وَجِئتَ بِأحمَدٍ فَمَلأتَ حَمداً

وَجِئتَ بِأحمَدٍ فَمَلأتَ حَمداً

مَوارِدَ كانَ مَعدنُها عَذابا

مَوارِدَ كانَ مَعدنُها عَذابا

And you brought Ahmad, thus filling with praise

You brought Ahmad, so you filled with praise

Watering places whose source had been torment.

Sources whose essence was torment

تَهَلَّلَ وَجهُ مُلْكِكَ يَومَ أَهدَت

تَهَلَّلَ وَجهُ مُلْكِكَ يَومَ أَهدَت

قَوابِلُهُ لَكَ المُلكَ اللّبابا

قَوابِلُهُ لَكَ المُلكَ اللّبابا

The face of your kingdom beamed the day you were given

The face of your kingdom beamed the day you gifted

By its midwives kingship in its purest form.

Him the kingdom, the beautiful darling

شَبيهُكَ لا يُغادِرُ مِنكَ شَيئاً

شَبيهُكَ لا يُغادِرُ مِنكَ شَيئاً

سَناً وحَياً وَبَذلاً وَاِستِلاباً

سَناً وحَياً وَبَذلاً وَاِستِلاباً

Your likeness leaves nothing of you out—

None can match you in any way

Radiance, rain, generosity, and plunder.

In goodness, life, generosity or conquest

قَسيم الحَمدِ إِلّا أَنّ حرفاً

قَسيم الحَمدِ إِلّا أَنّ حرفاً

مِن اِسمِكَ زادَ لِلمَعنى مَنابا

مِن اِسمِكَ زادَ لِلمَعنى مَنابا

A sharer in praise, except that a letter

The sharer of praise except that a letter

From your name added a share to the meaning.

From your name added meaning and radiance

أَلا للَّهِ يَومٌ فَرَّ عَنْهُ

أَلا للَّهِ يَومٌ فَرَّ عَنْهُ

وَرَكْبٌ نَصَّ بِالبُشْرَى الرِّكابا

وَرَكْبٌ نَصَّ بِالبُشْرَى الرِّكابا

Ah, to God belongs the day that unveiled him,

Glory to God! A day which fled from it

And riders urged their camels onward with the glad tidings.

A band announced good news, the riders