1. يُمَلِّكُهُ خَزائِنَ كُلَّ أَرضٍ

    وَلَم أَكُ يائِساً مِن أَن تُدالا

    He grants him possession of the treasuries of every land;

    nor had I despaired that victory would be yours.

  2. فَأَصبَحَ غَيرَ مُغتَصَبٍ بِظُلمٍ

    تُراثَ أَبيكَ حينَ إِلَيكَ آلا

    Thus it became yours, without unjust seizure—

    your father's inheritance, when it passed to you.

  3. وَإِنَّكَ قَد نُصِرتَ أَعَزَّ نَصرٍ

    عَلى الحَجّاجِ إِذ بَعَثَ البِغالا

    Indeed, you were granted the mightiest victory

    over al-Hajjaj, when he sent the mules,

  4. مُفَصَّصَةً تُقَرِّبُ بِالدَواهي

    وَناكِثَةً تُريدُ لَكَ الزِيالا

    jewel-studded, cantering with calamities,

    and oath-breaking, seeking your removal.

  5. فَقالَ اللَهُ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ أَعلى

    مِنَ المُتَلِمِّسينَ لَكَ الخِبالا

    Then God said, 'Indeed, you yourself are higher

    than those who seek your ruin.'

  6. فَأَعطاكَ الخِلافَةَ غَيرَ غَصبٍ

    وَلَم تَركَب لِتَغصِبَها قِبالا

    So He gave you the caliphate without usurpation,

    nor did you ride a sandal-strap's length to seize it.

  7. فَلَمّا أَن وَليتَ الأَمرُ سَدَّت

    يَداكَ مُمَرَّةً لَهُمُ طِوالا

    Then, when you assumed command, there were spun

    by your hands—tightly twisted and long for them—

  8. حِبالَ جَماعَةٍ وَحِبالَ مُلكٍ

    تَرى لَهُمُ رَواسيها ثِقالا

    ropes of unity and ropes of sovereignty,

    whose firm anchors you see weighing heavy for them.

  9. جَعَلتَ لَهُم وَراءَكَ فَاِطمَأَنّوا

    مَكانَ البَدرِ إِذ هَلَكوا هِلالا

    You appointed for them after you—and they felt secure—

    a crescent in the full moon's place when they faced ruin:

  10. وَلِيَّ العَهدِ مِن أَبَوَيكَ فيهِ

    خَلائِقَ قَد كَمَلنَ لَهُ كَمالا

    the heir apparent, born of both your parents, in whom

    virtues have attained complete perfection:

  11. تُقىً وَضَمانَةً لِلناسِ عَدلاً

    وَأَكثَرَ مَن يُلاثَ بِهِ نَوالا

    piety, and a guarantee of justice for the people;

    and he is the most generous of all to whom men turn.

  12. فَزادَ الناكِثينَ اللَهَ رَغماً

    وَلا أَرضى المَعاطِسَ وَالسِبالا

    So may God increase the oath-breakers' humiliation,

    and never grant satisfaction to their noses and mustaches.

  13. فَكانَ الناكِثونَ وَما أَرادوا

    كَراعي الضَأنَ إِذ نَصَبَ الخِيالا

    So the oath-breakers and their designs were

    like a shepherd of sheep when he erected a scarecrow

  14. وَراءَ سَوادِها يُخشى عَلَيها

    لِيَمنَعَها وَما أَغنى قِبالا

    behind their dark mass, out of fear for them,

    to protect them—yet it availed not a sandal-strap's worth.

  15. فَأَصبَحَ كَعبُكَ الأَعلى وَأَضحَوا

    هَباءَ الريحِ يَتَّبِعُ الشَمالا

    Thus your standing rose highest, while they became

    dust in the wind, following the north wind.

  16. أَلَستَ اِبنَ الأَئِمَّةِ مِن قُرَيشٍ

    وَحَسبُكَ فارِسُ الغَبراءِ خالا

    Are you not the son of the leaders of Quraysh?

    And the rider of al-Ghabra suffices as your maternal uncle.