هو الجدّ بِزّ التّمام البدورا

هو الجدّ بِزّ التّمام البدورا

شوى كلَّ ما جَنَتِ الحادثا

شوى كلَّ ما جَنَتِ الحادثا

It is fate that robbed the full moons of their fullness.

He is the full moon at its brightest time

All that calamities have wrought is but a trifle,

He has healed all the wounds of misfortune

تُ ما كنت ظلّاً عَلَينا قَريرا

تُ ما كنت ظلّاً عَلَينا قَريرا

أَسأْنَ وَأَحسَن كنّ الهِلال

أَسأْنَ وَأَحسَن كنّ الهِلال

so long as you remain a cool shade over us.

You were a gentle shade over us

They did ill and did good: they hid the crescent,

Whether beneficent or doing good, you were like the crescent moon

وَمَلأنَنا منكَ بدراً مُنيرا

وَمَلأنَنا منكَ بدراً مُنيرا

إِذا ثَبح البَحر أَخطأنَهُ

إِذا ثَبح البَحر أَخطأنَهُ

and filled us with a shining full moon in you.

And you filled us with radiant full moon

If they miss the sea's depths,

When the sea roared, it missed him

فلا غَرْوَ أنْ يَنتَشِفن الغَديرا

فلا غَرْوَ أنْ يَنتَشِفن الغَديرا

وَأَصْغِر بِفُقدانِنا الذّاهِبينَ

وَأَصْغِر بِفُقدانِنا الذّاهِبينَ

it is no wonder that they drain the pool.

So it's no wonder it sheds tears

And how slight is our loss of the departed,

And we feel smaller with those who left

ما عِشتَ نَأتيك ملكاً كَبيرا

ما عِشتَ نَأتيك ملكاً كَبيرا

وما أَغمَدَ الدّهرُ ذاكَ الحُسا

وما أَغمَدَ الدّهرُ ذاكَ الحُسا

so long as you live, a mighty king to whom we come.

As long as I live, I will come to you a great king

Nor has Time sheathed that sword,

And as long as fate keeps that sword sheathed

م ما سلّ حدّاك عضْباً بَتُورا

م ما سلّ حدّاك عضْباً بَتُورا

قسيمُ عُلاك ونِعْمَ القسيم

قسيمُ عُلاك ونِعْمَ القسيم

while your twin edges draw a keen, cleaving blade.

A sword that you have never unsheathed in anger

A partner in your glory—and an excellent partner—

My friend in good and bad, what a great friend!

أخٌ شاف نزراً وأعطى كثيرَا

أخٌ شاف نزراً وأعطى كثيرَا

وَكانَ نَظيرك غارَ الزّما

وَكانَ نَظيرك غارَ الزّما

a brother who saw little and gave much.

A brother who gave a little and gave plenty

He was your equal; Time grew jealous

And your peer was like a cave of the times

نُ مِن أَنْ يرى لَكَ فيهِ نَظيرا

نُ مِن أَنْ يرى لَكَ فيهِ نَظيرا

فدتْكَ نفوسٌ بِكَ اِستَوطَنت

فدتْكَ نفوسٌ بِكَ اِستَوطَنت

of seeing in him an equal to you.

Too narrow for you to have a peer in it

May souls ransom you: through you they settled

Souls were ransomed for you, and through you

مِنَ الأمْن نوراً وقد كُنَّ بُورا

مِنَ الأمْن نوراً وقد كُنَّ بُورا

بَقيتَ مُعزّاً مِنَ الهالِكينَ

بَقيتَ مُعزّاً مِنَ الهالِكينَ

in the light of safety, though once desolate.

Found light in safety, when they were in darkness

May you remain, consoled for those who have perished,

You remained a refuge for the doomed

تُوقّى الرَّدَى وتوفَّى الأُجورا

تُوقّى الرَّدَى وتوفَّى الأُجورا

وغيرُكَ يُمَهِّدُ بُسُطَ العَزاء

وغيرُكَ يُمَهِّدُ بُسُطَ العَزاء

protected from death and granted your rewards in full.

Avoiding harm and fulfilling all rewards

While someone else spreads the carpets of mourning

While others spread out carpets of consolation

ويُولي المُسَلِّين سمعاً وَقُورا

ويُولي المُسَلِّين سمعاً وَقُورا

وَما نَقصَ الدّهْرُ أَعدادَكم

وَما نَقصَ الدّهْرُ أَعدادَكم

and lends the consolers a solemn ear.

And give patient listeners a dignified hearing

And Time has not diminished your numbers

Fate has not diminished your numbers

إِذا شَفَّ قطراً وأبقى بُحُورا

إِذا شَفَّ قطراً وأبقى بُحُورا

وَلَو أَنصفَ المَجد مَوتاكُمُ

وَلَو أَنصفَ المَجد مَوتاكُمُ

if it drained a drop and left seas.

When it takes a drop and leaves oceans

And if glory did justice to your dead,

If glory did justice to your deaths

لَخَطَّ لَهم في السّماءِ القُبُورا

لَخَطَّ لَهم في السّماءِ القُبُورا

حَياتُك أحْيَتْ رميمَ الرّجاءِ

حَياتُك أحْيَتْ رميمَ الرّجاءِ

it would mark out their graves in the sky.

It would carve tombs for you in the heavens

Your life revived hope's decayed remains,

Your life revived the withered hopes

وأَمْطَتْ من الجُود ظَهْراً ظَهيرا

وأَمْطَتْ من الجُود ظَهْراً ظَهيرا

and gave it, from generosity, a sturdy mount.

And drew from generosity an ample back