكِ والإرهاقِ والإثخانِ

    The Turks left no extreme untried against them,

    in deadly assault, relentless pursuit, and grievous wounding.

  42. مِن كلِّ رامٍ سَهْمُهُ من وَهْمه

    أَهدى إلى إنسانِ عينِ الرَّاني

    Each an archer whose arrow, compared with his own thought,

    is more surely guided to the pupil of the gazer's eye.

  43. ولكَ المماليكُ الذين بهم عَنَتْ

    أَملاكُ مصْرَ لمالكي بَغْدانِ

    And yours are the mamluks, through whom submitted

    the kings of Egypt to the rulers of Baghdad.

  44. هم كالصَّحابةِ يومَ بدرٍ حاولوا

    نصرَ النبيِّ ونُبتُ عن حَسّانِ

    They are like the Companions who, on the day of Badr, sought

    to aid the Prophet, while I stood in for Hassan.

  45. الحائزونَ من السِّباقِ خِصالَهُ

    في مُلتقَى حَرْبٍ وفي مَيْدانِ

    Winners who take the prizes of the race,

    at war's encounter and on the field.

  46. من كلِّ مبسوطِ اليدينِ يمينُهُ

    ما تمتلي إلاّ بقَبْضِ يَمانِ

    Each one openhanded, whose right hand

    is filled only by gripping a Yemeni sword.

  47. لما رأَى الدَّاويُّ راوُنْداءَهُ

    ولَّى بطاعونٍ بغيرِ طِعان

    When the Templar saw his Rawunda,

    he fled plague-stricken, without any spear-fighting.

  48. طلبَ الفِريرِيُّ الفرارَ بِطُلْبهِ

    مُتباعداً من هُلْكهِ المُتداني

    The Firiri sought flight with his squadron,

    distancing himself from his approaching doom.

  49. والهنفَرَي مُذْ هانَ فرَّ مُؤَمِّلاً

    لِسَلامةٍ والهُونُ شَأْنُ الشَّاني

    And Humphrey, once humbled, fled in hope

    of safety; abasement is the hater's lot.

  50. بارُوا فبارُونيُّهُمْ بِفِنائهِ

    مُودٍ وسيدُهُمُ أَسيرٌ عانِ

    They perished; their baron, in his own courtyard,

    lies dead, while their lord is a captive in bondage.

  51. أَخلوا بلادَهُمُ فحلَّ بأَهلِها

    منكَ الغداةَ طوارِقُ الحِدْثانِ

    They emptied their lands, and upon their people descended

    from you, that morning, the visitants of calamity.

  52. أَنهضتَ حين خَلَتْ إليها عسكراً

    أَخلَى قواعِدَها من البنيانِ

    When they lay empty, you dispatched an army against them,

    which emptied their strongholds of buildings.

  53. وشغلتَ جأشَهُمُ بجيشٍ هدَّهُمْ

    فجنى ثمارَ النُّصرةِ الجيشانِ

    You troubled their hearts with an army that crushed them,

    so both armies harvested the fruits of victory.

  54. وملأَتَ بالنِّيرانِ أَربُعَ أَهلِها

    فتعجَّلوا الإحراقَ بالنِّيرانِ

    You filled their people's dwellings with flames,

    so burning by fire overtook them swiftly.

  55. عادوا وحينَ رأَوا خرابَ بيوتهمْ

    يئِسُوا من الأَوطارِ والأَوطانِ

    They returned, and when they saw their homes in ruins,

    they despaired of their desires and their homelands.

  56. باؤوا بأَحزانٍ وخاضوا هَوْلَها

    مما لَقوا بمخاضةِ الأَحزانِ

    They returned laden with sorrows and waded through their terror,

    because of what they met at the Ford of Sorrows.

  57. وقدِ استفادَ المشركونَ تعازياً

    والمسلمونَ تهادياً بِتَهانِ

    The polytheists gained consolations to exchange,

    and the Muslims, congratulations to offer as gifts.

  58. أَصبحتَ للإإسلام رُكناً ثابتاً

    والكفرُ منكَ مضعضعُ الأَركانِ

    You became a firm pillar for Islam,

    while unbelief's pillars are shaken by you.

  59. قوّضتَ آساسَ الضَّلالِ بعزمكَ ال

    ماضي وشُدْتَ مباني الإيمانِ

    You toppled error's foundations with your resolve—the

    unfaltering—and raised the structures of faith.

  60. قُلْ أَينَ مثلُكَ في المُلوكِ مجاهدٌ

    للهِ في سرٍّ وفي إعلانِ

    Say: where among kings is your equal, striving

    for God, in private and in public?

  61. لم تلقَهُمْ ثِقَةً بقُوَّةِ شوكةٍ

    لكنْ وثِقْتَ بنُصرةِ الرَّحمانِ

    You did not face them relying on the strength of arms,

    but trusted in the All-Merciful's aid.

  62. ما زال عزمُكَ مستقلاً بالذي

    لا يستقلُّ بثقلهِ الثَّقلان

    Your resolve has ever borne alone what

    humans and jinn cannot bear the weight of.

  63. وبلغتَ بالتأييدِ أَقصى مَبْلغٍ

    ما كان في وسْعٍ ولا إمكانِ

    And through support you reached the utmost limit,

    which had been beyond capacity and possibility.

  64. دانتْ لكَ الدُّنيا فقاصيها إذا

    حقّقْتَهُ لنفاذِ أَمرِكَ دانِ

    The world submitted to you; its remotest part, when

    you consider it, is close to your command's reach.

  65. فمنَ العراقِ إلى الشآمِ إلى ذُرَى

    مصْرٍ إلى قُوصٍ إلى أسْوانِ

    Thus from Iraq to al-Sham, to the heights

    of Egypt, to Qus, to Aswan.

  66. لم تَلْهُ عن باقي البلاد وإنّما

    ألهاكَ فَرْضُ الغزوِ عَن هَمَذانِ

    You did not neglect the other lands; it was only

    the duty of campaigning that diverted you from Hamadan.

  67. للرومِ والإفرنج منكَ مصائبٌ

    بالتُّرك والأَكرادِ والعُربانِ

    The Byzantines and Franks suffer calamities from you,

    through the Turks, Kurds, and Arabs.

  68. إعزاوكَ الدِّينَ الحنيفَ وحزْبَهُ

    قد خصَّ أَهلَ الشِّركِ بالإهوانِ

    Your exalting of the upright faith and its adherents

    has singled out the polytheists for humiliation.

  69. أَذعنتَ للّهِ المُهيمنِ إذْ عَنَتْ

    لكَ أَوجُهُ الأَملاكِ بالإذْعانِ

    You submitted to God, the All-Overseeing, when

    the faces of kings bowed to you in submission.

  70. أَنتَ الذي دونَ الملوكِ وجَدْتُهُ

    ملآنَ من عُرْفٍ ومن عِرْفانِ

    You are the one, unlike other kings, whom I found

    filled with beneficence and knowledge.

  71. في بأْس عمرٍو في بسالة حيدرٍ

    في نطقِ قُسٍ في تُقى سلمانِ

    In might, Amr; in valor, Haydar;

    in eloquence, Quss; in piety, Salman.

  72. عُمْرانُ عدِلكَ للبلادِ كأنّما

    قد عاشَ في أيامكَ العُمرانِ

    Your justice makes the lands flourish, as though

    the two Umars had lived in your days.

  73. خلَّدْتَ في الآفاقِ ذكراً باقياً

    أَبدَ الزَّمانِ ببذلِ مالٍ فانِ

    You immortalized an enduring remembrance across the horizons,

    for all time, by lavishing perishable wealth.

  74. سيَرٌ لو أن الوحي ينزل أُنزلتْ

    في شأْنها سُوَرٌ من القرآنِ

    Deeds—were revelation descending, there would be sent down

    concerning them chapters of the Quran.

  75. فاسلمْ طويلَ العمرِ ممتدَّ المدى

    صافي الحياةِ مخلَّد السلطانِ

    So remain safe, long-lived, your span extended,

    your life serene, your sovereignty everlasting.