يا مَنْ له المَجْدُ بمجموعِهِ

يا مَنْ له المَجْدُ بمجموعِهِ

من نازِحٍ قاصٍ ومنْ حاضرِ

من نازِحٍ قاصٍ ومنْ حاضرِ

O you whose is glory in all its fullness,

O you to whom glory belongs in its entirety,

among the far-removed and distant, and those present—

from those far away and distant, and from those present;

ومَنْ إذا يَمَّمَهُ لاجيءٌ

ومَنْ إذا يَمَّمَهُ لاجيءٌ

قامَ مقامَ السيفِ والماطِرِ

قامَ مقامَ السيفِ والماطِرِ

and you who, whenever a refugee turns toward you,

and you who, when a seeker of refuge turns to you,

stand in place of both the sword and the rain-cloud:

stand in place of the sword and the rain-giving cloud.

أذْكِرُكَ العهْدَ وأبْناءَهُ

أذْكِرُكَ العهْدَ وأبْناءَهُ

وأنتَ عينُ الخابرِ الذَّاكِرِ

وأنتَ عينُ الخابرِ الذَّاكِرِ

I call to your mind the old bond and those born of it,

I remind you of the old bond and its heirs,

though you are the very one who knows and remembers.

and you are the very one who knows and remembers.

إنَّ بني الصَّاحِبِ قد فاتَهُمْ

إنَّ بني الصَّاحِبِ قد فاتَهُمْ

أرْوَعُ مِثلُ العَلَمِ الزَّاهِرِ

أرْوَعُ مِثلُ العَلَمِ الزَّاهِرِ

Indeed, the sons of al-Ṣāḥib have lost

Indeed, the sons of al-Sahib have lost

an awe-inspiring man, like a radiant standard.

a splendid man, like a radiant banner.

وكمْ له منْ سالِفٍ سابِقٍ

وكمْ له منْ سالِفٍ سابِقٍ

وصُحْبةٍ تُحْفظُ للآخِرِ

وصُحْبةٍ تُحْفظُ للآخِرِ

How many a bygone service of his came before,

And how many earlier merits were his,

and a fellowship to be honored for the one who follows.

and friendships to be preserved for the one who follows!

وما لِكَسْرِ القومِ فيما لَقوا

وما لِكَسْرِ القومِ فيما لَقوا

غيرُ نَدى كَفَّيْكَ منْ جابِرِ

غيرُ نَدى كَفَّيْكَ منْ جابِرِ

For the people’s fracture in what befell them

And for these people's brokenness in what they have suffered,

has no mender but the bounty of your two hands.

there is no mender but the dew of your two palms.

فعطْفَةً تنْعَشُ جَدَّ العُلى

فعطْفَةً تنْعَشُ جَدَّ العُلى

مُقيلةً منْ وهْنَةِ العاثِرِ

مُقيلةً منْ وهْنَةِ العاثِرِ

So grant a gracious favor that revives the fortunes of high honor,

So grant a kindness that revives the fortune of high honor,

raising the stumbling one from the weakness of his fall.

lifting the one who has stumbled out of weakness.