فقت الملوك مهابة وجلالاً

فقت الملوك مهابة وجلالاً

وطرائقاً وخلائقاً وخلالا

وطرائقاً وخلائقاً وخلالا

You surpassed kings in awe-inspiring dignity and majesty,

The kings have lost their awe and glory,

and in ways, dispositions, and virtues,

Their ways and morals and decency,

وسجاحة ورجاحة وفصاحة

وسجاحة ورجاحة وفصاحة

وصباحة وسماحة ونوالا

وصباحة وسماحة ونوالا

and in gentleness, sound judgment, and eloquence,

Their eloquence, poise, and articulacy,

and in comeliness, generosity, and bounty.

Radiance, generosity, and hospitality.

أخجلت أفراد الزمان إنالة

أخجلت أفراد الزمان إنالة

وكفالة ومقالة وفعالا

وكفالة ومقالة وفعالا

You put the outstanding men of the age to shame in giving,

You have shamed the finest of this age

and in guardianship, speech, and deeds.

In grace, patronage, speech, and deed.

فغدا الثناء على علاك حقيقة

فغدا الثناء على علاك حقيقة

وغدا مجازاً فيهم ومحالا

وغدا مجازاً فيهم ومحالا

So praise of your eminence became literal truth,

Praising you has become a truth indeed,

and in their case became metaphor and impossibility.

While for others it's become hyperbole.

ضربت بك الأمثال في الأمم التي

ضربت بك الأمثال في الأمم التي

عدمت لك الأضراب والأمثالا

عدمت لك الأضراب والأمثالا

Proverbs were coined about you among the nations that

You are the paragon for nations that

had no peers or equals for you.

Lacked peers and equivalents for you.

لم يبق بعد غناك آمال الورى

لم يبق بعد غناك آمال الورى

شيئاً سوى أن تخلق الآمالا

شيئاً سوى أن تخلق الآمالا

After you had fulfilled mankind's hopes, nothing remained

After your glory no hopes remained

except for you to create hopes.

Except you would create hopes anew.

لو بان شخص المجد كنت يمينه ال

لو بان شخص المجد كنت يمينه ال

طولى وكان العالمون شمالا

طولى وكان العالمون شمالا

If glory appeared in person, you would be its right hand—

If the embodiment of glory appeared,

the far-reaching one—and all mankind would be its left.

You'd be its right hand, and people its left.

أو صورت حسنات مجدك لم تكن

أو صورت حسنات مجدك لم تكن

إلا جميلاً فائصاً وجلالا

إلا جميلاً فائصاً وجلالا

Or if your glory's virtues were portrayed, they would be nothing

Or if your glorious virtues were made manifest

but overflowing kindness and majesty.

They would only be perfect grace and awe.

وكأنما صدئت صحيفة دهرنا

وكأنما صدئت صحيفة دهرنا

فأتى زمانك للزمان صقالا

فأتى زمانك للزمان صقالا

And it was as though the page of our age had rusted,

As if time's page were tarnished and then

so your era came to burnish time.

Your era came to scour time anew.

أضحى الكفيل أبو شجاع لا خلت

أضحى الكفيل أبو شجاع لا خلت

منه الليالي عصمة وثمالا

منه الليالي عصمة وثمالا

The guardian, Abu Shujaʿ, has become—may the nights never be

Abu Shaja' the guarantor's nights were never

without him—a safeguard and refuge.

Devoid of chastity and bounty.

أندى الملوك يداً وأكرم دوحة

أندى الملوك يداً وأكرم دوحة

وأتم أغصاناً وأشرف آلا

وأتم أغصاناً وأشرف آلا

The most openhanded of kings, with the noblest ancestral tree,

The most generous king, who perfected

and the fullest branches and the most exalted family.

Branches, ennobled clans, blessed progeny.

من آلا رزيك الذين تقبلوا

من آلا رزيك الذين تقبلوا

شرفاً يمد على الزمان ظلالا

شرفاً يمد على الزمان ظلالا

Of the house of Ruzzik, who received

Of progeny like yours, who have assumed

an honor that spreads its shade across time.

A glory spanning time with shade.

سادوا وسادهم أغر متوج

سادوا وسادهم أغر متوج

خلق الورى نقصاً وجاء كمالا

خلق الورى نقصاً وجاء كمالا

They were lords, and a radiant, crowned man was their lord.

They ruled, and ruled them a crescent-crowned

Humankind was created imperfect, and he came as perfection:

Who came to perfect what people lacked.

الناصر بن الصالح الهادي الذي

الناصر بن الصالح الهادي الذي

ملأ الليالي نعمة وجمالا

ملأ الليالي نعمة وجمالا

Al-Nasir, son of al-Salih, the guide who

Al-Nasir son of Al-Salah the guided one

filled the nights with bounty and beauty.

Whose nights were filled with grace and beauty.

صليت إذ جلى أبوك ولم تزل

صليت إذ جلى أبوك ولم تزل

أفعاله لك قبلة ومثالا

أفعاله لك قبلة ومثالا

You ran second when your father won the race, and still

I prayed, when your father appeared, and his deeds

his deeds have been your direction of prayer and your example.

Remained for you a qiblah and exemplar.

خففت ثقل المجد عند وجوده

خففت ثقل المجد عند وجوده

وحملت عند مغيبه الأثقالا

وحملت عند مغيبه الأثقالا

You lightened the weight of glory in his presence,

You lightened the burden of glory in his presence

and carried the burdens in his absence.

And bore the heaviest load in his absence.

وعممت بالمنن الجسام كأنما

وعممت بالمنن الجسام كأنما

خلق الأنام على نداك عيالا

خلق الأنام على نداك عيالا

And you bestowed great favors on all, as though

You spread abundant favors as if

all people had been created as dependents on your bounty.

People were your dependents for aid.

وبسطت عدلاً لو أذم على الصبا

وبسطت عدلاً لو أذم على الصبا

ما راع شيب للشباب قذالا

ما راع شيب للشباب قذالا

And you spread justice which, had it pledged protection to youth,

You spread justice - had it blamed the youth,

gray hair would never have frightened the nape of youth.

Grey hairs would not have shamed the young.

وقربت منا نائلاً وبشاشة

وقربت منا نائلاً وبشاشة

وبعدت قدراً في العلى ومنالا

وبعدت قدراً في العلى ومنالا

And you drew near to us in bounty and cheerful welcome,

You drew us near with joy and kindness

yet stood remote in exalted rank and beyond attainment.

And remained aloof, exalted and sublime.

فاستقبل العمر السعيد ودولة

فاستقبل العمر السعيد ودولة

تستخدم التأييد والإقبالا

تستخدم التأييد والإقبالا

So welcome a happy life and a reign

So fortune's happy era and state arrived

that makes support and good fortune its servants.

Assisted and favored by the divine.

وتمل بالملك العظيم ولا رأت

وتمل بالملك العظيم ولا رأت

عين الزمان لذا الجلال زوالا

عين الزمان لذا الجلال زوالا

And long enjoy mighty sovereignty; may

Filled with magnificent rule, time's eye

the eye of time never see this majesty pass away.

Saw in such glory no decline.