أَعينيّ جُودا بِدمعٍ دَرِر

أَعينيّ جُودا بِدمعٍ دَرِر

على ماجدِ الخيم والمعتصَر

على ماجدِ الخيم والمعتصَر

O my two eyes, pour forth copious tears

My eyes shed tears of pearls

For one of noble character, a noble refuge;

For Majid of the tents and squeezed cloth

عَلى ماجدِ الجدّ واري الزناد

عَلى ماجدِ الجدّ واري الزناد

جَميل المحيّا عَظيم الخَطر

جَميل المحيّا عَظيم الخَطر

For one of noble ancestry, whose fire-sticks spark,

For Majid of ancestry and the bearer of arms

Fair of face, great in standing;

Handsome of face, great of danger

عَلى شيبةِ الحمدِ ذي المَكرمات

عَلى شيبةِ الحمدِ ذي المَكرمات

وَذِي المجدِ وَالعزّ وَالمُفتخر

وَذِي المجدِ وَالعزّ وَالمُفتخر

For Shaybat al-Hamd, possessor of noble deeds,

For the white-haired one of praise and benevolence

And of glory, might, and distinction;

And of glory, honor and pride

وَذي الحلمِ وَالفضلِ في النائبات

وَذي الحلمِ وَالفضلِ في النائبات

كَثيرِ المفاخِرِ جمّ الفخر

كَثيرِ المفاخِرِ جمّ الفخر

And of forbearance and generosity amid calamities,

And of patience, merit in adversities

Abounding in glorious deeds, rich in honor.

Abundant in glories, complete in pride

لَه فَضل مَجدٍ على قومهِ

لَه فَضل مَجدٍ على قومهِ

مُنيرٌ يلوحُ كَضوءِ القَمَر

مُنيرٌ يلوحُ كَضوءِ القَمَر

His glory surpasses that of his people,

He has abundant glorious merit over his people

Radiant, gleaming like the light of the moon.

A shining light like the moon's glow

أَتَته المَنايا فلم تُشوهِ

أَتَته المَنايا فلم تُشوهِ

بِصرفِ اللّيالي وريبِ القَدَر

بِصرفِ اللّيالي وريبِ القَدَر

Death came to him and did not spare him,

Death came to him but did not disfigure him

Through the vicissitudes of the nights and the calamities of fate.

By the turning of nights and chance of fate