دُمْتَ بالنيشان والعيد سعيدا

دُمْتَ بالنيشان والعيد سعيدا

فترى أيَّامَك الغَرّاء عيدا

فترى أيَّامَك الغَرّاء عيدا

May you ever be happy with your decoration and the feast,

May you remain happy with the decoration and Eid,

and thus behold your radiant days as feasts.

and see your radiant days as a feast.

أَنْتَ قد ألَّفْتَ فيما بينهم

أَنْتَ قد ألَّفْتَ فيما بينهم

وأغظْتَ البَرْمَ والخصم الحسودا

وأغظْتَ البَرْمَ والخصم الحسودا

You have brought harmony among them

You have indeed brought harmony among them,

and enraged the surly man and the envious foe.

and enraged the churl and the envious foe.

تترقّى رُتَب المجد الَّتي

تترقّى رُتَب المجد الَّتي

ترتقي فيك إلى المجد صعودا

ترتقي فيك إلى المجد صعودا

You ascend through those ranks of glory

You ascend the ranks of glory, which

that, through you, rise upward toward glory.

rise through you, climbing toward glory.

أقْبَلَ الخيرُ علينا كلُّه

أقْبَلَ الخيرُ علينا كلُّه

ولقد أوسَعنا قبلُ صدودا

ولقد أوسَعنا قبلُ صدودا

All goodness has come to us,

All good fortune has come to us,

though once it shunned us utterly.

though before it had utterly shunned us.

يا أميراً في كرامٍ نُجُبٍ

يا أميراً في كرامٍ نُجُبٍ

فَضَلوا العالم إحساناً وجودا

فَضَلوا العالم إحساناً وجودا

O prince among noble, eminent men

O prince among generous, highborn men,

who surpass the world in kindness and generosity,

who have surpassed the world in kindness and generosity.

كانَ روضُ الأنس روضاً ذاوياً

كانَ روضُ الأنس روضاً ذاوياً

فَغَدا من فَضْلكم غَضًّا جَديدا

فَغَدا من فَضْلكم غَضًّا جَديدا

the garden of fellowship was a withered garden,

The garden of fellowship was a withered garden,

but through your bounty it became fresh and new.

then through your bounty it became fresh and new.

شملَتْهم رأفةٌ منك بهم

شملَتْهم رأفةٌ منك بهم

وألانتهم وإنْ كانوا حديدا

وألانتهم وإنْ كانوا حديدا

Compassion from you embraced them

Your compassion for them has embraced them,

and softened them, though they were iron.

and softened them, though they were iron.

تلكَ أيَّام نحوس قد خَلَتْ

تلكَ أيَّام نحوس قد خَلَتْ

واستحالت في مزاياك سعودا

واستحالت في مزاياك سعودا

Those ill-fated days have passed away

Those days of ill fortune have passed,

and, through your virtues, turned to days of fortune.

and through your virtues have turned to good fortune.

قلت يا عُنْقَ المعالي فَزَهَتْ

قلت يا عُنْقَ المعالي فَزَهَتْ

عُنْقاً منك إلى المجد وجيدا

عُنْقاً منك إلى المجد وجيدا

I said, “O neck of lofty honors!”—and proudly it displayed

I said, 'O neck of high honors!'—and it grew proud,

a neck and graceful throat of yours reaching toward glory.

a neck and throat of yours reaching toward glory.