1. يَا خَيلَ مُحيي مِلّة الإِسلاَمِ

    فُوزي بِكُلِّ غَنِيمَةٍ وَسَلامَ

    O cavalry of the reviver of Islam's faith,

    Gain every spoil and safe deliverance.

  2. وَطَإِي بلادَ الشِّركِ مُدرِكَةَ المُنَى

    مَنصورةً مَنشُورَةَ الأعلامِ

    And tread the lands of idolatry, attaining your desires,

    Victorious, with banners unfurled.

  3. وَاستَنجِزِي فِيهَا الوُعُودَ بِفَتحِهَا

    فَلَعَلَّهَا ادُّخِرَت لِهَذا العَامِ

    And seek there fulfillment of the promises of conquest,

    For perhaps they were reserved for this year.

  4. لِلَّهِ جَيشُ خَلِيفَةً رَايَاتُهُ

    مَحفُوفَةٌ بالنُّجحِ فِي الإقدَامِ

    How wondrous the caliph's army! Its banners

    Are attended by success in bold advance.

  5. مَشحوذَةٌ عَزَمَاتُهُ مَعصومَةٌ

    آراؤُهُ فِي النَّقضِ والإِبرامِ

    His resolves are sharpened; unerring

    Are his judgments in undoing and binding.

  6. تَغزو مِلاءِكَةُ السَّمَاءِ إِذَا غَزا

    مَأمُومَةً مِنهُ بِخَيرِ إِمَامِ

    Heaven's angels wage war whenever he does,

    Led by him, the finest of leaders.

  7. مَحجوبة الأعيانِ وَقعُ سلاحِهَا

    بِالرُّوحِ لَيسَ بِظَاهِرِ الأجسَامِ

    Their forms are veiled; their weapons' blows

    Fall upon the spirit, not the surface of bodies.

  8. فَلأجل ذَاكَ يُرَى القَتِيلُ ولا يُرَى

    أَثَرٌ بِهِ مِن ذَابِلٍ وحُسَامِ

    Thus the slain is seen, yet unseen

    Is any mark upon him from a supple spear or keen sword.

  9. قَتلَى المَلائِكِ لا كِلى مَفرِيّة

    بالسَّمهَرِيِّ ولا قَذالٌ هَامِ

    Those slain by angels have no kidneys split

    By a rigid spear, nor napes streaming with blood.

  10. وَمِنَ العَجَائِبِ أن تَكُونَ جِرَاحُهُم

    لا في جُسُومِهِمُ ولا فِي الهَامِ

    And one of the marvels is that their wounds

    Are neither in their bodies nor their heads.

  11. تَرَكَ الهُوَينا واستَقَلَّ بِهِمّةِ

    نَشَأَت عن الإِجلالِ والإِعظامِ

    He abandoned ease and rose with a resolve

    Born of reverence and veneration.

  12. وَرَأى الجِهَادَ بِنَفسِهِ وبمالِهِ

    أزكى الحُظوظِ وَأَوفَرَ الأقسَامِ

    And deemed holy war with his person and wealth

    The purest of shares and the fullest of portions.

  13. فَسَرى بِمِلءِ الأُفقِ يَحشُو أرضَهُ

    بِسَنابِكٍ وَسَماءَهُ بِقَتامِ

    So he marched by night with a host filling the horizon, filling its earth

    With hooves, and its sky with dust.

  14. يَغشى بِهِ الأَهوالَ لا يعتَاقُهُ

    خَرقٌ سَحِيقٌ أو عُبابٌ طَامِ

    With it he faces terrors; he is not hindered by

    A far-flung wilderness or a swollen, surging sea.

  15. يجتابُ ذا بالخَيلِ مُعلَمَةً وَذَا

    بِالمُنشآتِ عَلَيهِ كالأَعلامِ

    He crosses the one with battle-marked cavalry, and the other

    With towering ships upon it, like mountains.

  16. مِن كُلِّ مِصلِيتٍ تَقَلَّدَ سَيفَهُ

    فَرَأيت صَمصاماً على صَمصامِ

    With many a bold warrior who has girded on his sword,

    So you see a keen blade upon a keen blade.

  17. أُسدٌ فَرائِسُها العِدا ألِفَت لَهَا

    ظِلَّ القَنا بَدَلاً من الآجامِ

    Lions whose prey is the foe, who have grown accustomed to

    The shade of spears in place of thickets.

  18. فأني رِباط الفَتح مَرجُواً لَهُ

    مِنهُ افتتاحُ عِراقِها والشّام

    Then [he reached] Ribāṭ al-Fatḥ, with hopes for him

    Of conquering its Iraq and al-Shām from there.

  19. ألقى بِأَندلسٍ كَلاكِلَ عَزمِهِ

    طَلقَ الجَبين مُبارَكَ الإلمَام

    In al-Andalus he laid the heavy chests of his resolve,

    With a cheerful brow and a blessed arrival.

  20. فحمى حِمَى الدين الحنِيفِّي الَّذي

    ما زال يَدفَعُ دونَهُ ويُحامِي

    He guarded the sanctuary of the upright, monotheistic faith,

    Which he has ever defended and protected.

  21. حَتَّى أَدامَ عَلَى الزَّمَانِ وَأهلِهِ

    نِعَماً تَبَزُّ حوادث الأيَّامِ

    Until he made lasting for time and its people

    Blessings that outstrip the calamities of the days.

  22. وَحَبَا فأَغنَاهُم فَأصبَحَ أمنُهُم

    أمنَينِ مِن عُدمٍ بِهِ وَحِمامِ

    He bestowed gifts and enriched them, so their safety became

    Through him, a double safety—from want and death.

  23. فَجَزَى الإِلَهُ مُعِزَّ دِينِ نَبِيِّه

    جَنّاتِ رضوانٍ وَدَارَ مُقَامِ

    May God reward the exalter of His Prophet's faith

    With gardens of divine favor and a lasting abode.

  24. وَقَضَى لَهُ بالنَّصرِ فِي أعدَائِهِ

    وَأنَالَهُ بالسَّعدِ كُلَّ مَرَامِ

    And decree victory for him over his enemies,

    And, with good fortune, grant him every aim.

  25. يَا ابنَ الأَئِمّةِ مِن مُضَرَ الأُلَى

    نَصَبُوا مَنَازَ الحلِّ وَالإحرَامِ

    O son of the leaders of Muḍar, who

    Raised the [beacon] of release and ritual consecration,

  26. مِن قَيسِ عَيلانَ الذِينَ بِهَديِهِم

    شُدَّت عَلَى التَّقوَى عُرَى الإِسلامِ

    Of Qays ʿAylān, through whose guidance

    The bonds of Islam were firmly tied to piety.

  27. المُخمِدونَ بجدّهِم وَحَديدِهِم

    في الحَرب جَمرَة عُبّدِ الأصنَامِ

    Those who quenched, through their zeal and steel,

    In battle, the live coal of the idol-worshippers;

  28. والمُطعِمونَ إِذِ السِّنونَ تَتابَعَت

    والمُحسِنونَ كَفَالة الأَيتامِ

    And those who fed others when lean years followed one another,

    And those who gave excellent care to orphans.

  29. طابُوا وَطِبتًَ فَقَلَّودك لِعِلمِهم

    أمرَ الأنامِ ملامةُ اللَّوَّامِ

    They were noble, and you were noble; knowing you, they entrusted you with

    The affairs of humankind; the reproach of fault-finders.

  30. وَرَعَيتَ ما استَرعَوكَ مُجتَهِداً وَلَم

    تَأخُذكَ فيهِ مَلامَةُ اللَّوامِ

    And you diligently tended what they entrusted to your care, and no

    Reproach of fault-finders deterred you in it.

  31. لَمّا قَفلتَ منَ الجِهَادِ وَبَشّرَت

    بإِيابِ جَيشِكَ ألسُنُ الأَقلامِ

    When you returned from holy war, and glad tidings were given

    Of your army's return by the tongues of pens,

  32. بَعَثَت بَلَنِسيةٌ إلَيكَ بِوَفدِهَا

    عَن كُلِّ مُحتَنِك بِهَا وَغلامِ

    Valencia sent you its delegation

    On behalf of every seasoned man and youth within it,

  33. مُستَنزِلينَ الرُّحمَ مِنكَ لأهلِهَا

    مُستَمطرِينَ سَحَائِبَ الإِنعَامِ

    Seeking to draw down your mercy for its people,

    Seeking rain from the clouds of bounty.

  34. رَفَعُوا ضَراعَتَهُم إِلَيكَ وَبَلّغُوا

    عَنهُم أبَرَّ تَحِيّةٍ وَسلام

    They raised their humble pleas to you and conveyed

    On their behalf the most sincere greeting and salutation,

  35. مستنجزين مواعِد النَّصرِ الَّتِي

    وُعِدوا بِهَا مِن نَيلِ كُلِّ مَرَامِ

    Seeking fulfillment of the promises of victory that

    Were made to them, of attaining every aim;

  36. وَمُعَأوِدينَ اللّثمَ في يَدِكَ الَّتِي

    تشفى مُقبِّلها مِنَ الإِعدَامِ

    And returning to kiss your hand, which

    Cures its kisser of destitution.

  37. فَأهنأ أمِيرَ المُؤمنِينَ بِغزوَةٍ

    خَصّت أنوفَ عِداك بالأرغامِ

    So rejoice, Commander of the Faithful, in a campaign

    That rubbed your enemies' noses in the dust.

  38. تَرَكَت بلادَ الكُفرِ مُظلمَةً بِما

    أَجلَت عَنِ الإِيمَانِ مِن أظلامِ

    It left the lands of unbelief darkened with

    The darkness it cleared away from faith.

  39. وَأسلَم أمينَ اللهِ تَصدَعُ بِالهُدى

    وَتَلِي بِحَدِّ السَّيفِ كُلّ عُرامِ

    And remain safe, God's trustee, proclaiming guidance,

    And deal with every insolence by the sword's edge.

  40. وَإِذَا ابتدأت بِسَعد جدّك مَطلَباً

    كَفَلَت لَكَ الأَقدَارُ بِالإتمَامِ

    And when, with your auspicious fortune, you begin a quest,

    The fates guarantee you its completion.

  41. واخلُد لِحِفظِ الِّينِ وَالدُّنيَا مَعاً

    في غِبطَةٍ مَوصولَةٍ بِدَوَامِ

    And live forever to preserve faith and the world together,

    In enviable bliss joined to eternity.