يَاO أَمِيرَprince الْقُلُوبِof hearts يَحْفَظُكَmay He preserve you اللهُGod
يَا أَمِيرَ الْقُلُوبِ يَحْفَظُكَ اللهُ
ويَرْعَاكَand may He watch over you يَاO أَمِيرَprince الْقُلُوبِof hearts
ويَرْعَاكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْقُلُوبِ
O prince of hearts, may God preserve you,
O prince of hearts, may God protect you
And watch over you, O prince of hearts.
And care for you, O prince of hearts
أَنْتَyou كُلُّall الأَمِيرِthe prince نُبْلاًin nobility وَفَضْلاًand excellence
أَنْتَ كُلُّ الأَمِيرِ نُبْلاً وَفَضْلاً
وَسُموًّاand loftiness وَأَنْتَand you كُلُّall الْحَبِيبِthe beloved
وَسُموًّا وَأَنْتَ كُلُّ الْحَبِيبِ
You are every inch a prince in nobility and excellence,
You are the epitome of all princes in nobility and merit
And loftiness—and you are wholly the beloved.
And loftiness, and you are the beloved of all
غَيْرُexcept for مَاwhat يَبْغُضُhate العِدَىthe foes مَنْكَin you والأَand the swords (first part)
غَيْرُ مَا يَبْغُضُ العِدَى مَنْكَ والأَ
سْيَافُswords (continuation) تُدْمَىare bloodied وَالنَّقْعُand the dust شَبْهُlike خَضِيبِsomething dyed
سْيَافُ تُدْمَى وَالنَّقْعُ شَبْهُ خَضِيبِ
Save for what your foes hate in you, while the swords
None hate you except the enemies whose swords are bloodied
Are bloodied and the dust seems dyed.
And whose spears are reddened like dye
وَبَدِيعٌand wondrous فِيin السِّلْمِpeace أَنَّكَthat you are غَازٍa conqueror
وَبَدِيعٌ فِي السِّلْمِ أَنَّكَ غَازٍ
مِثْلَمَاjust as كُنْتَyou were غَازِياًa conqueror فِيin الحُرُوبِwars
مِثْلَمَا كُنْتَ غَازِياً فِي الحُرُوبِ
And wondrous it is that in peace you are a conqueror,
And it is wonderful that you make peace
Just as you were a conqueror in wars.
Just as you waged war in battles before
تَسْتَمِيلُyou sway النُّهَىminds وَتَسْتَلِبُand you steal الْوِدَّaffection
تَسْتَمِيلُ النُّهَى وَتَسْتَلِبُ الْوِدَّ
وَيَبْغِيand seeks رِضَاكَyour favor كُلُّevery سَلِيبِcaptive
وَيَبْغِي رِضَاكَ كُلُّ سَلِيبِ
You sway minds and steal affection,
You captivate those who refuse and take the hearts of loved ones
And every captive seeks your favor.
And every captive craves your pleasure
وَجْهُكَyour face الطَّلْقُcheerful وَهْوَand it is نُورٌa light تَجَلَّىshone forth
وَجْهُكَ الطَّلْقُ وَهْوَ نُورٌ تَجَلَّى
فِيin عُذَارٍsideburns حَلاَهُadorned it بِدءُthe onset المَشِيبِgray hair
فِي عُذَارٍ حَلاَهُ بِدءُ المَشِيبِ
Your cheerful face, a light revealed
Your face is radiant and it is a light that appeared
Amid sideburns graced by the first gray hairs,
On a crescent moon at the start of graying hair
أَبَداًever فِيin الصَّفَاءِclarity مِرْآةُa mirror صِدْقٍof truth
أَبَداً فِي الصَّفَاءِ مِرْآةُ صِدْقٍ
لِصَفَاءِof purity فِيin النَّفْسِthe soul غَيْرِnot مَشْوبِtainted
لِصَفَاءِ فِي النَّفْسِ غَيْرِ مَشْوبِ
Is ever, in its clarity, a faithful mirror
Always a mirror of sincerity in serenity
Of an unsullied purity within the soul.
For the serenity in a soul without corruption
بِكَin you أَزْكَىthe purest الخِلاَلِqualities تَيْنَعُripen فِيهَاin them
بِكَ أَزْكَى الخِلاَلِ تَيْنَعُ فِيهَا
ثَمَرَاتُthe fruits الْمَوْهُوبِwhat is bestowed وَالْمَكْسُوبِand what is acquired
ثَمَرَاتُ الْمَوْهُوبِ وَالْمَكْسُوبِ
In you are the purest virtues, within which ripen
In you are the most virtuous traits in which
The fruits of what is bestowed and what is acquired.
The fruits of the gifted and the earned grow
وَبِكَand in you الْحِلْمُforbearance وَالسَّمَاحَةُand generosity طَبْعٌa natural disposition
وَبِكَ الْحِلْمُ وَالسَّمَاحَةُ طَبْعٌ
لَيْسَnot فِيin آلِthe family of هَاشِمٍHashim بِعَجِيبِat all strange
لَيْسَ فِي آلِ هَاشِمٍ بِعَجِيبِ
And in you, forbearance and generosity are innate—
In you are clemency and generosity by nature
No wonder in the house of Hashim.
Nothing strange for the Hashimite family
وَمِنَand of الْعِلْمِknowledge فِيكَin you أَوْفَرُthe fullest حَظٍّshare
وَمِنَ الْعِلْمِ فِيكَ أَوْفَرُ حَظٍّ
زَانَهُadorned it مِثْلُهُits equal مِنَof الْتَّهْذِيبِrefinement
زَانَهُ مِثْلُهُ مِنَ الْتَّهْذِيبِ
And you have the fullest share of knowledge,
And of knowledge you have the greatest share
Adorned by its equal in refinement.
Balanced by the like of cultivation
هَذِهِthis صُورَةٌa portrait نَظَمْتَyou composed حُلاَهَاits beauties
هَذِهِ صُورَةٌ نَظَمْتَ حُلاَهَا
فِيin إِطَارِa frame هَدَاهُits guidance (unclear here) غَيْرُnot رَحِيبِspacious
فِي إِطَارِ هَدَاهُ غَيْرُ رَحِيبِ
This is a portrait whose beauties you have composed,
This is an image I composed, framing its crescent moon
Within a frame whose guidance is not broad [wording unclear].
In a frame narrower than what it deserves
أَخَذَتْهَاcaught it الْعَيْنُthe eye اخْتِطَافاًin a fleeting snatch فَأَبْدَتْand so revealed
أَخَذَتْهَا الْعَيْنُ اخْتِطَافاً فَأَبْدَتْ
لَمْحَةًa glimpse مِنْof جَلاَلِكَyour majesty الْمَحْبُوبِbeloved
لَمْحَةً مِنْ جَلاَلِكَ الْمَحْبُوبِ
The eye caught it in a fleeting glance, revealing
The eye glanced at it fleetingly and showed
A glimpse of your beloved majesty.
A hint of your magnificent beloved self
مِصْرُEgypt تَزْهَىglories بِطَلْعَةِin the presence of الْعَاهِلِthe sovereign الْعَthe just (first part)
مِصْرُ تَزْهَى بِطَلْعَةِ الْعَاهِلِ الْعَ
ادِلِjust (continuation) وَالْحَاكِمِand the ruler الْحَصِيفِprudent الأَرِيبِdiscerning
ادِلِ وَالْحَاكِمِ الْحَصِيفِ الأَرِيبِ
Egypt glories in the presence of the just sovereign,
Egypt prides itself on the rising of its just ruler
And the prudent, discerning ruler.
And wise governor above fault or doubt
وَتُحّيِّيand she salutes فيin الضَّيْفِthe guest أَيَّwhat an خَطِيبٍorator
وَتُحّيِّي في الضَّيْفِ أَيَّ خَطِيبٍ
لاَnot يُدَانَىis matched شَأْواًin attainment وَأَيَّand what a أَدِيبِman of letters
لاَ يُدَانَى شَأْواً وَأَيَّ أَدِيبِ
And salutes her guest—what an orator,
It welcomes whatever eloquent guest visits
Unmatched in attainment, and what a man of letters!
Whose stature cannot be matched and whatever man of letters
أَلْمَعِيٌّa brilliant wit تُزْجَىare offered القَوَافِيthe rhymes إِلَيْهِto him
أَلْمَعِيٌّ تُزْجَى القَوَافِي إِلَيْهِ
خَاشِعَاتٍhumbly reverent لَدَىbefore الْمُقَامِthe station الْمَهِيبِawe-inspiring
خَاشِعَاتٍ لَدَى الْمُقَامِ الْمَهِيبِ
A brilliant wit, to whom rhymes are offered,
A shining light towards which lyrics bow down
Humbly reverent before his awe-inspiring station.
Humbly before the revered tribune
أَيُّهَاO الزَّائِرُthe visitor الَّذِيwhom تَلْتَقِيهِmeet him
أَيُّهَا الزَّائِرُ الَّذِي تَلْتَقِيهِ
مُهَجٌhearts حَيْثُwherever حَلَّhe alights بِالتَّرْحِيبِwith welcome
مُهَجٌ حَيْثُ حَلَّ بِالتَّرْحِيبِ
O visitor who is met
O you visitor whom it encounters, greeting warmly
By welcoming hearts wherever he alights:
Wherever you arrive with a welcome
نَحْنُwe قَوْمٌa people َأعَزَّهُمْhonored them عَطْفُكَyour kindness السَّامِيexalted
نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ َأعَزَّهُمْ عَطْفُكَ السَّامِي
وَفَازَواand they gained مِنْfrom فَيْضِهِits outpouring بِنَصِيبِwith a share
وَفَازَوا مِنْ فَيْضِهِ بِنَصِيبِ
We are a people honored by your exalted kindness,
We are a people whom your sublime kindness has honored
And have gained a share of its outpouring.
And who have attained a share of its bounty
مِنْهُمُamong them فِيin ذُرَاكَyour shelter جَارٌa neighbor وَلَكِنْand yet
مِنْهُمُ فِي ذُرَاكَ جَارٌ وَلَكِنْ
مَاnot غَرِيبٌa stranger تَظَلُّهyou shelter him بِغَرِيبِat all a stranger
مَا غَرِيبٌ تَظَلُّه بِغَرِيبِ
Among them is a neighbor beneath your shelter, and yet
Among them your neighbor, yet it is no wonder
No stranger you shelter is a stranger.
A stranger stays protected by a stranger
كَرَمٌgenerosity مِنْكَfrom you أَنْthat سَمَحْتَyou allowed لَهُمْto them فِيon
كَرَمٌ مِنْكَ أَنْ سَمَحْتَ لَهُمْ فِي
يُوْمِa day يُمْنٍgood fortune بِنَظْرَةٍwith a glimpse مِنْfrom قَرِيبِnearby
يُوْمِ يُمْنٍ بِنَظْرَةٍ مِنْ قَرِيبِ
It was generous of you to grant them, on
It was generous of you to allow them on
An auspicious day, a glimpse from close at hand.
A day of prosperity a glimpse from up close
شُكْرُهُمْtheir gratitude وَهْوَand it is مَاwhat تَبَيَّنْتَyou discerned يَجْلُوreveals
شُكْرُهُمْ وَهْوَ مَا تَبَيَّنْتَ يَجْلُو
أَثَرَthe effect الْغَيْثِthe rain فِيin الْمَكَانِthe place الخَصِيبِfertile
أَثَرَ الْغَيْثِ فِي الْمَكَانِ الخَصِيبِ
Their gratitude, as you have seen, reveals
Their gratitude, as you saw, reveals clearly
The effect of rain upon fertile ground.
The trace of rain in fertile soil
يَاO أَمِيرَprince الْقُلُوبِof hearts يَحْفَظُكَmay He preserve you اللهُGod
يَا أَمِيرَ الْقُلُوبِ يَحْفَظُكَ اللهُ
وَيَرْعَاكَand may He watch over you يَاO أَمِيرَprince الْقُلُوبِof hearts
وَيَرْعَاكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْقُلُوبِ
O prince of hearts, may God preserve you,
O prince of hearts, may God protect you
And watch over you, O prince of hearts.
And care for you, O prince of hearts
Sol 6.1