بصباح وجهك تشرق الاعياد

بصباح وجهك تشرق الاعياد

ولباب مجدك تهرع الأمجاد

ولباب مجدك تهرع الأمجاد

With the dawn of your face, the festivals shine.

With your face the holidays shine bright,

And the illustrious hasten to the gate of your glory.

And to your glory's door nobilities rush.

وإذا جرى ذكر الكرام بمجلس

وإذا جرى ذكر الكرام بمجلس

بدؤوا بذكرك وانتهى التعداد

بدؤوا بذكرك وانتهى التعداد

And when the noble are mentioned in a gathering,

When the generous are mentioned in counsel,

They begin with your mention, and the enumeration ends.

They start and end with you in their count.

سجدت لك الاقلام حين رفعتها

سجدت لك الاقلام حين رفعتها

والغاب ترفع ذكره الآساد

والغاب ترفع ذكره الآساد

The pens prostrated themselves before you when you raised them,

Pens bow down when you raise them high,

And lions exalt the forest's renown.

And lions elevate your name through their dens.

حبرت حذاق الحساب بفكرة

حبرت حذاق الحساب بفكرة

تركنهم والوفهم آحاد

تركنهم والوفهم آحاد

You [bewildered] the masters of reckoning with a thought,

You perplex the experts of accounts with an idea,

Leaving them and their thousands as mere ones.

Leaving them and their minds as individuals.

قس الفصاحة لو نطقت سحرته

قس الفصاحة لو نطقت سحرته

ولود لو أن الحديث بعاد

ولود لو أن الحديث بعاد

Were you to speak, you would bewitch Quss of eloquence,

If eloquence could speak it would charm you,

And he would wish the speech to be [repeated].

And if speech kept its distance from you.

لم يسبقوك وان سبقت بوالد

لم يسبقوك وان سبقت بوالد

فكلاكما في الماثرات جواد

فكلاكما في الماثرات جواد

They have not surpassed you, though a father preceded you,

None surpassed you, even if your father did,

For both of you are noble steeds in glorious deeds.

For you both are thoroughbreds in good deeds.

ما المجد الا ما يكون وراثة

ما المجد الا ما يكون وراثة

وتزيد عن آبائها الاولاد

وتزيد عن آبائها الاولاد

There is no glory except what comes by inheritance,

Glory is but an inheritance,

And children surpass their fathers.

With children exceeding their first fathers.

منكم بدا نجم الهداية للعلا

منكم بدا نجم الهداية للعلا

وعشا لنار قراكم الفصاد

وعشا لنار قراكم الفصاد

From among you rose the star of guidance to high honor,

From you came the star of guidance to supremacy,

And [seekers] approached the fire of your hospitality by night.

And a nest for the hawks of your hills.

ان السيادة في ذراك تعوذت

ان السيادة في ذراك تعوذت

بك ان يمد بدا لها الحساد

بك ان يمد بدا لها الحساد

Indeed, sovereignty upon your heights sought refuge

Sovereignty sought refuge in your offspring,

In you, lest the envious stretch [a hand] toward it.

So no envious hand may reach for it.

عزمات مثلك لا تعاب بحده

عزمات مثلك لا تعاب بحده

بيض الصوارم كلهن حداد

بيض الصوارم كلهن حداد

Firm resolves like yours are not faulted for their sharpness:

Resolves like yours cannot be faulted,

Gleaming swords are sharp, every one.

The blades are all Indian steel ready to cut.

هذا الغمام على الخلائق رحمة

هذا الغمام على الخلائق رحمة

وصفاته الابراق والارعاد

وصفاته الابراق والارعاد

This cloud is a mercy upon all creatures,

These clouds are a mercy upon all people,

And its attributes are lightning and thunder.

With traits of lightning and thunder.

يا دوحة ظل السعادة ظلها

يا دوحة ظل السعادة ظلها

لا زال حولك غصنك المياد

لا زال حولك غصنك المياد

O spreading tree whose shade is the shade of happiness,

O palm tree of happiness, may its shade last,

May your swaying branch ever remain around you.

With your branch forever fresh.

ورعى حماك من العناية حارس

ورعى حماك من العناية حارس

وسقى ثراك من الحياة عهاد

وسقى ثراك من الحياة عهاد

And may a guardian from providence protect your sanctuary,

Watched over by Providence's care,

And may recurring showers of life water your soil.

Watered by the rivers of life.