Sol 6.1

  1. تَخَيَّرْتَ فاسْتَمْسَكتَ بالعُرْوَةِ الوُثقى

    فَبُشْرَاكَ أَنْ تَفْنى عِدَاكَ وأنْ تَبقى

    You chose, then held fast to the firmest handhold;

    so glad tidings to you: your enemies shall perish, and you shall endure.

  2. فما أبطلَ الرحمنُ باطِلَ من بغى

    عَلَى الحَقِّ إِلّا أَن يُحقَّ بكَ الحَقَّا

    The All-Merciful annulled the falsehood of those who rebelled

    against the truth only to establish the truth through you.

  3. وما لاح هَذَا المُلْكُ بدراً لِتِمِّهِ

    بوجهِكَ إِلّا أَن يُبيرَ العِدى مَحقا

    This kingship shone as a moon in its fullness

    in your countenance only to utterly destroy the foe.

  4. وما كُنتَ عند الله أَكْرَمَ من حَبا

    خِلافَتَهُ إِلّا وأَنتَ لَهُ أَتْقى

    You were, before God, the most honored of those He granted

    His caliphate only because you were most mindful of Him,

  5. لِيجُلو عن الدنيا بكَ الهَمَّ والأَسى

    ويجمعَ فِي سلطانِكَ الغَرْبَ والشَّرْقا

    that through you He might clear the world of care and grief,

    and unite the West and East beneath your rule.

  6. رَدَدْتَ نظامَ المُلكِ فِي عِقدِ سِلكِهِ

    وَمَا كَانَ إِلّا صُوفَةً فِي يَدَيْ خَرْقا

    You restrung the necklace of kingship upon its thread,

    when it had been only a tuft of wool in a clumsy woman's hands.

  7. وأَضْحكْتَ سِنَّ الدهرِ من بعدِ مُقلَةٍ

    مدامِعُها شوقاً إِلَى الحَقِّ مَا تَرْقا

    You made Time laugh and show its teeth, after its eye

    had shed unceasing tears in longing for the truth.

  8. وقلَّدْتَ والي العهدِ سَيفاً إِلَى العِدى

    فسارَ كَأَنَّ الشمسَ قُلِّدَتِ البرقا

    You girded the heir apparent with a sword against the foe,

    and he marched as though the sun were girded with lightning.

  9. وَسيطَيْ سَمَاءٍ قَدْ جَعَلْتَ نُجُومَها

    صفائِحَ بيض الهِند والأَسَلَ الزُّرقا

    Both at the heart of a sky whose stars you have made

    the blades of bright Indian swords, and blue spears:

  10. بَوَارِقَ لَوْ لَمْ تَخْطِفِ الهامَ فِي الوَغى

    لَخَرَّتْ جُسومٌ من رَواعِدِها صعقا

    lightning flashes: even had they not snatched heads in battle,

    bodies would have fallen thunderstruck at their peals.

  11. كَأَنَّ الملا مِنْهُنَّ أَحشاءُ عاشِقٍ

    تُبَكِّي دَماً عَيناهُ مِنْ حَرِّ مَا يَلقى

    As if the plain, through them, were a lover's entrails,

    whose eyes weep blood from the heat of what he suffers.

  12. هَوادِيَ فِي ضَنكِ المَكَرِّ ولا هُدىً

    نَواطِقَ بالفتح المبينِ ولا نُطقاً

    Guides in the crush of the charge, though without guidance;

    proclaiming manifest victory, though without speech.

  13. يُخَبِّرْنَ عن إِلحاحِ سَعيِكَ فِي العِدى

    كَأَنَّ سَطيحاً فِي سَنَاهُنَّ أَوْ شِقَّا

    They tell of your relentless striving against the foe,

    as though Satih or Shiqq were in their radiance.

  14. وَيَجْلُونَ عن لَيْلِ العَجاج كَأَنَّمَا

    تُقَلِّبُ إِحداهُنَّ ناظِرَتَيْ زَرْقا

    They shine out from the night of battle-dust, as though

    one of them were turning Zarqa's two eyes.

  15. وَجُرْداً يُنازِعْنَ الكُماةَ أَعِنَّةً

    يُفرِّغْنَها جُهْداً ويَمْلَأْنَها عِتقا

    And sleek steeds that wrestle armored warriors for the reins,

    emptying them of effort, filling them with noble breeding.

  16. تَكِرُّ وِرَاداً من دِماءِ عُدَاتِها

    وإِنْ أَقدَمَتْ شُهْباً عَلَى الطَّعنِ أَوْ بُلقا

    They wheel back bay-red with their enemies' blood,

    though they advanced against the spear-thrusts gray or piebald.

  17. رَوَائِعَ يَوْمَ الرَّوْعِ تَعدُو سَوابحاً

    كِراماً وتُمْسِي فِي دِماءِ العِدى غرْقى

    Awe-inspiring on the day of terror, they gallop like swimmers,

    noble, and at evening drowned in their enemies' blood.

  18. ضَمانٌ عليها نَفسُ كُلِّ مُنازِعٍ

    ولو حَمَلَتْهُ الغُولُ أَوْ رَكِبَ العَنقا

    They are pledged to take the life of every challenger,

    even if the ghoul carried him or he rode the Anqa.

  19. تَبارى إِلَى الهَيجا بأُسْد خَفِيَّةٍ

    إِذَا هالَ وَجْهُ المَوْتِ هَامُوا بِهِ عِشقا

    They race toward battle bearing lions of Khafiyya,

    who, when death's face terrifies, grow mad with love for it.

  20. وإِنْ فَزِعُوا نحو الصَّريخ فلا ونَى

    وإِن وَرَدوا حَوْضَ المَنايا فلا فَرْقا

    If they hurry toward the cry for help, they never flag;

    and if they enter death's pool, they know no fear.

  21. عبيدٌ مَماليكٌ وأَمْلاكُ برْبَرٍ

    وكلُّ عظيم الفَخْرِ قَدْ حُزْتَهُ رِقَّا

    Servants in bondage, and kings of the Berbers—

    and every man of great pride you have won as a bondsman.

  22. هُمُ فئةُ الإِسلامِ إِنْ شَهِدُوا الوَغى

    وهُمْ أُفُقٌ لِلْمُلْكِ إِن نَزَلوا أُفْقا

    They are Islam's host when they attend the battle,

    and a horizon for kingship in whatever region they settle.

  23. عَمَمْتَهُمُ نُعْمَى جَزَوْكَ بِهَا هَوىً

    وأَوْزَعْتَهُمْ حِلْماً جَزَوْكَ بِهِ صِدقا

    You embraced them all with favor; they repaid you with love,

    and instilled forbearance in them; they repaid you with sincerity.

  24. وأَوْرَيتَهُمْ زَنداً يُنيرُ لهم هدىً

    وأَقْبَلتَهُمْ كَفَّاً يُنير لَهُمْ رِزْقا

    You kindled for them a firestick that shines with guidance,

    and extended to them a hand radiant with sustenance,

  25. وَعَزْماً لنصرِ الدينِ والمُلكِ مُنتضىً

    ورأْياً من التوفيقِ والسَّعْدِ مُشتَقَّا

    and resolve unsheathed to champion faith and kingship,

    and judgment derived from divine aid and good fortune.

  26. شَمَائِلُ إِنْعامٍ شمِلتَ بِهِ الوَرى

    وأَخلاقُ إِكرامٍ عممتَ بِهِ الخَلقا

    Traits of beneficence with which you embraced mankind,

    and virtues of generosity with which you encompassed all creation.

  27. فَجَدُّكَ مَا أَعلى وذكرُك مَا أَبقى

    وراجيكَ مَا أَغنى وشانِيكَ مَا أَشقى

    How exalted your good fortune, how enduring your renown!

    And how wealthy whoever hopes in you, how wretched whoever hates you!

  28. ويمناكَ بالإِحسانِ حسبُ مَنِ اعتَفى

    وسُقياكَ بالمعروفِ حَسبُ منِ استَسقى

    Your generous right hand suffices whoever seeks a gift,

    and your draught of kindness suffices whoever asks for water.

  29. وناداكَ عبدٌ يقتضِيكَ ودائِعاً

    وإِن عَظُمَتْ خَطْراً فأَنفِسْ بِهِ عِلقا

    A servant called to you, claiming treasures held in trust;

    and though their value be great, how precious a treasure he is!

  30. به أَنْسَتِ الدنيا أَساطِيرَ من مَضى

    وأَتعَبَتِ الأَيَّامُ أَقلامَ مَن يَبقى

    Through him, the world has consigned the legends of the departed to oblivion,

    and the days have wearied the pens of those yet to come.

  31. إِذا مَا شَجا الأَعداءَ فِي قِممِ الذُّرَى

    شَفاها بِحَظٍّ تَحْتَ أَقدامِها مُلقى

    When he grieves his enemies upon the summits of the heights,

    he heals them with a portion cast beneath their feet.

  32. وإِنْ يَكُ مسبوقاً فيا رُبَّ سابقٍ

    بعيدِ المَدى لا يدَّعِي معَهُ سَبقا

    And though he came later, how many a forerunner

    of far-reaching stride can claim no lead beside him!

  33. وإِنَّ لَهُ فِي راحَتَيْكَ وسائِلاً

    تُنادِيهِ من جَوِّ السَّماءِ ألا تَرْقى

    And in your two palms he has means of ascent,

    calling to him from the expanse of heaven: 'Will you not ascend?'

  34. فَسِرْ فِي ضَمانِ اللهِ ناصِرَ دَوْلَةٍ

    كَأَنَّ عمودَ الصُّبحِ فِي وَجْهِها انشَقَّا

    So go forth under God's protection, champion of a dynasty

    in whose face the shaft of dawn seems to have burst forth.

  35. وحسبُكَ مَنْ حَلّاكَ تاجَ خِلافَةٍ

    رآكَ لَهَا أَهْلاً فأعطاكَها حَقَّا

    And He who adorned you with a caliphate's crown suffices you:

    He deemed you worthy of it and granted it to you rightfully.