حُزْتَ المكارِمَ والعُلى

حُزْتَ المكارِمَ والعُلى

ما بينَ حَنْظَلَةٍ ومالِكْ

ما بينَ حَنْظَلَةٍ ومالِكْ

You have won noble virtues and eminence

You earned virtues and nobility

between Hanzalah and Malik.

Between Hanzala and Malik

وشَفَعْتَ كُلَّ قَديمةٍ

وشَفَعْتَ كُلَّ قَديمةٍ

بحديثِ مجدكَ من فِعالِك

بحديثِ مجدكَ من فِعالِك

And you have paired every ancient glory

And you interceded for every elder

with your fresh glory, born of your deeds.

With the newness of your glorious deeds

وسَعَيْتَ حتى كَنْتَ فخْراً

وسَعَيْتَ حتى كَنْتَ فخْراً

للجَحاجِحِ من رجالِكْ

للجَحاجِحِ من رجالِكْ

And you strove until you became a source of pride

You strove until you were the pride

to the great chiefs among your men.

Of the valiant men among your warriors

وقرنْتَ بأسَكَ في الخُطو

وقرنْتَ بأسَكَ في الخُطو

بِ إلى جزيلٍ من نَوالِكْ

بِ إلى جزيلٍ من نَوالِكْ

And you coupled your might amid calamities

And you combined your might in battle

with the abundance of your bounty.

With abundant generosity from your bounty

فالماءُ والصَّهْباءُ تَقْتَفيانِ

فالماءُ والصَّهْباءُ تَقْتَفيانِ

لُطْفَكَ فيْ خِلالِكْ

لُطْفَكَ فيْ خِلالِكْ

For water and tawny wine emulate

So water and stardust pursue

your gentleness of character.

Your subtlety through your actions

والفارِعُ العادِيُّ يَعجَبُ

والفارِعُ العادِيُّ يَعجَبُ

منْ أناتِكَ واحْتِمالِكْ

منْ أناتِكَ واحْتِمالِكْ

And the towering, age-old mountain marvels

And the outstanding, steadfast one is amazed

at your composure and forbearance.

By your groans and endurance

بَحْرٌ وبَدْرٌ أنْتَ في

بَحْرٌ وبَدْرٌ أنْتَ في

جودِ البنانِ وفي جَمالِكْ

جودِ البنانِ وفي جَمالِكْ

You are a sea and a full moon in

You are an ocean and a full moon in

your fingers' generosity and in your beauty.

The generosity of your fingers and your beauty

تمْضي على الهَوْلِ المَخوفِ

تمْضي على الهَوْلِ المَخوفِ

كأنَّ عَزْمكَ منْ نِصالِكْ

كأنَّ عَزْمكَ منْ نِصالِكْ

You advance through dreaded terror,

You advance through terrifying fears

as though your resolve were one of your blades.

As if your resolve were your sword blades

ويُضِيءُ لَيْلَ الخَطْبِ رأيُك

ويُضِيءُ لَيْلَ الخَطْبِ رأيُك

وهو داجي اللَّون حالِك

وهو داجي اللَّون حالِك

And your counsel lights the night of calamity,

And your opinion illuminates the night of tribulations

though it is dark-hued and pitch-black.

While your state is gloomy in color

فَبَقيتَ يا تاجَ المُلوكِ

فَبَقيتَ يا تاجَ المُلوكِ

على الرَّعيَّةِ والمَمالِكْ

على الرَّعيَّةِ والمَمالِكْ

So may you endure, O crown of kings,

So you remained, O crown of kings

over the subjects and the kingdoms,

Over the commoners and the kingdoms

تُنْجي الفَقيرَ منْ الخَصاصَةِ

تُنْجي الفَقيرَ منْ الخَصاصَةِ

والطَّريدَ مِنَ المَهالِكْ

والطَّريدَ مِنَ المَهالِكْ

saving the poor from destitution

Saving the destitute from privation

and the outcast from deadly perils.

And the outcast from annihilation