أهنِّيكَ يَا عِيدَ الرَّغائِبِ عيدا

أهنِّيكَ يَا عِيدَ الرَّغائِبِ عيدا

تَلَقَّاكَ بِاسمٍ صادقٍ لِتَعُودَا

تَلَقَّاكَ بِاسمٍ صادقٍ لِتَعُودَا

I congratulate you, O feast of hoped-for blessings, on a feast

I congratulate you, O Festival of Benevolence, a festival

That greeted you with a name that rings true, so that you may return,

That is welcomed with a true name so it may return

كنُعماك فينا فاتِحاً ومُتمِّماً

كنُعماك فينا فاتِحاً ومُتمِّماً

وجُهدِكَ فينا مُبدِئاً ومُعِيدا

وجُهدِكَ فينا مُبدِئاً ومُعِيدا

Like your bounty among us, initiating and completing,

Your favors upon us open and complete

And your striving among us, beginning and renewing.

And your efforts among us initiating and repeating

فأعطاكَ بالعَهدِ الكريمِ مَوَاثِقاً

فأعطاكَ بالعَهدِ الكريمِ مَوَاثِقاً

وبالنصر فِي طُولِ البقاءِ عهودا

وبالنصر فِي طُولِ البقاءِ عهودا

So it granted you assurances of a noble covenant,

So it has given you with the generous covenant securities

And pledges of victory throughout a long life.

And with victory in long survival promises

وقد مَلأَ الأيَّامَ منك مَحاسِناً

وقد مَلأَ الأيَّامَ منك مَحاسِناً

وآفاقَها العليا إليكَ سُعودا

وآفاقَها العليا إليكَ سُعودا

And it has filled the days with your virtues,

And it has filled the days from you with virtues

And their lofty horizons with good omens for you.

And its sublime horizons to you exaltations

وحلّاكَ عِقدَ المَكرُمَاتِ مُنَظَّماً

وحلّاكَ عِقدَ المَكرُمَاتِ مُنَظَّماً

وأَلبَستَهُ ثوبَ السرورِ جديدا

وأَلبَستَهُ ثوبَ السرورِ جديدا

And adorned you with a neatly strung necklace of noble deeds,

It adorned you with the knot of honors organized

And you clothed it in a new robe of joy.

And clothed it with the garment of joy anew

وقد أشرقَت منكَ المُصَلَّى بغرَّةٍ

وقد أشرقَت منكَ المُصَلَّى بغرَّةٍ

يظلُّ لَهَا وجهُ الصباحِ حَسودا

يظلُّ لَهَا وجهُ الصباحِ حَسودا

And the prayer ground shone with the radiance of your brow,

And brightness has shone from you in the place of prayer suddenly

Of which the face of morning remains envious.

Whose face the morning will remain envious of

أضاءَت بنورِ الحقِّ والعدلِ والنُّهى

أضاءَت بنورِ الحقِّ والعدلِ والنُّهى

فجاءَتكَ أحرارُ الرِّجالِ عَبيدا

فجاءَتكَ أحرارُ الرِّجالِ عَبيدا

It shone with the light of truth, justice, and reason,

It illuminated with the light of truth, justice and deterrence

So free men came to you as slaves.

So the free men came to you as servants

سَجَدتَ لربِّ العرشِ ديناً وطاعةً

سَجَدتَ لربِّ العرشِ ديناً وطاعةً

فَخَرَّتْ إليكَ النائباتُ سُجودا

فَخَرَّتْ إليكَ النائباتُ سُجودا

You prostrated yourself before the Lord of the Throne in faith and obedience,

You prostrated to the Lord of the Throne in religion and obedience

So calamities fell prostrate before you.

So the deputies fell before you in prostration

ومَدَّ إليك الناظرونَ نواظِراً

ومَدَّ إليك الناظرونَ نواظِراً

أقامَتْ بإخلاصِ القلوبِ شُهودا

أقامَتْ بإخلاصِ القلوبِ شُهودا

And the onlookers directed their eyes toward you,

And the observers stretched their sights to you

Eyes that stood as witnesses to their hearts' sincerity.

Which established with the sincerity of hearts as witnesses

فَمَلَّأْتَها هَدياً وبِرّاً وسُودَداً

فَمَلَّأْتَها هَدياً وبِرّاً وسُودَداً

وبأساً عَلَى أعدائِهنَّ وجُودا

وبأساً عَلَى أعدائِهنَّ وجُودا

So you filled them with guidance, goodness, and nobility,

So you filled it with guidance, righteousness and intimacy

And might against their enemies, and generosity,

And might against their enemies and generosity

وأعلامَ عِزٍّ أحدَقتْ بمكارِمٍ

وأعلامَ عِزٍّ أحدَقتْ بمكارِمٍ

فواتخ عقبانٍ حَمَلْنَ أُسودَا

فواتخ عقبانٍ حَمَلْنَ أُسودَا

And banners of glory that encircled noble qualities—

And the flags of honor glared with virtues

Eagles with outspread wings that carried lions.

Like the tails of eagles carrying the black

كأَنَّ نَدى يُمناكَ مِمَّا تجودُها

كأَنَّ نَدى يُمناكَ مِمَّا تجودُها

كساها من الرَّوضِ النَّضِيدِ بُرُودا

كساها من الرَّوضِ النَّضِيدِ بُرُودا

As though the dew of your right hand, so lavishly showered upon them,

As if the dew of your prosperity which it grants forth

Had clothed them in mantles from the richly arrayed garden.

Adorned it from the verdant garden with coolness

وقد طَلَعَ الدِّيباجُ والوشيُ فَوقَها

وقد طَلَعَ الدِّيباجُ والوشيُ فَوقَها

حَدَائِقَ زَهرٍ فِي الغصونِ نَضِيدا

حَدَائِقَ زَهرٍ فِي الغصونِ نَضِيدا

And brocade and embroidery appeared upon them,

And silk and satin has emerged above it

As gardens of blossoms, neatly arrayed among the boughs.

Gardens of flowers on the branches, green

وكم لَبِستْ منه عِداكَ حِدادَها

وكم لَبِستْ منه عِداكَ حِدادَها

إذا لَبِسُوا فوقَ السُّروجِ حَديدا

إذا لَبِسُوا فوقَ السُّروجِ حَديدا

And how often your foes wore their mourning garb because of it,

And how much has it worn of your armor its mourning

When they donned iron armor upon their saddles.

When they wear over the saddles iron

وكم مَلؤُوا الأرضَ الفضاءَ حَوَافِراً

وكم مَلؤُوا الأرضَ الفضاءَ حَوَافِراً

وجَوَّ السَّماء قَسطَلاً وبُنُودا

وجَوَّ السَّماء قَسطَلاً وبُنُودا

And how often they filled the open earth with hooves,

And how much they filled the vast earth with hooves

And the sky's expanse with dust and banners,

And the sky's horizon with spears and standards

وبِيضاً ردَدْنَ الليلَ أبيضَ مُشرقاً

وبِيضاً ردَدْنَ الليلَ أبيضَ مُشرقاً

علينا وأيَّامَ المعانِدِ سُودا

علينا وأيَّامَ المعانِدِ سُودا

And bright swords that turned the night white and radiant

And white they returned the night shining white upon us

Over us, and the adversary's days black;

And the days of the defiant black

وزُرقاً من الخطِّيِّ أوقدها الوغى

وزُرقاً من الخطِّيِّ أوقدها الوغى

فأضحَتْ لَهَا غُلبُ الرِّقابِ وَقُودا

فأضحَتْ لَهَا غُلبُ الرِّقابِ وَقُودا

And blue-tipped spears of al-Khatt that battle set aflame,

And blue which the battle ignited

So thick necks became their fuel.

So the subjugation of necks became its firewood

مَساعٍ رَعَينَ الملكَ حَتَّى تَلأَلأَت

مَساعٍ رَعَينَ الملكَ حَتَّى تَلأَلأَت

قلائِدَ فِي لَبَّاتِهِ وعُقودا

قلائِدَ فِي لَبَّاتِهِ وعُقودا

Deeds that guarded the realm until they glittered

Thriving which the kingdom grazed until it glittered

As pendants and necklaces upon its breast.

Necklaces in its jaws and knots

فَلَو لَمْ تُشَيِّعكَ الجنودُ إلى العِدى

فَلَو لَمْ تُشَيِّعكَ الجنودُ إلى العِدى

لأضحى لَكَ النصرُ العزيزُ جُنودا

لأضحى لَكَ النصرُ العزيزُ جُنودا

For if the armies did not escort you to the enemy,

So if the soldiers did not escort you to the animosity

Mighty victory would become an army for you.

Victory would have become for you the mighty soldiers

فلا زِلتَ للإسلامِ سَيفاً مُحامِياً

فلا زِلتَ للإسلامِ سَيفاً مُحامِياً

وصِنوُكَ رُكناً للثُغورِ شَديدا

وصِنوُكَ رُكناً للثُغورِ شَديدا

So may you ever remain a defending sword for Islam,

So you always remained for Islam a protecting sword

And your brother a strong pillar for the frontiers.

And your assistance a pillar for the great conquests

تُنادِمُهُ كأسَ الوفاءِ فإن غَدَا

تُنادِمُهُ كأسَ الوفاءِ فإن غَدَا

بعيداً فما مثواهُ مِنكَ بَعِيدا

بعيداً فما مثواهُ مِنكَ بَعِيدا

You share with him the cup of loyalty; and if he becomes

It entertains it with the cup of loyalty so if it goes

Far away, his dwelling is not far from you.

Far away, still its dwelling is not far from you

فَمُلِّيتُما نُصحاً يعودُ بغبطَةٍ

فَمُلِّيتُما نُصحاً يعودُ بغبطَةٍ

وألهِمتُما حَمدا يقودُ مَزيدا

وألهِمتُما حَمدا يقودُ مَزيدا

So may you both long enjoy sincere loyalty that brings happiness,

So I advised thoroughly, returning with happiness

And may you both be inspired to praise that leads to greater bounty.

And inspired extensive praise that leads to more