Sol 6.1

  1. هو الدين .. لا أعلى وأسمى وأجمل

    من الدين في دنيا يمزقها البلا

    It is religion: nothing is higher, loftier, or more beautiful

    than religion, in a world torn apart by affliction.

  2. على منهج الإسلام في الله نلتقي

    ونربأ عمن حاد عنه وبدلا

    On Islam's path we come together in devotion to God,

    and stand aloof from those who strayed from it and altered it.

  3. وليس سوى التوحيد لله منهج

    له وبه وصى النبي وأرسلا

    There is no path but affirming God's oneness

    for this faith; the Prophet enjoined it and was sent with it.

  4. ستمضي الليالي والليالي كفيلة

    بتذكيرنا من قال .. ممن تقولا

    The nights will pass, and the nights are sure

    to remind us who spoke truly, as distinct from those who fabricated.

  5. رأى في ثناياها جواداً وفارس

    تسنم مجداً شامخاً وتأملا

    He saw within their folds a steed and a horseman

    who scaled towering glory and contemplated

  6. مكارم ما تنفك يحفظها الفتى

    فلما وعاها ما قلاها ولا سلا

    noble virtues the young man never ceases to preserve;

    once he grasped them, he neither spurned nor forgot them.

  7. أبا راشد هذا اختيار موفق

    وخير به وجه الزمان تهللا

    O Abu Rashid, this is a sound choice,

    and a blessing at which the face of time has beamed.

  8. تخيرت للتكريم شهراً مبارك

    كريما به القرآن وحيا تنزلا

    You chose for this honoring a blessed month,

    a noble month in which the Qur'an descended as revelation

  9. على قلب خير العالمين محمد

    رسول بتوحيد المهيمن أرسلا

    upon the heart of the best of all beings, Muhammad,

    a messenger sent to proclaim the Guardian's oneness.

  10. عليه صلاة الله ثم سلامه

    صلاة تنجي من بها قد توسلا

    Upon him be God's blessing and then His peace—

    a blessing that saves whoever has sought intercession through it.

  11. فنحن بخير ما حيينا بدولة

    ترى دينها أغلى دليها وأكملا

    So we fare well as long as we live in a state

    that regards its faith as dearest and most perfect.

  12. ونحن بخير ما حيينا بدولة

    ترى العلم والأخلاق أسمى وأفضلا

    And we fare well as long as we live in a state

    that regards knowledge and morals as loftiest and best.

  13. فيا ألف حيا الله بالخير زايد

    زعيما حكيما عبقريا مؤهلا

    A thousand greetings! May God bless Zayed with goodness,

    a wise, brilliant, capable leader.

  14. على يده قامت حضارتنا التي

    لها وبها التاريخ شادى وسجلا

    At his hands arose our civilization,

    whose praises history sang and whose story it recorded.

  15. وأكرم بمكتوم الكريم فإنه

    لأندى الورى كفا وأسخى وأجزلا

    How noble is generous Maktoum! For he

    is the most open-handed of humankind, the most generous and bountiful.

  16. أبا راشد ما زيّن الحكم كالندى

    وكالعدل فليهنأ به من تكفلا

    O Abu Rashid, nothing adorns rule like generosity

    and justice; may whoever assumes it delight in it.

  17. وأنتم بحمد الله أهل مروءة

    فتاكم بها قبل الكبير تأهلا

    And you, praise be to God, are people of chivalry;

    your young man proved worthy of it before the elder.

  18. وأنتم بفضل الله أهل عدالة

    عليكم بها الرب الرحيم تفضلا

    And you, by God's favor, are people of justice;

    the merciful Lord has favored you with it.

  19. أبا راشد لا زلت للخير باذل

    وللمكرمات الغر ما عشت موئلا

    O Abu Rashid, may you ever be a giver of good,

    and, as long as you live, a refuge for radiant noble deeds.

  20. رصدت لحفاظ الكتاب جوائز

    تجاوزن في المقدار ما رصد الألى

    You set aside prizes for the memorizers of the Book,

    exceeding in value what those before you had set aside.

  21. فليس غريبا منك تكريم أمة

    رأت في الكتاب الله ظلا ًومنهلا

    It is no surprise that you should honor a community

    that found in God's Book shade and a wellspring,

  22. فآوت إليه تستظل بظله

    وتنهل منه سائغ الشرب سلسلا

    so it took refuge in it, sheltering beneath its shade,

    and drinks from it a draught, pleasant and smooth.

  23. فكرمت قبل الدين من هو دونه

    وما كنت يوماً يا أخا الجود معضلا

    Before honoring religion, you honored those of lower rank than it,

    nor were you ever, O brother of generosity, one to make things difficult.

  24. وقد جاء دور الدين فانشرحت به

    صدور ذوى التقوى وباركه الملا

    Now religion's turn has come, and with it have opened

    the hearts of the devout; the assembly has blessed it.

  25. محمدنا المكتوم حيّا محمد

    وكرم شيخاً جهبذياً مبجلا

    Our Muhammad Al Maktoum greeted Muhammad

    and honored a deeply learned, venerated sheikh.

  26. فكرم فيه الدين والعلم والحجى

    فجاءت له بيض الأيادي حفلا

    Thus in him he honored religion, learning, and wisdom,

    and white hands of kindness came thronging to him.

  27. فيا شيخنا أكرمت للفضل شيخن

    فحياك رب في سماواته العلا

    O our sheikh, you honored a sheikh for his merit;

    so may the Lord in His lofty heavens bless you.

  28. وكرمت من للذكر أتقن لفظه

    وجوده معنى وحفظاً ورتلا

    And you honored those who mastered the wording of the Remembrance,

    perfected it in meaning and memorization, and recited it in measured tones.

  29. فكافأك المولى على ما صنعته

    بخير وإحسان أعم وأشملا

    May the Lord reward you for what you have done

    with goodness and bounty, broader and more encompassing.

  30. يذكرنا ذا اليوم ( بدراً ) وما جرى

    بساحة ( بدر ) والنبي بها اعتلى

    This day reminds us of Badr and what happened

    on Badr's field, where the Prophet rose

  31. مقاماً رفيعاً توج الله دينه

    بنصر عظيم من لدنه وكللا

    to an exalted station; God crowned His religion

    with a mighty victory from Him, and garlanded it.

  32. فآبت قريش بالصغار ذليلة

    وآب رسول الله بالعز والعلا

    So Quraysh returned in abasement, humbled,

    and God's Messenger returned with honor and exaltation.

  33. فصلى الذي فوق السماوات عرشه

    على خير من بالحق والدين أرسلا

    So may He whose throne is above the heavens send blessings

    upon the best of those sent with truth and religion.