عيد الملايين ازدهت بجلاله

عيد الملايين ازدهت بجلاله

ورأت جمال حياتها بجماله

ورأت جمال حياتها بجماله

The feast of millions shone resplendent in his majesty,

A festival of millions, who flourished in its majesty,

and they saw the beauty of their life in his beauty.

and saw their life's beauty in its beauty.

عيد البرية كلها إذ كلها

عيد البرية كلها إذ كلها

نعمت بوحي ضيائه وظلاله

نعمت بوحي ضيائه وظلاله

All creation’s feast—for all creation

A festival of all creation, for all of it

rejoiced in the inspiration of his radiance and shade.

has found bliss in the inspiration of its radiance and its shade.

عيد الحضارة فالحضارة لم تكن

عيد الحضارة فالحضارة لم تكن

إلا وليد العقل في استقلاله

إلا وليد العقل في استقلاله

The feast of civilization—for civilization was nothing

A festival of civilization, for civilization was never

but the offspring of reason in its independence.

anything but the offspring of reason in its independence.

عيد المساواة العميمة أنبتت

عيد المساواة العميمة أنبتت

في فجره وتعلقت بهلالفه

في فجره وتعلقت بهلالفه

The feast of great equality, which sprang up

A festival of universal equality, which sprouted

at his dawn and clung to his crescent.

at its dawn and clung to its crescent [reading uncertain].

عيد الإخاء مدى الزمان وباسمه

عيد الإخاء مدى الزمان وباسمه

خلق الرجال الشم من أبطاله

خلق الرجال الشم من أبطاله

The feast of brotherhood through all the ages—in his name

A festival of brotherhood throughout time, and in its name

the loftiest men were fashioned from among his heroes.

lofty men were created from among its heroes.

عيد الهدى والتضحيات على الهدى

عيد الهدى والتضحيات على الهدى

لتحرر الإنسان من أغلاله

لتحرر الإنسان من أغلاله

The feast of guidance, and of sacrifices along its path,

A festival of guidance and sacrifices in guidance's cause,

that humankind might be freed from its shackles.

to liberate humankind from its shackles.

عيد الشرائع جمعت آياتها

عيد الشرائع جمعت آياتها

وتبلورت في نوره وكماله

وتبلورت في نوره وكماله

The feast of revealed laws, whose signs were gathered

A festival of sacred laws, whose verses were gathered

and crystallized in his light and perfection.

and crystallized in its light and its perfection.

عيد التشبث بالحقيقة وحدها

عيد التشبث بالحقيقة وحدها

والحق لا يبقى لدى جهاله

والحق لا يبقى لدى جهاله

The feast of holding fast to truth alone—

A festival of holding fast to truth alone,

for truth does not endure among those ignorant of it.

and truth does not endure among those ignorant of it.

عيد التسامي والتسامي وحده

عيد التسامي والتسامي وحده

نهج الوجود إلى سعادة حاله

نهج الوجود إلى سعادة حاله

The feast of moral ascent—and moral ascent alone

A festival of self-transcendence—and self-transcendence alone

is existence’s path toward happiness in its condition.

is existence's path to a happy state.

عيد إلى ميثاقه متحرر

عيد إلى ميثاقه متحرر

يدعو وملهوف لفك عقاله

يدعو وملهوف لفك عقاله

A feast to whose covenant a free man calls,

A festival to whose covenant the liberated person

and a yearning man calls for the loosening of his tether.

calls, as does the anguished one seeking to loosen his tether.

عيد السلام وربما تحقيقه

عيد السلام وربما تحقيقه

جعل الدماء فدى وبعض نواله

جعل الدماء فدى وبعض نواله

The feast of peace—though perhaps its realization

A festival of peace—and perhaps its attainment

has made blood a ransom, and part of the price of attaining it.

has made blood a ransom and part of its bounty.

عيد النبوة للحياة رسالة

عيد النبوة للحياة رسالة

وبها استعزّ وجل عن أمثاله

وبها استعزّ وجل عن أمثاله

The feast of prophecy: a message to life,

A festival of prophethood, a message for life,

through which he grew mighty and rose above his peers.

and through it, it gained glory and rose above its peers.

شرفا إمام المصلحين لأمة

شرفا إمام المصلحين لأمة

لك ننتمي ولعالم بك واله

لك ننتمي ولعالم بك واله

What honor, O leader of reformers, for a nation—

Glory, O leader of reformers, to a nation—

we belong to you, and to a world enamored of you.

to you we belong—and to a world enamored of you.

ألهم بمؤلدك السني شعوبه

ألهم بمؤلدك السني شعوبه

حتى تثار إلى عظات جلاله

حتى تثار إلى عظات جلاله

Through your radiant birth, inspire its peoples,

Inspire its peoples through your radiant birth,

until they are stirred by the lessons of its majesty.

so they are roused to heed the lessons of its majesty.

يا أيها الأمي يا من عقله

يا أيها الأمي يا من عقله

وسع العلوم كواكبا لرجاله

وسع العلوم كواكبا لرجاله

O unlettered one, O you whose mind

O unlettered one, O you whose mind

embraced the sciences as stars for his men,

encompassed the sciences, stars for his men;

ومن اشتطاب لهم حياة حرة

ومن اشتطاب لهم حياة حرة

لا زهو مفتون يدلّ بماله

لا زهو مفتون يدلّ بماله

and, far from excess, held out to them a life of freedom—

and who cherished for them a life of freedom,

not the vanity of a deluded man flaunting his wealth.

not the vanity of a deluded man boasting of his wealth;

ومن اكتفى لوجوده ببلاغه

ومن اكتفى لوجوده ببلاغه

وأشاح عن ملك وعن أمواله

وأشاح عن ملك وعن أمواله

O you who deemed the conveying of your message sufficient for your life

and who was content, for his life, with what sufficed him,

and turned away from dominion and its riches.

and turned away from dominion and its riches.

يا من تعلق بالتقشف خله

يا من تعلق بالتقشف خله

للمفلحين تزين نبل خلاله

للمفلحين تزين نبل خلاله

O you who embraced austerity in its entirety,

O you whose intimate friend clung to austerity,

whose noble traits shine before those who prosper.

before the successful, the nobility of his traits stood adorned.

يا من تماثل حلمه وإباؤه

يا من تماثل حلمه وإباؤه

وكفاحه للحق مثل عياله

وكفاحه للحق مثل عياله

O you whose forbearance and proud refusal were evenly matched,

O you whose forbearance and proud defiance were matched,

and who held your struggle for truth as dear as your family.

and whose struggle for truth was as though for his own family.

اليوم غضبتك الشريفة ترتجى

اليوم غضبتك الشريفة ترتجى

للحق مأسورا لدى خذاله

للحق مأسورا لدى خذاله

Today your noble wrath is awaited

Today your noble anger is hoped for

for a right held captive among its betrayers.

for truth, held captive by those who forsake it.

اليوم اسمع منك وحي رسالة

اليوم اسمع منك وحي رسالة

دوّى دويّ الغاب عن رئباله

دوّى دويّ الغاب عن رئباله

Today let me hear from you the revelation of a message;

Today I hear from you the inspiration of a message

resound—the forest’s roar issuing from its lion!

that resounded with the forest's roar from its lion.

هيهات ترضى للأنام مذلة

هيهات ترضى للأنام مذلة

يا من عتقت العبد من إذلاله

يا من عتقت العبد من إذلاله

Far be it from you to accept humiliation for humankind,

Never would you consent to humiliation for humankind,

you who freed the slave from his abasement.

O you who freed the slave from his abasement!

والمسلمون هم الكماة حمية

والمسلمون هم الكماة حمية

الثائرون على العتي وناله

الثائرون على العتي وناله

The Muslims are valiant warriors, ardent in zeal,

And Muslims are the warriors in their zeal,

rebels against insolent tyranny and its reach,

rebelling against tyranny and its gains [reading uncertain],

وعلى اللصوص الغادرين وغدرهم

وعلى اللصوص الغادرين وغدرهم

لا ينتهي كالتيه في أهواله

لا ينتهي كالتيه في أهواله

and against the treacherous thieves, whose treachery

and against treacherous thieves and their treachery,

never ends, like the trackless waste in its terrors.

which never ends, like a wilderness in its horrors.

جعلوا التبجح كالوباء شريعة

جعلوا التبجح كالوباء شريعة

للظلم واحتكموا لخبث مقاله

للظلم واحتكموا لخبث مقاله

They made brazen boasting, like a plague, a law

They made swaggering, like a plague, a law

for oppression, and appealed to the malice of its creed.

for oppression, and appealed to the malice of its speech.

واستعبدوا الأقوام باستعمارهم

واستعبدوا الأقوام باستعمارهم

وترنموا بصلاحه وفعاله

وترنموا بصلاحه وفعاله

They enslaved peoples through their colonialism

And they enslaved peoples through their colonial rule,

and sang rapturously of its virtue and deeds.

and sang of its virtue and its deeds.

كالعبد يرهق كل حسن ناضر

كالعبد يرهق كل حسن ناضر

ويمن بعد عليه باسم وصاله

ويمن بعد عليه باسم وصاله

Like a slave, it oppresses every fresh, radiant beauty,

Like a slave who wears down every blooming beauty,

then boasts of favoring it in the name of union with it.

and afterward boasts of favors to it in the name of his companionship.

والسقم يوغل في السليم فيغتدي

والسقم يوغل في السليم فيغتدي

نهبا له فيعد من أفضاله

نهبا له فيعد من أفضاله

Sickness penetrates deep into the healthy person, who then becomes

And sickness penetrates the healthy one, who then becomes

its prey—and this is then reckoned among its favors.

its prey—and this is counted among its favors.

يا من أبى الإذعان دون حقوقه

يا من أبى الإذعان دون حقوقه

واستعذب الآلام في آماله

واستعذب الآلام في آماله

O you who refused submission short of your rights

O you who refused submission without your rights,

and savored pain in pursuit of your hopes,

and found pain sweet in pursuit of your hopes,

أرجع إلى الإسلام عزة أهله

أرجع إلى الإسلام عزة أهله

باليقظة الكبرى لنيل محاله

باليقظة الكبرى لنيل محاله

restore to Islam the dignity of its people

restore to Islam the dignity of its people

through the great awakening, that it may attain the impossible.

through the great awakening, to attain its impossible aim.

وأدل من المتحكمين بحفظهم

وأدل من المتحكمين بحفظهم

والجهل أولهم بسم نباله

والجهل أولهم بسم نباله

And bring low the domineering rulers despite their defenses—

And grant victory over the domineering by safeguarding them [wording unclear],

with ignorance foremost among them, bearing the venom of its arrows.

and ignorance is foremost among them, with its poisoned arrows.

وليبق مولدك الأغر منارة

وليبق مولدك الأغر منارة

لمجاهد مستقتل بقتاله

لمجاهد مستقتل بقتاله

Let your radiant birthday remain a beacon

Let your radiant birthday remain a beacon

for every fighter who battles with utter resolve.

for a fighter resolved to die in his combat.

فالعيش من صور الممات لصاغر

فالعيش من صور الممات لصاغر

والموت للحر الأبي كآله

والموت للحر الأبي كآله

For life is a form of death to one abased,

For life is a form of death for the abject,

while death, to the proudly free, is like his own kin.

and death, for the free, unbowed man, is like his own kin.

ولكم جنى الإسلام من أعدائه

ولكم جنى الإسلام من أعدائه

مثل الذي لاقاه من أقياله

مثل الذي لاقاه من أقياله

How much Islam has suffered at its enemies’ hands,

And how often Islam has reaped from its enemies

just as it suffered from its own chieftains.

the like of what it encountered from its own chieftains.

فإلى الهداة رضاك في إقباله

فإلى الهداة رضاك في إقباله

وعلى الطغاة جفاك في زلزاله

وعلى الطغاة جفاك في زلزاله

So let your favor greet the guides at its advent,

So let your favor go to the guides as it advances,

and let your sternness fall upon tyrants amid its convulsion.

and your disfavor fall upon the tyrants amid its earthquake.