يا مَلَكاً تَعَبَّدا

يا مَلَكاً تَعَبَّدا

مُصَلِّياً مُوَحِّدا

مُصَلِّياً مُوَحِّدا

O angel who worshipped devoutly,

O Angel of worship, praying devoutly,

Praying and affirming God's oneness,

Blessed in his day, and tomorrow auspicious,

مُبارَكاً في يَومِهِ

مُبارَكاً في يَومِهِ

وَالأَمسِ مَيموناً غَدا

وَالأَمسِ مَيموناً غَدا

Blessed in his day,

Destined for a nation deserving of joy,

And yesterday, auspicious tomorrow,

It made him its crown, its glory, its leader,

مُسَخَّراً لِأُمَّةٍ

مُسَخَّراً لِأُمَّةٍ

مِن حَقِّها أَن تَسعَدا

مِن حَقِّها أَن تَسعَدا

Made to serve a nation

It turned away wherever he walked,

Whose right it is to be happy.

And bowed down wherever he appeared,

قَد جَعَلَتهُ تاجَها

قَد جَعَلَتهُ تاجَها

وَعِزَّها وَالسُؤدُدا

وَعِزَّها وَالسُؤدُدا

It has made him its crown,

Revering him in his beauty,

And its glory and eminence;

As it would revere the full moon,

وَأَعرَضَت حَيثُ مَشى

وَأَعرَضَت حَيثُ مَشى

وَأَطرَقَت حَيثَ بَدا

وَأَطرَقَت حَيثَ بَدا

And it turned aside wherever he walked,

You are a ray from the Most High

And bowed its head wherever he appeared.

That God sent down as guidance,

تُجِلُّهُ في حُسنِهِ

تُجِلُّهُ في حُسنِهِ

كَما تُجِلُّ الفَرقَدا

كَما تُجِلُّ الفَرقَدا

It reveres him in his beauty,

How many homes has it illuminated?

As it reveres the star Farqad.

How many mosques given light?

أَنتَ شُعاعٌ مِن عَلٍ

أَنتَ شُعاعٌ مِن عَلٍ

أَنزَلَهُ اللَهُ هُدى

أَنزَلَهُ اللَهُ هُدى

You are a ray from on high,

How many markets has it adorned

Sent down by God as guidance.

With beauty, enhancing the land?

كَم قَد أَضاءَ مَنزِلاً

كَم قَد أَضاءَ مَنزِلاً

وَكَم أَنارَ مَسجِدا

وَكَم أَنارَ مَسجِدا

How many a home it has lit,

Were it not for piety I would say

And how many a mosque it has illumined,

None but you has God created,

وَكَم كَسا الأَسواقَ مِن

وَكَم كَسا الأَسواقَ مِن

حُسنٍ وَزانَ البَلَدا

حُسنٍ وَزانَ البَلَدا

And how many marketplaces it has clothed in

If you wish, you can be gentle,

Beauty, and adorned the land!

Or, if you prefer, be firm,

لَولا التُقى لَقُلتُ لَم

لَولا التُقى لَقُلتُ لَم

يَخلُق سِواكَ الوَلَدا

يَخلُق سِواكَ الوَلَدا

Were it not for piety, I would say: no one

And if you desire error, it strays,

But you created the child.

Or if you seek right, it is guided,

إِن شِئتَ كانَ العَيرَ أَو

إِن شِئتَ كانَ العَيرَ أَو

إِن شِئتَ كانَ الأَسَدا

إِن شِئتَ كانَ الأَسَدا

If you wish, he will be an ass; or

You are the voice in this house

If you wish, he will be a lion.

And it echoes back your tone,

وَإِن تُرِد غَيّاً غَوى

وَإِن تُرِد غَيّاً غَوى

أَو تَبغِ رُشداً رَشَدا

أَو تَبغِ رُشداً رَشَدا

And if you desire error, he goes astray;

Like the parrot in its cage

Or if you seek right guidance, he follows the right path.

That mimics all it’s shown,

وَالبَيتُ أَنتَ الصَوتُ في

وَالبَيتُ أَنتَ الصَوتُ في

هِ وَهوَ لِلصَوتِ صَدى

هِ وَهوَ لِلصَوتِ صَدى

And the home—you are the voice within

Like soft clay in the potter’s hands

It, and he is the voice's echo.

Shaped according to his design,

كَالبَبَّغا في قَفَصٍ

كَالبَبَّغا في قَفَصٍ

قيلَ لَهُ فَقَلَّدا

قيلَ لَهُ فَقَلَّدا

Like a parrot in a cage,

It takes on what you have trained it to,

It was spoken to, and so it mimicked;

And man becomes what habits refine,

وَكَالقَضيبِ اللَدنِ قَد

وَكَالقَضيبِ اللَدنِ قَد

طاوَعَ في الشَكلِ اليَدا

طاوَعَ في الشَكلِ اليَدا

And like a supple rod that has

You stand alone in the world

Yielded to the hand in taking shape.

In your excellence, peerless displayed,

يَأخُذُ ما عَوَّدتَهُ

يَأخُذُ ما عَوَّدتَهُ

وَالمَرءُ ما تَعَوَّدا

وَالمَرءُ ما تَعَوَّدا

He takes on what you have accustomed him to,

And every lion the Imam targeted

And a man is what he grows accustomed to—

In battle, by you was waylaid,

مِمّا اِنفَرَدتَ في الوَرى

مِمّا اِنفَرَدتَ في الوَرى

بِفَضلِهِ وَاِنفَرَدا

بِفَضلِهِ وَاِنفَرَدا

Of that in which you stood apart among mankind

You it was who marshalled them

Through its excellence—and he stood apart too.

And drove them to perdition,

وَكُلُّ لَيثٍ قَد رَمى

وَكُلُّ لَيثٍ قَد رَمى

بِهِ الإِمامُ في العِدا

بِهِ الإِمامُ في العِدا

And every lion that has been hurled

Saying: Be for God and the Sultan,

By the Imam against the foes—

And for the Turks a redemption!

أَنتَ الَّذي جَنَّدتَهُ

أَنتَ الَّذي جَنَّدتَهُ

وَسُقتَهُ إِلى الرَدى

وَسُقتَهُ إِلى الرَدى

You are the one who enlisted him,

And drove him to his death,

وَقُلتَ كُن لِلَّهِ وَالس

وَقُلتَ كُن لِلَّهِ وَالس

سُلطانِ وَالتُركِ فِدى

سُلطانِ وَالتُركِ فِدى

And you said: 'Be for God and the

Sultan and the Turks a sacrifice.'