ولما أتى العيد السعيد أتيت في

ضحاه مصلاه وقد عظم الحَفلُ

And when the joyous Eid arrived, you came during

Its forenoon to its prayer ground, the gathering already vast,

على قدم المعظام للّه خاشعا

وللأرض لثم لو تحسّ به الرجلُ

With the step of one who greatly reveres God, humbly,

And the earth offered a kiss, if only the foot could feel it.

فبورك من يوم أغرّ محجّل

يخفف من أصر الذنوب به حمل

So blessed be this day, white-blazed and white-stockinged,

On which the heavy burden of sins is lightened.

أقمت صلاة العيد تهدي وتقتدي

بما سنّ مختار به شرف الرّسل

You performed the Eid prayer, guiding and following

What the Chosen One laid down, through whom the messengers were ennobled.

وعُدت إلى الدار الكريمة راضياً

عن اللّه مرضياً لك القول والفعل

And you returned to the noble abode, content

With God, your words and deeds approved.

وحولك من أنصار دين محمد

جيوش يحل النصر أينما حلّوا

And around you, from the champions of Muhammad's faith,

Are armies: victory encamps wherever they encamp.

تألق فيها دارع ومعمّم

تناظر حسناً منهم الخيل والرّجلُ

In them gleamed the mail-clad and the turbaned;

Among them, cavalry and foot soldiers matched in beauty.

كماة إذا هبّت رياح اعتزامهم

أثارت سحاب النقع بالدم ينهلّ

Valiant warriors—when the winds of their resolve blow,

They raise clouds of battle-dust that pour down blood.

يسلّون أرواح العِدا من جسومهم

وشيكاً إذا ماهم صوارمهم سلّوا

They draw their foes' souls from their bodies,

Swiftly, whenever they draw their keen swords.

فمن دارع في درعه وحسامه

أشعّة نار الحرب أضرمها الصقل

So among them is a mail-clad warrior; in his mail and his keen sword

Are rays of war's fire, kindled by burnishing.