أبلعربُO Bilʿarab الملكُthe king الإمامُthe imam العادلُthe just
أبلعربُ الملكُ الإمامُ العادلُ
أنتyou الفتىthe noble youth وبكand through you استقامَbecame upright العادلُthe wayward one
أنت الفتى وبك استقامَ العادلُ
O Bilʿarab, the king, the just imam.
The just imam, the virtuous king of Arabs
You are the noble youth, and through you the wayward man is set straight.
You are the noble one, and through you justice prevailed
لاnot خابَwas disappointed منwhoever يرجوhopes for نوالكyour bounty فيin الندىgenerosity
لا خابَ من يرجو نوالك في الندى
منamong ذاthis الورىhumankind لكنbut يخيبُis disappointed العاذلُthe fault-finder
من ذا الورى لكن يخيبُ العاذلُ
No one who hopes for your generous bounty is disappointed
None who hopes for your gift under the dew ever suffers loss
among these mortals; yet the fault-finder is disappointed.
Who in this world could ever disappoint the one who hopes?
أنتyou الخضمُّthe vast ocean الزاخرُthe overflowing البحرُthe sea الذيthat
أنت الخضمُّ الزاخرُ البحرُ الذي
منbecause of جودِهhis bounty خجلfelt ashamed الأنىُّthe unhurried one النائلُthe giver
من جودِه خجل الأنىُّ النائلُ
You are the vast, overflowing ocean, the sea that
You are the generous sea, abundant and overflowing
has shamed the unhurried giver with its bounty.
Your generosity has shamed the wishful thinker
فكأنَماso it is as though عاهدتَyou pledged نفسكyourself أوor حلفتyou swore
فكأنَما عاهدتَ نفسك أو حلفت
أليّةan oath أنthat لاnot يخيبَbe disappointed السائلْthe petitioner
أليّة أن لا يخيبَ السائلْ
So it is as though you pledged yourself, or swore
It's as if you have sworn to yourself or taken an oath
an oath that no petitioner would be disappointed.
That no one asking you shall ever be disappointed
وإذاand when الكرامُthe noble تفاخرتْvied in boasting بمكارهِof hardships
وإذا الكرامُ تفاخرتْ بمكارهِ
وتفاضلتْand vied in merit يوماًone day فأنتthen you are الفاضِلُthe one who excels
وتفاضلتْ يوماً فأنت الفاضِلُ
And when the noble boast to one another of hardships,
And if the generous ever boast of their virtues
and one day vie in merit, you are the one who excels.
And compete, you are the most virtuous
وإذاand when الكماةُthe warriors تقاعَسَتْhung back فيin مأزقٍa tight spot
وإذا الكماةُ تقاعَسَتْ في مأزقٍ
أوor أحجمتrecoiled أنتَyou الهزبرُthe lion الواصِلُthe one who presses on
أو أحجمت أنتَ الهزبرُ الواصِلُ
And when the warriors hang back in a tight spot,
And if the brave ever hesitate in peril
or recoil, you are the lion that presses on.
Or hold back, you are the bold achiever
Sol 6.1