أعطَى مُحَّمدُ عِزَّةٍ من فَضلِهِ

أعطَى مُحَّمدُ عِزَّةٍ من فَضلِهِ

شَرَفاً لِساحَتِنا بوَطْأةِ نَعلهِ

شَرَفاً لِساحَتِنا بوَطْأةِ نَعلهِ

Muhammad Izzat bestowed, from his bounty,

Muhammad has bestowed honor from his grace

honor upon our courtyard with the tread of his sandal.

Giving dignity to our domain by the tread of his sandal

قَسَمَ اسمَهُ السَّامي فنالَ مُحَمَّداً

قَسَمَ اسمَهُ السَّامي فنالَ مُحَمَّداً

منهُ وأعطَى عِزَّةً لمَحلِّهِ

منهُ وأعطَى عِزَّةً لمَحلِّهِ

He divided his exalted name and took 'Muhammad'

His noble name allotted Muhammad

from it, and bestowed 'honor' on his stopping-place.

Giving him honor and bestowing grace on his abode

هذا الوزيرُ وزيرُ سُلطانِ الوَرَى

هذا الوزيرُ وزيرُ سُلطانِ الوَرَى

وخليفةِ اللهِ العليِّ وظِلِّهِ

وخليفةِ اللهِ العليِّ وظِلِّهِ

This minister is minister to the sovereign of mankind,

This minister, minister of the Sultan of mankind

and to the caliph of God Most High and His shadow.

And Caliph of God Most High, His shade

أخفَيتُ عن داري بِشارةَ وَفْدِهِ

أخفَيتُ عن داري بِشارةَ وَفْدِهِ

كي لا تصفِقَ بالسُّرورِ لأجلهِ

كي لا تصفِقَ بالسُّرورِ لأجلهِ

I concealed from my house the glad news of his arrival,

I concealed from my house the tidings of his delegation

lest it clap with joy for his sake.

Lest it clap with joy for his sake

يا زائراً بيتي أراك فَتَنْتَهُ

يا زائراً بيتي أراك فَتَنْتَهُ

فَعَليكَ بَيتٌ غيرُهُ من مِثلِهِ

فَعَليكَ بَيتٌ غيرُهُ من مِثلِهِ

O visitor to my house, I see you have enchanted it;

Oh visitor to my house, you have seduced it

so you owe another house like it.

So seek a house other than it of its like

أجْلَلتَهُ عَنّي فصِرتُ أهابُهُ

أجْلَلتَهُ عَنّي فصِرتُ أهابُهُ

حَتَّى كأنّي لم أكُنْ من أهلِهِ

حَتَّى كأنّي لم أكُنْ من أهلِهِ

You have made it too grand for me, so now I stand in awe of it,

You have made it too lofty for me, so I have come to dread it

so much so that it is as though I had never been one of its inhabitants.

As though I were not one of its folk