حَياتُكَ يا اِبنَ سَعدانَ بنِ يحيى

حَياةٌ لِلمَكارِمِ وَالمَعالي

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

Is a life of virtues and nobility

جَلَبتُ لَكَ الثَناءَ فَجاءَ عَفواً

وَنَفسُ الشِكرِ مُطلَقَةُ العِقالِ

I brought you praise, and it came freely

While gratitude itself loosens shackles

وَتُرجِعُني إِلَيكَ وَإِن نَأَت بي

دِياري عَنكَ تَجرُبَةُ الرِجالِ

And returns me to you, though my lands

Take me far from you, to test men