زَوِّدينا نائِلاً أَو عِدينا

زَوِّدينا نائِلاً أَو عِدينا

قَد صَدَقناكَ فَلا تَكذِبينا

قَد صَدَقناكَ فَلا تَكذِبينا

Give us a gift, or promise us one.

Provide us with attainment or promise us,

We have indeed told you the truth, so do not lie to us.

We have been truthful to you, so do not lie to us,

خَبِّريني كَيفَ أَسلو وَإِن لَم

خَبِّريني كَيفَ أَسلو وَإِن لَم

أَرَ إِلّا زَفرَةً أَو أَنينا

أَرَ إِلّا زَفرَةً أَو أَنينا

Tell me how I can find solace, even though I have not

Tell me how I can be tranquil when all I have seen is a sigh or a moan,

Seen anything but a sigh or a groan.

Or comfort me, for in death there is equality,

أَو أَريحيني فَفي المَوتِ كُفءٌ

أَو أَريحيني فَفي المَوتِ كُفءٌ

وَاِقتِليني مِثلَ مَن تَقتُلينا

وَاِقتِليني مِثلَ مَن تَقتُلينا

Or give me rest, for in death lies a fitting match,

And kill me like those whom you have killed,

And kill me like those whom you kill.

O crescent under which is a myrtle branch,

يا هِلالاً تَحتَهُ غُصنُ بانٍ

يا هِلالاً تَحتَهُ غُصنُ بانٍ

أَيُّ ذَنبٍ فيكَ لِلعاشِقينا

أَيُّ ذَنبٍ فيكَ لِلعاشِقينا

O crescent moon, with a bān-tree branch beneath it,

What sin of the lovers is in you?

What sin have lovers committed in loving you?

O commander of the faithful, the hoped for,

يا أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ المُرَجّى

يا أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ المُرَجّى

قَد أَقَرَّ اللَهُ فيكَ العُيونا

قَد أَقَرَّ اللَهُ فيكَ العُيونا

O Commander of the Faithful, in whom hope is placed,

God has settled the eyes on you,

God has indeed gladdened eyes through you.

And we have been called to your allegiance in truth,

وَدُعينا لَكَ بِبَيعَةِ حَقٍّ

وَدُعينا لَكَ بِبَيعَةِ حَقٍّ

فَسَعَينا نَحوَها مُسرِعينا

فَسَعَينا نَحوَها مُسرِعينا

And we were called to pledge rightful allegiance to you,

So we have hastened towards it eagerly,

So we made our way toward it in haste,

With souls that have hoped for you for a time,

بِنُفوسٍ أَمَّلَتكَ زَماناً

بِنُفوسٍ أَمَّلَتكَ زَماناً

سَبَقَت أَيدِيَنا طائِعينا

سَبَقَت أَيدِيَنا طائِعينا

With souls that had hoped for you for some time;

Our hands preceded obediently,

They preceded our hands, while we willingly obeyed.

And you have favour upon us in it,

وَلَكَ المِنَّةُ فيها عَلَينا

وَلَكَ المِنَّةُ فيها عَلَينا

لَم نَجِد مِثلَكَ في العالَمينا

لَم نَجِد مِثلَكَ في العالَمينا

And in this, you are the one who has favored us;

We have not found anyone like you among both worlds,

We have found none like you in all the worlds.

God has united upon you hearts,

جَمَعَ اللَهُ عَلَيكَ قُلوباً

جَمَعَ اللَهُ عَلَيكَ قُلوباً

مُزِّقَت في مَعشَرٍ آخَرينا

مُزِّقَت في مَعشَرٍ آخَرينا

God has united around you hearts

That were torn apart amongst other factions,

That had been torn apart among other folk.

You have delighted the eye of every soul,

أَنتَ أَقرَرتَ عَينَ كُلِّ نَفسٍ

أَنتَ أَقرَرتَ عَينَ كُلِّ نَفسٍ

وَفَرَشتَ الأَمنَ لِلخائِفينا

وَفَرَشتَ الأَمنَ لِلخائِفينا

You have gladdened the eye of every soul,

And spread security for the fearful,

And spread out safety for the fearful.

And confined people from every unjust one,

وَحَصَرتَ الناسَ مِن كُلِّ عادٍ

وَحَصَرتَ الناسَ مِن كُلِّ عادٍ

بِسُيوفٍ وَقَناً قَد رَوَينا

بِسُيوفٍ وَقَناً قَد رَوَينا

And fenced the people off from every aggressor,

With swords and spears that have watered us,

With swords and spears whose thirst we have already quenched.

And whenever a lion of the earth growls,

وَإِذا ما زَأَرَت أُسدُ أَرضٍ

وَإِذا ما زَأَرَت أُسدُ أَرضٍ

دُستَها حَتّى تَإِنَّ أَنينا

دُستَها حَتّى تَإِنَّ أَنينا

And whenever the lions of a land roared,

Subduing it until it groans weakly,

You trampled them until they uttered groans,

With a flood that fills the earth with horses,

بِرُكامٍ يَملَءُ الأَرضَ خَيلاً

بِرُكامٍ يَملَءُ الأَرضَ خَيلاً

وَرِجالٍ لا تَهابُ المَنونا

وَرِجالٍ لا تَهابُ المَنونا

With a massed host that fills the earth with horses

And men who do not fear death,

And men who do not fear death.

Victory is tied to them wherever they are,

رُبِطَ النَصرُ بِهِم أَينَ كانوا

رُبِطَ النَصرُ بِهِم أَينَ كانوا

إِن شِمالاً ذَهَبوا أَو يَمينا

إِن شِمالاً ذَهَبوا أَو يَمينا

Victory was bound to them wherever they were,

Whether they go left or right,

Whether they went left or right.

He has gathered them in the chamber of resolve, among them,

ضَمَّهُم في غُرفَةِ الحَزمِ مِنهُم

ضَمَّهُم في غُرفَةِ الحَزمِ مِنهُم

رَأسُ بِرٍّ ساسَ دُنيا وَدينا

رَأسُ بِرٍّ ساسَ دُنيا وَدينا

One of their own gathered them in the chamber of resolve—

The head of righteousness rules the world and religion,

A righteous leader who governed worldly life and faith.

The ring of kingship settled in your palm,

قَرَّ في كَفِّكَ خاتَمُ مُلكٍ

قَرَّ في كَفِّكَ خاتَمُ مُلكٍ

لَكَ صاغَتهُ الخِلافَةُ حينا

لَكَ صاغَتهُ الخِلافَةُ حينا

A ring of sovereignty has settled in your palm;

The caliphate fashioned it for you at one time,

For you the caliphate once fashioned it.

And he had been poor to you,

وَلَقَد كانَ إِلَيكَ فَقيراً

وَلَقَد كانَ إِلَيكَ فَقيراً

لا يَرى مِثلَكَ في اللابِسينا

لا يَرى مِثلَكَ في اللابِسينا

And indeed it was in need of you,

Not seeing anyone like you among those wearing clothes,

Seeing none like you among its wearers.