أَمَدَّ اللهُ ظِلَّكَ يا سِعِيدُ

أَمَدَّ اللهُ ظِلَّكَ يا سِعِيدُ

عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّهُ الظِّلُّ الْمَدِيدُ

عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّهُ الظِّلُّ الْمَدِيدُ

May God extend your shade, O Sa'id,

May God prolong your shade, O Sa'eed

Over me, for it is far-reaching shade.

Upon me, for it is lasting shade

وَعِشْتَ تُصاحِبُ الدُّنْيا خُلُوداً

وَعِشْتَ تُصاحِبُ الدُّنْيا خُلُوداً

وَتَصْحَبُكَ الأَيامِنُ وَالسُّعُودُ

وَتَصْحَبُكَ الأَيامِنُ وَالسُّعُودُ

And may you live in the world's company forever,

And you live accompanying eternity forever

And may good omens and good fortune keep you company.

With you are auspicious days and good fortune

إِذا ما كانَ مِثْلُكَ لِي مُجِيراً

إِذا ما كانَ مِثْلُكَ لِي مُجِيراً

وَمِثْلُكَ لا يَجُودُ بِهِ الْوُجُودُ

وَمِثْلُكَ لا يَجُودُ بِهِ الْوُجُودُ

If one like you is my protector,

If someone like you protects me

And existence bestows no one like you,

None like you exist in existence

فَإِنَّ بَعِيدَ ما أَرْجُو قَرِيبٌ

فَإِنَّ بَعِيدَ ما أَرْجُو قَرِيبٌ

وَإِنَّ قَرِيبَ ما أَخْشى بَعِيدُ

وَإِنَّ قَرِيبَ ما أَخْشى بَعِيدُ

Then what I hope for, however distant, is near,

Though I wish the distant near

And what I fear, however near, is far away.

And fear the near is far

عَلَوْتَ بَنِي الوَرى كَرَماً وَجُوداً

عَلَوْتَ بَنِي الوَرى كَرَماً وَجُوداً

وَحَسْبُكَ مِنْ عُلىً كَرَمٌ وَجُودُ

وَحَسْبُكَ مِنْ عُلىً كَرَمٌ وَجُودُ

You have risen above the sons of humankind in nobility and generosity,

You exceeded all people in generosity and munificence

And nobility and generosity are eminence enough for you.

Your excellence is generosity and munificence

نَماكَ أَبٌ نَماهُ خَيْرُ جَدٍّ

نَماكَ أَبٌ نَماهُ خَيْرُ جَدٍّ

كَذا الآباءُ تَنْمِيها الْجُدُوُدُ

كَذا الآباءُ تَنْمِيها الْجُدُوُدُ

You sprang from a father who sprang from the finest grandfather;

A father raised you, raised by the best of ancestors

Thus do fathers spring from grandfathers.

Thus fathers are raised by ancestors

هُمُ بَدَءُوا الْعُلى فَسَمَوْا عُلُوَّاً

هُمُ بَدَءُوا الْعُلى فَسَمَوْا عُلُوَّاً

وَأَنْتَ لِخَيْرِ ما بَدَؤُوا مُعِيدُ

وَأَنْتَ لِخَيْرِ ما بَدَؤُوا مُعِيدُ

They pioneered greatness and rose to lofty heights,

They began nobility, so they ascended in nobility

And you renew the best of what they began.

And you return the good they began

وَما جُحِدَتْ مَحاسِنُ فَخْرِ قَوْمٍ

وَما جُحِدَتْ مَحاسِنُ فَخْرِ قَوْمٍ

خَلائِقُكَ الْحِسانُ بِها شُهُودُ

خَلائِقُكَ الْحِسانُ بِها شُهُودُ

Nor are the merits of a people's glory denied:

The virtues of a people were never denied

Your fine qualities bear witness to them.

Your good manners bear witness to them

وَلَوْ سَجَدَ الوَرَى لأَبَرِّ خَلْقٍ

وَلَوْ سَجَدَ الوَرَى لأَبَرِّ خَلْقٍ

يَداً وَنَدىً لَحُقَّ لَكَ السُّجُودُ

يَداً وَنَدىً لَحُقَّ لَكَ السُّجُودُ

And if humankind prostrated themselves before the most beneficent of beings,

If the world prostrated to the most righteous of creations

In hand and bounty, prostration would rightfully be yours.

In friendship and in yearning, prostration would be your right

وَسُدْتَ فَما أَحَقَّ بِكُلِّ مَجْدٍ

وَسُدْتَ فَما أَحَقَّ بِكُلِّ مَجْدٍ

سِواكَ إِذا تَفَرَّدَ مَنْ يَسُودُ

سِواكَ إِذا تَفَرَّدَ مَنْ يَسُودُ

And you have attained lordship; none is more deserving of every glory

You closed all glory from others

Than you, when the one who rules stands without peer.

When the singular master dominated