1. قضت أحسابنا أن لا ندينا

    لحكم الحادثات وإن رزينا

    Our ancestral honor decreed that we should not submit

    to the sway of misfortunes, even when bereaved.

  2. وعزم صادق يأبى علينا

    لغير المكرمات وإن بلينا

    And true resolve permits us nothing

    but noble deeds, however we are tried.

  3. وحاولت العلا منا نفوس

    لها شرف يفوق الطائلينا

    And souls among us have sought the heights,

    possessed of honor surpassing the eminent.

  4. نحاول نصر دين الله جهرا

    وإطفاء لبغي المعتدينا

    We strive openly to champion God's religion

    and extinguish the aggression of transgressors.

  5. ونحتسب المصائب والرزايا

    ثوابا عند رب العالمينا

    And we endure afflictions and calamities in hope of

    reward from the Lord of all worlds.

  6. فلا يحسب فتى أنا انثنينا

    عن العليا لما فيها لقينا

    Let no man think that we have turned away

    from glory because of what we suffered for it.

  7. لقينا هدم ركن كان حصنا

    من البلوى ونورا مستبينا

    We suffered the fall of a pillar that had been a fortress

    against affliction, and a light shining clear.

  8. همام ليس يرضى غير صيد ال

    كماة الصيد بين الصائدينا

    A hero who would accept no quarry but

    proud champions, among the hunters.

  9. له همم تدوس النجم تيها

    وعزم يبهر المتأملينا

    His ambitions trample the stars in their pride,

    and his resolve dazzles those who contemplate it.

  10. فكم ملك له عز منيع

    تمنّى من مهابته المنونا

    How many a king, possessed of impregnable might,

    longed for death in terror of him!

  11. وكم دانت له بالرغم قوم

    تعاطت موثقا أن لا تدينا

    And how many a people bowed to him against their will,

    having pledged themselves never to submit!

  12. وباغ في عشيرته عزيز

    تحالف قومه أن لا يهونا

    And many a rebel, mighty within his clan,

    whose people swore together that he would never be humbled,

  13. أضاف بلحمة العصيان جهرا

    وكفر قومه ذاك اليمينا

    openly took fright in the thick of rebellion,

    and his people expiated that oath.

  14. ومشكلة بها العلماء أضحوا

    بداجي ليلهم متحيرينا

    And many a problem left the scholars

    bewildered in the deep darkness of their night:

  15. فحل عوصيها وأماط عنها

    نقاب الجهل بين العارفينا

    he unraveled its tangles and lifted from it

    the veil of ignorance, amid the learned.

  16. وكم من معتف لم يلف إلا

    بساحته مرام المعتقينا

    And how many a supplicant found nowhere but

    at his courtyard the goal of those set free.

  17. أبا عيسى لقد أتعبت قوما

    أتوا للمجد بعدك خاطبينا

    O Abu Isa, you have wearied those

    who came after you to seek glory's hand.

  18. فكم جيش سحبت وكم كمي

    قتلت وكم أنلت السائلينا

    How many an army you led, how many a champion

    you slew, and how much you gave to petitioners!

  19. وكم مجد علوت وكم علاء

    سموت وكم قمعت المعتدينا

    And how many a glory you attained, how many a height

    you scaled, and how often you subdued aggressors!

  20. فمن للمجد بعدك والمعالي

    ومن للحكم بين المسلمينا

    Who, after you, will uphold glory and lofty deeds?

    And who will judge among the Muslims?

  21. لقد قضيت عمرك في مرام

    تقاصر عنه جل الأقدمينا

    You spent your life pursuing an aim

    beyond the reach of most who came before.

  22. وأعطيت الشهادة وهي أعلى

    مقام ناله المتقربونا

    And you were granted martyrdom, the loftiest

    station attained by those seeking nearness to God.

  23. فإن نرزأ بمثلك يا همام

    فبالمختار قبلك قد رزينا

    If we are bereaved of one like you, O hero,

    we were bereaved before you of the Chosen One.

  24. لقد دفنت بقبر أنت فيه

    خصال الأكرمين الأفضلينا

    Indeed, in the grave where you lie are buried

    the virtues of the noblest and the best.

  25. جزاك الله عن ذا الدين خيرا

    جزاء المحسنين المخلصينا

    May God reward you well on behalf of this religion,

    with the reward of the sincere doers of good.

  26. وأنهض للبرية في ذراها

    فتى بطلا يقد الدارعينا

    And may He raise for humankind, in its highest ranks,

    a heroic youth who cleaves armored warriors,

  27. يرى الإحجام في الهيجا حراما

    ويعتقد التقدم منه دينا

    who deems holding back in battle forbidden

    and regards his own advance as a religious duty.

  28. تزف له الخلافة بين قوم

    أباة الضيم كهف الملتجينا

    The caliphate is brought to him like a bride among a people

    who brook no injustice, a refuge for those seeking shelter.

  29. يرون الحق في طرف العوالي

    وأن المجد نهج الأربعينا

    They see justice at the tips of tall lances,

    and glory in the path of the Forty.

  30. فيحيي ما أمات الدهر قدما

    ويبني للعلا حصنا حصينا

    So he revives what time laid dead long ago,

    and builds for glory an impregnable fortress,

  31. ويطلع للهدى شمسا علينا

    وينشر سنة المختار فينا

    and makes a sun of guidance rise upon us,

    and spreads the Chosen One's tradition among us.

  32. عليه من إله العرش أزكى

    صلاة ما دعاه الكاملونا

    Upon him, from the God of the Throne, be the purest

    blessings, as long as those perfected in virtue invoke Him.