1. لكَ كلَّ يومٍ خارقاتٌ تبهرُ

    يثني بهن على الإِله ويشكرُ

    Each day brings you dazzling miracles,

    for which one praises God and gives thanks.

  2. ماذا يخاف من الإِله بعينه

    يرعاه مما يختشيه ويحذرُ

    What should he fear, whom God with His eye

    guards from whatever he dreads and fears?

  3. ما هذه من سعده بكبيرةٍ

    مع أَنها من كل شيء أكبرُ

    These are no great matter, given his good fortune,

    though they are greater than everything else.

  4. نم ملء جفنك كيف شئت فها هنا

    راع تحاط به وعين تنظرُ

    Sleep to your eyelid's fill, however you wish; for here

    is a guardian whose care surrounds you, and an eye that watches.

  5. من كان في شك فينظر في الذي

    يقضي به لك ربنا ويقدرُ

    Whoever doubts, let him consider what

    our Lord decrees and ordains for you.

  6. لله فيك على البرية حجةٌ

    وعليه منك أدلةٌ لا تحصرُ

    In you, God has a proof against mankind,

    and from you come countless proofs of Him.

  7. فلقد أَراهم فيك ما لا شبهة

    معهُ يظن فيزدهي من يكفرُ

    For He has shown them in you what leaves no doubt

    for an unbeliever to entertain and so grow proud.

  8. وبلغتَ في دعةٍ بكشرك رتبةً

    ما نالها في صبرهِ من يصبرُ

    And in ease, with your smile, you have reached a rank

    that no persevering man attained through his endurance.

  9. نفذَ المرامُ فكان ما أدركتَهُ

    منها على قلبِ امرئ لا يخطرُ

    The goal was accomplished; what you attained

    of it could never enter any man's heart.

  10. سعد أرى ما ليس يمكن ممكنا

    فالمستحيل عليه لا يستكثر

    Good fortune has shown the impossible to be possible;

    so nothing impossible is too much to ask of it.

  11. ثقْ بالإِله فما عليك وراءها

    والله عونُك مطلبٌ متعذرُ

    Trust in God; beyond that, for you—

    with God your helper—no goal is unattainable.

  12. واملأ بجيشك أرض من ضلَّ الهدى

    واضرب بسيفك رأس من يتجبرُ

    And fill with your army the land of those who stray from guidance,

    and strike with your sword the head of whoever tyrannizes.

  13. أَنا لست أَعجب من ظِباك وفعلِها

    فيمن طغى فالأُمر فيها أَظهرُ

    I do not marvel at your blades and what they do

    to transgressors; their work is plain enough.

  14. لكنْ عجبتُ لمن يظل بحدِّها

    جهلاً على حوبائهِ يستنصرُ

    But I marvel at one who keeps, by their edge,

    ignorantly seeking help against his own life.

  15. يدعو بها من ليسَ يجهلُ أَنه

    من يدعها فيما دعاه يجزرُ

    He calls upon them, knowing full well that

    whoever summons them as he has done is slaughtered.

  16. لكن إِذا جآء القضاءُ من السما

    عميتْ ولا عجب عيونٌ تبصرُ

    But when the decree comes from heaven,

    eyes that see turn blind—and no wonder.

  17. وبأيدي حرٍّ لمن تفكر عبرةٌ

    منها الأَريب بعقله يتحير

    And in Aydi Hurr is a lesson for whoever reflects,

    one that bewilders the discerning man, for all his reason.

  18. ما كان إِلا عاقلاً لولا القضا

    أعمى البصيرة منه عما يحذرُ

    He would have been sensible, had not fate

    blinded his inward sight to what he feared.

  19. قد كان يعلم أَن مرقىًفي السما

    مما يحاوله أخفُ وأيسرُ

    He knew that an ascent into the sky

    was lighter and easier than what he attempted.

  20. ويرى لقاء الموت دون عذابه

    متيقناً ومرادهُ لا يقدرُ

    And he saw that meeting death, quite apart from its torment,

    was certain, while his aim was unattainable.

  21. فبفعله يُجزى ويرجعُ خاسئاً

    من كان للقدرِ المقدَّر يُنكرُ

    Thus he is repaid for his deed and returns abased—

    whoever denies the fate ordained.

  22. هوّن عليكَ فما عدوً ظافرٌ

    لكنَّها آجالُ قومٍ تحضرُ

    Be at ease: no enemy is victorious;

    it is only men's appointed deaths coming due.

  23. الله أكبرُ إِن في حكم القضا

    وغريبه عجباً لمن يتدّبرُ

    God is greatest! Surely in fate's decree

    and its strangeness lies a marvel for whoever reflects.

  24. أو لم يروا بالأمسِ قصةَ خالدٍ

    لما تخاصمَ في فناه العسكرُ

    Did they not see yesterday the story of Khalid,

    when the troops quarreled in his courtyard?

  25. وأتوه كي يقضي ففاسح بينهم

    يتبارزون وإن هذا المنكرُ

    They came to him for judgment; he made room for them

    to duel—and that was truly reprehensible.

  26. وأثار شراً ساكناً فتلاطموا

    بالمشرفيةِ واستقامَ العثيرُ

    He stirred up dormant evil, and they clashed

    with Mashrafi swords, and the dust rose straight up.

  27. ومضى الحديدُ بصوتهِ مترنماً

    فالسمرُ تنظمُ والصوارم تنثرُ

    The steel went on, singing in its own voice;

    the brown spears strung men together, the keen swords scattered them.

  28. ظلَوا بيومٍ قمطريرٍ وانقضى

    عنهم ومنهم خائبٌ ومظفّرُ

    They spent a grim day, and it passed

    from them, some defeated and others victorious.

  29. خسروا ولكن خالدٌ في صنِعه

    عن هؤلاءِ وهؤلاءِ الأخْسرُ

    They lost, but Khalid, through his conduct,

    was a greater loser than either side.

  30. علموا بأن المرء يطلب هلكهم

    بقضائَه ويريد أن لا يشعروا

    They knew the man was seeking their destruction

    through his judgment, while wishing them not to notice.

  31. والحقُّ إِن الحكم ذلك والقضا

    كانا بسعدك فيهم فليعذروا

    In truth, that judgment and decree

    came upon them through your good fortune; let them excuse him.

  32. ما خالدُ المسكين إِلا آلةٌ

    لعلاك فليرضوك وليستغفروا

    Poor Khalid is nothing but an instrument

    for your glory; let them please you and seek forgiveness.

  33. لا زلتَ تضربِ والصوارم تنتضي

    وتكفُّ سيفك والضراغِم تؤسرُ

    May you ever strike while the keen swords are drawn,

    and stay your sword while lions are taken captive.