إِنَّ ابنَ أحمَدَ زَايِد سَيُِّدُبِهٌ

إِنَّ ابنَ أحمَدَ زَايِد سَيُِّدُبِهٌ

حَبرٌ تَحَلَّت بِهِ أيَّامُ أزمُنِهِ

حَبرٌ تَحَلَّت بِهِ أيَّامُ أزمُنِهِ

Indeed, Sayyidbih, son of Ahmad Zayid,

The son of Ahmed Zayed is a leader

is a learned scholar who adorned the days of his age.

Whose days have been adorned with wisdom

والصَّالِحُونَ وأهلُ العِلمِ أجمَعُهُم

والصَّالِحُونَ وأهلُ العِلمِ أجمَعُهُم

سَنُّوا لَهُ فَفتَناً مِن حُسنِ دَيدَنِهِ

سَنُّوا لَهُ فَفتَناً مِن حُسنِ دَيدَنِهِ

And the righteous and the people of learning, all of them,

The righteous and all scholars unanimously

made it customary to give him faftan cloth, for his good conduct.

Praised his exemplary character and habit

فَأَعطِهِ فَفتَناً وانصُر أوَانَ أتَى

فَأَعطِهِ فَفتَناً وانصُر أوَانَ أتَى

مَا هُو يَنشُدُ فِيهِ مِن تَفَنُّنِهِ

مَا هُو يَنشُدُ فِيهِ مِن تَفَنُّنِهِ

So give him faftan cloth, and, when he comes, support

So grant him integrity and help when the time comes

what he seeks therein through his artistry.

For what he seeks with expertise

فَرَدُّهُ قَد نَهَانَا عَنهُ كُلُّ نَهٍ

فَرَدُّهُ قَد نَهَانَا عَنهُ كُلُّ نَهٍ

وخَذ لُهُ عَنهُ في الشَّرعِ القَوِيمِ نُهِى

وخَذ لُهُ عَنهُ في الشَّرعِ القَوِيمِ نُهِى

For every discerning person has forbidden us to refuse him;

But rejecting him is forbidden to us all

and forsaking him in this is forbidden under the upright religious law.

And the noble law discourages it

وَلَم يَكُن أدَباً طَبعاً ولاَ حَسناً

وَلَم يَكُن أدَباً طَبعاً ولاَ حَسناً

تَمزِيقُ مَاقِيلِ في إعطَاءِ فَفتِنِهِ

تَمزِيقُ مَاقِيلِ في إعطَاءِ فَفتِنِهِ

And, naturally, it was neither courteous nor good

It was neither proper nor good manners

to tear up what was said about giving him his faftan cloth.

To tear apart what he says in his speech