أَكثَرَ موسى غَيظَ حُسّادِهِ

أَكثَرَ موسى غَيظَ حُسّادِهِ

وَزَيَّنَ الأَرضَ بِأَولادِهِ

وَزَيَّنَ الأَرضَ بِأَولادِهِ

Musa has heightened his enviers' fury,

Moses angered his enviers greatly

and adorned the earth with his children.

And adorned the earth with his children

وَجاءَنا مِن صُلبِهِ سَيِّدٌ

وَجاءَنا مِن صُلبِهِ سَيِّدٌ

أَصيَدُ في تَقطيعِ أَجدادِهِ

أَصيَدُ في تَقطيعِ أَجدادِهِ

And from his loins a lord has come to us,

And there came to us from his lineage a master

proud of bearing, in his forefathers' mold.

Adept in the art of his forefathers

فَاكتَسَتِ الأَرضُ بِهِ بَهجَةً

فَاكتَسَتِ الأَرضُ بِهِ بَهجَةً

وَاستَبشَرَ المَلكُ بِميلادِهِ

وَاستَبشَرَ المَلكُ بِميلادِهِ

So the earth clothed itself in splendor through him,

So the earth was delighted through him

and the king rejoiced at his birth.

And the king rejoiced at his birth

وَابتَسَمَ المِنبَرُ عَن فَرحَةٍ

وَابتَسَمَ المِنبَرُ عَن فَرحَةٍ

عَلَت بِها ذُروَةُ أَعوادِهِ

عَلَت بِها ذُروَةُ أَعوادِهِ

And the pulpit smiled with a joy

And the pulpit smiled with joy

that raised the summit of its timbers.

That raised the summit of its poles

كَأَنَّني بَعدَ قَليلٍ بِهِ

كَأَنَّني بَعدَ قَليلٍ بِهِ

بَينَ مَواليهِ وَقُوّادِهِ

بَينَ مَواليهِ وَقُوّادِهِ

I can almost see him, before long,

It was as if after a little while through him

among his retainers and commanders,

I was between his loyalists and leaders

في مَحفِلٍ تَخفُقُ راياتُهُ

في مَحفِلٍ تَخفُقُ راياتُهُ

قَد طَبَّقَ الأَرضَ بِأَجنادِهِ

قَد طَبَّقَ الأَرضَ بِأَجنادِهِ

in an assembly where his banners flutter,

In a gathering where his banners fluttered

having already covered the earth with his troops.

Having covered the earth with his soldiers