1. في المشرقَين نشرتِ نورَ هُداكِ

    والغربُ عباقٌ بطيبِ شذاكِ

    In the two easts you spread the light of your guidance,

    and the west is fragrant with your sweet scent.

  2. يا جنَّة العلياءِ هل من جنَّةٍ

    تُهدي إلى العلياءِ مثلَ جَناك

    O garden of glory, is there any garden

    that offers glory fruit like yours?

  3. روحتِ صدرَ الدين حتى شاقَهُ

    ما تحملُ النَّسماتُ من رياك

    You refreshed the breast of faith until it yearned

    for what the breezes carry of your fragrance.

  4. من حولكِ الأنهارُ يجري ماؤها

    مُتدافعَ الأمواج فوق ثَراك

    Around you the rivers' waters flow,

    their waves surging over your soil.

  5. ولقد زكت فيكِ الغصونُ وصافحت

    قمَمَ الجبال وهامةَ الأَفلاك

    And indeed, the boughs flourished within you and shook hands with

    the mountain peaks and the crown of the celestial spheres.

  6. والعلمُ لاحت في البلاد بدورهُ

    مُذ فاض في جو البلاد سناك

    And learning's full moons shone throughout the land

    since your radiance flooded the land's sky.

  7. كم من فتىً حاز العُلى من بعد ما

    أَرواهُ من لبن العُلى ثدياك

    How many a youth attained glory after

    your two breasts quenched his thirst with the milk of glory!

  8. كم من فتىً نظم الحُلى في نحره

    لما ملأتِ من الجواهر فاك

    How many a youth strung ornaments at his throat

    when you filled your mouth with jewels!

  9. كم من فتى قد صار سيد قومه

    وفؤادهُ يهفو إلى مرآك

    How many a youth became his people's leader,

    and his heart yearns to behold you!

  10. يُثني عليكِ وقلبهُ بكِ هانمٌ

    ولسانهُ لهجٌ بنَشر حِلاك

    He praises you, his heart whispering of you,

    and his tongue is ever proclaiming your charms.

  11. لكِ مهجةُ الأُم الرؤُوم وطالما

    أنسى حَنانَ الأُمهات هواك

    Yours is a tender mother's heart, and often

    love for you has made one forget mothers' tenderness.

  12. إِن يُكبرِ الناسُ الوفاءَ فانهم

    قد قدسوا عند البلاء وفاك

    If people exalt faithfulness, then they

    have held your faithfulness sacred in times of trial.

  13. فلكم أَعنتِ على الزمان وصَرفهِ

    وبذلتِ في مدد الضعيف قُواك

    For how often you helped against time and its vicissitudes,

    and spent your strength in aiding the weak!

  14. أوَ يُنكر الشرقي ما أوليتهِ

    مما يخلد في الورى ذكراك

    And can the Easterner deny what you bestowed on him,

    which immortalizes your memory among humankind?

  15. أوَ يجحد الأبناءُ فضلك والعدى

    شهِدوا بما جادت بهِ كفاك

    And can the sons deny your bounty, while the foes

    have testified to what your two hands lavished?

  16. كم من يتيمٍ كان عيل قومهِ

    فغدا إِمامهمُ بفضل غذاك

    How many an orphan was dependent on his people,

    then became their leader through your nourishment!

  17. كم جاهلٍ أَمسى منارَ بلادهِ

    بعد اقتباس العلم في مغناك

    How many an ignorant man became his country's beacon

    after acquiring knowledge in your abode!

  18. رشَفَ المعارفَ وهو ريانُ الحشى

    حتى ارتوى من غاديات سماك

    He sipped knowledge, his breast well-watered,

    until he drank his fill from your sky's morning showers.

  19. كم تائهٍ أمسى على نهج الهدى

    لما تكحل طرفُهُ بهُداك

    How many a wanderer came to follow the path of guidance

    when his eye was lined with your guidance as kohl!

  20. كم من غويٍ ما مضى في غيهِ

    حتى طعنتِ فؤَادهُ بقناك

    How many an erring man had scarcely advanced in his error

    before you pierced his heart with your spears!

  21. للحكمة الغراءِ فيك مناورٌ

    وهاجةٌ تهدي إلى مِيناك

    Within you are beacons of radiant wisdom,

    blazing brightly, guiding to your harbor.

  22. للعلم والآداب فيكِ مشارعٌ

    سكرت بسلسل مائها أَبناك

    Within you are watering places for learning and letters;

    your sons grew drunk on their sweet-flowing water.

  23. سقياً لمن ترعاهُ عينكِ في الدجى

    وتقودُه للمفخرات يداك

    May rain bless whoever your eye watches over in the dark,

    and your two hands guide toward glorious deeds!

  24. رمقتكِ لاحظةُ السماءِ من الصبا

    ووقت من الزلل الذميم خطاك

    Heaven's watchful eye regarded you from childhood,

    and guarded your steps against disgraceful stumbling.

  25. فنهجت في دنياك أقومَ مَنهج

    وفعلتِ ما يرضى بهِ مولاك

    So you followed the straightest course in your world,

    and did what pleases your Lord.

  26. من يتبع الحقَّ المبين فانما

    يطأُ الغُواةَ كما وطئتِ عداك

    Whoever follows the clear truth only

    tramples the wayward, as you trampled your foes.

  27. يا غابةَ الآسادِ كم من جحفلٍ

    قد سار للهيجاءِ تحت لواك

    O forest of lions, how many an army

    has marched to battle beneath your banner!

  28. خاض المعامع بين أطراف الظبي

    تحميه من عُصبِ الفساد ظُباك

    It waded into the fray amid the points of blades,

    your sword edges shielding it from bands of corruption.

  29. أمنارةَ الإبحار هل من مركبٍ

    إِلا اهتدى في شرقنا بضياك

    O lighthouse of seafaring, is there any ship

    that has not found its way in our East by your light?

  30. فلأنتِ مرفأنا الأَمينُ فإن سطا

    جيشُ المعاطب نحتمي بحماك

    For you are indeed our safe harbor; if we are assailed

    by an army of perils, we seek refuge in your sanctuary.

  31. ولأَنت معقلنا الحريز إذا عدا

    يوماً علينا في الوغى اعداك

    And you are indeed our impregnable fortress, should we be attacked

    one day in battle by your enemies.

  32. طاردتِ أدواءَ النفوس فأَدبرت

    وجنودَها لم تخشَ غير دواك

    You drove away the ailments of souls, and they retreated;

    and their hosts feared nothing but your remedy.

  33. يُعيي الأَساةَ الداءُ إِن يُزمن وما

    أعياكِ داءٌ عالجتهُ نُهاك

    Disease baffles physicians when it becomes chronic, yet no

    ailment treated by your wisdom has baffled you.

  34. لم تحفلي بالنازلاتِ صواعقاً

    والعاصفاتِ تهبُ حول فِناك

    You paid no heed to calamities falling as thunderbolts,

    and to gales blowing around your courtyard.

  35. قد كان قلبكِ في النوائب جندلاً

    أَفيستطيع المرجفون أَذاك

    Indeed, your heart was rock amid calamities;

    can the rumor-mongers then harm you?

  36. يا نجمةً زانت محاسنُها العُلى

    إِنَّ العُلى منذ الصبا تهواك

    O star whose beauties adorned the heights,

    surely the heights have loved you since your youth.

  37. آثاركِ الحسناءُ قد رُقمَت على

    ألبابنا تُخزي الذي عاداك

    Your beautiful works have been inscribed upon

    our minds, shaming whoever opposed you.

  38. لو لم يكن للماقتين غشاوةٌ

    تُعمي العيونَ لأَعظموا مسعاك

    Had your haters no veil

    blinding their eyes, they would honor your endeavor.

  39. سيري على منحاكِ تحرسكِ العُلى

    فالرشدُ كلُّ الرشدِ في منحاك

    Proceed along your course, with glory guarding you,

    for right guidance—all right guidance—lies in your course.

  40. واطوي من الأعصار ما شاءَ الأُلى

    يرعون بالمهجاتِ عهدَ ولاك

    And traverse as many ages as wished by those

    who uphold with their souls the pledge of loyalty to you.

  41. ابداً تتوقُ إلى لقاكِ عيونُنا

    وقلوبُنا تحلو لها نجواك

    Our eyes forever yearn to meet you,

    and our hearts find sweetness in your whispers.

  42. وعلى رضاكِ دماؤُنا موقوفةٌ

    والموتُ عذبٌ في سبيل رضاك

    And our blood is pledged for your approval,

    and death is sweet in pursuit of your approval.

  43. نفديكِ بالأرواح غاليةً ولا

    نهوى سوى أن نستميتَ فداك

    We ransom you with our precious lives, and

    desire only to embrace death as your ransom.

  44. يوبيلُكِ الذهبُّي فاض شُعاعُهُ

    في كل قلبٍ شاعرٍ بنداك

    Your golden jubilee poured forth its radiance

    into every heart that feels your bounty.