وَيَا سَنَةً لَقِينَاها

وَيَا سَنَةً لَقِينَاها

بِمِلْء صُدُورِنا بِشْرَا

بِمِلْء صُدُورِنا بِشْرَا

And O year we have welcomed

Oh year we met

With our breasts full of joy,

With our hearts filled with joy

أَزِيلِي آيَةَ الْبُؤْسَى

أَزِيلِي آيَةَ الْبُؤْسَى

وَهَاتِي آيَةَ البُشْرَى

وَهَاتِي آيَةَ البُشْرَى

Remove the sign of misery,

Remove the mark of misery

And bring the sign of glad tidings.

And bring the mark of glad tidings

إِلَيْكِ بِمَا أَلَمَّ بِنَا

إِلَيْكِ بِمَا أَلَمَّ بِنَا

وَأَجْرَى الأَدْمُعَ الحُمْرَا

وَأَجْرَى الأَدْمُعَ الحُمْرَا

Take away what has afflicted us

To you with what has afflicted us

And made the red tears flow,

And the red tears that flowed

لِتصْفُوِ بَعْدَ كدْرَتِهَا

لِتصْفُوِ بَعْدَ كدْرَتِهَا

دُمُوعُ المُقْلَةِ الشَّكْرَى

دُمُوعُ المُقْلَةِ الشَّكْرَى

So that, after their murkiness, they may clear—

That after its turbidity they become pure

The tears of the grateful eye,

The tears of grateful submission

كصَفْوِ النَّفْسِ بَعْدَ الخطْبِ

كصَفْوِ النَّفْسِ بَعْدَ الخطْبِ

أَعْقَبَ حُزْنُهَا الذِّكْرى

أَعْقَبَ حُزْنُهَا الذِّكْرى

Like the soul's serenity after calamity,

Like the purity of soul after adversity

Its sorrow having left remembrance behind.

Followed by its sorrowful memories

أُعِيدي السُّبْلَ سَاقِيَةً

أُعِيدي السُّبْلَ سَاقِيَةً

تفِيضُ الخَيْرَ وَالبِرَّا

تفِيضُ الخَيْرَ وَالبِرَّا

Make the paths a watercourse once more,

Restore the paths pouring

Pouring forth bounty and benevolence.

Goodness and righteousness

نَحِن حَنِينَ وَالِدَةٍ

نَحِن حَنِينَ وَالِدَةٍ

إِذَا مَا أَرْضَعَتْ قَطْرَا

إِذَا مَا أَرْضَعَتْ قَطْرَا

We yearn with a mother's yearning

We are yearning like a mother

When she has suckled rain,

When she suckles a drop

وَتَلْبَثُ كلُّ بَاسِقَةٍ

وَتَلْبَثُ كلُّ بَاسِقَةٍ

بِفيْيءِ ظِلهَا قَصْرَا

بِفيْيءِ ظِلهَا قَصْرَا

And every towering tree remains

And every tall tree lasts

A palace in the shelter of its shade.

In the shade of its palace

عَلَى هَذَا الرجَاءِ حَلاَ

عَلَى هَذَا الرجَاءِ حَلاَ

لَنَا توْدِيعُ مَا مَرَّا

لَنَا توْدِيعُ مَا مَرَّا

With this hope, it was sweet

On this hope passed

For us to bid farewell to what had passed.

Our farewell to what has passed

وَسَلَّمْنا عَلَى الآتِي

وَسَلَّمْنا عَلَى الآتِي

بِمَا يَسْتَأْسِرُ الحُرَّا

بِمَا يَسْتَأْسِرُ الحُرَّا

And we greeted what was to come

And we bid peace to what is coming

With what takes the free man captive.

That captures the freeman

أَقَمْنَا مِهْرَجَانَ دُجىً

أَقَمْنَا مِهْرَجَانَ دُجىً

يُحَالِفُ ذِكْرُهُ الدَّهْرَا

يُحَالِفُ ذِكْرُهُ الدَّهْرَا

We held a festival by night,

We held a festival of darkness

Whose memory is allied with eternity,

Whose memory befriends eternity

لِنَلْقَى عَامَنَا سَمْحاً

لِنَلْقَى عَامَنَا سَمْحاً

طَلِيقَ الْبِشْرِ مُفْتَرَّا

طَلِيقَ الْبِشْرِ مُفْتَرَّا

To meet our year, generous,

To meet our year with tolerance

Cheerful of face and smiling.

Easy, gleeful tidings

جَلَوْنَا لَيْلَة حُسْنَا

جَلَوْنَا لَيْلَة حُسْنَا

بِنُورِ الزِّينَةِ الكُبْرَى

بِنُورِ الزِّينَةِ الكُبْرَى

We made a night shine with beauty,

We adorned a beautiful night

With the light of grand adornment.

With the light of grand decoration

وَردْنَا صَفْوَهُ صَفْواً

وَردْنَا صَفْوَهُ صَفْواً

وَزَدْنا زهْرَهُ زَهْرَا

وَزَدْنا زهْرَهُ زَهْرَا

We drank of its purity in purity,

We returned its clarity as clarity

And added blossoms to its blossoms.

And added to its flowers more flowers

وَأَرْقَصْنَا الغصُونَ لَهُ

وَأَرْقَصْنَا الغصُونَ لَهُ

وَأَنْشدْنَا لَهُ الشِّعْرَا

وَأَنْشدْنَا لَهُ الشِّعْرَا

And made the branches dance for it,

And we made the branches dance for it

And recited poetry for it,

And we sang poems to it

لَعَلَّ مَسَرَّةً مِنْهُ

لَعَلَّ مَسَرَّةً مِنْهُ

تُعِيضُ مِنَ الَّذِي ضَرَّا

تُعِيضُ مِنَ الَّذِي ضَرَّا

Perhaps a joy from it

That maybe some joy from it

Will make amends for what brought harm.

Would compensate what misery has done

إِذا مَا سَاءَتِ الأُولَى

إِذا مَا سَاءَتِ الأُولَى

عَسَى أَنْ تُحْسنَ الأُخْرَى

عَسَى أَنْ تُحْسنَ الأُخْرَى

If ever the former year did ill,

If the former were miserable

May the latter do good.

Perhaps the latter would be good