عش مُهنًّا فكلّ يومٍ يمرُّ

عش مُهنًّا فكلّ يومٍ يمرُّ

لك عيدٌ وللحواسد نحر

لك عيدٌ وللحواسد نحر

Live in bliss, for every day that passes

Live professionally, for every passing day

is a feast for you and slaughter for the envious.

Is a celebration for you, and slaughter for the envious

في سرورٍ جميعه لك لكِن

في سرورٍ جميعه لك لكِن

هو شطرٌ لنا وللدين شطر

هو شطرٌ لنا وللدين شطر

In joy, all of it yours; yet

In complete joy, all for you, yet

half is ours, and half the faith's.

It is half for us and half for the faith

إنَّما العيد أن نراكَ مُطاعاً

إنَّما العيد أن نراكَ مُطاعاً

لك نهيٌ على الزمان وأمر

لك نهيٌ على الزمان وأمر

The true feast is to see you obeyed,

The real celebration is seeing you obeyed

with power to forbid and command time.

You have authority over time, and command

ونرى الوجهَ منكَ يلمعُ بِشراً

ونرى الوجهَ منكَ يلمعُ بِشراً

منك للدهر ملأ عينيه بدر

منك للدهر ملأ عينيه بدر

and see your face gleaming with joy;

And we see your face shining good news

a full moon from you has filled both eyes of time.

You have filled the world’s eyes with a full moon

يرجع الطرفُ أن أراك عدوًّا

يرجع الطرفُ أن أراك عدوًّا

وكأنَّ مرّ بين جفنيه جمر

وكأنَّ مرّ بين جفنيه جمر

The gaze recoils at seeing you as a foe,

My eyes return to see you an enemy

as though embers had passed between its eyelids.

As if embers passed between my eyelids

فلشمل السرور عندك نظمٌ

فلشمل السرور عندك نظمٌ

وعلى حاسديك للسوء نثر

وعلى حاسديك للسوء نثر

So with you, joy's company is gathered into order,

So the gathering of joy in you is a composition

while misfortune is scattered upon your enviers.

And evil is scattered upon your envious enemies

أنت يا كعبةَ الهدى مشعرُ الحقّ

أنت يا كعبةَ الهدى مشعرُ الحقّ

على رغم أنف مَن لا يقرّ

على رغم أنف مَن لا يقرّ

You, O Kaaba of guidance, are truth's sacred landmark,

You, O Kaaba of guidance, perfumer of truth

despite the humbled nose of whoever will not acknowledge it.

Despite the nose of those who do not admit

لك فكرٌ يطالع الغيب حتَّى

لك فكرٌ يطالع الغيب حتَّى

ليس من دونه عن الغيب ستر

ليس من دونه عن الغيب ستر

You have a mind that surveys the unseen, until

You have a thought that glimpses into the unseen

no veil stands between it and the unseen.

Nothing besides it can veil the unseen

وإليك الرياسة انتهت اليومَ

وإليك الرياسة انتهت اليومَ

وفيها للدين عزّ ونصر

وفيها للدين عزّ ونصر

And leadership has come to rest with you today,

And to you leadership has come today

and in it the faith has honor and victory.

In it, glory and victory for the faith

قمت فيها على التقى فتمنَّى

قمت فيها على التقى فتمنَّى

كلُّ عصرٍ بأنَّه لك عصر

كلُّ عصرٍ بأنَّه لك عصر

You upheld it in piety, so

You have stood in it upon piety, so every

every age wished it could be your age.

Era wished that it was your era

مَن تُرى في ولائنا منك أَولى

مَن تُرى في ولائنا منك أَولى

ولك الودّ للرياسة أجر

ولك الودّ للرياسة أجر

Who, do you think, deserves our allegiance more than you?

Who is more deserving of our loyalty to you?

And affection is your reward for leadership.

And for leadership, you have its reward

أنت بحرٌ لكنَّ جدواك مدّ

أنت بحرٌ لكنَّ جدواك مدّ

كلّ آن والبحر مدّ وجزر

كلّ آن والبحر مدّ وجزر

You are a sea, but your bounty is flood tide

You are an ocean, though your generosity extends

at every moment, whereas the sea has flood and ebb.

At every moment, and the ocean ebbs and flows

أنت غيثٌ لكنَّ جودك من أولا

أنت غيثٌ لكنَّ جودك من أولا

ه سكب وأوَّل الغيث قطر

ه سكب وأوَّل الغيث قطر

You are rain, but your generosity from the outset

You are rain, though your generosity pours from the first

is a downpour, while rain begins with drops.

Downpour, and the first of rain is drops

ذو بنانٍ بموضع الجود تسمى

ذو بنانٍ بموضع الجود تسمى

وهي من مَرضع الغمامِ أدرّ

وهي من مَرضع الغمامِ أدرّ

You have fingers called the seat of generosity,

With steadfastness in generosity you are named

and they flow more freely than the clouds' udder.

And it is from the rain clouds’ udders that it pours

أتملاتٌ ما أتعبتها العطايا

أتملاتٌ ما أتعبتها العطايا

ومتى أتعبَ الغمائمَ قطر

ومتى أتعبَ الغمائمَ قطر

Fingertips no gifts have ever wearied—

Storehouses that were not exhausted by gifts

and when has rain ever wearied the clouds?

And when did rainclouds exhaust a downpour?

فاخرت أرضَها السماءُ فقلنا

فاخرت أرضَها السماءُ فقلنا

لكِ لولا بيتٌ على الأرضِ فخر

لكِ لولا بيتٌ على الأرضِ فخر

The sky vied in glory with its earth, so we said:

The sky prided itself on its land, so we said

Yours would be the glory, but for a house upon earth.

If not for a house on land, there would be no pride

فيه شمسُ الهدى وأربعةٌ منه

فيه شمسُ الهدى وأربعةٌ منه

بدور وفيكِ شمس وبدر

بدور وفيكِ شمس وبدر

In it are guidance's sun and, sprung from him, four

In it is the sun of guidance and four around it

full moons; in you are a sun and a full moon.

Revolving, and in you a sun and full moon

هم به للسماح خمسة أنهار

هم به للسماح خمسة أنهار

وذا فيك للمجرَّة نهر

وذا فيك للمجرَّة نهر

Within it, they are five rivers of generosity,

In it are five rivers of generosity

while in you is this one river—the Milky Way.

And that in you is the celestial river

حرم باب عزّه مُستجارٌ

حرم باب عزّه مُستجارٌ

وهو دون اللاجي على الدهر حجر

وهو دون اللاجي على الدهر حجر

A sanctuary whose gate of glory is a refuge,

A sanctuary whose door of honor is sought

and it stands before the refugee, a barrier against time.

It is, for the seeker, a stone through time

لم يقع في حماه حجرٌ على صيدٍ

لم يقع في حماه حجرٌ على صيدٍ

ولا طارَ نحو علياه نَسر

ولا طارَ نحو علياه نَسر

No stone has fallen upon game within its sanctuary,

No stones have fallen in its sanctuary upon prey

nor has a vulture flown toward its heights.

Nor has an eagle flown toward its heights

ومُعارٍ بغلطة الحظّ عزًّا

ومُعارٍ بغلطة الحظّ عزًّا

قد ثنى العِطفَ منه زهوٌ وكبر

قد ثنى العِطفَ منه زهوٌ وكبر

And one lent honor through fortune's mistake

A braggart in ignorance of fortune and honor

has turned his shoulder in vanity and pride.

Bent away conceit and arrogance from him

ظنَّ أنَّ الفخار قصرٌ منيف

ظنَّ أنَّ الفخار قصرٌ منيف

وثياب عليه حمر وصفر

وثياب عليه حمر وصفر

He thought glory was a lofty palace,

He thought simple pottery a lofty palace

and red and yellow garments upon him.

And its clothes were red and yellow

فتعاطى عُلاك وهو ابن خفضٍ

فتعاطى عُلاك وهو ابن خفضٍ

يزن الطود ضلّة وهو ذر

يزن الطود ضلّة وهو ذر

So he aspired to your heights, though a son of lowliness,

So he wore your supremacy while being lowly

deluded, he weighs himself against a mountain, though he is a mote.

Weighing grandeur an error while he was a mote

ثم أعيى وحطَّه النقص عجزاً

ثم أعيى وحطَّه النقص عجزاً

أن يساوي بقدره لك قدر

أن يساوي بقدره لك قدر

Then he faltered; deficiency brought him low, unable

Then he grew tired and deficiency made him incapable

to match any measure of your worth with his own.

Of equalling your worth with his worth

قلت أقصر وحشو ثوبك خزيٌ

قلت أقصر وحشو ثوبك خزيٌ

عن عُلاً ملء برده منه فخر

عن عُلاً ملء برده منه فخر

I said: desist—your garment is stuffed with disgrace—

I said, “Be brief, and the inadequacy of your garment is shameful

from the heights of one whose mantle is filled with his own glory.

From supremacy, the expanse of which fills it with pride”

جلَّ قدراً فقبله ما رأينا

جلَّ قدراً فقبله ما رأينا

بَشَراً وِلدُهُ ملائكُ غرّ

بَشَراً وِلدُهُ ملائكُ غرّ

Great is his stature; before him we had never seen

Sublime in rank, so we have never seen

a mortal whose children are radiant angels.

A human whose birth angels chirped

هو بدر النهى وهم في علاه

هو بدر النهى وهم في علاه

أنجمٌ في مطالع الفضل زُهر

أنجمٌ في مطالع الفضل زُهر

He is wisdom's full moon; in his heights they are

He is the full moon of guidance, and they in his heights

radiant stars on the horizons of excellence.

Are stars rising with merit, blooming

كلّ كاسٍ من الجميل ففخراً

كلّ كاسٍ من الجميل ففخراً

نسجُ بردي علاه حمد وشكر

نسجُ بردي علاه حمد وشكر

Each is clad in noble deeds; what glory—

Every cup of beauty, so with pride

his two mantles of eminence are woven of praise and thanks.

I weave silk in praise of his heights, thanks and gratitude

ماجد النفس في الخليقة حلوٌ

ماجد النفس في الخليقة حلوٌ

إن تذقه وفي الحفيظة مرّ

إن تذقه وفي الحفيظة مرّ

Noble of soul, sweet in disposition,

Sweetening the soul in creation, though bitter

if you taste him, but bitter in wrath.

If you taste it, and sour in the mouth

حفظوا حوزة العُلى في زمان

حفظوا حوزة العُلى في زمان

بين أنيابه دم المجد هدر

بين أنيابه دم المجد هدر

They guarded the domain of high honor in an age

They maintained the territory of the heights in an era

between whose fangs glory's blood was shed unavenged.

With fangs dripping the blood of glory

فهم إخوة المكارم فيهم

فهم إخوة المكارم فيهم

لا رأت عينها سوى ما يسر

لا رأت عينها سوى ما يسر

So they are brothers to noble virtues; in them

For they are the brothers of nobility, in them

may virtue's eye see nothing but what delights.

My eyes have seen only what brings joy