يا صورة راقَ حسنُ منظرها

يا صورة راقَ حسنُ منظرها

سبحان خلاَّقِها مُصوّرها

سبحان خلاَّقِها مُصوّرها

O form whose fair appearance delights!

O image of pleasing beauty,

Glory be to its Creator, its Fashioner!

Glory to its Creator, its Shaper,

قُدّر فيها السّماحُ والمكرماتُ

قُدّر فيها السّماحُ والمكرماتُ

الغريباتُ من مُقدّرها

الغريباتُ من مُقدّرها

Generosity and noble deeds were ordained in it,

Who destined within it generosity and kindness,

wondrous ones, by the One who ordained it.

Wondrous things from its design.

ومَن له ذكرُها أبو حَسَنٍ

ومَن له ذكرُها أبو حَسَنٍ

يُبدي بحُسناهُ فضلَ جوهرِها

يُبدي بحُسناهُ فضلَ جوهرِها

And he to whom its renown belongs, Abu Hasan,

One whose mention is Abu Hassan

reveals through his goodness the excellence of its essence.

Reveals through his beauty the excellence of its essence.

إذا تَباهى الملوك من يَمنٍ

إذا تَباهى الملوك من يَمنٍ

فأنت يا ذهلُ عين مَفخَرِها

فأنت يا ذهلُ عين مَفخَرِها

When the kings of Yemen vie in glory,

When kings boast from Yemen,

then you, O Dhuhl, are the very essence of its pride.

You, Dhahal, are the eye of its pride.

ورثتَ بالأزْدَ والمُلوك ونبْ

ورثتَ بالأزْدَ والمُلوك ونبْ

هان عُلاها أبي مُعمّرِها

هان عُلاها أبي مُعمّرِها

You inherited, through Azd, the kings, and Nab-

You inherited through the Azd and kings

han—the father of its builder—their lofty glory.

Its loftiness made long-lasting by my aged ancestor.

وفزت يا ذهلُ في وراثته

وفزت يا ذهلُ في وراثته

من خير أقسامها بأوفَرِها

من خير أقسامها بأوفَرِها

And you, O Dhuhl, won in inheriting from him

You have succeeded, O Dhahal, in your inheritance

the fullest share of its finest portions.

The best of its shares in abundance.

وأنتم سادةُ العتيك بكم

وأنتم سادةُ العتيك بكم

يُفخَر في غيبها ومَحضرِها

يُفخَر في غيبها ومَحضرِها

And you are the lords of al-ʿAtik; in you

You are the masters of glory through whom

they take pride, absent and present.

Pride is taken in its absence and presence.

في كل أرض لكم خطيبُ نَدى

في كل أرض لكم خطيبُ نَدى

يخطبُ بالمهد فوقَ منبرِها

يخطبُ بالمهد فوقَ منبرِها

In every land you have a herald of generosity,

In every land you have a herald of dew

who speaks in the cradle atop its pulpit.

Who seeks your hand atop its pulpit.

وفي رقاب الورى لكُم مِننٌ

وفي رقاب الورى لكُم مِننٌ

ما سَمعَ الناس صوتَ منكرِها

ما سَمعَ الناس صوتَ منكرِها

And your favors rest upon the necks of humankind;

And over the necks of creation you have favors

people have never heard the voice of anyone denying them.

The likes of which no ears have heard rejected.

وأنت يا ذهلُ في النّدى مَثل

وأنت يا ذهلُ في النّدى مَثل

ما بني ركبانها وسُمَّرِها

ما بني ركبانها وسُمَّرِها

And you, O Dhuhl, are a byword for generosity

And you, O Dhahal, are an example in glory,

among its riders and its nighttime companions.

As are its riders and its knights.

فابقَ وأولادك الكرام مَعاً

فابقَ وأولادك الكرام مَعاً

مَدى سِنيّ الدنيا وأشهرِها

مَدى سِنيّ الدنيا وأشهرِها

So live on, together with your noble children,

So remain, you and your noble children together,

through all the world's years and months.

For the lifetime and months of this world.