اللَهُ أعطاكِ فَتحاً غير مشتركِ

اللَهُ أعطاكِ فَتحاً غير مشتركِ

ورد عَزمكَ عن فَوتٍ إلى دركِ

ورد عَزمكَ عن فَوتٍ إلى دركِ

God has granted you a victory shared by none,

God has granted you unmatched victory

and turned your resolve from failure to attainment.

And turned your resolve from loss to attainment

أرسِل عِنانَ جَوادٍ أَنتَ راكِبُهُ

أرسِل عِنانَ جَوادٍ أَنتَ راكِبُهُ

واضمُم يديكَ ودَعهُ في يدِ المَلكِ

واضمُم يديكَ ودَعهُ في يدِ المَلكِ

Release the rein of the steed you are riding,

Release the reins of a steed you ride

and fold your hands, leaving it in the Sovereign's hand,

And hold its hand, leaving it to the King

حتّى يصيرَ إلى الحُسنى على ثِقَةٍ

حتّى يصيرَ إلى الحُسنى على ثِقَةٍ

يَهدِي سَبِيلَكَ هادٍ غيرُ مؤتفكِ

يَهدِي سَبِيلَكَ هادٍ غيرُ مؤتفكِ

until it reaches the best outcome with assurance.

Until it leads to the best outcome confidently

A guide who never misleads guides your path.

A guide shows you the way, not failing you

قد كانَ بَعدَكَ للأَعداء مملكةٌ

قد كانَ بَعدَكَ للأَعداء مملكةٌ

حتى استدارت عليهم كورةُ الفلك

حتى استدارت عليهم كورةُ الفلك

After your departure, the enemies held a kingdom,

After you, the enemies had a kingdom

until heaven's sphere wheeled round against them.

Until the sphere of heaven turned against them

سارَت بك الجُردُ أو طارَ الفَضاءُ بها

سارَت بك الجُردُ أو طارَ الفَضاءُ بها

والحَينُ قد قيَّد الأَعداء في شَرَك

والحَينُ قد قيَّد الأَعداء في شَرَك

The sleek steeds bore you—or space itself flew with them—

The horsemen marched with you or the sky carried them

while doom had bound the enemies in a snare.

And now the enemies are bound in a net

فما تركتَ كَمِيَّاً غيرَ مُنعَفِرٍ

فما تركتَ كَمِيَّاً غيرَ مُنعَفِرٍ

ولا تركتَ نجيعاً غَيرَ منسفِكِ

ولا تركتَ نجيعاً غَيرَ منسفِكِ

You left no armored warrior unthrown into the dust,

You left no tribe unalarmed

nor any fresh blood unspilled.

Nor any settlement you did not vanquish

نامُوا وما نامَ موتورٌ على حَنقٍ

نامُوا وما نامَ موتورٌ على حَنقٍ

أَسرى إذا فرصة من السلك

أَسرى إذا فرصة من السلك

They slept, but the wronged man did not sleep in his rage;

They slept but no sleepy one out of spite

he traveled by night, when a chance came from the thread [wording unclear].

Prisoners when there was a chance to escape

فصبحتُهم جُنودُ اللَه باطشةً

فصبحتُهم جُنودُ اللَه باطشةً

والصُبحُ من عَبَراتِ الفَجرِ في مُسَك

والصُبحُ من عَبَراتِ الفَجرِ في مُسَك

Then God's troops attacked them at dawn, striking fiercely,

So you made them God's attacking soldiers in the morning

while morning wore bracelets of dawn's tears.

And the dawn overflowed with the tears of daybreak

من كُلّ مُبتدرٍ كالنَّجمِ مُنكَدرٍ

من كُلّ مُبتدرٍ كالنَّجمِ مُنكَدرٍ

تَفِيضُ أنفسُهم غَيظاً من المُسَكِ

تَفِيضُ أنفسُهم غَيظاً من المُسَكِ

Of every man rushing forth like a plunging star,

From every audacious one like a dejected star

their souls overflow with fury at restraint.

Their souls overflow with rage from torment

فطاعَنوكم بأرمَاحٍ وما طعَنت

فطاعَنوكم بأرمَاحٍ وما طعَنت

وضارَبُوكم بأسيافٍ ولم تَحِكِ

وضارَبُوكم بأسيافٍ ولم تَحِكِ

They thrust at you with spears, but the spears did not pierce,

So they wounded you with spears but you were not wounded

and struck at you with swords, but the swords did not cut.

And struck you with swords but they did not scratch

تعجّل النّحرُ فيهم قبلَ مَوسِمهِ

تعجّل النّحرُ فيهم قبلَ مَوسِمهِ

وقدَّم الهَديُ منهم كُلّ ذي نُسُكِ

وقدَّم الهَديُ منهم كُلّ ذي نُسُكِ

Slaughter came upon them before its season,

Slaughter came upon them prematurely

and every worshipper offered sacrificial victims from among them.

And the sacrifice was offered, every worshipper

فالطّيرُ عاكفةٌ والوحش واقفةٌ

فالطّيرُ عاكفةٌ والوحش واقفةٌ

قد أثقلتها لُحومُ القَومِ عن حرَكِ

قد أثقلتها لُحومُ القَومِ عن حرَكِ

So the birds lingered, and the wild beasts stood still;

The birds gathered and the beasts halted

the men's flesh had weighed them down so they could not move.

Weighed down by the enemies' meat, unable to move

عَدَت على كُلّ عادٍ منهمُ أشِرٍ

عَدَت على كُلّ عادٍ منهمُ أشِرٍ

يَعِثنَ في حَنجرٍ رَحبٍ وفي حَنَك

يَعِثنَ في حَنجرٍ رَحبٍ وفي حَنَك

They fell upon every insolent aggressor among them,

It came upon every troublemaker among them

ravaging wide throats and palates.

Putrid in a wide throat and palate

كُلي هَنيئاً مريئاً واشكري ملِكاً

كُلي هَنيئاً مريئاً واشكري ملِكاً

قَرَتكِ أسيافُهُ في كُلّ مُعتركِ

قَرَتكِ أسيافُهُ في كُلّ مُعتركِ

Eat in delight and health, and thank a king

You are all congratulated, splendid, thank the King

whose swords have fed you as guests in every battlefield.

Whose swords brought you rest in every clash

فلو تنضَّدت الهَامات إذ نُشِرَت

فلو تنضَّدت الهَامات إذ نُشِرَت

بالقاع ألحَقت الغِيطانُ بالنَّبكِ

بالقاع ألحَقت الغِيطانُ بالنَّبكِ

Had the heads, when scattered, been stacked

If the skulls were piled when they were scattered

on the plain, they would have raised the lowlands to the hillocks.

The valleys would meet the dunes

أبرِح وطالب بباقي الدهرِ ماضِيَهُ

أبرِح وطالب بباقي الدهرِ ماضِيَهُ

فيومُ بَدرٍ أقامَ الفَيءَ في فَدَكِ

فيومُ بَدرٍ أقامَ الفَيءَ في فَدَكِ

Perform wonders, and demand of time's remainder its past;

Keep going and seek its vanished past for the rest of time

for the day of Badr established the spoils in Fadak.

For the day of Badr established spoils in Fadak

وكم مَضى لك من يَومٍ سَمَوتَ به

وكم مَضى لك من يَومٍ سَمَوتَ به

في ماقطٍ برماح الخطِّ مُشتَبكِ

في ماقطٍ برماح الخطِّ مُشتَبكِ

And how many days have passed for you through which you rose high,

And how many days have you attained glory

in a battlefield tangled with the spears of al-Khatt,

In Maqat, with lance tips entangled

بالنّقع بمُرتكمٍ بالموتِ مُلتئمٍ

بالنّقع بمُرتكمٍ بالموتِ مُلتئمٍ

بالبيضِ مُشتَمِلٍ بالسُّمر مُحتَبكِ

بالبيضِ مُشتَمِلٍ بالسُّمر مُحتَبكِ

with dust piled high, with death packed close,

With the stricken, collapsed dead, joined in death

wrapped in bright swords, interwoven with brown spears.

In white, clad in armor, intertwined in red

فحصُ القباب إلى فحص الصعاب إلى

فحصُ القباب إلى فحص الصعاب إلى

أوُريولةٍ مداسات إلى السّككِ

أوُريولةٍ مداسات إلى السّككِ

Fahs al-Qibab, to Fahs al-Si'ab, to

So the mountain passes to the rugged passes to

Orihuela—trampled grounds, down to the streets.

Uriyulah's trodden paths to the roads

وكم على حَبر محمود وجارَتِه

وكم على حَبر محمود وجارَتِه

للرُّومِ من مُرِّ ثُكلٍ غير مُتَّركِ

للرُّومِ من مُرِّ ثُكلٍ غير مُتَّركِ

And how much, over Habr Mahmud and its neighbor,

And how much bitterness for Mahmud and his neighbors

bitter bereavement the Romans have suffered, never to be set aside!

The Romans suffered from unremitting torment

وفَيت للصُّفرِ حتى قيل قد غدروا

وفَيت للصُّفرِ حتى قيل قد غدروا

سموتَ تطلبُ نصر اللَه بالدركِ

سموتَ تطلبُ نصر اللَه بالدركِ

You kept faith with the yellow ones until it was said, 'They have betrayed.'

You performed your duty until it was said they betrayed

You rose high, seeking God's aid through pursuit.

You sought God's victory by attainment

فأسلمتهم إلى الاسلام غَدرَتُم

فأسلمتهم إلى الاسلام غَدرَتُم

وأَذهَبَ السّيفُ ما بالدِّينِ من حنكِ

وأَذهَبَ السّيفُ ما بالدِّينِ من حنكِ

So you handed them over to Islam—'you betrayed' [wording unclear].

So you submitted them to Islam after their betrayal

And the sword removed the hardship afflicting the faith.

And the sword took what was indecent in religion

يا أيُّها المَلِكُ السّامي بِهمَّتِهِ

يا أيُّها المَلِكُ السّامي بِهمَّتِهِ

إلى رضى اللَه لا تعدَم رضى الملِكِ

إلى رضى اللَه لا تعدَم رضى الملِكِ

O king, whose resolve rises high

O supreme King in his determination

toward God's pleasure, may you never lack the King's favor.

To please God, do not neglect to satisfy the King

ما زلتَ تُسمعه بُشرى وتطلعهُ

ما زلتَ تُسمعه بُشرى وتطلعهُ

أُخرى كدرٍّ على الأجيادِ مُنسَلكِ

أُخرى كدرٍّ على الأجيادِ مُنسَلكِ

You have kept bringing him glad tidings and showing him

Good tidings continually reach you and

another, like pearls strung upon necks.

Others of distress to the charging steeds

بَيَّضت وَجهَ أمير المؤمنين بِها

بَيَّضت وَجهَ أمير المؤمنين بِها

والأَرضُ من ظُلمَةِ الإِلحاد في حَلكِ

والأَرضُ من ظُلمَةِ الإِلحاد في حَلكِ

Through it you have whitened the face of the Commander of the Faithful,

With them you brightened the face of the Commander of the Faithful

while the earth lay in deep gloom from the darkness of unbelief.

And the land was rid of the darkness of disbelief

فاستشعرَ النصرُ واهتَّزت منابِرهُ

فاستشعرَ النصرُ واهتَّزت منابِرهُ

بذكرِ أروَع للكُفّارِ مُحتَنكَ

بذكرِ أروَع للكُفّارِ مُحتَنكَ

So he clothed himself in victory, and his pulpits trembled

So victory was felt and his pulpits shook

at the mention of a gallant man who utterly subdued the unbelievers.

With mention of the most wondrous disgrace for the infidels

فأخلَدَتك ومَن والاكَ طاعَتهُ

فأخلَدَتك ومَن والاكَ طاعَتهُ

خُلودَ بِرٍّ بِتَقوى اللَهِ مُمتسِكِ

خُلودَ بِرٍّ بِتَقوى اللَهِ مُمتسِكِ

Thus obedience to him has made you and whoever allies with you immortal,

You made him and those loyal to him eternally

with the immortality of a righteous man holding fast to reverence for God.

Enduring in righteous, God-fearing devotion

وافَيتَ والغيثُ زَجراً قد بكى طَرباً

وافَيتَ والغيثُ زَجراً قد بكى طَرباً

لمَّا ظفرت وكم بكَّى من الضَّحكِ

لمَّا ظفرت وكم بكَّى من الضَّحكِ

You arrived, and the rain, urged on, had wept for joy

You came and the rain shouted with joy

when you triumphed—and how often laughter has made one weep!

When you were victorious - how much it wept with laughter

وتمَّمَ اللَهُ ما أنشأتَ من حَسنٍ

وتمَّمَ اللَهُ ما أنشأتَ من حَسنٍ

بِكُلّ منسَكبٍ منهُ ومُنسَبك

بِكُلّ منسَكبٍ منهُ ومُنسَبك

And God perfected the goodness you had begun

And God completed the good you began

with all that poured forth from Him and all that was cast.

In every downpour from Him and every shower

وعن قريب تُباهى الأَرض من زهرٍ

وعن قريب تُباهى الأَرض من زهرٍ

سماءَها بها غَضَّة الحبك

سماءَها بها غَضَّة الحبك

And soon the earth, through flowers, will rival

And soon the land will boast of blossoms

its sky, its woven patterns fresh with them.

That turn its sky green with beauty

فعُد وقُد واعتمد واحمد وسُد وأبد

فعُد وقُد واعتمد واحمد وسُد وأبد

وقل وصل واستطِل واستولِ وانتهكِ

وقل وصل واستطِل واستولِ وانتهكِ

So return, lead, act with resolve, give praise, rule, and annihilate;

So return and lead and rely and thank and bar

and speak, keep ties, tower above, seize control, and violate.

And say and connect and aspire and conquer and tear down

وحسبُكَ اللَهُ فَرداً لا نظيرَ لَهُ

وحسبُكَ اللَهُ فَرداً لا نظيرَ لَهُ

تُغنيك نُصرَتُه عن كُلّ مُشتركِ

تُغنيك نُصرَتُه عن كُلّ مُشتركِ

God alone is enough for you; He has no peer.

And God is enough, unique support for you

His aid frees you from needing any partner.

His victory satisfies you against any sharer