أيا مِلكاً ألقى على الشِّرْك كلكلاً

أيا مِلكاً ألقى على الشِّرْك كلكلاً

أَناخَ عَلى أماتِه كِلكَلَ الثَّكلِ

أَناخَ عَلى أماتِه كِلكَلَ الثَّكلِ

O king who laid his breast upon polytheism,

O king who cast chains upon polytheism,

and settled bereavement's breast upon its mothers.

Who made the Muslim women mourn their dead,

جَمَعْتَ إلى فتح الرُّها سدّ بابهِ

جَمَعْتَ إلى فتح الرُّها سدّ بابهِ

بِجَمعكَ بينَ النَّهْب والأسر والقتْلِ

بِجَمعكَ بينَ النَّهْب والأسر والقتْلِ

To Edessa's conquest you added the closing of its gate,

You have combined with the opening of gates

by combining plunder, captivity, and slaughter.

Plunder and captivity and killing,

هُو الفَتح أَنسى كُلَّ فَتحٍ حَديثُهُ

هُو الفَتح أَنسى كُلَّ فَتحٍ حَديثُهُ

وَتَوَّجَ مَسطورَ الروايَةِ والنَّقْلِ

وَتَوَّجَ مَسطورَ الروايَةِ والنَّقْلِ

This is the conquest whose tale made all other conquests forgotten,

It is the opening I forget all other openings,

and crowned the written record of narration and transmission.

And it concluded the chronicles and transmissions,

فَضَضْتَ بِهِ نَقشَ الخَواتِمِ بَعدَه

فَضَضْتَ بِهِ نَقشَ الخَواتِمِ بَعدَه

جُزِيتَ جزاء الصّدق عن خاتَم الرُّسْلِ

جُزِيتَ جزاء الصّدق عن خاتَم الرُّسْلِ

With it you shattered the seals' engraving thereafter;

With it you have erased the engravings of rings after it,

may you receive a true reward on behalf of the Seal of the Messengers.

You were rewarded with the reward of truthfulness from the seal of messengers,

تَجرَّدتَ للإِسلامِ دونَ ملوكِهِ

تَجرَّدتَ للإِسلامِ دونَ ملوكِهِ

تُبَتِّكُ أسباب المَذَلَّةِ والخَذْلِ

تُبَتِّكُ أسباب المَذَلَّةِ والخَذْلِ

You devoted yourself to Islam, alone among its kings,

You devoted yourself to Islam without its kings,

severing the bonds of humiliation and abandonment.

You destroy the causes of humiliation and abandonment,

أَخو الحَربِ غذَّتْهُ القراع مفطَّماً

أَخو الحَربِ غذَّتْهُ القراع مفطَّماً

يَشوبُ بِإِقدامِ الفتى حنكَةَ الكهلِ

يَشوبُ بِإِقدامِ الفتى حنكَةَ الكهلِ

A brother to war, whom combat nourished as a weanling,

The brother of war, the bowls nurtured him when weaned,

he blends a mature man's seasoned judgment with a youth's daring.

The gallantry of the young man mixes with the wisdom of the old,

وما يومُ كلبِ الرُّومِ إلّا أخو الّذي

وما يومُ كلبِ الرُّومِ إلّا أخو الّذي

أَزحتَ بهِ ما في الجَناجنِ مِن نبلِ

أَزحتَ بهِ ما في الجَناجنِ مِن نبلِ

And the day of the Romans' dog was but the brother of that day

And no day for the dog of Rome except the brother of the one,

on which you removed the arrows lodged in breastbones.

With whom you removed what the armies had of valor,

أَتاكَ بِمِثلِ الرّومِ حَشداً وإنّهُ

أَتاكَ بِمِثلِ الرّومِ حَشداً وإنّهُ

لَيَفْضُلُ أضعافاً كثيراً عن الرملِ

لَيَفْضُلُ أضعافاً كثيراً عن الرملِ

He came against you with a host to match the Romans, and indeed it

He came to you with the like of Rome a multitude and he,

outnumbered the grains of sand many times over.

Exceeds by much the abundant sands,

فَقاتَلتَهُ بِاللَّه ثمَّ بِعَزمةٍ

فَقاتَلتَهُ بِاللَّه ثمَّ بِعَزمةٍ

تصُكُّ قلوبَ العاشقين بما تسلي

تصُكُّ قلوبَ العاشقين بما تسلي

So you fought him with God's aid, then with a resolve

So you fought him in the name of God then with determination,

that strikes lovers' hearts with what brings solace.

That melts the hearts of lovers with what consoles,

تَوهَّمَ أنَّ الشامَ مَرعىً وما دَرَى

تَوهَّمَ أنَّ الشامَ مَرعىً وما دَرَى

بِأَنّكَ أَمضى مِنهُ في الشزرِ وَالسجلِ

بِأَنّكَ أَمضى مِنهُ في الشزرِ وَالسجلِ

He imagined Syria a pasture, not knowing

He imagined that Syria was a pasture and he did not know,

that you were sharper than he in sidelong and head-on thrusts.

That you are more decisive in traveling and encampment,

فَطارَ وَخَيرُ المَغْنَمَيْنِ ذِمَاؤُه

فَطارَ وَخَيرُ المَغْنَمَيْنِ ذِمَاؤُه

إذا ردَّ عنه مغنمُ المال والأهلِ

إذا ردَّ عنه مغنمُ المال والأهلِ

So he fled, and the better of the two gains was his remaining life,

So he fled while the best of the victors, his blood,

when the spoils of wealth and family were withheld from him.

When the spoils of money and family are denied him,