بِالخَير بِاليَمَنِ بِالإِسعادِ بِالظَفَر

بِالخَير بِاليَمَنِ بِالإِسعادِ بِالظَفَر

بِحفظِ رَبّكَسر يا مُنعش البَشَرِ

بِحفظِ رَبّكَسر يا مُنعش البَشَرِ

With goodness, with good fortune, with happiness, with triumph,

With goodness, with fortune, with bliss, with triumph,

under your Lord's protection, go forth, O reviver of humankind.

With your Lord's protection, dawn O reviver of mankind,

وَاسطع عَلى الشضرق بِالإِفضال لامِعَةً

وَاسطع عَلى الشضرق بِالإِفضال لامِعَةً

فَالشَمسُ في الشَرق تَهدي النور لِلنَظَرِ

فَالشَمسُ في الشَرق تَهدي النور لِلنَظَرِ

And shine upon the East, radiant with beneficence,

And shine upon the orient with munificence, radiant,

for the sun in the East bestows light upon the gaze.

For the sun in the east gives light to sights,

وَإِرفق بِأَكبادِنا الجَرحى لِبعدكَ عَن

وَإِرفق بِأَكبادِنا الجَرحى لِبعدكَ عَن

أَفاقَنا فَلَقَد سارَت عَلى الأَثَرِ

أَفاقَنا فَلَقَد سارَت عَلى الأَثَرِ

And be gentle with our hearts, wounded by your distance from

And have mercy on our wounded livers from your absence from

our horizons; for they have followed in your footsteps.

Our horizons, for they have walked in your footsteps,

مَولايَ خورشيد لا شَيءٌ يَغيّرنا

مَولايَ خورشيد لا شَيءٌ يَغيّرنا

عَن التَعلُق بَعد البُعد وَالسَفَرِ

عَن التَعلُق بَعد البُعد وَالسَفَرِ

My lord Khurshid, nothing will turn us

My lord and sun, nothing changes us

from devotion, even after separation and travel.

From clinging after distance and travel,

إِن كَنتَ تُبعدُ عَنا لَيس يَبعدنا

إِن كَنتَ تُبعدُ عَنا لَيس يَبعدنا

عَنكَ التَشكُر وَالتِذكارُ في السَيرِ

عَنكَ التَشكُر وَالتِذكارُ في السَيرِ

If you go far from us, we are not distanced

If you distance yourself from us, it does not distance us

from you by gratitude and remembrance along the way.

From thanking and remembering you along the journey,

نَدعو بِحفظك تاجاً لِلزَمان كَما

نَدعو بِحفظك تاجاً لِلزَمان كَما

نَشدو بِشُكرِكَ في الآصالِ وَالسحرِ

نَشدو بِشُكرِكَ في الآصالِ وَالسحرِ

We pray for your preservation as a crown of the age, just as

We pray for your protection as a crown for the age as

we sing our thanks to you in the evenings and before dawn.

We recite with your gratitude at night and at dawn,

نَحنُ الأُولى اِفتَخَروا فيما مَنَحتَهُم

نَحنُ الأُولى اِفتَخَروا فيما مَنَحتَهُم

مِنَ الهَنا وَالمُنى يا خَير مُفتَخِرِ

مِنَ الهَنا وَالمُنى يا خَير مُفتَخِرِ

We are those who took pride in what you bestowed on them

We were the first to proudly boast of what you granted them

of happiness and wishes, O noblest of the proud.

Of bliss and wishes, O best boast,

فَإِذكُر بِلاداً وَقَوماً طالَما رَشَفت

فَإِذكُر بِلاداً وَقَوماً طالَما رَشَفت

كُؤُسَ لُطفِ علاك المُنعش العَطرِ

كُؤُسَ لُطفِ علاك المُنعش العَطرِ

So remember a land and a people who have so often sipped

So remember a country and people you have long quenched

the cups of your highness's reviving, fragrant kindness.

The cups of your gentle, refreshing benevolence,

قَد طالَما جدتَ لي بِالفَضلِ مِنكَ كما

قَد طالَما جدتَ لي بِالفَضلِ مِنكَ كما

يَطول شُكرك مني غَير مُنحَصِرِ

يَطول شُكرك مني غَير مُنحَصِرِ

You have so often given me generously of your bounty, just as

You have long struggled for me with your bounty as

my thanks to you endure without limit.

My gratitude to you is endless,

مَن يَشمَلُ الناس بِالإِحسان يَشمَلَهُ

مَن يَشمَلُ الناس بِالإِحسان يَشمَلَهُ

باريهِ بِالخَيرِ يَحميهِ مِن الضَرَرِ

باريهِ بِالخَيرِ يَحميهِ مِن الضَرَرِ

Whoever embraces people with kindness is embraced

Whoever treats people with kindness, his Creator treats him

with goodness by his Creator, who protects him from harm.

With goodness, protecting him from harm,

يا أَيُّها الكَوكَبُ المَسعود طالِعُهُ

يا أَيُّها الكَوكَبُ المَسعود طالِعُهُ

يا باذخ المَجدِ بَل يا شامخَ الخَطرِ

يا باذخ المَجدِ بَل يا شامخَ الخَطرِ

O star whose rising is auspicious,

O you auspicious planet, rising,

O towering in glory—nay, O exalted in stature!

O magnificent in glory, indeed lofty in danger,

أَنتَ الهمام الَّذي جَلَت مَهابَتُهُ

أَنتَ الهمام الَّذي جَلَت مَهابَتُهُ

فامَّنَ القَطر يَنفي عارض الخَطَرِ

فامَّنَ القَطر يَنفي عارض الخَطَرِ

You are the valiant one whose awe-inspiring majesty shone forth,

You are the protector whom all fear, so the country denies

and who thus secured the land, dispelling the cloud of danger.

The specter of danger,

تَشدو بِمَدحِكَ أَفواهُ العِبادُ وَقَد

تَشدو بِمَدحِكَ أَفواهُ العِبادُ وَقَد

قَرَت القطر يَنفي عارضَ الخَطَرِ

قَرَت القطر يَنفي عارضَ الخَطَرِ

The mouths of the people sing your praise, and indeed

Mouths of worshippers sing your praise, and the country denies

the land has grown tranquil, dispelling the cloud of danger.

The specter of danger,

لَكَ الثَنا أَنتَ قَد أَحييتَ أَنفُسَنا

لَكَ الثَنا أَنتَ قَد أَحييتَ أَنفُسَنا

لا زالَ لُطفُكَ يَحيي مُهجَةَ البَشَرِ

لا زالَ لُطفُكَ يَحيي مُهجَةَ البَشَرِ

Praise is yours: you have indeed revived our souls.

Thanks be to you, you have revived our souls

May your kindness never cease to quicken the heart of humankind.

Your kindness still revives the essence of mankind

تَدعوكَ سَلطنةَ العليا وَقَد عَرَفَت

تَدعوكَ سَلطنةَ العليا وَقَد عَرَفَت

أَفضالِ ذاتِكَ عَن خُبرٍ وَعَن خَبَرِ

أَفضالِ ذاتِكَ عَن خُبرٍ وَعَن خَبَرِ

The exalted sultanate summons you, having come to know

The Sublime Sultanate called you, and it knew

the merits of your person through experience and through report.

Your qualities without news or reports,

فَقُم إِلى الفلكِ العالي الَّذي سَعدت

فَقُم إِلى الفلكِ العالي الَّذي سَعدت

أَبراجُهُ بِكَ تَجلو رايَة الظَفرِ

أَبراجُهُ بِكَ تَجلو رايَة الظَفرِ

So rise to the lofty celestial sphere whose

So embark upon the lofty sphere, its mansions felicitous

constellations are blessed by you, as you unveil the banner of triumph.

With you, its banner waving with triumph,

فَأَرض رومَ مِن الأَتراكِ قَ ظَفَرَت

فَأَرض رومَ مِن الأَتراكِ قَ ظَفَرَت

مُذ أَرخوها بِشَمس الشَرق بِالوَطَرِ

مُذ أَرخوها بِشَمس الشَرق بِالوَطَرِ

Thus the Turks' land of Rum has indeed attained

For the land of Rome from the Turks has triumphed

its desire, since they dated it by the Sun of the East.

Since they dated it by the sun of the east with glory.