ليَهْنِ لَكَ العيدُ الَّذِي بِكَ يَهْنِينا

ليَهْنِ لَكَ العيدُ الَّذِي بِكَ يَهْنِينا

سلاماً وإِسلاماً وأَمناً وتأْمِينا

سلاماً وإِسلاماً وأَمناً وتأْمِينا

May the feast that gladdens us through you be joyous for you,

May this Eid in which you bring us joy, bring you joy

With peace and Islam, security and protection.

Peace, submission, safety, and assurance

ولا أُعْدِمَتْ أَسماؤُكُمُ وسماؤكُمْ

ولا أُعْدِمَتْ أَسماؤُكُمُ وسماؤكُمْ

نجومَ السُّعودِ والطُّيُورَ الميامِينا

نجومَ السُّعودِ والطُّيُورَ الميامِينا

May your names and your sky never be deprived of

May your names and your heavens

The stars of good fortune and the auspicious birds.

The stars of glory and the circling falcons, never cease

بِمَنْ يَمُنَتْ أَيامُنا وتلأْلأَتْ

بِمَنْ يَمُنَتْ أَيامُنا وتلأْلأَتْ

بنُور المُنى والمكْرُمَاتِ ليالينا

بنُور المُنى والمكْرُمَاتِ ليالينا

Through him our days grew auspicious, and there sparkled

With whom our days shone and glittered

Our nights with the light of hopes and noble deeds.

With the light of wishes and honored nights

دعانا وسقَّانا سِجالَ يمينِهِ

دعانا وسقَّانا سِجالَ يمينِهِ

فسَقْياً لساقِينا ورعْياً لراعينا

فسَقْياً لساقِينا ورعْياً لراعينا

He invited us and gave us drink from his right hand's brimming buckets;

He called us and quenched us with the palm of his right hand

May our cupbearer receive drink, and our shepherd receive care,

A quenching for the quencher and pasturing for the shepherd

ومُلْكاً وتمْلِيكاً وفَلْجاً وغبطَةً

ومُلْكاً وتمْلِيكاً وفَلْجاً وغبطَةً

وعزّاً وإِعزازاً ونصراً وتمكينا

وعزّاً وإِعزازاً ونصراً وتمكينا

And sovereignty, the bestowal of rule, triumph and felicity,

Sovereignty and empowerment, insight and happiness

And glory and exaltation, victory and firmly established power.

Honor and honor, victory and enablement

دعاءٌ لمن عَزَّتْ بِهِ دعوةُ الهُدى

دعاءٌ لمن عَزَّتْ بِهِ دعوةُ الهُدى

يقُولُ لَهُ الإِسلامُ آمِينَ آمينا

يقُولُ لَهُ الإِسلامُ آمِينَ آمينا

A prayer for him through whom the call to right guidance grew strong,

A prayer for the one by whom the call to guidance was honored

To which Islam says: Amen, amen.

Islam says to him, amen, amen

فتىً مَلَكَ الدنيا فَمَلَّكَنا بِهَا

فتىً مَلَكَ الدنيا فَمَلَّكَنا بِهَا

وجاهدَ عنَّا ينصُرُ المُلْكَ والدينا

وجاهدَ عنَّا ينصُرُ المُلْكَ والدينا

A young man who ruled the world and made us rulers in it,

A young man who ruled the world and empowered us with it

And fought on our behalf, defending sovereignty and the faith.

And fought for us, victorious over kingdom and religion

فقلَّدَ أَعناقَ الأُسودِ أَساوِداً

فقلَّدَ أَعناقَ الأُسودِ أَساوِداً

وحلَّى أَكُفَّ الدَّارِعينَ ثعابينا

وحلَّى أَكُفَّ الدَّارِعينَ ثعابينا

He hung black serpents about the lions' necks,

So he collared the necks of lions with more lions

And adorned the mail-clad warriors' hands with serpents.

And adorned the palms of warriors with snakes

وخلَّى القصورَ البيضَ والبِيضَ كالدُّمى

وخلَّى القصورَ البيضَ والبِيضَ كالدُّمى

لِبِيضٍ يُكَشِّفْنَ العَمى ويُجَلِّينا

لِبِيضٍ يُكَشِّفْنَ العَمى ويُجَلِّينا

He forsook white palaces and fair women like statues

And left the white palaces and eggs like statues

For white swords that dispel blindness and bring clarity.

For the whites who uncover blindness and clarify for us

إِذَا مَا كساها من دماءِ عُدَاتِهِ

إِذَا مَا كساها من دماءِ عُدَاتِهِ

سَلَبْنَ هواهُ الغيدَ والخُرَّدَ العِينا

سَلَبْنَ هواهُ الغيدَ والخُرَّدَ العِينا

Whenever he clothed them in his enemies' blood,

When he clothed them in the blood of his enemies

They stole his love from graceful beauties and bashful, wide-eyed maidens.

Their love stripped the hyena and the blinking eye

وعطَّلَ أَشجارَ البساتينِ واكْتفى

وعطَّلَ أَشجارَ البساتينِ واكْتفى

بمُشْتَجِرِ الأَرماحِ منها بساتينا

بمُشْتَجِرِ الأَرماحِ منها بساتينا

He left the gardens' trees untended and contented himself

And neglected the trees of orchards, content

With thickets of spears, making gardens of them,

With the clashing forests of spears for our orchards

ليَسْتَفْتِحَ الوردَ الجنيَّ من الطُّلى

ليَسْتَفْتِحَ الوردَ الجنيَّ من الطُّلى

ويَشْتَمَّ أرواحَ العُداةِ رياحينا

ويَشْتَمَّ أرواحَ العُداةِ رياحينا

To bring roses ripe for picking into bloom from throats,

To conquer the rose garden from the aroma

And smell his enemies' souls as fragrant herbs,

And smell the spirits of the enemies like breezes

ويَسْمَعَ من وَقْعِ القَنا فِي نحورِها

ويَسْمَعَ من وَقْعِ القَنا فِي نحورِها

حمائِمَ فِي أَغْصانِها وشَفانِينا

حمائِمَ فِي أَغْصانِها وشَفانِينا

And hear, from spears striking their throats,

And hear from the falling of spears in their necks

Doves among their branches, and turtledoves.

The doves in their branches and our singing

يسيرٌ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَسيرَ إِذَا الدُّجى

يسيرٌ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَسيرَ إِذَا الدُّجى

كسا بالجِلالِ البيضِ أَفْراسَهُ الجُونا

كسا بالجِلالِ البيضِ أَفْراسَهُ الجُونا

It is easy for him to march when the darkness

It is easy for him to march when night falls

Clothes his black horses in white caparisons.

Dressed in the majestic white, his steeds dressed in black

سرى ليلَ كانونَينِ لَمْ يَدَّخِرْ لَهُ

سرى ليلَ كانونَينِ لَمْ يَدَّخِرْ لَهُ

سوى الجَوِّ كِنَّاً والنجومِ كوانينا

سوى الجَوِّ كِنَّاً والنجومِ كوانينا

He traveled through the nights of the two Kanuns, keeping nothing for himself

He marched on a December night, keeping for him

But the open sky as shelter, and the stars as braziers.

Nothing but air as shelter and stars as our lamps

قريبٌ وَمَا أَدناهُ من صارِخِ الوغى

قريبٌ وَمَا أَدناهُ من صارِخِ الوغى

بعيدٌ وَمَا أَدْنى لَهُ صوتَ داعِينا

بعيدٌ وَمَا أَدْنى لَهُ صوتَ داعِينا

Near—and how near!—to the battle-crier;

Near is he who cries aloud in the fray

Far away—yet how close our caller's voice is to him!

Far is the one whose voice calls us

وإِن شئتَ لَمْ تعدمْكَ غُرَّةُ وجهِهِ

وإِن شئتَ لَمْ تعدمْكَ غُرَّةُ وجهِهِ

أَناسِيَّ من أَحداقِنا ومآقِينا

أَناسِيَّ من أَحداقِنا ومآقِينا

And if you wish, his face's radiance will not deny you

And if you wish, the delight of his face does not fail

Little human figures from our eyeballs and the corners of our eyes.

To forget from our eyelids and waterways

ومثواهُ فِي الأَرواحِ وسطَ صدورِنا

ومثواهُ فِي الأَرواحِ وسطَ صدورِنا

ومجراهُ فِي الأَنفاسِ بَيْنَ تراقِينا

ومجراهُ فِي الأَنفاسِ بَيْنَ تراقِينا

His dwelling is in our souls, in the midst of our breasts,

His dwelling is in the spirits in our breasts

And his passage is in our breaths, between our collarbones.

And his course is in the breaths between our lungs

ونعم كفيلُ الشَّمْسِ حاجِبُها الَّذِي

ونعم كفيلُ الشَّمْسِ حاجِبُها الَّذِي

يشيِّعُنا فِيهَا ويَخْلُفُها فينا

يشيِّعُنا فِيهَا ويَخْلُفُها فينا

What a fine guardian of the sun is her chamberlain, who

Blessed is the confidant of the sun, her eyebrow

Escorts us in her light and takes her place among us.

Who bids us farewell in her and follows after her through us

يطالعنا فِي نورِها فيعُمُّنا

يطالعنا فِي نورِها فيعُمُّنا

ويسمو لَنَا فِي شِبْهِهَا فَيُسَلِّيِنا

ويسمو لَنَا فِي شِبْهِهَا فَيُسَلِّيِنا

He appears before us in her light and embraces us all,

She appears to us in her light, blanketing us

And rises for us in her likeness, and so consoles us.

And climbs for us in her likeness, comforting us

وصدَّقَ فينا ظَنَّها حينَ صدَّقَتْ

وصدَّقَ فينا ظَنَّها حينَ صدَّقَتْ

سحابُ نداهُ مَا النفوسُ تُمَنِّينا

سحابُ نداهُ مَا النفوسُ تُمَنِّينا

He fulfilled her expectation in our case, when

And she was true to us in her presumption when

The clouds of his bounty made true what our souls led us to hope for.

The clouds of his brilliance spoke what our souls desire

وَقَدْ أَثمرَتْ فينا يداهُ بأَنْعُمٍ

وَقَدْ أَثمرَتْ فينا يداهُ بأَنْعُمٍ

تساقَطُ فِي أَفواهِنا قبلَ أَيدينا

تساقَطُ فِي أَفواهِنا قبلَ أَيدينا

And indeed his two hands have borne fruit for us in blessings

And his hands have borne fruit in us with blessings

That fall into our mouths before reaching our hands.

That fall in our mouths before our hands

وذكَّرَ منه الصومُ والفطرُ هَدْيَهُ

وذكَّرَ منه الصومُ والفطرُ هَدْيَهُ

وجمعُ المصلَّى وابتهالُ المصلِّينا

وجمعُ المصلَّى وابتهالُ المصلِّينا

Fasting and the breaking of the fast recalled his example,

The fast and the feast reminded us of his guidance

As did the gathering at the prayer ground and the worshippers' supplication,

And gathering for prayer and the supplication of those praying

ومقعدُهُ فِي تاجِهِ وسريرِهِ

ومقعدُهُ فِي تاجِهِ وسريرِهِ

ليومِ السَّلامِ وازدحامِ المُحَيِّينا

ليومِ السَّلامِ وازدحامِ المُحَيِّينا

And his sitting crowned upon his throne

His seat is in his crown and upon his throne

On the day of salutation, amid the throng of greeters.

For the day of peace and the crowding of the greeters

فَمُلِّيتُمُوها آلَ يَحْيى تَحِيَّةً

فَمُلِّيتُمُوها آلَ يَحْيى تَحِيَّةً

تُحَيَّوْنَ بالملكِ التَّليدِ وتُحيُونَا

تُحَيَّوْنَ بالملكِ التَّليدِ وتُحيُونَا

So may you long enjoy this greeting, house of Yahya:

So we wished them - House of Yahya - a greeting

You are greeted with ancestral kingship, and you give us life.

You are greeted by the inherited kingdom and greet us

وتُرْجَوْنَ للجُلَّى فنِعْمَ المُجَلُّونَا

وتُرْجَوْنَ للجُلَّى فنِعْمَ المُجَلُّونَا

وتُدْعَوْنَ للنُّعمى فنعمَ المُجِيبونا

وتُدْعَوْنَ للنُّعمى فنعمَ المُجِيبونا

You are looked to in great calamity—excellent are you who relieve us;

And you are hoped for clarity, so excellent are those who make clear

You are called upon for blessings—excellent are you who answer us.

And you are called to bounty, so excellent are those who respond

تُشَرِّدُ آفاقُ البلادِ فتُؤْوونا

تُشَرِّدُ آفاقُ البلادِ فتُؤْوونا

وتَجْرَحُ أَيدِي النائِباتِ فتَأْسُونا

وتَجْرَحُ أَيدِي النائِباتِ فتَأْسُونا

The far reaches of the lands drive us into exile, and you shelter us;

The horizons of the land expel us, so you shelter us

Misfortunes' hands wound us, and you tend our wounds.

The hands of misfortune wound us, so you heal us

تُدَاوونَ من ريبِ الزمانِ فتَشْفَوْنا

تُدَاوونَ من ريبِ الزمانِ فتَشْفَوْنا

وتسقُونَ من كَأْسِ الحياةِ فتُرْوونا

وتسقُونَ من كَأْسِ الحياةِ فتُرْوونا

You treat us for the calamities of time, and so heal us;

You cure us from the doubt of time, so you heal us

You give us drink from the cup of life, and quench our thirst.

And you quench us from the cup of life, so you water us

حُفاةُ المحزِّ فِي عظامِ عُدَاتِكُمْ

حُفاةُ المحزِّ فِي عظامِ عُدَاتِكُمْ

ولكِنْ عَلَى الإِسلامِ هَيْنُونَ لَيْنُونا

ولكِنْ عَلَى الإِسلامِ هَيْنُونَ لَيْنُونا

Relentless in cutting into your enemies' bones,

Barefoot in the shredded garments of your enemies

Yet gentle and tender toward Islam.

But gentle towards Islam, they are humbled, humbled

فلَوْ لَمْ تَلُونا مالِكينَ لكنتُمُ

فلَوْ لَمْ تَلُونا مالِكينَ لكنتُمُ

بأَخْلاقِكُم ساداتنا وموالينا

بأَخْلاقِكُم ساداتنا وموالينا

Even had you not governed us as rulers, you would have been,

For if you did not rule us, you would be

By your character, our lords and patrons.

By your morals, our masters and patrons

ولم لَمْ نكُنْ فِي حمدِكم كَيْفَ شئتُمُ

ولم لَمْ نكُنْ فِي حمدِكم كَيْفَ شئتُمُ

لكنتُمْ لَنَا فِي الصَّفْحِ عنَّا كَمَا شِينا

لكنتُمْ لَنَا فِي الصَّفْحِ عنَّا كَمَا شِينا

And why were we not, in praising you, as you wished?

And how could we not praise you however you wished

You would have been, in pardoning us, just as we wished.

You would be for us in pardon as we wished

وحُبُّكُمُ فِي اللهِ أَزكى فعالنا

وحُبُّكُمُ فِي اللهِ أَزكى فعالنا

وطاعتكم فِي اللهِ أَعلى مساعينا

وطاعتكم فِي اللهِ أَعلى مساعينا

Love for you for God's sake is the purest of our deeds,

And loving you for God is the most virtuous of our deeds

And obedience to you for God's sake is the loftiest of our endeavors.

And obeying you for God is the highest of our efforts