بقاؤك يا فارس المسلمينا

بقاؤك يا فارس المسلمينا

أقر الهدى واقر العيونا

أقر الهدى واقر العيونا

Your continued life, O knight of the Muslims,

Your staying, O knight of the Muslims

has firmly established guidance and gladdened eyes.

Has brought guidance and delighted the eyes

ولولا دفاعك عن حوزة الهدى

ولولا دفاعك عن حوزة الهدى

عدم الناس دنيا ودينا

عدم الناس دنيا ودينا

And were it not for your defense of guidance's domain,

Were it not for your defense of the abode of guidance

people would have lost both worldly life and faith.

People would have lost this world and religion

بك استمسكت دولة الفاطمي

بك استمسكت دولة الفاطمي

فأعلقتها منك حبلاً متينا

فأعلقتها منك حبلاً متينا

Through you the Fatimid state held fast,

Through you the Fatimid state held fast

so you made it cling to a strong rope from yourself.

You tied it with a firm rope

غدوت سواراً وسوراً لها

غدوت سواراً وسوراً لها

وأمسيت حصناً عليها حصينا

وأمسيت حصناً عليها حصينا

By morning you were a bracelet and a wall for it,

You became its bracelet and rampart

and by evening, an impregnable fortress guarding it.

And a mighty citadel protecting it

وفيت لصنوك لا بل كفي

وفيت لصنوك لا بل كفي

ت بنيه فكنت القوي الأمينا

ت بنيه فكنت القوي الأمينا

You kept faith with your brother—no, rather you provided

You were faithful to the pacts, nay more

for his sons, and were strong and trustworthy.

You protected its people, being the trusted, strong one

يناجيك عنهم ضمير الوفا

يناجيك عنهم ضمير الوفا

مناجاة موسى على طور سينا

مناجاة موسى على طور سينا

Loyalty's conscience communes with you on their behalf,

The conscience of loyalty whispers to you about them

as Moses communed upon Mount Sinai.

Like Moses' talk on Mount Sinai

وقدرك من أن يهنى بشيء

وقدرك من أن يهنى بشيء

أجل ولو كان دراً ثمينا

أجل ولو كان دراً ثمينا

And your stature is too exalted for congratulations on anything,

And your worth that you be pleased with anything

even if it were precious pearls.

Noble, even if it were a precious pearl

ومن كان يكسو الليالي على

ومن كان يكسو الليالي على

فماذا له خلع أن تكونا

فماذا له خلع أن تكونا

And one who clothes the nights in glory—

And he who wore out the nights standing guard

what could robes of honor mean to him?

What would robes of honor mean to him?

بقيت إلى أن ترى بالعما

بقيت إلى أن ترى بالعما

د وإخوته كل ظن يقينا

د وإخوته كل ظن يقينا

May you live until you see, in al-ʿImād

You stayed until you saw with your own eyes

and his brothers, every expectation become certainty.

That every surmise had become certainty