لَكَ الملكُ وَالسيفُ الَّذي مَهّدَ الملكا

لَكَ الملكُ وَالسيفُ الَّذي مَهّدَ الملكا

وَصالَ بِهِ الإِسلامُ فاهتَضَم الشركا

وَصالَ بِهِ الإِسلامُ فاهتَضَم الشركا

Yours are sovereignty and the sword that secured the realm.

You possess the kingdom and the sword that paved the way to kingship

And with it Islam charged and crushed polytheism.

With it, Islam prevailed and polytheism was demolished

تقيَّلتَ آباءً ملوكاً كأنّما

تقيَّلتَ آباءً ملوكاً كأنّما

يُفَتَّقُ للأسماعِ فخرهمُ مسكا

يُفَتَّقُ للأسماعِ فخرهمُ مسكا

You followed in the steps of royal forefathers, as though

You have humbled kings and fathers as if

Their glory were unsealed as musk for the ears.

Their pride for the ears was musk ready to be unraveled

وَكُلُّ عَريقٍ في الشجاعَةِ مقدمٌ

وَكُلُّ عَريقٍ في الشجاعَةِ مقدمٌ

له الضربةُ الفرغاءُ والطعنةُ السُّلكى

له الضربةُ الفرغاءُ والطعنةُ السُّلكى

And every man deep-rooted in courage is bold;

And every honorable one, foremost in courage

His are the wide-gashing blow and the straight-piercing thrust.

For him is the empty blow and the piercing stab

إِذا ما رَمى أَرضَ العدى بِعَرَمرَمٍ

إِذا ما رَمى أَرضَ العدى بِعَرَمرَمٍ

عِلَيهِ سَماءُ النَّقعِ غَادَرها دَكّا

عِلَيهِ سَماءُ النَّقعِ غَادَرها دَكّا

Whenever he assails the enemy's land with a vast army,

When he aims the land of enemies with a fierce throw

With a sky of dust above it, he leaves the land leveled.

Upon it the starry sky of spears, he left it flattened

وَمِن عَرَضِ الجبنِ المَنوطِ بِغُمرِهمْ

وَمِن عَرَضِ الجبنِ المَنوطِ بِغُمرِهمْ

صَفا جَوهَرٌ مِنهُم بِنارِ الوغى سَبكا

صَفا جَوهَرٌ مِنهُم بِنارِ الوغى سَبكا

And from the taint of cowardice clinging to their novice,

And from the essence of cowardice tied to their ignorance

Their essence grew pure, smelted in the fire of battle.

A purified gem through the fire of turmoil minted

بَنَيتَ بِهَدمِ المالِ كَعبَةَ ماجِدٍ

بَنَيتَ بِهَدمِ المالِ كَعبَةَ ماجِدٍ

إلى حجها نُزْجي القلائصَ والفلكا

إلى حجها نُزْجي القلائصَ والفلكا

You built, by laying waste to wealth, a noble man's Kaaba,

You built with the demolition of wealth a glorious sanctuary

To whose pilgrimage we urge on young she-camels and ships.

To its pilgrimage we bid the ships and vessels

فَيا ابنَ تَميمٍ ذا الفخارِ الَّذي لَهُ

فَيا ابنَ تَميمٍ ذا الفخارِ الَّذي لَهُ

منارٌ تَرَى فوْقَ السماكِ له سَمْكا

منارٌ تَرَى فوْقَ السماكِ له سَمْكا

So, O son of Tamim, bearer of glory that has

So O son of Tameem, yours is the pride

A beacon whose height you see above al-Simak.

With a minaret that appears atop the highest summit

تُحَدِّثُنا عَنهُ العُلَى وَبِمثلِ ما

تُحَدِّثُنا عَنهُ العُلَى وَبِمثلِ ما

تُحَدِّثُنا عَنهُ تُحَدِّثُنا عنكا

تُحَدِّثُنا عَنهُ تُحَدِّثُنا عنكا

Noble deeds tell us of him, and just as

The highest speak of it, and just as they speak of it

They tell us of him, they tell us of you.

They speak of you in the same manner

تَناولتَ إِصلاحَ الزّمانِ فَقُلْ لنا

تَناولتَ إِصلاحَ الزّمانِ فَقُلْ لنا

أعدلٌ يسوسُ المُلْكَ أم ملَكٌ مِنكا

أعدلٌ يسوسُ المُلْكَ أم ملَكٌ مِنكا

You undertook to set the age right; tell us, then:

You have undertaken reforming the times, so tell us

Is it justice that governs the realm, or an angel from you?

Is a just ruler better or a king from you?

فَجَدَّدتَ ما أَبلى وأَثبَتَّ ما نَفى

فَجَدَّدتَ ما أَبلى وأَثبَتَّ ما نَفى

وأَدْنَيتَ مَن أَقصى وأَضْحَكتَ من أبكى

وأَدْنَيتَ مَن أَقصى وأَضْحَكتَ من أبكى

So you renewed what time had worn out and established what it had swept away,

You have renewed what withered and affirmed what was denied

And brought near those it had driven away, and made laugh those it had made weep.

And brought closer he who was distant, and made laugh he who cried