حَياتُكَ يا اِبنَ سَعدانَ بنِ يحيى

حَياتُكَ يا اِبنَ سَعدانَ بنِ يحيى

حَياةٌ لِلمَكارِمِ وَالمَعالي

حَياةٌ لِلمَكارِمِ وَالمَعالي

Your life, O son of Sa‘dan ibn Yahya,

Your life, O son of Sa'dan son of Yahya

is life for noble deeds and lofty honors.

Is a life of virtues and nobility

جَلَبتُ لَكَ الثَناءَ فَجاءَ عَفواً

جَلَبتُ لَكَ الثَناءَ فَجاءَ عَفواً

وَنَفسُ الشِكرِ مُطلَقَةُ العِقالِ

وَنَفسُ الشِكرِ مُطلَقَةُ العِقالِ

I brought you praise, and it came spontaneously,

I brought you praise, and it came freely

and gratitude’s soul is freed from its hobble.

While gratitude itself loosens shackles

وَتُرجِعُني إِلَيكَ وَإِن نَأَت بي

وَتُرجِعُني إِلَيكَ وَإِن نَأَت بي

دِياري عَنكَ تَجرُبَةُ الرِجالِ

دِياري عَنكَ تَجرُبَةُ الرِجالِ

And what brings me back to you, even if

And returns me to you, though my lands

my dwellings carry me far from you, is experience of men.

Take me far from you, to test men