أَلا أبلِغ السلطان عَنِّي نَصيحَةٌ

أَلا أبلِغ السلطان عَنِّي نَصيحَةٌ

يئشَيِّعُها وُدَّ ورأْيٌ مُحَنَّك

يئشَيِّعُها وُدَّ ورأْيٌ مُحَنَّك

Listen: convey a piece of advice from me to the sultan,

Should I not convey sincere advice to the Sultan

accompanied by affection and seasoned judgment:

Accompanied by affection and prudent counsel?

تجاوَزْتَ أوجَ الشَّمسِ عِّزاً ورِفْعَةً

تجاوَزْتَ أوجَ الشَّمسِ عِّزاً ورِفْعَةً

وذَلَّلْتَ قَسْراً كُلَّ مَنْ تملَّكوا

وذَلَّلْتَ قَسْراً كُلَّ مَنْ تملَّكوا

You have surpassed the sun's zenith in glory and elevation,

You have surpassed the zenith of the sun in glory and sublimity

and forcibly subdued all who have ruled.

And subjugated all those who were sovereigns

فما حَرَكاتٌ مُتعِباتٌ تُديُمها

فما حَرَكاتٌ مُتعِباتٌ تُديُمها

تَأَنَّ فأوْجُ الشَّمسِ لا يتحرَّكُ

تَأَنَّ فأوْجُ الشَّمسِ لا يتحرَّكُ

Why, then, keep up these exhausting movements?

Yet why persist in wearying undertakings

Be unhurried, for the sun's zenith does not move.

When the zenith of the sun does not shift?