كلّ يومٍ فتحٌ مبينٌ ونَصرُ

كلّ يومٍ فتحٌ مبينٌ ونَصرُ

واعتلاءٌ على الأعادِي وقَهرُ

واعتلاءٌ على الأعادِي وقَهرُ

Every day brings a manifest conquest and victory,

Every day is a clear victory and triumph

and ascendancy over enemies and their subjugation.

And supremacy over enemies and subjugation

قد أتَاكَ الزّمانُ بالعُذرِ والإع

قد أتَاكَ الزّمانُ بالعُذرِ والإع

تابِ ممّا جَناهُ إذ هُو غِرُّ

تابِ ممّا جَناهُ إذ هُو غِرُّ

Time has come to you with an apology and

Time has come to you with excuse and repentance

amends for what it did when it was naive.

For what it has committed when it was deceitful

صدَق النّعْتُ فيك أنتَ معينُ الدْ

صدَق النّعْتُ فيك أنتَ معينُ الدْ

دِينِ إن النُّعوتَ فَأْلٌ وزَجرُ

دِينِ إن النُّعوتَ فَأْلٌ وزَجرُ

The title proves true in you: you are Muʿin

The elegy was true about you, you are the supporter of

al-Din, Helper of the Faith; titles are indeed omens and auguries.

Religion, titles are nonsense and deterrence

أنت سيف الإسلامِ حقّاً فلا فَلْ

أنت سيف الإسلامِ حقّاً فلا فَلْ

لَ غِرَارَيْكَ أيّها السيفُ دهرُ

لَ غِرَارَيْكَ أيّها السيفُ دهرُ

You are truly the sword of Islam; may

You are the sword of Islam in truth, so no wonder

time never blunt your two edges, O sword.

Your deceptions, O sword of time!

بك زادَ الإِسلامُ يا سيفَه المِخ

بك زادَ الإِسلامُ يا سيفَه المِخ

ذَمَ عزّاً وذلَّ شِركٌ وكُفرُ

ذَمَ عزّاً وذلَّ شِركٌ وكُفرُ

Through you Islam has grown, O its keen-edged sword,

With you, Islam gained, O its sharpened sword

in might, while polytheism and unbelief have been humbled.

Pride increased, and polytheism and blasphemy diminished

ثق بإدراكِ ما تؤمِّلُ إنّ الْ

ثق بإدراكِ ما تؤمِّلُ إنّ الْ

لَهَ يجزِي العبادَ عمّا أسَرُّوا

لَهَ يجزِي العبادَ عمّا أسَرُّوا

Trust in attaining what you hope for; indeed,

Be confident in attaining what you hope for, indeed God

God rewards His servants for what they have kept secret.

Rewards the servants for what they concealed

لم تَزلْ تُضمرُ الجهادَ مُسِرّاً

لم تَزلْ تُضمرُ الجهادَ مُسِرّاً

ثُم أعلنْتَ حينَ أمكنَ جَهرُ

ثُم أعلنْتَ حينَ أمكنَ جَهرُ

You never ceased intending jihad in secret,

You have not ceased to secretly harbor jihad

then proclaimed it when open declaration became possible.

Then you declared it openly when it became possible

كُلُّ ذخرِ الملوكِ يفنَى وذُخرا

كُلُّ ذخرِ الملوكِ يفنَى وذُخرا

كَ هما الباقيان أجرٌ وشكرُ

كَ هما الباقيان أجرٌ وشكرُ

Every treasure of kings perishes; your two treasures

All the treasures of kings will perish while your

are the ones that endure: reward and gratitude.

Rewards and gratitude will remain

للنّدى مالكُ المباحُ وما ما

للنّدى مالكُ المباحُ وما ما

لُكَ إلاّ جُرْدٌ وبِيضٌ وسُمْرُ

لُكَ إلاّ جُرْدٌ وبِيضٌ وسُمْرُ

Your freely available wealth belongs to generosity; you possess

The lawful belongs to the one with spears, and you

only sleek steeds, white swords, and brown spears.

Own nothing but the sword, white banner, and brown spear

عمَّ أهلَ الشّآمِ عدلُكَ لكنْ

عمَّ أهلَ الشّآمِ عدلُكَ لكنْ

نَا بَعُدنا وغايةُ البعدِ مِصرُ

نَا بَعُدنا وغايةُ البعدِ مِصرُ

Your justice has embraced the people of al-Sham, but

Your justice encompassed the people of Levant, but

we are far away, and Egypt is the limit of distance.

We are far away and the farthest extremity is Egypt

فَحُرِمْنا من بَينِهِم رَيْعَ ما كُنْ

فَحُرِمْنا من بَينِهِم رَيْعَ ما كُنْ

نَا زَرعنا وقال زيدٌ وعمرُو

نَا زَرعنا وقال زيدٌ وعمرُو

Thus, among them, we were denied the yield of what we had

So we were deprived among them from the harvest we

sown; and Zayd and ʿAmr said:

Planted, and Zayd and Amr said:

أمِنَ العدلِ أنّنَا في بلادِ ال

أمِنَ العدلِ أنّنَا في بلادِ ال

كُفرِ شَفعٌ وأنتَ في الغزوِ وَتْرُ

كُفرِ شَفعٌ وأنتَ في الغزوِ وَتْرُ

Is it just that we, in the lands of

Is it just that we are in the land of blasphemy

unbelief, are a pair, while you are alone on campaign?

While you are raiding and slackening?

كان حظِّي من ذاكَ ذكراً شَنيعَا

كان حظِّي من ذاكَ ذكراً شَنيعَا

ثُمّ مالي فيمن يُجاهِدُ ذِكرُ

ثُمّ مالي فيمن يُجاهِدُ ذِكرُ

My share in that was a shameful mention;

My share of that was notorious mention

yet I am not named among those who wage jihad.

What is my business with those who mention jihad?

لا تَنَاسَى مَن كانَ ظِلَّكَ في العُسْ

لا تَنَاسَى مَن كانَ ظِلَّكَ في العُسْ

رِ وضيقِ الزّمانِ إذ جَاءَ يُسْرُ

رِ وضيقِ الزّمانِ إذ جَاءَ يُسْرُ

Do not forget the one who was your shade in hardship

Do not forget those who were your shadow during

and straitened times, now that ease has come.

Hardship and tight times when relief came

إنّ حسنَ الوفاءِ من مَلكٍ مِثْ

إنّ حسنَ الوفاءِ من مَلكٍ مِثْ

لَكَ فضلٌ يَرويهِ بدوٌ وحَضْرُ

لَكَ فضلٌ يَرويهِ بدوٌ وحَضْرُ

Indeed, noble loyalty from a king like

Indeed, good loyalty from a king like you

you is a virtue recounted by nomads and townsfolk.

Is a merit quenched by nomads and settled people

فابقَ واسلَم وزِدْ على رغْمِ أعدا

فابقَ واسلَم وزِدْ على رغْمِ أعدا

ئِكَ جَدّاً ما أعقبَ الليلَ فَجرُ

ئِكَ جَدّاً ما أعقبَ الليلَ فَجرُ

So live on, stay safe, and grow, despite your enemies,

So stay healthy and safe, and increase despite

in good fortune, as long as dawn follows night.

Your enemies, day after night and dawn after dusk

لا أغبّ الزّمانُ قصدَ أعادي

لا أغبّ الزّمانُ قصدَ أعادي

كَ ولا شدَّ من تهَيَّضْتَ جَبرُ

كَ ولا شدَّ من تهَيَّضْتَ جَبرُ

May time never let up in crushing your enemies,

Time does not neglect seeking your enemies

nor may mending strengthen anyone you have broken anew.

Nor did the one you prepared to fight relent

صديقٌ لنا كاللّيلِ يَستُر ال

صديقٌ لنا كاللّيلِ يَستُر ال

دّخان ويُبدِي النّورَ للمتَنوِّرِ

دّخان ويُبدِي النّورَ للمتَنوِّرِ

A friend of ours is like night: he conceals the

A friend to us like the night that hides

smoke and reveals the light to the seeker of light.

Smokes and shows light to those enlightened

يُوارِي إساءَاتي ويُبدِي محاسِنِي

يُوارِي إساءَاتي ويُبدِي محاسِنِي

ويحفَظُ غَيبي في مغيبي ومَحضَرِي

ويحفَظُ غَيبي في مغيبي ومَحضَرِي

He conceals my misdeeds and reveals my merits,

He hides my wrongdoings and shows my good deeds

and guards my good name in my absence and my presence.

And keeps my secrets whether I am absent or present