لك في المعالي همة تتصعد

لك في المعالي همة تتصعد

ويد نداها العد ليس يعدد

ويد نداها العد ليس يعدد

Yours is an ambition ever rising toward lofty honors,

You have lofty aspirations to ascend,

and a hand whose bounty no reckoning can count,

And a hand whose generosity cannot be counted,

وسماحة أعطتك قاصية المنى

وسماحة أعطتك قاصية المنى

يبلى الزمان وذكرها يتجدد

يبلى الزمان وذكرها يتجدد

and a generosity that has granted you the farthest reach of hopes;

And you have given generously, fulfilling all wishes,

time wears away, while its remembrance is renewed.

Time passes but your memory is renewed,

بددت شل الجور وهو مجمع

بددت شل الجور وهو مجمع

وجمعت شمل العدل وهو مبددُ

وجمعت شمل العدل وهو مبددُ

You scattered injustice's ranks while they were united,

You have undone the knots of injustice while united,

and gathered justice's ranks while they were scattered.

And united the ties of justice while separated,

وغدوت تنجد معتفيك بنائل

وغدوت تنجد معتفيك بنائل

ما زال يتهم في البلاد وينجد

ما زال يتهم في البلاد وينجد

You have come to aid those seeking your favor with bounty

You have come to the aid of your protected, with spears,

that ever travels through Tihamah and Najd across the land.

That still pierce the countries and bring victory,

وغدوت تنجد معتفيك بنائل

وغدوت تنجد معتفيك بنائل

ما زال يتهم في البلاد وينجد

ما زال يتهم في البلاد وينجد

You have come to aid those seeking your favor with bounty

You have come to the aid of your protected, with spears,

that ever travels through Tihamah and Najd across the land.

That still pierce the countries and bring victory,

عضد لدين الله أنت وأنه

عضد لدين الله أنت وأنه

لك ما حييت بكل لطف يعضد

لك ما حييت بكل لطف يعضد

You are a support to God's religion, and He

You have supported the religion of God,

supports you with every kindness as long as you live.

For as long as you live, with every gentle support,

فلك العوارف لم تزل معروفة

فلك العوارف لم تزل معروفة

في الناس والفضل الذي لا يجحدُ

في الناس والفضل الذي لا يجحدُ

Yours are the favors ever recognized

Your noble qualities have always been known,

among the people, and the excellence none denies.

Among people, and virtuous deeds that cannot be denied,

يبيض وجهك للوفود طلاقة

يبيض وجهك للوفود طلاقة

والعام باللزبات عام أسود

والعام باللزبات عام أسود

Your face shines bright with cheer for the delegations,

Your radiant face welcomes delegations,

while the year is black with hardships.

While the commoners live in a gloomy year,

قسما بمن سمك السماء بقدرة

قسما بمن سمك السماء بقدرة

وبمن له تعنو الوجوه وتسجد

وبمن له تعنو الوجوه وتسجد

I swear by Him who raised the sky with power,

I swear by the One who built the sky with His power,

and by Him before whom faces bow and prostrate:

And to whom faces bow down and prostrate,

إن البخيل بفعله لمذمم

إن البخيل بفعله لمذمم

أبدا وإن محمدا لمحمدُ

أبدا وإن محمدا لمحمدُ

the miser is surely condemned for his conduct

Truly the miser is blamed for his deeds,

forever, while Muhammad is surely praised.

While Muhammad is praised forever,

ملك رقود الحلم يقظان السطا

ملك رقود الحلم يقظان السطا

حلو الرضا مر العداوة أَصَيدُ

حلو الرضا مر العداوة أَصَيدُ

A king, reposeful in forbearance, wakeful in assault,

The king of restful dreams, wakeful by night,

sweet in favor, bitter in enmity, his head held high.

Sweetly content, bitterly hostile,

متجرد يوم اللقاء كأنه

متجرد يوم اللقاء كأنه

سيف على عنق العدو مجَرَّدُ

سيف على عنق العدو مجَرَّدُ

Stripped for battle on the day of encounter, as though he were

On the day of battle he is detached, as if,

a sword unsheathed against the enemy's neck,

A bare sword on the neck of the enemy,

غير أن تنصره على أعدائه

غير أن تنصره على أعدائه

والبيض تلمع والفرائص ترعدُ

والبيض تلمع والفرائص ترعدُ

except that he is aided against his enemies,

But you support him against his enemies,

while white swords flash and flanks tremble,

As the swords shine and the coats of mail rattle,

نفس مشبعة وعزم ثاقب

نفس مشبعة وعزم ثاقب

ويد مؤيدة ورأي محصدُ

ويد مؤيدة ورأي محصدُ

by a well-sated soul and piercing resolve,

A satisfied soul and a piercing resolve,

a strengthened hand and firmly knit judgment.

And a supported hand and a harvesting opinion,

يخضر عودا والنبات مصوح

يخضر عودا والنبات مصوح

ويذوب جودا والغمام مصرّدُ

ويذوب جودا والغمام مصرّدُ

His stem grows green while vegetation withers,

He flourishes like a green branch and thriving plants,

and he melts with bounty while the clouds give scant rain.

And melts like clouds pouring down rain,

رب الرواء الطلق والرأى الذي

رب الرواء الطلق والرأى الذي

بسداده شعب الأمور تسدد

بسداده شعب الأمور تسدد

Possessor of a cheerful countenance and a judgment

Lord of the open gift and the opinion which,

whose soundness sets the branches of affairs aright.

By its integrity, sets right the affairs of the people,

فعتاده في الروع أبيض صارم

فعتاده في الروع أبيض صارم

ومثقف لدن ونهد أجردَ

ومثقف لدن ونهد أجردَ

His arms amid battle's terror are a bright, keen sword,

His weapon in calamities is an unsheathed white sword,

a straightened, supple spear and a mighty, sleek horse,

Well-honed and with a polished blade,

وفضول محكمة القتير كأنها

وفضول محكمة القتير كأنها

صن على متن الكمي ممردُ

صن على متن الكمي ممردُ

and ample mail with firmly wrought rivets, as though it were

And his perfect small tents are like,

a smoothly finished fortress upon the armored warrior's back.

A protected enclosure on the back of an ostrich,

ما روضة بالحزن حياها الحيا

ما روضة بالحزن حياها الحيا

فغصونها مطلولة تتأودُ

فغصونها مطلولة تتأودُ

No garden on rugged ground, brought to life by rain,

No garden flourishes in sorrow,

its dew-moistened branches swaying,

With branches swaying and bending,

فيها لثغر الأقحوان تفلج

فيها لثغر الأقحوان تفلج

ولوجنة الورد الجني توردُ

ولوجنة الورد الجني توردُ

where the chrysanthemum's mouth shows spaced teeth

In it the cheeks of maidens bloom,

and the freshly gathered rose's cheek blushes red,

And pink cheeks and roses blossom,

والماء ما سكن النسيم صفيحة

والماء ما سكن النسيم صفيحة

وإذا استمر على الهبوب فمبردُ

وإذا استمر على الهبوب فمبردُ

and the water is a metal sheet while the breeze lies still,

The water is calm when the breeze is still,

and a file when the breeze keeps blowing,

And cools when the winds blow strong,

يوما بأحسن من نداك وأنه

يوما بأحسن من نداك وأنه

اندى على كبد الفقير وأبردُ

اندى على كبد الفقير وأبردُ

is ever lovelier than your bounty, which indeed

One day you were better than his spears, and indeed,

is moister and cooler upon the poor man's liver.

You called out, refreshing the heart of the poor and cooling it,

يا من إذا الشعراء راموا وصفه

يا من إذا الشعراء راموا وصفه

نفد الكلام ووصفه لا ينفدُ

نفد الكلام ووصفه لا ينفدُ

O you—whenever poets seek to describe you,

O you whom, when the poets try to describe,

words run out, but your description never does.

Words run out but describing you is endless,

نفقت بضائعهم عليك وربما

نفقت بضائعهم عليك وربما

أضحت على أبواب غيرك تكسدُ

أضحت على أبواب غيرك تكسدُ

Their wares sell briskly with you, though sometimes

They have spent their wares on you, and perhaps,

they languish unsold at the gates of others.

Become idle at the doors of others,

كم منة لك لا أقوم بشكرها

كم منة لك لا أقوم بشكرها

ويد من المعروف تتبعها يدُ

ويد من المعروف تتبعها يدُ

How many a favor of yours I cannot duly thank you for,

How many favors I cannot thank you for,

and one helping hand followed by another!

As one good deed follows another,

يا خير من تحدى إلى أبوابه

يا خير من تحدى إلى أبوابه

خوص يراهن البرى والفدفدُ

خوص يراهن البرى والفدفدُ

O best of those to whose gates are driven with song

O best of those whose doors,

sunken-eyed camels that the dust and open desert behold.

Are comparison for generosity and bounty,

أسعد بعيد الفطر يا متطولا

أسعد بعيد الفطر يا متطولا

شكري له كندي يديه سرمدُ

شكري له كندي يديه سرمدُ

Rejoice at Eid al-Fitr, O generous benefactor;

I congratulate you on the happy Eid, O you of great stature,

my thanks to him, like his hands' bounty, are everlasting.

My gratitude to you is eternal,

واسلم على مر الليالي ما دجت

واسلم على مر الليالي ما دجت

سدف الظلام وما أضاء الفرقدُ

سدف الظلام وما أضاء الفرقدُ

And remain safe through passing nights, as long as there thicken

And greetings through the long nights that have darkened,

the shades of darkness, and as long as Farqad shines.

With the veils of darkness and the shining of the moon.