ألا إنَّهُ فتحٌ يُقِرُّ له الفتحُ

ألا إنَّهُ فتحٌ يُقِرُّ له الفتحُ

فأوّلُهُ سعدٌ وآخرُهُ نُجْحُ

فأوّلُهُ سعدٌ وآخرُهُ نُجْحُ

Lo, it is a conquest that Conquest itself acknowledges.

Behold, this is a conquest to which conquest itself yields.

Its outset is felicity, and its end success.

For its beginning is good fortune, and its end success.

سَرى القائدُ الميمونُ خيرَ سَرِيَّةٍ

سَرى القائدُ الميمونُ خيرَ سَرِيَّةٍ

تقدَّمَها نصرٌ وتابعَها فَتْحُ

تقدَّمَها نصرٌ وتابعَها فَتْحُ

The blessed commander marched by night with the finest detachment;

The auspicious commander marched by night on the finest expedition;

triumph went before it, and conquest followed it.

Victory went before it, and conquest followed it.

ألم ترَهُ أرْدَى بإسْتجةَ العِدَى

ألم ترَهُ أرْدَى بإسْتجةَ العِدَى

فلاقَوا عذاباً كانَ موعدَه الصُّبحُ

فلاقَوا عذاباً كانَ موعدَه الصُّبحُ

Did you not see him, with six men, bring down the enemy?

Did you not see him lay the foes low at Écija?

Thus they met a torment whose appointed hour was dawn.

So they met a torment whose appointed hour was dawn.

فلا عهدَ للمُرّاقِ من بعدِ هذهِ

فلا عهدَ للمُرّاقِ من بعدِ هذهِ

يتمُّ لهمْ عند الإمامِ ولا صُلحُ

يتمُّ لهمْ عند الإمامِ ولا صُلحُ

So after this, no covenant for the renegades

So after this, no pact for the renegades

shall be honored for them before the Imam, nor any truce.

Will hold for them with the Imam, nor any peace accord.

تَولَّوا عباديداً بكلِّ ثنيَّةٍ

تَولَّوا عباديداً بكلِّ ثنيَّةٍ

وقد مَسَّهمْ قَرحٌ وما مسَّنا قَرْحُ

وقد مَسَّهمْ قَرحٌ وما مسَّنا قَرْحُ

They turned and fled in scattered bands through every mountain pass;

They fled in scattered bands through every mountain pass,

for wounds had touched them, while no wound had touched us.

And wounds had touched them, but no wound had touched us.