لكyours الفضلُthe credit ياO مولاىmy lord والحمدُand the praise والشكرُand the thanks
لك الفضلُ يا مولاى والحمدُ والشكرُ
بحيثُwhere الفناءُthe courtyard الرحبُspacious والنائلُand the bounty الغمرُabundant
بحيثُ الفناءُ الرحبُ والنائلُ الغمرُ
To you, my lord, belong all excellence, praise, and gratitude,
Yours is the credit, O my lord, and the praise and thanks;
for yours are the spacious court and bounty overflowing.
Where the courtyard is spacious and the bounty abundant.
ولاand may you never زِلْتَcease to be فيin طَوْدٍa great mountain منof العِزِّglory شامخٍtowering
ولا زِلْتَ في طَوْدٍ من العِزِّ شامخٍ
منيعimpregnable الحواشىthe flanks لاdoes not يُقَلْقِلُهshake it الدهرُtime
منيع الحواشى لا يُقَلْقِلُه الدهرُ
May you ever remain towering upon a mountain of glory,
And may you ever dwell within a towering mountain of glory,
its flanks impregnable, which Time cannot shake.
Impregnable in its flanks, unshaken by time.
ولاand may you never زِلْتَcease to be محروسَguarded الجنابthe domain مظفراًtriumphant
ولا زِلْتَ محروسَ الجناب مظفراً
قرينكyour companion فيin عليائِكyour lofty station الفتحُconquest والنصرُand victory
قرينك في عليائِك الفتحُ والنصرُ
May your realm remain guarded, and you victorious,
And may you ever remain protected in your domain, triumphant,
with conquest and victory attending your lofty station.
Conquest and victory your companions in your lofty station.
وليand I have فيكin you آمالٌhopes فيin الثناءِpraise مدائحٌodes of praise
ولي فيك آمالٌ في الثناءِ مدائحٌ
يقصِّرfalls short عنof أشباهِهاtheir like النظمُverse والنثرُand prose
يقصِّر عن أشباهِها النظمُ والنثرُ
I have hopes set on you, and panegyrics in praise,
And I have hopes in you, and odes of praise,
whose like neither verse nor prose can equal—
Whose like neither verse nor prose can match.
مدائحُodes of praise تَتْرىfollow in succession منfrom قريحةinspiration شاعرٍa poet
مدائحُ تَتْرى من قريحة شاعرٍ
كتيَّارlike a current بحرof a sea زانهاadorned them اللفُّenumeration of themes والنشرُand their corresponding elaboration
كتيَّار بحر زانها اللفُّ والنشرُ
panegyrics following one another from a poet’s inspiration,
Odes flowing in succession from a poet's inspiration,
like the current of a sea, graced by diction and circulation.
Like a sea's current, adorned with rhetorical folding and unfolding.
ولىand I have حاجةٌa need أخرىanother لديكِwith you قضاؤهاits fulfillment
ولى حاجةٌ أخرى لديكِ قضاؤها
فلاso not ينبغىis fitting زيدٌZayd يليهاundertake it ولاnor عمرُوʿAmr
فلا ينبغى زيدٌ يليها ولا عمرُو
And I have another need, whose fulfillment rests with you;
And I have another need whose fulfillment rests with you;
no Zayd or ʿAmr should take charge of it.
So neither Zayd nor ʿAmr should undertake it.
ودُمand live on ياO إمامImam المسلمينof the Muslims بلْعُرَباBalʿarab
ودُم يا إمام المسلمين بلْعُرَبا
سلالةscion of سُلطانSultan بنson of سيفSayf لكyours النصرُvictory
سلالة سُلطان بن سيف لك النصرُ
Long endure, O Imam of the Muslims, Bilʿarab,
And live on, O Imam of the Muslims, Balʿarab,
scion of Sultan ibn Sayf; victory is yours.
Scion of Sultan ibn Sayf—may victory be yours.
وعِشْand live فيin ذُرَىthe heights of ملكٍa kingdom مُقيمٍenduring مخلَّدٍeverlasting
وعِشْ في ذُرَى ملكٍ مُقيمٍ مخلَّدٍ
عزيزاًhonored وفيand in الأخرىthe hereafter لكَyours الفوزُtriumph والأجرُand reward
عزيزاً وفي الأخرى لكَ الفوزُ والأجرُ
Live upon the heights of an abiding, everlasting realm,
And live upon the heights of an enduring, everlasting kingdom,
honored; and in the Hereafter, yours are triumph and reward.
In honor; and in the hereafter, may triumph and reward be yours.
Sol 6.1