تهلل وجه صبحك يا نهار

تهلل وجه صبحك يا نهار

وأشرقت المنازل والديار

وأشرقت المنازل والديار

The face of your dawn beams, O Day,

The face of your dawn beamed, O day,

and mansions and dwellings shine.

And the dwellings and homes shone.

وأضحت جلق تحكي عروسا

وأضحت جلق تحكي عروسا

ومن در الرياض لها نثار

ومن در الرياض لها نثار

Jillaq has come to resemble a bride,

And Jilliq became like a bride,

with pearls from the gardens scattered over her.

With the gardens' pearls strewn for her.

وشبب الغصون بها سرورا

وشبب الغصون بها سرورا

نسيم الروض مذ غنى الهزار

نسيم الروض مذ غنى الهزار

The branches sprang up there for joy;

And the branches there were enlivened with joy

the garden breeze passed, and the nightingale sang.

By the garden breeze, since the nightingale sang.

وقد سفرت صباحا عن شموس

وقد سفرت صباحا عن شموس

بها تلك المنازل تستنار

بها تلك المنازل تستنار

In the morning she unveiled a host of suns

And at dawn she unveiled suns,

by which those mansions are illuminated.

By which those dwellings are illumined.

وفي روض الهنا أبدت محيا

وفي روض الهنا أبدت محيا

عليه من سنا التاج الوقار

عليه من سنا التاج الوقار

In the garden of bliss she revealed a countenance

And in the garden of joy she revealed a face

upon which the crown’s radiance bestowed dignity.

Upon which lay dignity from the crown's radiance.

فتى في الجود ليس له نظير

فتى في الجود ليس له نظير

وبتغر عند جدواه النضار

وبتغر عند جدواه النضار

A young nobleman peerless in generosity—

A young man without equal in generosity,

gold itself smiles at his bounty.

And gold seems small beside his bounty (uncertain reading).

وذاك سجية فيه وطبع

وذاك سجية فيه وطبع

واما في سواه فمستعار

واما في سواه فمستعار

Such generosity is innate in him, his very nature;

And that is his innate disposition and nature,

in anyone else it is merely borrowed.

Whereas in anyone else it is borrowed.

جواد في المكارم لا يجارى

جواد في المكارم لا يجارى

ولم يلحق له فيها غبار

ولم يلحق له فيها غبار

A generous man whom none can rival in noble deeds;

Generous in noble deeds, beyond rivalry,

no pursuer’s dust has ever caught him in that race.

And in them none has caught up with his dust.

نظام الملك تم به ومنه

نظام الملك تم به ومنه

عليه من شعائره شعار

عليه من شعائره شعار

The order of kingship was perfected through him and proceeds from him;

The realm's order was perfected through him, and from it

upon him it bears an emblem among its insignia.

An emblem of its insignia rests upon him.

يجل عن المضارع في سمو

يجل عن المضارع في سمو

وذاك لانه العلم المشار

وذاك لانه العلم المشار

He is too exalted in loftiness to have an equal,

He rises above any peer in loftiness,

for he is the renowned standard to whom all point.

For he is the standard to which one points.

مكارمه بها الامثال سارت

مكارمه بها الامثال سارت

وفي الآفاق صار لها انتشار

وفي الآفاق صار لها انتشار

His noble deeds have sent proverbs traveling,

Proverbs have traveled bearing his noble deeds,

and spread them far across the horizons.

And across the horizons they have spread.

تطوف ببيته الامثال سعيا

تطوف ببيته الامثال سعيا

لها حج لديه واعتمار

لها حج لديه واعتمار

Proverbs circle his house, performing the ritual course;

Proverbs circle his house in ritual striving;

with him they make both pilgrimage and lesser pilgrimage.

There they perform the Hajj and the Umrah.

تفيض يمينه جودا ومنها

تفيض يمينه جودا ومنها

لنا يبدو الغنى وكذا اليسار

لنا يبدو الغنى وكذا اليسار

His right hand overflows with generosity, and from it

His right hand overflows with generosity, and from it

wealth and ease appear to us.

Wealth appears to us, and prosperity too.

وكيف اخاف بعد نداه فقرا

وكيف اخاف بعد نداه فقرا

ولي منه على الفقر انتصار

ولي منه على الفقر انتصار

How could I fear poverty after receiving his bounty,

And how could I fear poverty after his bounty,

when through him I triumph over poverty?

When through him I have victory over poverty?

أتاج الدين يا مولاي يا من

أتاج الدين يا مولاي يا من

سما وله مباني السعد دار

سما وله مباني السعد دار

O Crown of the Faith, my lord—O you

O Taj al-Din, my lord, O you who

who have risen high, for whom the mansions of good fortune are a home;

Have risen high, with fortune's halls as your home,

ويا بحر النوال ودوح فضل

ويا بحر النوال ودوح فضل

عطاياه الجواهر والثما ر

عطاياه الجواهر والثما ر

O sea of largesse and great tree of grace,

And O sea of bounty and grove of grace,

whose gifts are jewels and fruits. [rāʾ]

Whose gifts are jewels and fruits.

تجانس في مديحك كل معنى

تجانس في مديحك كل معنى

فجارك لا يضام ولا يضار

فجارك لا يضام ولا يضار

Every meaning harmonizes in your praise;

Every meaning harmonizes in your praise:

one under your protection is neither wronged nor harmed.

For your neighbor is neither wronged nor harmed.

ومن يخشى اذا الاعداء صالوا

ومن يخشى اذا الاعداء صالوا

وانت له حمى واق وجار

وانت له حمى واق وجار

Who need fear when enemies assail,

And who would fear when the enemies charge,

while you are his sanctuary, protector, and shielding neighbor?

When you are his refuge, protector, and neighbor?

بمقدمك السعيد لقد انارت

بمقدمك السعيد لقد انارت

ربوع الانس وارتفع النهار

ربوع الانس وارتفع النهار

At your blessed arrival, how brightly shone

At your auspicious arrival, indeed, there shone

the abodes of fellowship, and how high the day arose.

The abodes of fellowship, and the day rose high.

وايام الهنا بالبشر طابت

وايام الهنا بالبشر طابت

وكاسات السرور بها تدار

وكاسات السرور بها تدار

The days of bliss grew sweet with glad tidings,

And days of joy grew sweet with cheerfulness,

and cups of joy were passed around in them.

And cups of delight are passed around within them.

ويكفي في العلا ان نلت مجدا

ويكفي في العلا ان نلت مجدا

به الدهر عز وافتخار

به الدهر عز وافتخار

For loftiness it is enough that you attained a glory

And it suffices, in loftiness, that you attained a glory

through which the age itself gains honor and pride.

In which Time finds honor and pride.

وحسبي ان لي قلبا مشوقا

وحسبي ان لي قلبا مشوقا

به امل اليك له انتظار

به امل اليك له انتظار

Enough for me that I possess a yearning heart,

And it suffices me that I have a yearning heart,

bearing a hope directed toward you and waiting expectantly.

Within it is a hope in you, for which it waits.

بما تختار يا مولاي جد لي

بما تختار يا مولاي جد لي

فان العبد ليس له اختيار

فان العبد ليس له اختيار

Whatever you choose, my lord, generously bestow upon me,

Be generous to me, my lord, with whatever you choose,

for a servant has no choice of his own.

For the servant has no choice.

وخذها مدحة وافتك بكرا

وخذها مدحة وافتك بكرا

مخدرة معانيها ابتكار

مخدرة معانيها ابتكار

Receive it: a panegyric that has come to you a virgin,

And accept this praise-poem, which came to you a virgin,

a veiled maiden whose meanings are wholly new.

Secluded, its meanings original creations.

لها معنى يطول الشرح عنه

لها معنى يطول الشرح عنه

ولفظ جامع وبه اختصار

ولفظ جامع وبه اختصار

It holds a meaning whose exposition would take long,

It has a meaning whose explanation would be lengthy,

and diction both comprehensive and concise.

And comprehensive wording, in which there is brevity.

بمدحك قد سمت لفظا ومعنى

بمدحك قد سمت لفظا ومعنى

وحق لحسن معناها الفخار

وحق لحسن معناها الفخار

Through praising you, it has risen in both wording and meaning,

In praising you it has risen in wording and meaning,

and the beauty of its meaning has rightly earned it pride.

And glory is due to the beauty of its meaning.

فدم واسلم وعش ما لاح بدر

فدم واسلم وعش ما لاح بدر

دجى ليل وما طلع النهار

دجى ليل وما طلع النهار

Abide, remain safe, and live as long as a full moon gleams

So endure, stay safe, and live as long as a full moon shines

in the darkness of night, and as long as day dawns.

In night's darkness, and as long as the day dawns.