لك البشرُ في فخرٍ وعزٍّ وسؤدُدِ

لك البشرُ في فخرٍ وعزٍّ وسؤدُدِ

ومجدٍ على العيّوق سامٍ مُوَطَّدِ

ومجدٍ على العيّوق سامٍ مُوَطَّدِ

Glad tidings to you of honor, might, and eminence,

For you humanity boasts honor and might loftily upheld,

And glory, lofty above Capella, firmly established.

And glory towering over high places firmly established.

لك البشرُ هذا طالع السعد قد بدا

لك البشرُ هذا طالع السعد قد بدا

يلوح بأفق المجد كالمتوقِّد

يلوح بأفق المجد كالمتوقِّد

Glad tidings to you: this rising star of good fortune has appeared,

For you humanity the auspicious star has risen,

Shining on glory’s horizon as though ablaze.

Beaming on the horizon of glory like flaming fire.

لك البشرُ هذا الدهر وافاك طائعاً

لك البشرُ هذا الدهر وافاك طائعاً

وأقبل منقاداً بفخرٍ مجدَّدِ

وأقبل منقاداً بفخرٍ مجدَّدِ

Glad tidings to you: this age has come to you obediently,

For you this age has come willingly obedient,

And approached submissively with renewed honor.

Approaching guided, with renewed glory led.

وجادَ بما قد كنتَ ترجو وقوعه

وجادَ بما قد كنتَ ترجو وقوعه

وأفصح فيما جاد عن كل مقصدِ

وأفصح فيما جاد عن كل مقصدِ

And generously granted what you had hoped would happen,

It has generously granted what you hoped would happen,

And in what it gave, made every purpose plain.

And openly declared its every intention.

ونِلت رضا الخُنكار من حيث لم تزل

ونِلت رضا الخُنكار من حيث لم تزل

تفوق كمالاً سيّداً بعد سيّدِ

تفوق كمالاً سيّداً بعد سيّدِ

And you won the Khunkar’s favor, for you have never ceased

You obtained the Sacred Garden’s pleasure, where you

To surpass, in perfection, lord after lord.

Have always surpassed the finest leader after leader.

فوُلّيتَ كركوكاً ولو كنت والياً

فوُلّيتَ كركوكاً ولو كنت والياً

على الشام أو مصر العزيز وثمهدِ

على الشام أو مصر العزيز وثمهدِ

So you were made governor of Kirkuk; even had you been governor

You were made governor of Kirkuk, and even if you had been

Over al-Sham, or al-Aziz’s Egypt and Thamhad,

Made governor of Damascus or mighty Egypt, cradle of glory,

لكان حقيراً جنب قدرك إذ له

لكان حقيراً جنب قدرك إذ له

منصّة مجدٍ وُطِّدت فوق فَرقد

منصّة مجدٍ وُطِّدت فوق فَرقد

It would be paltry beside your stature, for it has

It would be paltry compared to your worth, which has

A dais of glory firmly established above Farqad.

A platform of glory built atop the highest summit.

ولكنّ بشرى إنها لطليعة ال

ولكنّ بشرى إنها لطليعة ال

وزارة إذ حقّاً ستأتيك في غدِ

وزارة إذ حقّاً ستأتيك في غدِ

But glad tidings! It is surely the forerunner of the

But know it is the harbinger, not the ministry itself,

Vizierate, for it will truly come to you tomorrow.

Which will truly come to you tomorrow.

وتلبسُ منها حُلَّةَ الفخر صادحاً

وتلبسُ منها حُلَّةَ الفخر صادحاً

وتسكن منها محتداً أي محتد

وتسكن منها محتداً أي محتد

And from it you will don the robe of honor, singing aloud,

From it you will wear the garb of pride loudly proclaimed,

And through it inhabit a noble seat—what a seat!

And it will establish you, O established one.

لقد أمِنَت كركوك صولة غادرٍ

لقد أمِنَت كركوك صولة غادرٍ

بكم وغدت منكم بحصنٍ مشيَّدِ

بكم وغدت منكم بحصنٍ مشيَّدِ

Kirkuk has indeed become safe from a traitor’s onslaught,

Kirkuk was secured from the onslaught of traitors

Through you; thanks to you, it now stands within a lofty fortress.

By you, and made an impregnable fortress.

وصِينَت عن الأرجاس مذ حلّ عدلكم

وصِينَت عن الأرجاس مذ حلّ عدلكم

كأنّ اعترتها نشوة المتعربد

كأنّ اعترتها نشوة المتعربد

And was protected from defilements since your justice settled there,

It was protected from atrocities when your justice arrived,

As though a riotous drunkard’s intoxication had seized it.

As if intoxicated by the pride of the Arabian knight.

وتاهَت فخاراً حيث باهَت وقد غدت

وتاهَت فخاراً حيث باهَت وقد غدت

كبغداد في أمنٍ بأيّام أحمد

كبغداد في أمنٍ بأيّام أحمد

And strutted proudly as it boasted, having now become

It wandered proudly where it wandered, and has become

Like Baghdad in safety during the days of Ahmad.

Like Baghdad in security, in the days of Ahmad.

فأمست ونور العدل يجلو ظلامها

فأمست ونور العدل يجلو ظلامها

ويقضي على ظلم الورى بالتبدُّد

ويقضي على ظلم الورى بالتبدُّد

So it came to be, with justice’s light dispelling its darkness,

It has found safety now that justice dispels its darkness,

And condemning humankind’s oppression to dissolution.

And does away with the world’s injustice and oppression.

فغرَّدَ قُمري السرور لدى الهنا

فغرَّدَ قُمري السرور لدى الهنا

على فَنَن الأفراح أبهى تغرُّدِ

على فَنَن الأفراح أبهى تغرُّدِ

So joy’s turtledove warbled amid bliss,

So my two moons of joy sang at the celebration

On the bough of joys, with the loveliest song.

The most splendid melodies of delight.

وصار على الآفاق يتلو مغرّداً

وصار على الآفاق يتلو مغرّداً

لفي شهرزورٍ مجد عدل محمّد

لفي شهرزورٍ مجد عدل محمّد

And began to recite across the horizons, warbling:

Across the horizons they sing glorifying

Indeed, in Shahrazur is the glory of Muhammad’s justice.

The glory and justice of Muhammad in noble Shahr Zur.