يَميناً بِيانِعِ وَرْدِ الخُدودْ

يَميناً بِيانِعِ وَرْدِ الخُدودْ

وعَذْبِ اللّمى في الشّهيِّ البَرودْ

وعَذْبِ اللّمى في الشّهيِّ البَرودْ

I swear by the blooming roses of cheeks,

With a radiant, rosy cheek

and the sweet dark tint of lips in a delectable, cool mouth,

And sweet gentle eyes that make the cold tender,

وزَوْرَةِ حِبٍّ على غَفلَةٍ

وزَوْرَةِ حِبٍّ على غَفلَةٍ

ووصْلٍ ألَمّ برَبْع الصَّدودْ

ووصْلٍ ألَمّ برَبْع الصَّدودْ

and a beloved's unexpected visit,

And the visit of love to one unaware

and reunion that visited the abode of estrangement;

And a union that stung the defiant bosoms,

وإلا بمُنْهَلِّ صَوْبِ الحَيا

وإلا بمُنْهَلِّ صَوْبِ الحَيا

وخَفْقِ البُنودِ وقَصْفِ الرّعودْ

وخَفْقِ البُنودِ وقَصْفِ الرّعودْ

or else by the streaming downpour of rain,

Would I find respite at the spring of dignified life

and the fluttering banners and the crash of thunder:

Or in the fluttering of lightning and rumbling of thunder,

لأَنْتَ صَباحُ ظَلامِ الخُطوبِ

لأَنْتَ صَباحُ ظَلامِ الخُطوبِ

وكفُّكَ مِفْتاحُ بابِ السّعودْ

وكفُّكَ مِفْتاحُ بابِ السّعودْ

you are indeed the dawn amid the darkness of calamities,

You are the morning dispelling the gloom of misfortunes

and your hand is the key to the gate of good fortune.

And your palm is the key to the door of good fortune,

جَمالُكَ مَعْنى جَمالِ الوجودِ

جَمالُكَ مَعْنى جَمالِ الوجودِ

وبابُكَ مغْنَى مَضاءٍ وجُودْ

وبابُكَ مغْنَى مَضاءٍ وجُودْ

Your beauty is the essence of existence's beauty,

Your beauty is the essence of the grace of existence

and your gate is the abode of resolve and generosity.

And your door is abundant illumination and generosity,

ورِضْوانُ أعْظَمُ شَيْءٍ يَدُلُّ

ورِضْوانُ أعْظَمُ شَيْءٍ يَدُلُّ

على أنّ دارَكَ دارُ الخُلودْ

على أنّ دارَكَ دارُ الخُلودْ

And Ridwan is the greatest sign

And being pleased with you is the greatest thing

that your abode is the abode of eternity.

Indicating your abode is the eternal realm,

أعَدْتَ الخِلافَةَ أنْوارَها

أعَدْتَ الخِلافَةَ أنْوارَها

سَواطِعُ منْ بُعْدِ طولِ الخُمودْ

سَواطِعُ منْ بُعْدِ طولِ الخُمودْ

You restored the caliphate's lights,

You have restored the caliphate and its lights

shining after being long extinguished.

Beaming after a long slumber,

وألّفْتَ بالعَدْلِ بيْنَ القُلوبِ

وألّفْتَ بالعَدْلِ بيْنَ القُلوبِ

وفرّقْتَ بينَ الظُّبا والغُمودْ

وفرّقْتَ بينَ الظُّبا والغُمودْ

And through justice you brought hearts together,

And you have united hearts with justice

and parted sword-blades from their sheaths.

And separated the wolves from the sheep,

فهَزّ بكَ الدّينُ أعْطافَهُ

فهَزّ بكَ الدّينُ أعْطافَهُ

كَما اهْتزّ غُصْنُ الرِّياضِ المَجودْ

كَما اهْتزّ غُصْنُ الرِّياضِ المَجودْ

So through you the faith swayed its flanks,

So religion quaked for you

as a rain-watered garden bough swayed.

As a lush branch quivers,

إذا كانَ مدْحُ مُلوكِ الوَرى

إذا كانَ مدْحُ مُلوكِ الوَرى

نِظاماً فمدْحُكَ بيْتُ القَصيدْ

نِظاماً فمدْحُكَ بيْتُ القَصيدْ

If the praise of the kings of mankind

If praising earthly kings

is verse, then your praise is its crowning line.

Is a string of pearls, praising you is the heart of the ode,

ألَسْتَ منَ القومِ حازوا النّدى

ألَسْتَ منَ القومِ حازوا النّدى

وخاضُوا الى الرّوْعِ بابَ الحَديدْ

وخاضُوا الى الرّوْعِ بابَ الحَديدْ

Are you not of the people who made generosity their own,

Are you not among those who obtained dew

and plunged through the gate of iron into battle's terror,

And plunged into the dreadful with blades of steel,

وسَلّوا علَيْهِ سُيوفاً تَسيلُ

وسَلّوا علَيْهِ سُيوفاً تَسيلُ

على صَفْحَتَيْها دِماءُ الوَريدْ

على صَفْحَتَيْها دِماءُ الوَريدْ

and unsheathed against it swords streaming

Brandishing swords that shed

with blood from the jugular vein over both their faces?

The blood of veins upon their surfaces?