ظَفِرتَ فَلا شَلَّت يَدٌ بَر مَكِيَّةٌ

ظَفِرتَ فَلا شَلَّت يَدٌ بَر مَكِيَّةٌ

رَتَقتَ بِها الفَتقَ الَّذي بَينَ هاشِم

رَتَقتَ بِها الفَتقَ الَّذي بَينَ هاشِم

You have triumphed—may no Barmakid hand wither.

You have triumphed—may no Barmakid hand be paralyzed.

With it you mended the breach among Hāshim,

With it you mended the rift within the house of Hashim,

عَلى حينَ أَعيا الراتِقينَ التِئامُهَ

عَلى حينَ أَعيا الراتِقينَ التِئامُهَ

فَكَفّوا وَقالوا لَيسَ بِالمُتَلائِمِ

فَكَفّوا وَقالوا لَيسَ بِالمُتَلائِمِ

when making it whole had defeated all its menders;

when its mending had defeated the menders;

they desisted and said, “It cannot be made whole.”

so they desisted and said, "It cannot be knit together."

فَأَصبَحتَ قَد فازَت يَداكَ بِخُطَّةٍ

فَأَصبَحتَ قَد فازَت يَداكَ بِخُطَّةٍ

مِنَ المَجدِ باقٍ ذِكرُها في المَواسِمِ

مِنَ المَجدِ باقٍ ذِكرُها في المَواسِمِ

And now your hands have carried off a deed

So now your two hands have won a distinction

of glory whose memory endures at the seasonal gatherings.

of glory whose memory endures at the seasonal gatherings.

وَما زالَ قِدحُ المُلكِ يَخرُجُ فائِزاً

وَما زالَ قِدحُ المُلكِ يَخرُجُ فائِزاً

لَكُم كُلَّما ضُمَّت قِداحُ المُساهِمِ

لَكُم كُلَّما ضُمَّت قِداحُ المُساهِمِ

The lot of sovereignty has never ceased to emerge victorious

And the lot-arrow of kingship has always emerged victorious

for you whenever the contestants’ lots are gathered.

for you whenever the lot-caster's arrows were gathered.