لَكَ الصَدرُ في العَلياءِ أَنتَ يَدُ العُلى

لَكَ الصَدرُ في العَلياءِ أَنتَ يَدُ العُلى

وَبَدرُ الهُدى العالي وَفَخرَ بَني المَلا

وَبَدرُ الهُدى العالي وَفَخرَ بَني المَلا

Yours is the foremost rank in the heights; you are the hand of glory.

You have the highest rank, you are the hand of the Most High

And guidance's lofty full moon, and the pride of humankind.

And the full moon of sublime guidance, pride of the kings

أَتَت نَحوَ عَلياكَ الصَدارَة تَنجَلي

أَتَت نَحوَ عَلياكَ الصَدارَة تَنجَلي

فَقُلتُ أَتَت في عَهدِها تذكرُ الوَلا

فَقُلتُ أَتَت في عَهدِها تذكرُ الوَلا

The highest office came toward your lofty station, revealing itself.

The presidency has come to your eminent self

So I said: 'She has come, true to her pledge, remembering loyalty.'

So I said, it came in its time remembering loyalty

وَما هِيَ إِلا خِلَةٌ وَأَليفَةٌ

وَما هِيَ إِلا خِلَةٌ وَأَليفَةٌ

لِذاتِكَ لا تَنسى الزَمان الَّذي خَلا

لِذاتِكَ لا تَنسى الزَمان الَّذي خَلا

And she is nothing but a friend and an intimate companion

It is nothing but an affinity and friendship

To you, never forgetting the time that has passed.

To your essence, not forgetting the time that has passed

وَما كانَ ذاكَ البُعد عَن أُفقِها سِوى

وَما كانَ ذاكَ البُعد عَن أُفقِها سِوى

سَبيلٍ لِتَجديد اللِقاءِ الَّذي حَلا

سَبيلٍ لِتَجديد اللِقاءِ الَّذي حَلا

And that distance from her horizon was nothing but

And that distance from its horizon was but

A way to renew the meeting that was sweet.

A way to renew the meeting that settled

دَعَتكَ بِهَذا العَصر أَولَ خاطِبٍ

دَعَتكَ بِهَذا العَصر أَولَ خاطِبٍ

لِهام مَعاليها فَلا زِلتَ أَوَلا

لِهام مَعاليها فَلا زِلتَ أَوَلا

She called you in this age as the first suitor

This era called you, the first suitor

For the pinnacles of her lofty honors—may you ever remain first.

To its sublime ambitions, so you have always been loyal

بِذاتك هامَ الكَون أَجمَع أَنَّهُ

بِذاتك هامَ الكَون أَجمَع أَنَّهُ

عَلَيكَ بِهَذا العَصر أَمَّ وَعَولا

عَلَيكَ بِهَذا العَصر أَمَّ وَعَولا

The entire universe fell in love with you, for it

With your essence, the whole universe hoped

Turned to you in this age and placed its trust in you.

That in this era, it would entrust and depend on you

جَمَعتَ شِعارَ الحِلم وَالحَزم مِثلَما

جَمَعتَ شِعارَ الحِلم وَالحَزم مِثلَما

رَفَعتَ مَنارَ العِلمِ وَالفهم فَاِنجَلى

رَفَعتَ مَنارَ العِلمِ وَالفهم فَاِنجَلى

You united the emblems of forbearance and resolve, just as

You combined the motto of forbearance and wisdom, just as

You raised the beacon of knowledge and understanding, and it shone forth.

You raised the beacon of knowledge and understanding, so it shone

يَراعكَ في يُمناك جَردَهُ الهُدى

يَراعكَ في يُمناك جَردَهُ الهُدى

فَكانَ لَهُ بَحر الحَقيقَةِ منهَلا

فَكانَ لَهُ بَحر الحَقيقَةِ منهَلا

Your reed pen, in your right hand, was unsheathed by guidance,

Prudence looks after you in your prosperity

So the sea of truth became its drinking place.

So the sea of truth has been a spring for it

لَقَد أَسكَر الدُنيا كانَّ مِدادَهُ

لَقَد أَسكَر الدُنيا كانَّ مِدادَهُ

وَقَد سَلَبَ الأَلبابَ نَوعٌ مِن الطَلا

وَقَد سَلَبَ الأَلبابَ نَوعٌ مِن الطَلا

It has indeed intoxicated the world, as though its ink—

The world was intoxicated, its ink

Having stolen minds—were a kind of wine.

Robbed minds of a certain yearning

بَدا يَنفُث السِحر الحَلال وَقَد رَوى

بَدا يَنفُث السِحر الحَلال وَقَد رَوى

عَن الحِكمَة الغَراء سِرّاً فَأَذهَلا

عَن الحِكمَة الغَراء سِرّاً فَأَذهَلا

It came forth breathing lawful magic, and related

It began spewing lawful magic and quenched

A secret of radiant wisdom, and so inspired awe.

The wisdom of the honorable with a secret, so it amazed

وَلَم يَكُن عَصر النُبوةِ قَد مَضى

وَلَم يَكُن عَصر النُبوةِ قَد مَضى

لِقُلتُ عَلَيهِ أَصبَحَ الوَحيُ مَنزِلا

لِقُلتُ عَلَيهِ أَصبَحَ الوَحيُ مَنزِلا

And had the age of prophecy not already passed,

And if the era of prophethood had not yet passed

I would have said: 'Revelation has now descended upon it.'

I would have said, revelation has descended upon it

يَنوبُ عَن السَيف الصَقيل لَدى الوَغى

يَنوبُ عَن السَيف الصَقيل لَدى الوَغى

فَيَهتُف لا تَلقوا بِأَيديكُم إِلى

فَيَهتُف لا تَلقوا بِأَيديكُم إِلى

It takes the polished sword's place in battle,

It substitutes for the polished sword in times of strife

And cries: 'Do not cast yourselves by your own hands into...'

So it shouts do not raise your hands to

أَيا جسم لُطفٍ بِالوَقارِ قَد اِكتَسى

أَيا جسم لُطفٍ بِالوَقارِ قَد اِكتَسى

وَيا هام مَجدٍ بِالفَخارِ تَكَللا

وَيا هام مَجدٍ بِالفَخارِ تَكَللا

O embodiment of gentleness, clothed in dignity,

Oh delicate body clothed in dignity

And O pinnacle of glory, crowned with honor,

And oh ambition crowned with pride

بِكَ الآن قَد أَحيى البِلاد مَليكَنا

بِكَ الآن قَد أَحيى البِلاد مَليكَنا

مُنيرُ أَثيرِ المَجد دامَ لَهُ العُلى

مُنيرُ أَثيرِ المَجد دامَ لَهُ العُلى

Through you our king has now revived the land,

Through you now the country has revived, our King

The illuminator of glory's ether—may eminence endure for him.

The illuminator of the glorious ether, may his supremacy last

فَسَعد البَرايا أَرخوهُ بَدا وَقَد

فَسَعد البَرايا أَرخوهُ بَدا وَقَد

أَتى صَدرَهُ العالي أَميناً عَلي المَلا

أَتى صَدرَهُ العالي أَميناً عَلي المَلا

So record the date of creation's good fortune: it appeared when

The land prospered, it welcomed him, and he came

His exalted chief minister came, a trusted guardian over the people.

To his high position, trusted with the nation