بِكَ الْخُطَطُ الرَّفيعَةُ فَلْتُهَنَّا

بِكَ الْخُطَطُ الرَّفيعَةُ فَلْتُهَنَّا

فَإِنَّكَ سَعْدُهَا لَفْظاً وَمَعْنَى

فَإِنَّكَ سَعْدُهَا لَفْظاً وَمَعْنَى

Let the lofty offices be congratulated on having you,

With you the lofty plans, so let them be gentle,

for you are their good fortune, in word and in meaning.

For you are their happiness in word and meaning,

إِذّا ذُكِرَ الْعَلاَءُ فَأَنْتَ أَعْلَى

إِذّا ذُكِرَ الْعَلاَءُ فَأَنْتَ أَعْلَى

وَإِنْ ذُكِرَ السَّنَاءُ فَأَنْتَ أَسْنَى

وَإِنْ ذُكِرَ السَّنَاءُ فَأَنْتَ أَسْنَى

When loftiness is mentioned, you are loftier;

When the high ones are mentioned, you are higher,

and if radiance is mentioned, you are more radiant.

And if glory is mentioned, you are more glorious,

مَحَاسِنُكَ اغْتَدَتْ جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ

مَحَاسِنُكَ اغْتَدَتْ جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ

لِمَنْ يَرْتادُ إِحْسَاناً وَحُسْنَا

لِمَنْ يَرْتادُ إِحْسَاناً وَحُسْنَا

Your virtues have become gardens of Eden

Your beauties have become gardens of Eden,

for whoever seeks kindness and beauty.

For those who seek kindness and beauty,

فَمَهْمَا حَلَّهَا إِنْسَانُ عَيْنٍ

فَمَهْمَا حَلَّهَا إِنْسَانُ عَيْنٍ

فَلِلإِنْسَانِ فِيهَا مَا تَمَنَّى

فَلِلإِنْسَانِ فِيهَا مَا تَمَنَّى

So whenever an eye’s pupil alights in them,

So whatever a man of discernment settles in them,

a person finds there whatever he desires.

To man in them is what he wished for,

هَزَزْتُ أَبَا سَعِيد مِنْكَ دَوْحاً

هَزَزْتُ أَبَا سَعِيد مِنْكَ دَوْحاً

بِهِ ما شِئْتُ مِنْ ظِلٍّ وَمَجْنَى

بِهِ ما شِئْتُ مِنْ ظِلٍّ وَمَجْنَى

I have shaken, Abu Sa‘id, your spreading grove,

I have plucked Abu Sa'id a branch from you,

with all the shade and fruit I wish for.

With it whatever I wanted of shade and shelter,

فَكُنْ حَيْثُ اقتَضَاهُ بِكَ اعْتِدَادِي

فَكُنْ حَيْثُ اقتَضَاهُ بِكَ اعْتِدَادِي

وَشِدْ لِي مِنْ كَريمِ الرَّعْي مَبْنَى

وَشِدْ لِي مِنْ كَريمِ الرَّعْي مَبْنَى

So live up to what my reliance on you demands,

So be wherever my esteem takes you,

and raise for me an edifice of generous care.

And pitch for me from the generous flock a structure,

فَتَى الْفِتْيَانِ أَنْتَ بلاَ نِزَاعٍ

فَتَى الْفِتْيَانِ أَنْتَ بلاَ نِزَاعٍ

وَمِثْلِي مَنْ وَفَى بِيَدٍ وَأَثْنَى

وَمِثْلِي مَنْ وَفَى بِيَدٍ وَأَثْنَى

You are the finest of young men, beyond dispute;

You are the youth of youths without dispute,

and one like me repays a kindness and offers praise.

And the like of me, who fulfilled with hand and praised.