شُكْراً لمن أعطاك مَا أعطاكا

شُكْراً لمن أعطاك مَا أعطاكا

رَبٌّ أَذَلَّ لِمُلْكِكَ الأَملاكا

رَبٌّ أَذَلَّ لِمُلْكِكَ الأَملاكا

Thanks to the One who gave you what He gave you:

Thanks to the One who gave you what He gave

a Lord who humbled kings before your dominion.

A Lord who humiliated the angels for your kingdom

فَشَفَى الأَمانِي من يمينكَ مِثلَما

فَشَفَى الأَمانِي من يمينكَ مِثلَما

رَوّى سيوفَكَ من دماءِ عِداكا

رَوّى سيوفَكَ من دماءِ عِداكا

So He satisfied longings through your right hand, just as

So He healed the hopes with your right hand just as

He quenched your swords with your enemies' blood.

Your swords quenched from the blood of your enemies

شِيَمٌ بِعَدْلِ اللهِ فيك تقسَّمَتْ

شِيَمٌ بِعَدْلِ اللهِ فيك تقسَّمَتْ

فِي العَالَمِينَ معايشاً وهلاكا

فِي العَالَمِينَ معايشاً وهلاكا

Qualities within you, by God's justice, were apportioned

It is an honor by the justice of Allah that

among all peoples as livelihoods and destruction.

In the two worlds, livelihoods and perditions were divided

والله أَشْقَى جَدَّ من عاداكا

والله أَشْقَى جَدَّ من عاداكا

صُنْعاً وأَسْعَدَ جَدَّ مَنْ والاكا

صُنْعاً وأَسْعَدَ جَدَّ مَنْ والاكا

And God made wretched the fortune of whoever opposed you,

And Allah made utterly miserable whoever was hostile to you

by His doing, and blessed the fortune of whoever allied with you.

In creation, and made happiest whoever was loyal to you

يا حَيْنَ مختارٍ لسُخْطِكَ بعدما

يا حَيْنَ مختارٍ لسُخْطِكَ بعدما

ضاءَتْ لَهُ الدنيا بنجمِ رِضاكا

ضاءَتْ لَهُ الدنيا بنجمِ رِضاكا

Woe to one who chose your wrath, after

O time of the Chosen One, after the world shone

the world had shone for him with the star of your favor!

Upon him with the star of your pleasure

جَدَّتْ مساعِيهِ ليَحْفِرَ هُوَّةً

جَدَّتْ مساعِيهِ ليَحْفِرَ هُوَّةً

فهوَى إليها من سماء عُلاكا

فهوَى إليها من سماء عُلاكا

His efforts pressed on to dig a chasm,

His efforts strove to dig a pit

so he fell into it from the heaven of your eminence.

So he fell into it from the heaven of your highness

لَفَحَتْهُ نارٌ باتَ يقدحُ زَنْدَها

لَفَحَتْهُ نارٌ باتَ يقدحُ زَنْدَها

فِي روضةٍ ممطورةٍ بِنَداكا

فِي روضةٍ ممطورةٍ بِنَداكا

A fire scorched him; all night he had struck its fire-stick

A fire whose flames he kept kindling

in a garden showered with your generous dew.

Engulfed him in a meadow watered by your bounty

أَمسى وأَصبحَ بَيْنَ ثَوْبَيْ غَدْرَةٍ

أَمسى وأَصبحَ بَيْنَ ثَوْبَيْ غَدْرَةٍ

سَلَبَتْهُ ما ألبستَ من نُعْماكا

سَلَبَتْهُ ما ألبستَ من نُعْماكا

He passed evening and morning between two robes of treachery,

Morning and evening he remained between the folds of betrayal

which stripped him of the favors you had clothed him in.

That robbed him of what you clothed him in blessings

أَوَ مَا رأى المُغتَرُّ عُقْبَى مَنْ سَعى

أَوَ مَا رأى المُغتَرُّ عُقْبَى مَنْ سَعى

فِي كُفْر مَا أَسْدَتْ لَهُ يُمْنَاكا

فِي كُفْر مَا أَسْدَتْ لَهُ يُمْنَاكا

And did the deluded man not see the fate of one who strove

Or did the deluded one not see the consequence of him who strove

to repay with ingratitude what your right hand had bestowed upon him?

In blasphemy against what your right hand offered him in bounty?

أَوَ مَا رآك قَد اسْتَعَنْتَ بذي العلا

أَوَ مَا رآك قَد اسْتَعَنْتَ بذي العلا

فأعانَ واسْتَكْفَيْتَهُ فكَفاكا

فأعانَ واسْتَكْفَيْتَهُ فكَفاكا

And did he not see that you had sought help from the Lord of exaltation,

Or did he not see you seek the aid of the Almighty

so He helped, and you sought His protection, so He protected you?

So He aided and sufficed you, and that sufficed you?

أَوَ مَا رأى أَحكامَهُ وقضاءَهُ

أَوَ مَا رأى أَحكامَهُ وقضاءَهُ

يَجْرِي بمَهْلِكِ مَنْ يشُقُّ عَصاكا

يَجْرِي بمَهْلِكِ مَنْ يشُقُّ عَصاكا

And did he not see His judgments and His decree

Or did he not see His rulings and decrees

bringing death upon whoever splits your staff?

Taking their course in destroying whoever defied your authority?

أَوَ مَا رأى إِشراقَ تاجِكَ فِي الورى

أَوَ مَا رأى إِشراقَ تاجِكَ فِي الورى

والمكْرُمَاتِ الزُّهْرَ بعضَ حُلاكا

والمكْرُمَاتِ الزُّهْرَ بعضَ حُلاكا

And did he not see your crown's radiance among humankind,

Or did he not see the radiance of your crown in the lands

and radiant noble deeds among your adornments?

And the flowers of honor are but some of your adornments?

أَوَ مَا رأى مفتاحَ بابِ اليُمْنِ فِي

أَوَ مَا رأى مفتاحَ بابِ اليُمْنِ فِي

يُمْنَاكَ والميسورَ فِي يُسْراكا

يُمْنَاكَ والميسورَ فِي يُسْراكا

And did he not see the key to the gate of good fortune in

Or did he not see the key to the gate of prosperity in

your right hand, and ease in your left hand?

Your right hand, and ease in your facilitation?

ومتى رأى دَاءً جهِلْتَ دواءَهُ

ومتى رأى دَاءً جهِلْتَ دواءَهُ

أَوْ خطبَ دهرٍ قبْلهُ أَعْياكا

أَوْ خطبَ دهرٍ قبْلهُ أَعْياكا

And when did he see an ailment whose cure you did not know,

And whenever you saw an illness whose cure you knew not

or a calamity of time that had baffled you before him?

Or a time that tired you out before it

مَا كَانَ أَبْيَنَ فِي شواهِدِ عِلْمِهِ

مَا كَانَ أَبْيَنَ فِي شواهِدِ عِلْمِهِ

أَنَّ الرياسة لا تُريدُ سِوَاكا

أَنَّ الرياسة لا تُريدُ سِوَاكا

It was no clearer in the evidence he knew

It was not clear in the evidence of his knowledge

that sovereignty desires none but you,

That leadership wants none but you

حتى هَوَتْ قَدَماهُ فِي ظُلَمِ الرَّدى

حتى هَوَتْ قَدَماهُ فِي ظُلَمِ الرَّدى

لما اهْتَدى فِيهَا بِغَيْرِ هُدَاكا

لما اهْتَدى فِيهَا بِغَيْرِ هُدَاكا

until his feet plunged into the darkness of death,

Until his feet sank in the darkness of loss

when he followed guidance there other than yours.

When he was guided by other than your guidance

وأراك فِيهِ اللهُ منْ نِقْمَاتِهِ

وأراك فِيهِ اللهُ منْ نِقْمَاتِهِ

عاداتِه فِي حَتْفِ مَن عاداكا

عاداتِه فِي حَتْفِ مَن عاداكا

And God showed you in him, through His acts of vengeance,

And Allah showed you therein some of His vengeance

His wont in the death of whoever opposed you.

And His ways with whoever showed hostility to you

قُلْ للمُصَرَّعِ لا لَعاً من صَرْعَةٍ

قُلْ للمُصَرَّعِ لا لَعاً من صَرْعَةٍ

وافَيْتَها بغياً عَلَى مَوْلاكا

وافَيْتَها بغياً عَلَى مَوْلاكا

Say to the fallen man: no recovery from the fall

Say to the slain, "No blame for a slaying

you met by rebelling against your lord!

You brought upon yourself in enmity to your Master."

تبّاً لسَعيِكَ إِذ تَسُلُّ مُعانِداً

تبّاً لسَعيِكَ إِذ تَسُلُّ مُعانِداً

لِخِلافِهِ السيف الَّذِي حلّاكا

لِخِلافِهِ السيف الَّذِي حلّاكا

Ruin upon your striving, as you draw, defiant,

Woe to your efforts as you stubbornly resist

to oppose him, the sword with which he adorned you!

The sword with which Allah girded you!

وسقاك كأساً للحتوف وَكَمْ وَكَمْ

وسقاك كأساً للحتوف وَكَمْ وَكَمْ

مِنْ قَبْلِها كأْسَ الحياةِ سقاكا

مِنْ قَبْلِها كأْسَ الحياةِ سقاكا

And he gave you a cup of death; how often, how often,

And made you drink a cup of perdition - and how oft

before it had he given you the cup of life!

Before it the cup of life He made you drink!

لا تَفْلُلِ الأَيَّامُ سيفاً ماضياً

لا تَفْلُلِ الأَيَّامُ سيفاً ماضياً

فضَّ الإِلهُ بشفرتيه فاكا

فضَّ الإِلهُ بشفرتيه فاكا

May the days never blunt a keen sword

The days do not wear down a sword already drawn -

with whose two edges God shattered your mouth!

God cleaved through it with its two edges.

حَيِيَتْ لموتكَ أَنْفُسٌ مظلومَةٌ

حَيِيَتْ لموتكَ أَنْفُسٌ مظلومَةٌ

كانت مناياهُنَّ فِي مَحْياكا

كانت مناياهُنَّ فِي مَحْياكا

Wronged souls came to life through your death,

For your death, oppressed souls gained life

whose doom had lain in your life.

Whose deaths were in your remaining alive

فانْهَضْ بخِزْي الدينِ والدنيا بما

فانْهَضْ بخِزْي الدينِ والدنيا بما

قَدْ قَدَّمَتْ فِي المُسلِمِينَ يَدَاكا

قَدْ قَدَّمَتْ فِي المُسلِمِينَ يَدَاكا

So rise with disgrace in faith and this world, for what

So rise with the disgrace of religion and world that

your two hands have wrought among the Muslims.

Your hands have presented the Muslims

هذا جزاءُ الغَدْرِ لا عَدِمَ الهُدى

هذا جزاءُ الغَدْرِ لا عَدِمَ الهُدى

مولىً بسعيكَ فِي النفاق جزاكا

مولىً بسعيكَ فِي النفاق جزاكا

This is treachery's reward; may true guidance never lack

This is the reward of betrayal - not lack of guidance -

a lord who repaid you for your striving in hypocrisy.

My lord, by your striving in hypocrisy He rewarded you

يا أَيُّهَا المولى الَّذِي نَصَرَ الهُدى

يا أَيُّهَا المولى الَّذِي نَصَرَ الهُدى

وحَمى الثغورَ وَذَلَّلَ الإِشرَاكا

وحَمى الثغورَ وَذَلَّلَ الإِشرَاكا

O lord who championed true guidance,

O Master whom victory aided, who guarded orthodoxy

and protected the frontier strongholds and humbled polytheism,

And subjugated polytheism, humbling it

لا يُبْعِدِ الرحمنُ إِلّا مُهْجَةً

لا يُبْعِدِ الرحمنُ إِلّا مُهْجَةً

ضلَّتْ وَفِي يدها سِرَاجُ هُدَاكا

ضلَّتْ وَفِي يدها سِرَاجُ هُدَاكا

may the Merciful banish only a soul

The Merciful only distances a glowing ember

that strayed while holding the lamp of your guidance!

That strayed, its torch being your guidance

تَعْساً لِمَنْ ناواك بل ذُلّاً لِمنْ

تَعْساً لِمَنْ ناواك بل ذُلّاً لِمنْ

ساماك بَلْ خِزْياً لمن جاراك

ساماك بَلْ خِزْياً لمن جاراك

Perdition to whoever opposed you—nay, humiliation to whoever

Wretched is he who opposed you - nay, disgraced is he who

rivaled you—nay, disgrace to whoever kept pace with you!

Defied you - nay, shamed is he who was hostile to you

فابلُغْ مُنَاكَ فإِنَّ غاياتِ المنى

فابلُغْ مُنَاكَ فإِنَّ غاياتِ المنى

للمسلمين بأَنْ تنالَ مُنَاكا

للمسلمين بأَنْ تنالَ مُنَاكا

So attain your wishes, for the utmost hopes

So accomplish your purpose, for the goals of desire

of the Muslims lie in your attaining your wishes,

For the Muslims are for you to attain your wishes

حتى ترى النَّجْلَ المُبارَكَ رافِعاً

حتى ترى النَّجْلَ المُبارَكَ رافِعاً

عَلَمَ السيادة جَارياً لمداكا

عَلَمَ السيادة جَارياً لمداكا

until you see your blessed son raising

Until you see the blessed foal raising

the banner of sovereignty, racing to reach your mark,

The flag of sovereignty, following your ways

ويُريكَ فِي شِبْلِ المكارِم والهُدى

ويُريكَ فِي شِبْلِ المكارِم والهُدى

والبِرِّ أَفضَلَ مَا أَرَيْتَ أَباكا

والبِرِّ أَفضَلَ مَا أَرَيْتَ أَباكا

and he shows you, in a lion-cub of noble deeds and guidance,

And He shows you in the cub of virtues, guidance

and righteousness, the finest of what you showed your father.

And righteousness the best of what you saw in your father