قدم السرور بمقدم السلطان

من حجة المقبول بالرضوان

Joy arrived with the sultan's arrival,

From his pilgrimage, received with divine favor.

سلطاننا الملك الهمام الأشرف ال

راقي سماء الحسن والإحسان

Our sultan, the valiant King al-Ashraf, who

Ascends the heaven of beauty and beneficence.

فدعاؤنا ببقائه في نعمة

وسلامة فرض على الأعيان

So our prayer that he remain in blessing

And safety is a duty incumbent on every individual.

ولقد علمنا أن طاعة أمره

أو نهيه دين من الإيمان

And indeed, we know that obedience to his command

Or his prohibition is a duty of faith.

لما نوى حجا ولبى محرما

عم الأمان مراتع الغزلان

When he resolved on pilgrimage and chanted the pilgrim's call in consecration,

Safety encompassed the gazelles' grazing grounds,

والوحش في أبياتها والدوح في

أنباتها والطير في الطيران

And the wild beasts in their dens, and the great trees in

Their growth, and the birds in flight.

فالحزن سهل والمخاوف مأمن

والضنك رحب والتباعد دان

Thus rugged ground was level, and places of fear a refuge,

And straitness was spacious, and remoteness near.

حظيت به أم القرى مذ زارها

واشتاقه مصر أبو البلدان

The Mother of Towns was graced by him since he visited her,

And Egypt, father of lands, yearned for him.

فكلاهما يدعو بعزة نصره

وبقائه ملكا لكل زمان

So both pray for the glory of his victory

And his remaining king through every age.

والكعبة افتخرت وودت أنها

في خد دولته من الخيلان

And the Kaaba took pride and wished that it

Were one of the beauty marks upon his realm's cheek.

نصبت ستائرها لرفع مقامه

ثم انثنت مجرورة الأردان

It raised its curtains to exalt his station,

Then bowed, its sleeves trailing.

لو أنها عقلت لخرت حرمة

لله ساجدة على الأذقان

Had it understood, it would have fallen in reverence

Before God, prostrate upon its chin.

أو أحسنت رقصا لفرحتها به

رقصت له بمعاطف الأركان

Or had it known how to dance, in its joy at him,

It would have danced for him, its corners swaying.

ولا سلمت جهرا عليه واخذلت

سر السلام عليه بالإعلان

[And surely] it would have greeted him aloud, thwarting

The secrecy of greeting him through open proclamation.

فاطوف الملك الهمام بها إلى

سبع ولولا الحد زاد ثمان

So the valiant king circled it, completing

Seven rounds; but for the limit, he would have made them eight.

وصفا له قلب الصفا والمروة اس

ترقت به مرقى بنى مروان

And al-Safa's heart grew pure for him, while al-Marwa

Through him ascended to the height of Marwan's sons.

وأفاض منذ أفاض من عرفاتها

دمع اشتياق سال كالغدران

And since he poured forth from its Arafat, he has shed

Tears of longing that flowed like streams.

وعلى منى بلغ المنى من ربه

ورمى الجمار بمهجة الشيطان

And at Mina he attained his wishes from his Lord,

And cast the pebbles at Satan's heart.

وقضى مناسك حجه فأتمها

مختومة بالحمد الشكران

And he fulfilled the rites of his pilgrimage and completed them,

Sealed with praise and thanksgiving.

بأبي حنيفة مقتد في دينه

فليبتهج بشائق النعمان

A follower of Abu Hanifa in his faith,

So let him rejoice in al-Nu'man's allure.

وافا كبدر التم بين نجومه

حسن المحج واضح البرهان

He arrived like the full moon among its stars,

Fair in his path, clear in his proof.

فاستبشرت مصر وهنا بعضها

بعضا بعودته إلى الأوطان

Then Egypt rejoiced, and some of its people congratulated

Others on his return to the homeland.

فالحمد لله الذي جبر الورى

ورعى القرى بسلامة السلطان

So praise be to God, who comforted humankind

And guarded the towns through the sultan's well-being.

لم الصلاة على النبي المصطفى

خير الأنام وآله الشجعان

[Then] blessings upon the chosen Prophet,

The best of humankind, and his valiant family,

ما لاح فجر أو تألق بارق

أو غردت ورق على العيدان

As long as dawn appears, or lightning flashes,

Or gray doves sing upon the boughs.