فلْيَهنَ هَذَا الزَّمان أَنْ قدْ

فلْيَهنَ هَذَا الزَّمان أَنْ قدْ

أصبح في أهلِه فريدا

أصبح في أهلِه فريدا

So let this age rejoice that he has indeed

Let this era rejoice, for it has

become peerless among its people.

Become unique among its people.

أدركَ غايات كلّ مجدٍ

أدركَ غايات كلّ مجدٍ

ورامَ لو أمكنَ المزيدا

ورامَ لو أمكنَ المزيدا

He has attained the heights of every glory,

It has attained the heights of all glory,

and sought still more, were it possible.

And sought, were it possible, yet more.

للهِ كم قلّد اللّيالي

للهِ كم قلّد اللّيالي

من دُرّ عليائِه عقودا

من دُرّ عليائِه عقودا

By God, how often he has adorned the nights

How many nights has it adorned

with necklaces of pearls from his exalted glory!

With necklaces of its lofty pearls!

فليسَ ترضَى حُلىً عُلاهُ

فليسَ ترضَى حُلىً عُلاهُ

غير عمود الصبَّاح جيدا

غير عمود الصبَّاح جيدا

For the jewels of his eminence will not accept

It is not content with lesser jewels;

any neck but the pillar of dawn.

None but the pillars of dawn will please it.

وكم لَهُ من شذورِ نظمٍ

وكم لَهُ من شذورِ نظمٍ

تُلِينُ مِن لُطفها الحديد

تُلِينُ مِن لُطفها الحديد

And how many gems of verse he has,

And how many fragments of verse it has

which soften iron through their delicacy—

Whose subtlety softens iron!

مِن كلّ مَصْقولةِ المباني

مِن كلّ مَصْقولةِ المباني

يشيبُ إِنشادُهَا الوليدا

يشيبُ إِنشادُهَا الوليدا

from every poem of finely polished phrasing,

Out of all polished compositions

whose recitation turns a newborn grey.

Their chanting turns the newborn gray.