يا أَيُّهَذا المَلِكُ المُؤَمَّلُ

يا أَيُّهَذا المَلِكُ المُؤَمَّلُ

قَدِ اِستَزَرتَ عُصبَةً فَأَقبَلوا

قَدِ اِستَزَرتَ عُصبَةً فَأَقبَلوا

O king in whom hopes are placed,

O King, in whom all hopes are placed,

You invited a company to visit, and they came;

You invited a company, and they came forth,

وَعُصبَةٌ لَم تَستَزِرهُم طَفَّلوا

وَعُصبَةٌ لَم تَستَزِرهُم طَفَّلوا

رَجَوكَ في تَطفيلِهِم وَأَمَّلوا

رَجَوكَ في تَطفيلِهِم وَأَمَّلوا

And a company you had not invited came unbidden.

And a group whom you did not invite came as unbidden guests,

In coming uninvited, they looked to you with hope and expectation;

Placing their hope in you despite their intrusion, full of expectation,

وَلِلرَجاءِ حُرمَةٌ لا تُجهَلُ

وَلِلرَجاءِ حُرمَةٌ لا تُجهَلُ

And hope has a sanctity that cannot be ignored.

For hope possesses a sanctity that cannot be ignored.