1. وُجودُكَ حيَّ المُلْكَ والدّينَ والدُنْيا

    وَجُودُكَ أحْيا المَجْدَ والسّيرةَ العُلْيا

    Your presence has enlivened kingship, faith, and the world;

    and your generosity has revived glory and the noblest conduct.

  2. وجدُّكَ أوْلى الأمْنَ واليُمْنَ والهُدى

    وجدّكَ جلّى الخطْبَ والمُوئِدَ الدّهْيا

    And your good fortune has bestowed safety, prosperity, and guidance;

    and your resolve has dispelled calamity and crushing disaster.

  3. لكَ اللهُ منْ ملْكٍ سَعيدٍ زمانُهُ

    تكنّفْتَنا عدْلاً وأوْسَعْتَنا رَعْيا

    God bless you, a king whose age is fortunate:

    you enveloped us in justice and lavished care upon us.

  4. إذا ألِمَتْ أو أمّلَتْكَ عِصابَةٌ

    تُواسي الذي اسْتَجْدى وتأسُو الذي أعْيَى

    When a band suffers or places its hopes in you,

    you succor the beggar and heal the exhausted.

  5. ألمْ تَرَ أنّ الدّهْرَ أذْعَنَ طائِعاً

    لِما شِئْتَ لا يُعْصيكَ أمْراً ولا نَهْيا

    Have you not seen how Time has submitted willingly

    to whatever you wish, defying neither your command nor your prohibition?

  6. فقابِلُ عيد مُقْبِلٌ لك بالمُنى

    وطالِعُ سعْدٍ حاكِمٌ لكَ بالبُقْيا

    So the coming feast approaches you with your heart's desires,

    and a fortunate rising star decrees long life for you.

  7. وداعٍ دَعا حَيىَّ على بَيْةِ الرِّضا

    فإنْجازُ وعْدِ اللهِ أصْبَحَ مأتِيّا

    And a caller cried, 'Come to the [pledge] of acceptance!'

    for the fulfillment of God's promise has come to pass.

  8. هلُمّوا الى تقْبيلِ راحَةِ يوسُفٍ

    بمَنْ وجْهُهُ البُشْرى ومَنْ كفُّهُ السُقْيا

    Come to kiss Yusuf's palm,

    to one whose face is glad tidings and whose palm is rain.

  9. ألا في سَبيلِ اللهِ نصْرُ نَبيِّهِ

    فحَيَّ تحيّاتِ العُلا ذلِكَ الحَيا

    Indeed, aiding His Prophet is in God's cause;

    so greet that life-giving rain with the greetings of high honor.

  10. هُمامٌ أجَدَّ الدّينَ بعْدَ اخْتلاقِهِ

    وألْبَسَهُ منْ عدْلِ أيّامِهِ وشْيا

    A noble hero who renewed the faith after it had worn away,

    and clothed it in the brocade of the justice of his days.

  11. وفرّقَ بيْنَ الحقِّ والشّكِّ إذْ جَرى

    علَى سَنن الفاروقِ في هَدْيِهِ جَرْيا

    And he distinguished truth from doubt as he followed

    the path of al-Faruq, keeping to his guiding way.

  12. فمِنْ نورِهِ الأرجاءُ باهِرةُ السّنا

    ومِنْ ذِكْرِهِ الأفواهُ عاطِرَةُ الرَّيّا

    So from his light the horizons gleam with dazzling radiance;

    and through his mention, mouths are sweetly fragrant.

  13. أهابَ فلبّى الفتْحُ داعِيهِ إذْ دَعا

    وأصْرَخَهُ النّصْرُ المؤزّرُ إذْ أيا

    He called aloud, and conquest answered his caller when he called;

    and mighty victory came to his aid when he cried out.

  14. هوَ السُّحْبُ جوداً والكَواكِبُ همّةً

    وبدْرُ الدُّجى وجهاً وشمْسُ الضُحى رأيا

    He is the clouds in generosity, the stars in aspiration,

    and the full moon of night in countenance, the morning sun in judgment.

  15. فلَوْ راعَ صرْفَ الدّهْرِ يوْماً بجَيْشِه

    لأصْبَحَ نِسْياً آخرَ الدّهْرِ منْسِيّا

    Were he one day to terrify Time's adversity with his army,

    it would become a forgotten thing, forgotten to the end of time.

  16. منَ القومِ شادُوا الدّينَ بَدْءاً ودافَعوا

    بأسْيافِهمْ عنْ رُكْنِهِ الوهْنَ والوَهْيَا

    He is of the people who first raised up the faith and warded off

    with their swords weakness and decay from its pillar.

  17. منَ القومِ جادُوا بالنّفوسِ كأنّما

    يُسَقّوْنَ في وِرْدِ الرّدى الشّهْدَ والأرْيا

    Of the people who gave their lives freely, as though

    they were served honeycomb and honey at death's watering place.

  18. منَ القومِ خاتِمَ الرُّسْلِ أحْمَدٍ

    وهُمْ عضّدوا التّنْزيلَ والحَقَّ والوَحْيا

    Of the people of Ahmad, the Seal of the Messengers,

    and they upheld revealed Scripture, truth, and revelation.

  19. بُدورٌ لِسارٍ أو بُحورٌ لِسائِلٍ

    فمَنْ تأتِ منْهُمْ تلْقَ أرْوَعَ بَدْرِيّا

    Full moons for a night traveler, or seas for a supplicant;

    whomever among them you approach, you meet a splendid man of Badr.

  20. فمِنْ أدْهَمٍ أضْفى علَيْهِ مَسيحُهُ

    رِداءً كلَوْنِ البُرْسِ ألحَفَ زَنْجِيّا

    There is a black steed whose sweat has spread over it

    a cotton-colored robe, like one wrapped around a Zanj man.

  21. ومِنْ أشْقَرٍ كالبَرْقِ يسْتَبِقُ الصَّبا

    ومِنْ أشْهَبٍ يَفْري أديمَ الدُجى فَرْيا

    And a chestnut steed, like lightning, racing the east wind;

    and a gray steed that tears the hide of darkness to shreds.

  22. ومنْ أحْمَرٍ تحْتَ العَجاجِ كأنّهُ

    سَنا شَفَقٍ يلْتاحُ في اللّيْلَةِ الدَّجْيا

    And a red steed beneath the dust-cloud, as though it were

    twilight's glow gleaming in a dark night.

  23. ومنْ أشْهَلٍ رشّ النّجيعُ احْمِرارَهُ

    وقد سامَتِ الهيْجاءُ مِرْجلَها غَلْيا

    And a reddish-gray steed whose ruddy tint was spattered with gore,

    while battle had set its cauldron boiling.

  24. وأصْفَرَ حَلاّهُ الأصيلُ نَضارةً

    ووشّى بنَيْلِ اللّيْلِ أعرافَهُ وشْيا

    And a yellow steed, which late afternoon adorned with fresh brilliance,

    and embroidered its mane with the indigo of night.

  25. عِرابٌ كَما تنْصاعُ فُتْخٌ كَواسِرٌ

    إذا اسْتَعْجَلوها منْ مَرابِطِها جَرْيا

    Arabian thoroughbreds, swooping like broad-winged raptors,

    when urged from their tethering places to gallop.

  26. حَرامٌ عليْها أنْ يَفوتَ قَنيصُه

    ولوْ أنّها تبْغي الفَراقِدَ والجَدْيا

    It is forbidden for his quarry to elude them,

    even were they to chase the stars al-Faraqid and al-Jady.

  27. ولا يحمِلونَ النّارَ عنْ ثِقَةٍ بِها

    سَنابِكُها تسْتَحْضِرُ الزّندَ والوَرْيا

    They carry no fire, so confident are they in them:

    their hooves summon the firestick and the flame.

  28. حَشاياهُمُ عندَ الكَرى صهَواتُها

    فأحْلامُهُمْ بالسّبْيِ صادِقَةُ الرّؤيا

    Their mattresses at sleep are those horses' backs;

    so their dreams of taking captives are visions that come true.

  29. ألا في سَبيلِ اللهِ سيرتُكَ التي

    يُنادي بِها الإيمانُ حيَّ هَلا حَيّا

    Indeed, in God's cause is your way of life,

    which faith acclaims: 'Come! Welcome! Hail!'

  30. تجلّيْتَ للدُّنْيا فأشْرَقَ نورُها

    وقدْ كانَ وجْهُ الدّهْرِ ذا مُقْلَةٍ عَمْيا

    You appeared to the world, and its light shone forth,

    though the face of Time had a sightless eye.

  31. فكَمْ نُصْرَةٍ للّهِ جَهْراً قَضَيْتَها

    وكمْ نِعْمَةٍ نَعْماءَ قضّيْتَها خَفْيا

    How many acts of aid for God you have performed openly,

    and how many bountiful favors you have bestowed in secret!

  32. وكمْ كُرْبَةٍ جلّيْتَ داجٍ ظَلامُها

    وَداعٍ لنَصْرِ اللهِ لمْ تولِهِ اللأّيا

    And how many distresses, their darkness deep, you have dispelled,

    and callers for God's aid whom you spared hardship!

  33. وكمْ وثِقَتْ بالنّصْرِ منْكَ كَثيبةٌ

    بعثْتَ بِها لا تعرِفُ الجَهْدَ والوَنْيا

    And how many a battalion trusted in victory from you,

    that you dispatched, knowing neither fatigue nor slackness.

  34. تُدوِّخُ أقطارَ العَدوِّ بعَدْوِها

    وتَقْهَرُهُمْ قتْلاً وتُرْهِقُهُمْ خَزْيا

    It subdues the enemy's lands with its galloping advance,

    and overpowers them with slaughter, overwhelming them with disgrace.

  35. فلمْ تبْقَ إلا مَنْ حمَتْها جُفونُها

    أو الشّنَب المَعْسولُ والشّفَةُ اللّمْيا

    None remained save one protected by her eyelids,

    or the honeyed freshness of teeth and the dusky lip;

  36. وأهْيَفَ ساجِي المُقْلَتيْنِ إذا انْثَنى

    تثنّى لَنا غُصْناً ولاحَظَنا ظَبْيا

    and a slender beauty with languid eyes, who, when he sways,

    sways before us like a branch and glances at us like a gazelle.

  37. جرَتْ سانِحاتٍ بيننا وبوارِحا

    فكانَتْ لنا غُنْماً وكانت لهُمْ نَعْيا

    They passed among us as good omens and bad,

    so they were booty for us and tidings of death for them.

  38. فيا مُحْكَمَ المُلْكِ الذي عمّ عدْلُهُ

    جَميعَ الوَرى إنْ أشْكَلَ النّصُّ والفُتْيا

    O you of firmly established rule, whose justice embraces

    all humanity when the text and the legal ruling are obscure;

  39. ومَنْ قوْلُهُ فصْلٌ ومَنْ فصْلُهُ هُدىً

    ومَنْ مُلْكُهُ رُشْدٌ بهِ أذْهَبَ الغَيّا

    and whose word is decisive, and whose decision is guidance,

    and whose rule is right guidance, through which you banished error.

  40. لمَعْنًى حَباكَ اللهُ بالمُلْكِ ناشِئاً

    وكُنتَ بأهْلِ العِلْمِ في المَهْدِ مَهْدِيّا

    For a purpose, God bestowed kingship on you while young,

    and in the cradle you were guided by the people of learning.

  41. فدونكها يصبو الحليم لحسنها

    وتسبى عقول السامعين لها سبيا

    Take it, then: the sober-minded longs for its beauty,

    and the minds of those who listen to it are taken utterly captive.

  42. تصيِّر حر الشعر عبداً وإن يكن

    يحل من الإبداع غايته القصيا

    It makes noble verse a slave, even if it

    reaches the farthest limit of artistic invention.

  43. تُجرِّرُ ذيْلَ الزّهْوِ عنْدَ جَريرِهِ

    وطائِيِّهِ تَطْوي وتُكْنِدُ كِنْدِيّا

    It trails pride's train before poetry's Jarir,

    and folds up its Ta'i, leaving a Kindi bereft.

  44. ويهْتَزُّ عِطْفُ المُلْكِ عندَ سَماعِها

    كهزّة كفّيْكَ الحُسامَ اليَمانِيا

    And kingship's flank quivers on hearing it,

    as your two hands shake the Yemeni blade.

  45. نَتيجَةُ قَلْبٍ مُمْحِضٍ لكَ وُدَّهُ

    تَبيدُ اللّيالي وهْيَ باقِيَةٌ تَحْيا

    The offspring of a heart that keeps its love pure for you:

    the nights perish, while it endures and lives.

  46. فلازِلْتَ يا أبْقَى المُلوكِ مآثِراً

    وأمْضاهُمُ في اللّهِ أبْيَضَ هِنْدِيّاً

    May you ever endure, O most enduring of kings in glorious deeds,

    and keenest among them, with a gleaming Indian sword in God's cause.

  47. رِضاكَ لرِضْوانِ الإلاهِ مُبَلِّغٌ

    وحُبُّكَ ذُخْرٌ في المَماتِ وفي المَحْيا

    Your favor leads to the pleasure of God,

    and love for you is a treasure in death and in life.