لا تُنكرنَّ لسابحٍ عثرتْ بهِ

لا تُنكرنَّ لسابحٍ عثرتْ بهِ

قدمٌ وقد حملَ الخضمَّ الزاخرا

قدمٌ وقد حملَ الخضمَّ الزاخرا

Do not reproach a swimming steed for a stumble

Blame not the swimmer if his foot slips

of its foot, when it has borne the vast, surging sea.

Though he shoulders the abundant harvest's burdens

ألقى على السلطان طِرفك طرفه

ألقى على السلطان طِرفك طرفه

فهوى هنالكَ للسّلام مبادرا

فهوى هنالكَ للسّلام مبادرا

Your noble steed cast its gaze upon the sultan,

He threw his gaze upon the sultan

then fell there, hastening to salute.

And fell there to greet with peace unprompted

سبقَ الرِّياحَ بجريهِ وكففته

سبقَ الرِّياحَ بجريهِ وكففته

عنها فليس على خلافكَ قادرا

عنها فليس على خلافكَ قادرا

It outran the winds in its gallop, and you restrained it

He outsped the winds in his running and you reined him

from them, for it cannot defy you.

From them, for none can vie with you

ضعفتْ قواه إذ تذكر أَنّه

ضعفتْ قواه إذ تذكر أَنّه

في السّرحِ منكَ يُقل ليثاً خادرا

في السّرحِ منكَ يُقل ليثاً خادرا

Its strength faltered when it remembered that

His strength faded as he remembered

in the pasture it bore you—a lion resting in his lair.

That in private from you he's called a cowed lion

ومتى تطيقُ الرِّيحُ طوداً شامخاً

ومتى تطيقُ الرِّيحُ طوداً شامخاً

أَو يستطيعُ البرقُ جوناً ماطرا

أَو يستطيعُ البرقُ جوناً ماطرا

And when can the wind bear a towering mountain,

When can the wind withstand a towering mountain

or lightning bear a dark cloud pouring rain?

Or lightning conquer a pouring raincloud?

فاعذر سقوط البرقِ عند مسيرهِ

فاعذر سقوط البرقِ عند مسيرهِ

فالبرقُ يسقط حين يخطفُ سائرا

فالبرقُ يسقط حين يخطفُ سائرا

So pardon lightning's fall as it travels,

Excuse the lightning's fall during its course

for lightning falls when it flashes on its way.

For lightning falls when it flies on

وأَقِلْ جوادكَ عثرة ندرت له

وأَقِلْ جوادكَ عثرة ندرت له

إنَّ الجوادَ لَمَن يُقبلُ العاثرا

إنَّ الجوادَ لَمَن يُقبلُ العاثرا

And forgive your steed a stumble that seldom befell it;

And slow your steed for his stumble was rare

for the generous man is surely one who welcomes the fallen.

The steed accepts the stumbler back

وتوقَّ من عينِ الحسودِ وشرها

وتوقَّ من عينِ الحسودِ وشرها

لا كان ناظرها بسوءٍ ناظرا

لا كان ناظرها بسوءٍ ناظرا

And guard against the envier's eye and its evil;

And beware the evil eye of the envious

may its pupil never gaze with malice.

Who looks on with evil gazing

واسلمْ لنور الدِّينِ سلطان الورَى

واسلمْ لنور الدِّينِ سلطان الورَى

في الحادثاتِ معاضداً ومؤازرا

في الحادثاتِ معاضداً ومؤازرا

And remain safe for Nur al-Din, sultan of humankind,

And submit to the light of the faith, empowerer of the world

amid calamities, supporting and aiding him.

In events an aider and assister

وإذا صلاحُ الدِّينِ دامَ لأهلهِ

وإذا صلاحُ الدِّينِ دامَ لأهلهِ

لم يحذروا للدَّهرِ صَرفاً ضائرا

لم يحذروا للدَّهرِ صَرفاً ضائرا

And so long as Salah al-Din endures for his people,

And if the faith's reform lasts for its people

they will fear no harmful turn of time.

They need not fear the days' fickle turns