يا جَواداً مُحْرِزاً سَبْقَ العُلى

يا جَواداً مُحْرِزاً سَبْقَ العُلى

والنُّهى جَنَّبكَ اللّهُ العِثارا

والنُّهى جَنَّبكَ اللّهُ العِثارا

O generous one, who has won first place in glory

O noble steed, you have excelled in attaining glory,

And wisdom—may God keep you from stumbling.

And God has kept you from stumbling into harm.

وحماكَ اللّهُ من صرْفِ الرَّدى

وحماكَ اللّهُ من صرْفِ الرَّدى

أبداً ما أنْجدَ السَّاري وغارا

أبداً ما أنْجدَ السَّاري وغارا

And may God protect you from the onslaught of death,

God has protected you from the whims of fate,

Forever, while the night traveler journeys through highlands and lowlands.

Never failing to aid those journeying afar.

وبقيتَ الدهرَ موفورَ العُلى

وبقيتَ الدهرَ موفورَ العُلى

تبذلُ النَّائل أو تحمي الذِّمارا

تبذلُ النَّائل أو تحمي الذِّمارا

And may you remain for all time, your glory undiminished,

You have remained through time endowed with glory,

Bestowing bounty or defending what is in your charge.

Granting wishes or protecting those in need.

فُقْتَ أبْناءَ المَعالي يافِعاً

فُقْتَ أبْناءَ المَعالي يافِعاً

وشَأوْتَ القومَ سَعْياً ونِجارا

وشَأوْتَ القومَ سَعْياً ونِجارا

You surpassed the sons of distinction while still young,

You were a youth among the noble ones, o valiant,

And outstripped the people in endeavor and lineage.

Excelling your people in strife and endeavor.

وسبقْتَ الرُّمْحَ عَزْماً ماضياً

وسبقْتَ الرُّمْحَ عَزْماً ماضياً

وفضَلْتَ الطَّوْدَ صبراً ووقَارا

وفضَلْتَ الطَّوْدَ صبراً ووقَارا

And surpassed the spear in piercing resolve,

Your resolve has surpassed the spear in action,

And excelled the towering mountain in patience and dignity.

And you have excelled the mountains in patience and dignity.

يا سَليمَ القلبِ منْ غِشٍّ يَرى

يا سَليمَ القلبِ منْ غِشٍّ يَرى

خُدَعَ الآراءِ آثاماً وعارا

خُدَعَ الآراءِ آثاماً وعارا

O you whose heart is free of deceit, who regard

O you whose heart is free of any deceit and sees

Deceptive counsels as sins and disgrace,

The frauds of opinions as sins and disgrace.

والذي يُصْغِرُ ما أجْزَلَهُ

والذي يُصْغِرُ ما أجْزَلَهُ

فيرى الرَّدْهَةَ والقَلْتَ البحارا

فيرى الرَّدْهَةَ والقَلْتَ البحارا

And who deem small what you have bestowed lavishly,

And he who belittles what you have generously given

Thus seeing seas as pools and rocky hollows.

Sees paltriness and scarce oceans.

فإذا اسْتَنْزَرَ دَثْراً فائضاً

فإذا اسْتَنْزَرَ دَثْراً فائضاً

من حِباءٍ أوسعَ الجودَ اعْتِذارا

من حِباءٍ أوسعَ الجودَ اعْتِذارا

So when you deem scant an overflowing abundance

So if an abundant cloak is borrowed from you,

Of gifts, you lavish apologies upon generosity.

Of a love most generous in apologizing its giving.

عَضُدُ الدينِ الذي إِحْسانُهُ

عَضُدُ الدينِ الذي إِحْسانُهُ

لم يزَلْ في المَحْلِ ودْقاً وقُطارا

لم يزَلْ في المَحْلِ ودْقاً وقُطارا

Adud al-Din, whose beneficence

The pillar of religion whose benevolence

Has never ceased to be rain and showers in drought.

Has never ceased being sincere and abundant.

وهنَاكَ الصَّومُ والإِفْطارُ ما

وهنَاكَ الصَّومُ والإِفْطارُ ما

أسْفَر الليلُ بأفْقٍ واسْتَنارا

أسْفَر الليلُ بأفْقٍ واسْتَنارا

And may fasting and breaking the fast bring you joy, as long as

And there is fasting and breakfasting as long as

Night brightens at the horizon and grows radiant.

The night unveils a horizon and lightens.