بوجهك أَزهَرَت بَلد وَدار

بوجهك أَزهَرَت بَلد وَدار

وَأَشرَقَ مِن تبلجك النَهار

وَأَشرَقَ مِن تبلجك النَهار

Through your countenance, town and home blossomed,

With your face a country and home bloomed

And daylight shone from your radiance.

And the day shone from your serene light

لعمري قَد براكَ اللَه نوءاً

لعمري قَد براكَ اللَه نوءاً

فَفاضَت مِن أَياديك البِحار

فَفاضَت مِن أَياديك البِحار

By my life, God indeed fashioned you a rain-bearing star,

By God, He has blessed you with clear radiance

So seas poured forth from your generous hands.

So that from your hands the seas overflowed

بَنيت مَعالِماً للمَجد يَعلو

بَنيت مَعالِماً للمَجد يَعلو

بِأَعلى رَأسِها للضَيف نار

بِأَعلى رَأسِها للضَيف نار

You built monuments to glory; there rises

You built pillars of glory rising high

At their highest summit a fire for the guest.

With at their peak for the guest a fire

يُطالعها وَإِن كانَت بَعيداً

يُطالعها وَإِن كانَت بَعيداً

وَينظرها وَإِن شَط المَزار

وَينظرها وَإِن شَط المَزار

He sights it even if it is far away,

He sees it even if far away

And beholds it even if the destination lies far off.

And beholds it even if the tombs lie between

قُصور لَيسَ فيها مِن قُصور

قُصور لَيسَ فيها مِن قُصور

وَدار للنَدى وَالجُود دار

وَدار للنَدى وَالجُود دار

Palaces in which there is no deficiency,

Palaces that have no match among palaces

And a dwelling—a home for bounty and generosity.

And a home of dew and generosity home

قَواعدها عَلى كَرم غَزير

قَواعدها عَلى كَرم غَزير

لَها سور سَحايبك الغزار

لَها سور سَحايبك الغزار

Its foundations rest upon abundant generosity;

Its foundations are on copious generosity

Its rampart is your rain-laden clouds.

With a wall of your pouring clouds

وَهمتك العَلية في حِماها

وَهمتك العَلية في حِماها

جِدار لا وَهى ذاكَ الجِدار

جِدار لا وَهى ذاكَ الجِدار

And your lofty resolve within its sanctuary

And your sublime ambition in protecting it

Is a wall—may that wall never weaken.

A wall no weakness in that wall

وَكفك بابها يَحمي حِماها

وَكفك بابها يَحمي حِماها

بِحَد لِلعِدى سم وَنار

بِحَد لِلعِدى سم وَنار

And your hand is its gate, guarding its sanctuary

And your hand its gate protecting its sanctuary

With an edge that is poison and fire to foes.

With an edge to the enemy, poison and fire

سَمَوت عَلى على الأَقران حَتّى

سَمَوت عَلى على الأَقران حَتّى

عَلَت لَكَ في دِيار السبط دار

عَلَت لَكَ في دِيار السبط دار

You rose above—above your peers—until

You rose above the peers until

A house rose for you in the lands of the Grandson.

You were exalted for yourself in the land of Saad a home

سَماء جامَها بيض وَصُفر

سَماء جامَها بيض وَصُفر

فَأَنجُمُها لجين أَو نضار

فَأَنجُمُها لجين أَو نضار

A sky whose glass panes are white and yellow,

A sky whose cup is white and yellow

So its stars are silver or pure gold.

So its stars are delicate or freshly plucked

أَتَدري ما يَقول النَقش فيها

أَتَدري ما يَقول النَقش فيها

يَقول بساكِني يحمي الجوار

يَقول بساكِني يحمي الجوار

Do you know what the inscription within it says?

Do you know what the inscription in it says?

It says: 'Through my resident, the right of refuge is guarded.'

It says its resident protects the neighbor

وَفي أَبوابِها رسم يُنادي

وَفي أَبوابِها رسم يُنادي

عَلى أَعتابِها يحمى الذمار

عَلى أَعتابِها يحمى الذمار

And on its doors an inscription proclaims:

And at its doors a figure calls out

'Upon its thresholds, honor is safeguarded.'

At its threshold protecting the passerby

وَفي شُرفاتها شَرَف رَفيع

وَفي شُرفاتها شَرَف رَفيع

بِهِ الرُكبان في الأَمصار ساروا

بِهِ الرُكبان في الأَمصار ساروا

And in its battlements is lofty honor,

And in its balconies a lofty nobility

With which the riders journeyed through the cities.

With it the caravans in the cities traveled

وَما شَدت المَنازل لافتخار

وَما شَدت المَنازل لافتخار

وَلَكن الضَعيف بِها يُجار

وَلَكن الضَعيف بِها يُجار

And you did not build the dwellings for boasting,

And the dwellings were not made to boast

But the weak are given refuge within them.

But rather the weak through them find refuge

لَكَ العليا مُؤصلة وَأَما

لَكَ العليا مُؤصلة وَأَما

لِغَيرك فَهيَ شَيء مُستَعار

لِغَيرك فَهيَ شَيء مُستَعار

Your eminence is firmly rooted, whereas

For you the everlasting and as for

For others, it is something borrowed.

Others it is something transiently borrowed

بِكَ افتَخَرَت بَنو الدُنيا جَميعاً

بِكَ افتَخَرَت بَنو الدُنيا جَميعاً

كَما اِفتَخَرَت بِفارسِها نِزار

كَما اِفتَخَرَت بِفارسِها نِزار

All the sons of the world took pride in you,

Through you the people of the world all boasted

Just as Nizar took pride in its horseman.

As Persia boasted through its Knight Nizar

تهنيك السَعادة كُل يَوم

تهنيك السَعادة كُل يَوم

بِدار وَالمَسَرة وَالفَخار

بِدار وَالمَسَرة وَالفَخار

Good fortune congratulates you every day

Congratulations of happiness every day

On a house—as do delight and glory.

With the home, joy and pride

وَما علمت بِأَنك بَدر فَضل

وَما علمت بِأَنك بَدر فَضل

تهنى في فَضائله الدِّيار

تهنى في فَضائله الدِّيار

Yet it did not know that you are a full moon of excellence,

And I did not know you were a full moon of virtue

For whose virtues the dwellings themselves are congratulated.

Congratulations in whose virtues the homelands delighted

أرانا اللَه في التاريخ سَعداً

أرانا اللَه في التاريخ سَعداً

لِدارك أَنجُم الدُنيا تُدار

لِدارك أَنجُم الدُنيا تُدار

God showed us good fortune in the chronogram:

May God show us in history happy

'For your house, the world's stars are set revolving.'

For your home the stars of the world spin