1. لَئِنْ سَرَّتِ الدُّنْيا فأَنت سُرُورُهَا

    وإِنْ سَطَعَت نُوراً فوجْهُكَ نورُهَا

    If indeed the world brings joy, you are its joy,

    And if it shines with light, your face is its light.

  2. سلامٌ عَلَى الأَيَّامِ مَا شِمْتَ لِلعُلا

    أَهِلَّتَهَا واستقبلتْكَ بُدُورُهَا

    Peace upon the days, so long as you behold glory's

    Crescents, and its full moons welcome you.

  3. وبُورِكَتِ الأَزْمانُ مَا أَشرَقَتْ لَنَا

    بوجْهكَ هَيْجَاوَاتُهَا وقُصُورُهَا

    And blessed be the ages, so long as there shine for us

    With your face's light, their battles and their palaces.

  4. فَلا أَوْحَشَتْ من عِزِّ ذكرِكَ دَولَةٌ

    إِليكَ انتهى مأْمُورُهَا وَأَمِيرُهَا

    May no realm be bereft of the glory of your name;

    To you its subjects and its ruler ultimately turn.

  5. فَما راقَ إِلّا في جبينِك تاجُهَا

    ولا قَرَّ إلا إِذ حواك سريرُها

    For only upon your brow did its crown look fair,

    And its throne found rest only when it held you.

  6. فلا راعها خَطْبٌ وسيفُكَ أُنْسُهَا

    ولا رامها ضيمٌ وأَنتَ مُجيرُهَا

    May no calamity alarm it, while your sword is its solace,

    Nor oppression assail it, while you are its protector.

  7. ومَنْ ذا يُناوِيهَا وأَنت أَميرُها

    ومن نسْلِكَ الزاكي الكريمِ وزيرُها

    And who would challenge it, when you are its ruler,

    And its vizier is of your pure and noble line?

  8. فتىً طالَعَتْهُ بالسعود نجومُها

    وطارت لَهُ باليُمْنِ فينا طيورُها

    A youth whom its stars greeted with good fortune,

    And for whom its birds flew among us with good omens.

  9. أَذَلَّ لَهُ عَبْدُ المليكِ ملوكَهَا

    وَأَنْجَبَهُ المنصورُ فَهْوَ نصيرُها

    ʿAbd al-Malīk humbled its kings before him,

    And al-Manṣūr begot him, so he is its champion.

  10. بِحَارٌ أَمَرَّتْ للأَعادي طُعومُها

    كَمَا طاب فينا شُرْبُهَا وطَهُورُها

    Seas whose flavors grew bitter to enemies,

    Just as their drink and purifying water grew sweet among us.

  11. وأَربابُ مُلْكٍ فِي رياسةِ أُمَّةٍ

    لهم فِي المعالي عِيرُها ونفيرُها

    And lords of dominion in the leadership of a nation,

    In glory, both its caravan and its war-host are theirs.

  12. وما يتساوى موتُها وحياتُها

    ولا يَتَكافَى ظِلُّهَا وَحَرُورُهَا

    And its death and its life are not equal,

    Nor are its shade and its scorching heat alike.

  13. وأَنت الَّذِي أَوْرَدْتَ لُونَةَ قاهِراً

    خيولاً سماءُ الأَرْضِ فيها نُحُورُها

    And you it was who brought to Lūna, conquering,

    Horses whose breasts were the sky above the earth.

  14. وقد لاح بالنصر العزيز لواؤها

    وأَعْلَنَ بالفتحِ المبين بَشِيرُهَا

    And their banner gleamed with mighty victory,

    And their herald proclaimed a manifest conquest.

  15. وَحلَّتْ حُلُولَ اللَّيلِ فِي كلِّ بلدةٍ

    سَوَاءٌ بِهَا إِدْلاجُها وَبُكُورُها

    And they descended like night upon every town,

    Their marching by night or at dawn was the same there.

  16. وقد فَتَأَتْ سُمْرُ القنا بِدِمائِهَا

    وَغَالَتْ صُدُورَ الدارعين صُدُورُها

    And the tawny lances had grown still with their blood,

    And their breasts dealt death to the breasts of mail-clad men.

  17. صَلِيتَ وَقَدْ أَذْكَى الطِّعَانُ وَقُودَهَا

    وَفَارَ بِنِيرانِ السُّيُوفِ سَعِيرُهَا

    You braved the fire when spear-thrusts had kindled its fuel,

    And its blaze seethed with the fires of swords.

  18. وَخَضْتَ وَقَدْ أَعْيَتْ نجاةُ غَرِيقِهَا

    وهالَتْ بأمواجِ المنايا بُحُورُها

    And you plunged in when those drowning in it were beyond rescue,

    And its seas struck terror with waves of death.

  19. وقد ضربت خدراً عَلَى الشمس وانجلت

    بِهَا عن شموس الغانيات خدورُها

    And they had cast a veil over the sun, while drawn back

    Through them were the curtains from the suns of lovely women.

  20. عَقَائِلَ أَبكاراً غَدَوْنَ نواكحاً

    وَمَا أَصْبَحَتْ إِلّا السيوفَ مُهُورُها

    Noble virgins who became brides,

    And their dowries were nothing but swords.

  21. فَلا مُحِيَتْ أَفْخَاذُهَا مِنْ سِمَاتِكُمْ

    ولا عَرِيت من ناصِرِيكُمْ ظُهُورُها

    So may your brands never be erased from their thighs,

    Nor their backs ever be bare of your champions.