أَلا يا غُرّةَ السَعدِ

أَلا يا غُرّةَ السَعدِ

وَقُرّةَ ناظِرِ المَجدِ

وَقُرّةَ ناظِرِ المَجدِ

Ah, O radiant brow of good fortune,

O you, the joy of fortune,

and delight of glory's eye,

And delight of glory's watcher,

وَمَوالايَ الَّذي مازا

وَمَوالايَ الَّذي مازا

لَ يَسحَبُ حُلَّةَ الحَمدِ

لَ يَسحَبُ حُلَّةَ الحَمدِ

and my lord, who has never

My master who has never ceased

ceased to trail the robe of praise:

To don the robe of praise,

لِعَبدِكَ هِمَّةٌ هامَت

لِعَبدِكَ هِمَّةٌ هامَت

بِرَكضِ الضُمَّرِ الجردِ

بِرَكضِ الضُمَّرِ الجردِ

Your servant has an aspiration, enamored

Your servant's spirit soars

of the gallop of lean, sleek steeds.

With the gallop of the bare intent.

وَيَرغَبُ ضارِعا مِنها

وَيَرغَبُ ضارِعا مِنها

إِلى عَلياكَ في الوَردِ

إِلى عَلياكَ في الوَردِ

And he humbly appeals for one of them

And from it he longs, pleading,

to Your Highness—for the rose-colored steed.

For your lofty meadows.

وَإِن تَقبضهُ مِن عَبدٍ

وَإِن تَقبضهُ مِن عَبدٍ

تَمُنُّ بِهِ عَلى عَبدِ

تَمُنُّ بِهِ عَلى عَبدِ

And if you take it from a servant,

And if you take him for a servant,

you bestow it upon a servant.

You bestow on a servant favor.