أبى الله اِلا ما تريدُ فكنْ لهُ

أبى الله اِلا ما تريدُ فكنْ لهُ

شكوراً فنُعمى الله تبقى على الشكرِ

شكوراً فنُعمى الله تبقى على الشكرِ

God has willed only what you desire; so be to Him

God decrees as He wills, so be content with His will

grateful, for God's bounty endures through gratitude.

Be thankful, for God's blessings remain with gratitude

ودُمْ سالماً انَّ المَعالي بهيجةٌ

ودُمْ سالماً انَّ المَعالي بهيجةٌ

بتصريفها ما بين نهْيكَ والأمرِ

بتصريفها ما بين نهْيكَ والأمرِ

And may you remain safe: lofty honors are radiant

Stay safe, for great things are delightful

as you direct them between your prohibition and command.

In their arrangement between your prohibition and command

فانَّ على الأيامِ نضْرةَ زهْرٍ

فانَّ على الأيامِ نضْرةَ زهْرٍ

بوجهك يا ابن الماجدين بني النَّضرِ

بوجهك يا ابن الماجدين بني النَّضرِ

For, throughout the days, the freshness of blossoms

For the days have the blossoms of flowers

is on your face, O scion of the illustrious sons of al-Nadr.

With your face, O son of glorious ancestors, O Bani Nadhr

عرفْتُكَ والأيام شوسٌ خطوبُها

عرفْتُكَ والأيام شوسٌ خطوبُها

تبزُّ وجوه الهازلين سَنا البّشْرِ

تبزُّ وجوه الهازلين سَنا البّشْرِ

I knew you when the days were grim, their calamities

I knew you while the days had arduous tribulations

robbing jesters' faces of the radiance of cheer.

That detract the faces of the jokers, despite their youth

وأنت الأغرُّ النَّدب تُربي رزانةً

وأنت الأغرُّ النَّدب تُربي رزانةً

وبِشْراً على الطود المُمنَّع والفجرِ

وبِشْراً على الطود المُمنَّع والفجرِ

Yet you, radiant and gallant, surpass in composure

You are most noble, though blamed, you nurture composure

and cheerfulness the impregnable mountain and the dawn.

And glad tidings upon the forbidden and sacred dawn

أمرُّ من السَّمِّ الذُعافِ حفيظةً

أمرُّ من السَّمِّ الذُعافِ حفيظةً

وأحلى رضاً في الناس من مورد البشر

وأحلى رضاً في الناس من مورد البشر

More bitter than deadly poison in indignation,

More bitter than aloes' bitterness, protecting morality

and, when pleased, sweeter among men than the wellspring of joy.

And sweetest consent among people like a spring for mankind

ومنْ كالوزير الزَّينبيِّ مُحامياً

ومنْ كالوزير الزَّينبيِّ مُحامياً

وباذلَ جودٍ في المخاوفِ والغُبْر

وباذلَ جودٍ في المخاوفِ والغُبْر

And who is like the vizier al-Zaynabi as a defender

And who like the minister Zainabi, defending

and a giver of bounty amid perils and dust-darkened trials?

And spending generosity in fears and dust

أشدُّ من الجيش العرمرم نُصْرةً

أشدُّ من الجيش العرمرم نُصْرةً

وأكثرُ نفعاً في البلاد من القَطْرِ

وأكثرُ نفعاً في البلاد من القَطْرِ

Mightier in support than a vast army,

Stronger than the clamorous army in victory

and of greater benefit to the lands than rain.

And more beneficial in the country than rain

عليه اذا جدَّ الطِّرادُ قَساوةٌ

عليه اذا جدَّ الطِّرادُ قَساوةٌ

وأيُّ رؤوفٍ في مجالسهِ بَرِّ

وأيُّ رؤوفٍ في مجالسهِ بَرِّ

He is stern when mounted combat grows earnest,

When the aggressor is harsh upon him

yet how compassionate and kind he is in his gatherings!

And what sympathetic one in his councils of righteousness

فلا زالَ مسْعاه واِنْ أرغم العِدى

فلا زالَ مسْعاه واِنْ أرغم العِدى

كفيلاً باِحرازِ المَحامِد والأجرِ

كفيلاً باِحرازِ المَحامِد والأجرِ

So may his striving ever remain, though it humbles his foes,

So his reputation remains, even if the enemy is reluctant

a guarantee of winning praise and reward.

Responsible for the preservation of praises and reward