أيا أحمد ابن مليك الزمان

أيا أحمد ابن مليك الزمان

قدمت علينا قدوماً سعيدا

قدمت علينا قدوماً سعيدا

O Ahmad, son of the sovereign of the age,

O Ahmad, son of the king of the age

You have made an auspicious arrival among us.

You have come to us, an auspicious arrival

ويا محيي الدين ألبستنا

ويا محيي الدين ألبستنا

من البشر مذ جئت برداً جديدا

من البشر مذ جئت برداً جديدا

And O Reviver of the Faith, you have clothed us

And O reviver of the faith, you have clothed us

In a new mantle of joy since you came.

Since your coming with new coldness

ولدت بطالع يمن به

ولدت بطالع يمن به

نرى النحس عنك طريداً شريدا

نرى النحس عنك طريداً شريدا

You were born under a sign of good fortune, through which

You were born under an auspicious star that

We see ill fortune driven from you, a homeless wanderer.

We see misfortune banished away from you, miserable and expelled

بك الملك والمجد مستبشر

بك الملك والمجد مستبشر

بك الدين والعلم يرجو المزيدا

بك الدين والعلم يرجو المزيدا

Through you, kingship and glory rejoice;

Through you, the kingdom and glory are elated

Through you, faith and learning hope for more.

Through you, the faith and knowledge hope for more

ليهن أباك المليك الذي

ليهن أباك المليك الذي

جرى في المكارم شوطاً بعيدا

جرى في المكارم شوطاً بعيدا

May your father rejoice—the sovereign who

May your father the king, who

Has run a long course in noble deeds,

Has come a long way in noble deeds, be congratulated

شأي في العلا همّة وندى

شأي في العلا همّة وندى

ومجداً وعدلاً ورأياً سديدا

ومجداً وعدلاً ورأياً سديدا

Surpassing others in eminence, resolve, and generosity,

Lofty ambition, bounty, glory, justice and sound opinion

And in glory, justice, and sound judgment.

are your traits

فبوركتما ثم عمرتما

فبوركتما ثم عمرتما

مع العز والنصر عمراً مديدا

مع العز والنصر عمراً مديدا

So may you both be blessed; then may you both live

So you have been blessed and then lived

A long life in honor and victory.

Along with might and triumph, a long life

وعين العناية ترعاكما

وعين العناية ترعاكما

وتصمي عدوّكما والحسودا

وتصمي عدوّكما والحسودا

And may the eye of providence watch over you both,

And providence watches over you

And slay your enemy and the envious one.

And thwarts your enemies and the envious

وروح محمد المصطفى

وروح محمد المصطفى

تظلكما والداً ووليدا

تظلكما والداً ووليدا

And may the spirit of Muhammad, the Chosen One,

And the soul of Muhammad the Chosen One

Shade you both, father and newborn.

Shadows you both, as a devoted father and friend

ودونك للشبل يا ايها ال

ودونك للشبل يا ايها ال

غضنفر تاريخه والوجودا

غضنفر تاريخه والوجودا

And take, for the cub, O you—

And O Ghadanfar, record for this cub

Lion—the chronogram of his coming into being,

His history and existence

ببيت من الشعر ذي حكمة

ببيت من الشعر ذي حكمة

يخر له المفلقون سجودا

يخر له المفلقون سجودا

In a verse of poetry endowed with wisdom,

With a verse of insightful poetry

Before which master poets fall prostrate:

To which scholars bow down in prostration

سيبقى مليكاً مهيباً رهيباً

سيبقى مليكاً مهيباً رهيباً

سعيداً رشيدا مجداً مجيدا

سعيداً رشيدا مجداً مجيدا

He shall remain a king, awe-inspiring and fearsome,

He will remain a formidable, awe-inspiring king

Fortunate, rightly guided, diligent, and glorious.

Fortunate, righteous, glorious and magnificent