يا أيُّها المعتضِدُ المعضودُ

يا أيُّها المعتضِدُ المعضودُ

بربِّه والملك المحمودُ

بربِّه والملك المحمودُ

O al-Muʿtaḍid, upheld

O you who is supported by his Lord, and praised King,

By his Lord, and praiseworthy king,

Your celebration is an eternal celebration that recurs,

عيدُك عيدٌ أبداً يعودُ

عيدُك عيدٌ أبداً يعودُ

وأنت حَيٌّ سالمٌ مسعودُ

وأنت حَيٌّ سالمٌ مسعودُ

Your festival is a festival that forever returns,

While you are alive, well, and fortunate,

While you are alive, safe, and fortunate.

Before you is a long life,

بين يديك العُمُرُ الممدودُ

بين يديك العُمُرُ الممدودُ

والخيلُ والحلْبةُ والجنودُ

والخيلُ والحلْبةُ والجنودُ

Before you lies a long life,

And horses, battlefields, and soldiers,

And the horses, the racing steeds, and the troops,

Adorned by flags and standards,

تَزْهَاهُمُ الأعلامُ والبنودُ

تَزْهَاهُمُ الأعلامُ والبنودُ

وخلفك المثْنُونَ والشُّهودُ

وخلفك المثْنُونَ والشُّهودُ

Flags and banners lend them splendor.

And behind you are those who praise and bear witness

And behind you are the praisers and the witnesses

That you are the Master, not the blackened,

بأنك السيِّدُ لا المسودُ

بأنك السيِّدُ لا المسودُ

بما تُحامِي وبما تجودُ

بما تُحامِي وبما تجودُ

That you are the master, not the one ruled,

With what you protect and what you give generously,

Through your protection and your generosity.

O you whose existence tomorrow is guaranteed to exist,

يا من غدا وجودُه موجودُ

يا من غدا وجودُه موجودُ

من حقك الغبطةُ والخلودُ

من حقك الغبطةُ والخلودُ

O you whose existence has become a reality,

You deserve happiness and immortality,

Joy and immortality are your due.

And all those who oppose you are lost,

وكل من تشْنَؤُه مفقودُ

وكل من تشْنَؤُه مفقودُ

أوْ كانعٌ في كَبْلِهِ مصْفودُ

أوْ كانعٌ في كَبْلِهِ مصْفودُ

And everyone you detest is gone,

Or shackled in their chains, bound,

Or cowed, bound in his fetter,

Their adornments are shackles and bonds,

حِلْيَتُهُ الأغْلالُ والقُيودُ

حِلْيَتُهُ الأغْلالُ والقُيودُ

أو يشفعُ الحلمُ له والجودُ

أو يشفعُ الحلمُ له والجودُ

His adornment is shackles and fetters.

Or kindness and generosity intercede for them,

Or forbearance and generosity intercede for him

Until effort is exhausted,

إليكَ حتى يَنْفَدَ المجهودُ

إليكَ حتى يَنْفَدَ المجهودُ

وسعيُك المشكور لا المجحودُ

وسعيُك المشكور لا المجحودُ

With you, until all effort is spent.

And your appreciated efforts, not despised,

And your striving is appreciated, not denied;

Praised by worshippers and the worshipped,

يحمده العابدُ والمعبودُ

يحمده العابدُ والمعبودُ

وأنت في أعلى العلا محسودُ

وأنت في أعلى العلا محسودُ

The worshipper and the Worshipped One praise it.

And you are at the highest elevation, envied,

And you are envied at the loftiest heights of glory;

Upon you is the crown of glory, assembled.

عليك تاجُ السؤدد المعقودُ

عليك تاجُ السؤدد المعقودُ

Upon you is fastened the crown of lordship.