عِش لِلعُلا مَولى وَذُخرا

عِش لِلعُلا مَولى وَذُخرا

وَاِسطَع بِأُفقِ السَعدِ بَدرا

وَاِسطَع بِأُفقِ السَعدِ بَدرا

Live as glory’s patron and treasure,

Live for the Most High as a master and treasure

And shine, a full moon, on fortune’s horizon.

And shine on the horizon of happiness like a full moon

وَتَحُلُّ أَعيادُ الزَما

وَتَحُلُّ أَعيادُ الزَما

نِ بَواسِماً بِحُلاكَ ثَغرا

نِ بَواسِماً بِحُلاكَ ثَغرا

And may the feast days of time arrive,

And the festivals of time smile

Their mouths smiling with your graces.

With your smiles that make mouths blossom

وَاحكم فحُكمُك في البَرِي

وَاحكم فحُكمُك في البَرِي

يَةِ نافذٌ نَهياً وَأَمرا

يَةِ نافذٌ نَهياً وَأَمرا

And rule, for your rule among mankind

And rule, for your rule in existence

Is binding, in prohibition and command.

Is effective, a prohibition and command

فَلَقَد مَلأتَ مهابَةً

فَلَقَد مَلأتَ مهابَةً

وَهوىً قُلوبَ الناسِ طُرّا

وَهوىً قُلوبَ الناسِ طُرّا

For you have filled with awe

For you have filled with awe

And love the hearts of people, one and all.

And passion the hearts of people, flying high

سَمّيتَ باسم محمَّدٍ

سَمّيتَ باسم محمَّدٍ

فَحُمِدتَ أَفعالا وَذِكرا

فَحُمِدتَ أَفعالا وَذِكرا

You were given the name Muhammad,

Named after the name of Muhammad

So you were praised in deeds and renown.

So your actions and mention are praised

وَدُعيتَ توفيقا فَكن

وَدُعيتَ توفيقا فَكن

تَ بغايَة التَوفيقِ أَحرى

تَ بغايَة التَوفيقِ أَحرى

And you were called Tawfiq; thus you were

And you are called success, so be

Most worthy of the fullest success.

The utmost of success, yes truly

حَلَفَ الزَمانُ بِأَن يُوَف

حَلَفَ الزَمانُ بِأَن يُوَف

فِيكَ المُنى فَوَفى وَبَرّا

فِيكَ المُنى فَوَفى وَبَرّا

Time swore that it would grant

Time has sworn to fulfill

Your wishes—and it fulfilled them and kept faith.

For you wishes, and it fulfilled and acted honestly

وَغَدا يَسوقُ لك السرو

وَغَدا يَسوقُ لك السرو

رَ وَحظُّه في أَن تُسَرّا

رَ وَحظُّه في أَن تُسَرّا

And it began to bring you joy,

And tomorrow it leads for you ease

And its own good fortune lies in your delight.

And its luck is in making you happy

هذا جُلوسُك عيدهُ

هذا جُلوسُك عيدهُ

مَلأَ المَلا بِشرا وَبُشرى

مَلأَ المَلا بِشرا وَبُشرى

This enthronement of yours is its festival;

This is your sitting, its celebration

It filled the gathering with cheer and glad tidings.

Filled the high assembly with good news and glad tidings

يومٌ بِطابَعِ يُمنهِ

يومٌ بِطابَعِ يُمنهِ

وجهُ الزمان غدا أَغرّا

وجهُ الزمان غدا أَغرّا

A day whose stamp of good fortune

A day with the stamp of its prosperity

Made the face of time radiant.

The face of time tomorrow becomes lighter

أَلبَستَه مِنَناً تَهُز

أَلبَستَه مِنَناً تَهُز

زُ معاطِفَ الأَيّام كِبرا

زُ معاطِفَ الأَيّام كِبرا

You robed it in favors that set

You clothed it with favors that

The days’ shoulders swaying with pride.

Shake the cloaks of days violently

وَإِبابُ عبّاسٍ كسا

وَإِبابُ عبّاسٍ كسا

هُ جلابِباً لِلحُسن أَخرى

هُ جلابِباً لِلحُسن أَخرى

And Abbas’s return clothed

And Abbas's inspiration dressed

It in further robes of beauty.

It in other fine robes of beauty

حَنَّت إِلَيهِ تَشَوُّقا

حَنَّت إِلَيهِ تَشَوُّقا

مصرٌ فعاد يَؤُمّ مِصرا

مصرٌ فعاد يَؤُمّ مِصرا

She yearned for him with longing—

Egypt longed for it yearningly

Egypt—so he returned, making for Egypt.

So it came to settle in Egypt

من بعد ما طافَ المَما

من بعد ما طافَ المَما

لكَ عابِراً بَرّا وَبَحرا

لكَ عابِراً بَرّا وَبَحرا

After he had toured the kingdoms,

After it circled the realms

Crossing land and sea.

Traveling by land and sea

وَأَرى المَغارِبَ طَلعةً

وَأَرى المَغارِبَ طَلعةً

يُتلى الكمالُ بها وَيُقرا

يُتلى الكمالُ بها وَيُقرا

And showed the western lands a countenance

And I see the West as a rising

In which perfection is recited and read,

Where perfection is recited and settled

وَمَكارما منك اِستَمَدَّ

وَمَكارما منك اِستَمَدَّ

جَمالها غَضّا وَنَضرا

جَمالها غَضّا وَنَضرا

And noble virtues—from you he drew

And noble deeds it derived

Their beauty, fresh and radiant—

From you, fresh and blossoming

وَمَطارفا لِلفَضلِ أَن

وَمَطارفا لِلفَضلِ أَن

تَ بِلُبسها في الكَون أَدرى

تَ بِلُبسها في الكَون أَدرى

And bordered cloaks of excellence, which you

And horizons for virtue for you

Best know how to wear in all creation,

To don in the universe, more knowing

وَمخايلا من والدٍ

وَمخايلا من والدٍ

فوق النجوم الشُهبِ قَدرا

فوق النجوم الشُهبِ قَدرا

And traits from a father

And inclinations from a father

Above the brilliant stars in rank,

Above the stars' orbits, determining fate

قد صَيَّرت كلَّ الجَوا

قد صَيَّرت كلَّ الجَوا

رحِ وَالقلوبِ لدَيه أَسرى

رحِ وَالقلوبِ لدَيه أَسرى

Which have made all limbs

You have taken prisoner all the minds

And hearts his captives.

And hearts beside it

فَاِهنَأ به وَبِصِنوِهِ

فَاِهنَأ به وَبِصِنوِهِ

إِذ أَشبَهاكَ علاً وَفَخرا

إِذ أَشبَهاكَ علاً وَفَخرا

So rejoice in him and in his brother,

So congratulate yourself and your making

Since both resemble you in eminence and glory.

For they resemble you in height and pride

فَبِفَضلِ ذا وَبِمِثلِ ذا

فَبِفَضلِ ذا وَبِمِثلِ ذا

حقٌّ لِعَينِك أَن تَقَرّا

حقٌّ لِعَينِك أَن تَقَرّا

Thus, through this one’s excellence and another like him,

For by the merit of this and the like of this

Your eye has every right to rest content.

Is your eye right to settle