مُظفَّرُ العَزمِ مَمدودُ الرّواقِ على

مُظفَّرُ العَزمِ مَمدودُ الرّواقِ على

مَعالِمِ الدِّينِ يَرفيها وَيَبنيها

مَعالِمِ الدِّينِ يَرفيها وَيَبنيها

Victorious in resolve, with his canopy spread over

His determination is reinforced, extending its porticoes

the landmarks of faith, which he mends and builds.

Over the landmarks of religion, raising and founding them

رَدَّ الكَنائِسَ كُنْساً لِلهُدَى فَخَبَت

رَدَّ الكَنائِسَ كُنْساً لِلهُدَى فَخَبَت

نَارُ الضَّلالِ وَوارَتها أَثافيها

نَارُ الضَّلالِ وَوارَتها أَثافيها

He turned the churches into lairs for guidance; then died down

He returned churches into sanctuaries for guidance, so the

the fire of error, and its hearthstones buried it.

Fire of misguidance faded out, with its fuel buried underneath

وَأَورَدَ العِلمَ عَدّاً مِن إِيالَتَهِ

وَأَورَدَ العِلمَ عَدّاً مِن إِيالَتَهِ

فَاِستَنَّ وَاِفتَنَّ عبّاً في صَوافيها

فَاِستَنَّ وَاِفتَنَّ عبّاً في صَوافيها

And he led learning to a perennial spring of his rule;

And he brought back knowledge, training experts from his state

so it ran freely and ranged widely, drinking deeply of its clear waters.

Who refined and sifted, bustling in its filter houses

وَبَثَّ لِلشِركِ أَشراكاً فَما دَرَجَت

وَبَثَّ لِلشِركِ أَشراكاً فَما دَرَجَت

طَريدَة مِنهُ إِلّا اِستَوهَقَت فيها

طَريدَة مِنهُ إِلّا اِستَوهَقَت فيها

And he laid snares for polytheism; never stirred

And he set traps for polytheism, so nothing avoided

a quarry from it without becoming ensnared in them.

Being caught in them, except what slipped away

يا بَدْرُ مُذْ أَشرَقَتْ في الدَّسْتِ غُرَّتُهُ

يا بَدْرُ مُذْ أَشرَقَتْ في الدَّسْتِ غُرَّتُهُ

غِيثَ الرَّعِيَّةُ وَاِخْضَلَّت مَراعيها

غِيثَ الرَّعِيَّةُ وَاِخْضَلَّت مَراعيها

O full moon, since his radiant brow shone on the throne,

O full moon, ever since you rose in the assembly, felicitously,

the subjects were given rain, and their pastures grew lush.

The flock’s raincloud, greening its pastures

أَقامَ أَحمَدُ مِن مَحمودِها عَلَماً

أَقامَ أَحمَدُ مِن مَحمودِها عَلَماً

بِهِ اِستَقامَ عَلى البَيضاءِ ساريها

بِهِ اِستَقامَ عَلى البَيضاءِ ساريها

Ahmad made of their Mahmud a beacon,

Ahmad set up the standard, with his praiseworthy qualities

through whom their night-traveler kept straight on the white path.

Through which, fluttering whitely, it kept upright

مُحيِي شَريعَتِهِ مِن بَعدِما اِنهَدَمَت

مُحيِي شَريعَتِهِ مِن بَعدِما اِنهَدَمَت

وَاِستَعجَمَت بَعدَ إِفصاحٍ مَعانيها

وَاِستَعجَمَت بَعدَ إِفصاحٍ مَعانيها

Reviver of his sacred law after it had crumbled,

Reviver of His law, after it crumbled down

and its meanings had grown unintelligible after speaking plainly.

And its meanings were garbled, after being so eloquent

شابَت مَواهِبَهَ فيها مَهابِتُهُ

شابَت مَواهِبَهَ فيها مَهابِتُهُ

حَتّى اِستَقَرَّت على سَمْتٍ سَواريها

حَتّى اِستَقَرَّت على سَمْتٍ سَواريها

The awe he inspired mingled with his gifts within it,

His endowments flourished in it, and his reverence

until its pillars stood firm in alignment.

Until it settled into a balanced, regular pace