أميرَ النَّدى إنَّ الثَّناءِ خلُودُ

أميرَ النَّدى إنَّ الثَّناءِ خلُودُ

وإنَّ القَوافي السَّائراتِ جُنودُ

وإنَّ القَوافي السَّائراتِ جُنودُ

Prince of bounty, praise is immortality,

O prince of generosity, praise is immortality,

and far-ranging odes are soldiers.

And far-traveling rhymes are troops.

إذا انفضَّ من حَولِ الملوكِ عديدُها

إذا انفضَّ من حَولِ الملوكِ عديدُها

فحولَك منها عُدَّةٌ وعَديدُ

فحولَك منها عُدَّةٌ وعَديدُ

When their hosts scatter from around kings,

When their ranks scatter from around kings,

around you there remains of them an armed and numerous force.

Then around you they are arms and a host.

فهنَّ إذا ناضَلْنَ عنك صَوارِمٌ

فهنَّ إذا ناضَلْنَ عنك صَوارِمٌ

وهنَّ إذا لاحَتْ عليكَ عُقودُ

وهنَّ إذا لاحَتْ عليكَ عُقودُ

When they fight in your defense, they are keen swords;

For when they fight in your defense, they are keen swords,

and when they gleam upon you, they are necklaces.

And when they gleam upon you, they are necklaces.

ولي من نَدى كفَّيْكَ رسْمٌ تضاءَلَتْ

ولي من نَدى كفَّيْكَ رسْمٌ تضاءَلَتْ

مَعالِمُه حتى تَكادَ تبيدُ

مَعالِمُه حتى تَكادَ تبيدُ

From the bounty of your two hands I have a token whose

And I have a vestige of your two hands' bounty: so diminished

features have dwindled until they are nearly gone.

Are its traces that they almost vanish.

غَدَا خَلَقاً والحمدُ فيه مُجدَّدٌ

غَدَا خَلَقاً والحمدُ فيه مُجدَّدٌ

ومُنْتَقَصاً والشُّكرُ فيه يَزيدُ

ومُنْتَقَصاً والشُّكرُ فيه يَزيدُ

It has grown worn, while praise for it is renewed,

It has grown threadbare, while praise for it is renewed,

and diminished, while gratitude for it increases.

And it has dwindled, while gratitude for it grows.

فإنْ يَكُ رَسْمي من نَوالِكَ دارساً

فإنْ يَكُ رَسْمي من نَوالِكَ دارساً

فرسمُكَ غَضٌّ من ثَنايَ جَديدُ

فرسمُكَ غَضٌّ من ثَنايَ جَديدُ

So if my token of your largesse is effaced,

So if my vestige of your bounty is effaced,

then your image, through my praise, is fresh and new.

Then your imprint, through my praise, is fresh and new.