يا نائب الله في الدنيا ومن فيها

يا نائب الله في الدنيا ومن فيها

وسيفه والمحامي دون أهليها

وسيفه والمحامي دون أهليها

O God's deputy in this world and among those within it,

O deputy of God in this world and those in it

and His sword, and the defender of its people,

His sword and defender of his people

ويا خليفته المرضى خليقته

ويا خليفته المرضى خليقته

راج رضى الله عنه حين يرضيها

راج رضى الله عنه حين يرضيها

and O His vicegerent, who pleases His creation,

And his successor, created by Him when ill

hoping for God's approval of him when he pleases them.

Satisfying, God's pleasure be upon him when he pleases Him

إذا نزلت بأرض أو مررت بها

إذا نزلت بأرض أو مررت بها

وإن ترحلت عدل منك يحييها

وإن ترحلت عدل منك يحييها

When you settle in a land or pass through it,

When you descend upon a land or pass through it

and even if you depart, your justice brings it to life.

And even when you depart, your justice brings it life

عودت نفسك تفريج الكروب وهل

عودت نفسك تفريج الكروب وهل

شيء كتفريجها عمن يقاسيها

شيء كتفريجها عمن يقاسيها

You have accustomed yourself to relieving afflictions—and is there

You bring relief to troubled souls, and what

anything like lifting them from those who endure them?

Could relieve more than your presence those who suffer?

رعية لك في لحج بصرت بهم

رعية لك في لحج بصرت بهم

لهم وجوه نفاها ظاهر فيها

لهم وجوه نفاها ظاهر فيها

Subjects of yours in Lahj—I have seen them;

Your subjects in Lahj, whom you regarded

they have faces whose [purity] is plain to see;

With faces lit, though diminished outwardly

تند حياء وتحميها سكينتها

تند حياء وتحميها سكينتها

عن التلكم فيما ليس يعينها

عن التلكم فيما ليس يعينها

they shy away in modesty, and their composure guards them

Lowered in modesty, protected in tranquility

from speaking about what does not help them.

From idle talk of no use to them

يشكون من كاتب يغري بسلبهم

يشكون من كاتب يغري بسلبهم

نعماء أنت بحمد الله كاسيها

نعماء أنت بحمد الله كاسيها

They complain of a scribe who urges stripping them

Complaining of a scribe who robbed them

of the bounty in which, praise be to God, you clothe them.

Of blessings you, thank God, covered them in

وحق نعماك أن تبقى مآثرها

وحق نعماك أن تبقى مآثرها

لقائل رحم الرحمن منشيها

لقائل رحم الرحمن منشيها

And your bounty deserves that its noble deeds endure,

And the right of your blessings is for their effects

so someone may say, 'May the All-Merciful have mercy on its giver.'

To remain, said one mercied by the Merciful established them

فرده خائبا عنهم وردهم

فرده خائبا عنهم وردهم

بما يدوم ثناه في ذراريها

بما يدوم ثناه في ذراريها

So turn him away from them, thwarted, and send them back

So turn him back, frustrated, from them and return them

with something whose praise will endure among their descendants.

To lasting praise through your offspring