اِغتَنِم جِدَّةَ الزَمانِ الجَديدِ

وَاِجعَلِ المَهرَجانَ أَيمَنَ عيدِ

Seize the freshness of this new time,

Make this festival the best celebration,

لا تُعَطِّل يَومَ السُرورِ وَلا الري

حانِ وَالراحِ وَالفَعالِ الحَميدِ

Do not neglect the day of joy or travel,

Of rest, and good deeds.

وَاِصطَبِحها وَردِيَّةً فَإِذا حُث

ثَت تَبَيَّنتَ وَردَها في الخُدودِ

Start it with a rosy morning, and when you are thrilled,

Its roses appear on your cheeks.

وَخُذِ الكَأسَ مِن يَدي كُلِّ مَيّا

سِ الخُطى مُخطَفِ الحَشا مَقدودِ

Take the cup from the hand of every lovely-eyed one,

With graceful gait and flowing sleeve.

مِثلِ قَدِّ القَضيبِ إِن هَزَّ عِطفَي

هِ وَمِثلِ الغَزالِ في حُسنِ جيدِ

Like a spear shaft if it shakes its shoulder,

And like a gazelle in the beauty of its neck.

ما رَأَينا الوُجوهَ تَحسُنُ إِن لَم

يَتِّصِل حُسنُها بِحُسنِ القُدودِ

We have not seen faces look beautiful unless

Their beauty is coupled with beauty of manners.

حَبَّذا مَجلِسٌ تَدورُ عَلَينا

فيهِ كَأسانِ بَينَ نايٍ وَعودِ

Blessed is a gathering where cups are passed around us

Between a flute and lute.

مِن شَرابٍ يَعافُهُ المُسلِمُ العَف

فُ وَتَحظى بِهِ أَكُفُّ اليَهودِ

Of drink that the virtuous Muslim enjoys

And is coveted by the meanest Jew.

بارَكَ اللَهُ لِلخَليفِةِ في العي

دِ وَفي كُلِّ طارِفٍ وَتَليدِ

May God bless the Caliph during this feast

And every excellent and venerable side!

نَحنُ في ظِلِّ أَرحَمِ الناسِ بِالنا

سِ وَأَولاهُمُ بِبَأسٍ وَجودِ

We live in the shade of the most merciful of men toward people

And the most valiant and generous in might.

صَفوَةُ اللَهِ وَاِبنُ عَمِّ نَبِيِّ ال

لَهِ وَاِبنُ المَهدِيِّ وَاِبنُ الرَشيدِ

The elite of God and the cousin of the Prophet of God

And the son of the Guided One and the son of Ar-Rashid.

كُلَّ يَومٍ نَراهُ فيهِ مُعافىً

سالِماً فِهُوَ عِندَنا يَومُ عيدِ

Every day we see him in it, safe and sound -

It is for us a day of celebration.

هُوَ شَمسُ الضُحى إِذا أَظلَمَ الخَط

بُ وَبَدرُ الدُجى وَسَعدُ السُعودِ

He is the sun of the morning when darkness overwhelms,

And the full moon of nightfall, and good fortune of fortunes.

يا بَني هاشِمِ بنِ عَبدِ مَنافٍ

نِسبَةٌ حُبُّها مِن التَوحيدِ

O Banu Hashim, the descendants of Abdul Manaf,

Your love comes from Divine Oneness.

أَنتُمُ خَيرُ سادَةٍ يا بَني العَب

باسِ فَاِبقَوا وَنَحنُ خَيرُ عَبيدِ

You are the best masters, O Banu Al-Abbas,

So excel, and we are the best servants.

نَحنُ أَشياعُكُم مِنَ اَهلِ خُراسا

نَ أولو قُوَّةٍ وَبَأسٍ شَديدِ

We are your supporters from the people of Khurasan,

The strong and mighty warriors.

نَحنُ أَبناءُ هذِهِ الخِرَقِ السو

دِ وَأَهلُ التَشَيُّعِ المَحمودِ

We are the sons of this esteemed land,

And the people of praiseworthy partisanship.

إِن رَضيتُم أَمراً رَضينا وَإِن تَأ

بَوا أَبَينا لَكُم إِباءَ الأُسودِ

If you are pleased with something, we are pleased, and if you are obstinate,

We obstinately refuse, with the refusal of lions.

لا نُوالي لَكُم عَدُوّاً وَلا نَح

مِلُ ضِغناً عَلى الوَلِيِّ الوَدودِ

We will not befriend your enemy,

Nor carry anger toward the loving ally.

حَسبُنا اللَهُ وَالخَليفَةُ مِن بَع

دُ وَمِن بَعدِهِ وُلاةُ العُهودِ

God and the Caliph suffice us afterward,

And after him the governors of succession.

غَرسُ كَفَّيكَ يااِبنَ عَمِّ رَسولِ ال

لَهِ أَنشَأتَني وَأَورَقتَ عودي

Your hands planted me, O cousin of God's Messenger,

And caused me to grow and flourish.

أَنتَ كَثَّرتَ حاسِدِيَّ وَقَد كُن

تُ زَماناً لا أَهتدي لِحَسودِ

You increased my enviers, though once

I could not be guided to envy.