صَرَفتَ بِعَدلِكَ صَرفَ الزَّمانِ

صَرَفتَ بِعَدلِكَ صَرفَ الزَّمانِ

وَأَحيَت عَطاياكَ مَيتَ الكَرَم

وَأَحيَت عَطاياكَ مَيتَ الكَرَم

With your justice, you have turned aside the vicissitudes of time.

You turned the course of time with your justice,

And your gifts have revived generosity that lay dead.

And revived your generous gifts for the deceased nobility.

فَلا زالَ بِشرُكَ قَبلَ النَّوال

فَلا زالَ بِشرُكَ قَبلَ النَّوال

كَما ابتَسَمَ الغَيثُ ثُمَّ انسَجَم

كَما ابتَسَمَ الغَيثُ ثُمَّ انسَجَم

So may your smile always precede your bounty,

So your goodness never ceases to be received,

Just as the rain smiled, then poured forth.

As the rain smiled then poured down rapidly.

وَسَيفُكَ يَسبِقُ شَأوَ السَّحا

وَسَيفُكَ يَسبِقُ شَأوَ السَّحا

بِ ذاكَ بِماء وَهَذا بِدَم

بِ ذاكَ بِماء وَهَذا بِدَم

And your sword outstrips the cloud's reach:

And your sword precedes the brilliance of lightning,

that with water, and this with blood.

One with water and the other with blood.