وُجودُكَ حيَّ المُلْكَ والدّينَ والدُنْيا

وَجُودُكَ أحْيا المَجْدَ والسّيرةَ العُلْيا

Your existence revives the kingdom, religion, and life

Your generosity revived glory and the sublime conduct

وجدُّكَ أوْلى الأمْنَ واليُمْنَ والهُدى

وجدّكَ جلّى الخطْبَ والمُوئِدَ الدّهْيا

Your determination secured safety, prosperity, and guidance

Your resolve elucidated crises and spread abundant bounty

لكَ اللهُ منْ ملْكٍ سَعيدٍ زمانُهُ

تكنّفْتَنا عدْلاً وأوْسَعْتَنا رَعْيا

God granted you a blessed prosperous reign

You have enveloped us in justice and provided us ample care

إذا ألِمَتْ أو أمّلَتْكَ عِصابَةٌ

تُواسي الذي اسْتَجْدى وتأسُو الذي أعْيَى

Whenever a faction pained or hoped to pain you

You console the imploring and give respite to the weary

ألمْ تَرَ أنّ الدّهْرَ أذْعَنَ طائِعاً

لِما شِئْتَ لا يُعْصيكَ أمْراً ولا نَهْيا

Have you not seen that fate yields submissively

To your will? None disobey nor gainsay you

فقابِلُ عيد مُقْبِلٌ لك بالمُنى

وطالِعُ سعْدٍ حاكِمٌ لكَ بالبُقْيا

So meet the festive day that comes to you with wishes

And the rising of a blessed fortune that endures with you

وداعٍ دَعا حَيىَّ على بَيْةِ الرِّضا

فإنْجازُ وعْدِ اللهِ أصْبَحَ مأتِيّا

A farewell that bid live the one in the abode of acceptance

For fulfilling God's promise has come to pass

هلُمّوا الى تقْبيلِ راحَةِ يوسُفٍ

بمَنْ وجْهُهُ البُشْرى ومَنْ كفُّهُ السُقْيا

Come to kiss the hand of Joseph

He whose face is tidings and whose palm is watering

ألا في سَبيلِ اللهِ نصْرُ نَبيِّهِ

فحَيَّ تحيّاتِ العُلا ذلِكَ الحَيا

Indeed in God's cause, supporting His Prophet

Long live such sublime greetings, greet long live

هُمامٌ أجَدَّ الدّينَ بعْدَ اخْتلاقِهِ

وألْبَسَهُ منْ عدْلِ أيّامِهِ وشْيا

A resolve that renewed religion after its dissension

And clothed it in the justice of his days and decree

وفرّقَ بيْنَ الحقِّ والشّكِّ إذْ جَرى

علَى سَنن الفاروقِ في هَدْيِهِ جَرْيا

And separated truth and doubt when they clashed

Following the ways of Al-Farooq in his guidance and course

فمِنْ نورِهِ الأرجاءُ باهِرةُ السّنا

ومِنْ ذِكْرِهِ الأفواهُ عاطِرَةُ الرَّيّا

His light made the horizons radiant

And his mention made lips fragrant with freshness

أهابَ فلبّى الفتْحُ داعِيهِ إذْ دَعا

وأصْرَخَهُ النّصْرُ المؤزّرُ إذْ أيا

Ambition responded to his call and victory roared to his cries

He is the rain in munificence and the stars in ambition

هوَ السُّحْبُ جوداً والكَواكِبُ همّةً

وبدْرُ الدُّجى وجهاً وشمْسُ الضُحى رأيا

The full moon in appearance and the midday sun in perception

If he guarded the turns of fate for a day with his army

فلَوْ راعَ صرْفَ الدّهْرِ يوْماً بجَيْشِه

لأصْبَحَ نِسْياً آخرَ الدّهْرِ منْسِيّا

He would make its eve forget its morn in oblivion

They are a people who upheld the faith in its beginnings

منَ القومِ شادُوا الدّينَ بَدْءاً ودافَعوا

بأسْيافِهمْ عنْ رُكْنِهِ الوهْنَ والوَهْيَا

And with their swords defended its weakened pillar and frailty

They are a people who sacrificed souls as though

منَ القومِ جادُوا بالنّفوسِ كأنّما

يُسَقّوْنَ في وِرْدِ الرّدى الشّهْدَ والأرْيا

They were pouring in the meadow of strife honey and perfume

They are the seal of messengers, Ahmad

منَ القومِ خاتِمَ الرُّسْلِ أحْمَدٍ

وهُمْ عضّدوا التّنْزيلَ والحَقَّ والوَحْيا

And they supported revelation, truth, and inspiration

Full moons to the questioner or oceans to the asker

بُدورٌ لِسارٍ أو بُحورٌ لِسائِلٍ

فمَنْ تأتِ منْهُمْ تلْقَ أرْوَعَ بَدْرِيّا

So which of them would you meet but find most radiant?

So from Adham his Messiah clothed

فمِنْ أدْهَمٍ أضْفى علَيْهِ مَسيحُهُ

رِداءً كلَوْنِ البُرْسِ ألحَفَ زَنْجِيّا

Him in a robe the color of velvet, wrapped purple

And from Ashqar fleeter than lightning outstripping the breeze

ومِنْ أشْقَرٍ كالبَرْقِ يسْتَبِقُ الصَّبا

ومِنْ أشْهَبٍ يَفْري أديمَ الدُجى فَرْيا

And from Ashhab flowing the garb of darkness in effusion

And from red Ahmad beneath armor as though

ومنْ أحْمَرٍ تحْتَ العَجاجِ كأنّهُ

سَنا شَفَقٍ يلْتاحُ في اللّيْلَةِ الدَّجْيا

A glow of sunset dissolving in the darkened night

And from Ashhal the stallion whose redness

ومنْ أشْهَلٍ رشّ النّجيعُ احْمِرارَهُ

وقد سامَتِ الهيْجاءُ مِرْجلَها غَلْيا

Was caressed when passions were stirred into fervor

And the noble Aṣfar whose ornaments were brightened

وأصْفَرَ حَلاّهُ الأصيلُ نَضارةً

ووشّى بنَيْلِ اللّيْلِ أعرافَهُ وشْيا

With the strings of night adorned with pearls

A people like notches splitting through mountains

عِرابٌ كَما تنْصاعُ فُتْخٌ كَواسِرٌ

إذا اسْتَعْجَلوها منْ مَرابِطِها جَرْيا

Pouring forth from their strongholds in throngs

It is sacrilege that their shirts outpace them

حَرامٌ عليْها أنْ يَفوتَ قَنيصُه

ولوْ أنّها تبْغي الفَراقِدَ والجَدْيا

Even if they seek the sedentary and weak

They carry not fire distrusting it

ولا يحمِلونَ النّارَ عنْ ثِقَةٍ بِها

سَنابِكُها تسْتَحْضِرُ الزّندَ والوَرْيا

Its braziers summoning spark and flame

The imaginations of their minds in adversity

حَشاياهُمُ عندَ الكَرى صهَواتُها

فأحْلامُهُمْ بالسّبْيِ صادِقَةُ الرّؤيا

Are dreams of captivity fulfilled in their visions

Indeed in God's cause your conduct

ألا في سَبيلِ اللهِ سيرتُكَ التي

يُنادي بِها الإيمانُ حيَّ هَلا حَيّا

That faith proclaims, "come to life," "long live"

You have illuminated the world so its face shone

تجلّيْتَ للدُّنْيا فأشْرَقَ نورُها

وقدْ كانَ وجْهُ الدّهْرِ ذا مُقْلَةٍ عَمْيا

When before it was of frowning blindness

So how many triumphs publicly proclaimed for God

فكَمْ نُصْرَةٍ للّهِ جَهْراً قَضَيْتَها

وكمْ نِعْمَةٍ نَعْماءَ قضّيْتَها خَفْيا

And how many subtle mercies distributed

And how many dark sorrows you have clarified

وكمْ كُرْبَةٍ جلّيْتَ داجٍ ظَلامُها

وَداعٍ لنَصْرِ اللهِ لمْ تولِهِ اللأّيا

Calling for God's victory though none responded

And how many a dune relied upon your victory

وكمْ وثِقَتْ بالنّصْرِ منْكَ كَثيبةٌ

بعثْتَ بِها لا تعرِفُ الجَهْدَ والوَنْيا

You dispatched though they know not fatigue or lassitude

Shaking the regions of your enemy with their foes

تُدوِّخُ أقطارَ العَدوِّ بعَدْوِها

وتَقْهَرُهُمْ قتْلاً وتُرْهِقُهُمْ خَزْيا

Vanquishing them in killing and disgracing them in humiliation

Until none remained but those their lids protected

فلمْ تبْقَ إلا مَنْ حمَتْها جُفونُها

أو الشّنَب المَعْسولُ والشّفَةُ اللّمْيا

Or the soft mustache and the smooth lip

The bending branch of the delicate twin palms

وأهْيَفَ ساجِي المُقْلَتيْنِ إذا انْثَنى

تثنّى لَنا غُصْناً ولاحَظَنا ظَبْيا

When it bent, bent for us a branch and glanced at us a gazelle

Opportunities passed between us and them

جرَتْ سانِحاتٍ بيننا وبوارِحا

فكانَتْ لنا غُنْماً وكانت لهُمْ نَعْيا

Becoming spoils for us and wailing for them

O wise sovereign whose justice encompassed

فيا مُحْكَمَ المُلْكِ الذي عمّ عدْلُهُ

جَميعَ الوَرى إنْ أشْكَلَ النّصُّ والفُتْيا

All the world's expanse, intricate the texts and jurisprudence

He whose word is decisive and whose decision guidance

ومَنْ قوْلُهُ فصْلٌ ومَنْ فصْلُهُ هُدىً

ومَنْ مُلْكُهُ رُشْدٌ بهِ أذْهَبَ الغَيّا

And whose rule is rectitude by which he banished caprice

For some purpose God granted you the kingdom, born to rule

لمَعْنًى حَباكَ اللهُ بالمُلْكِ ناشِئاً

وكُنتَ بأهْلِ العِلْمِ في المَهْدِ مَهْدِيّا

And you were guided from the cradle by the learned

So beneath you the forbearing pour out for its beauty

فدونكها يصبو الحليم لحسنها

وتسبى عقول السامعين لها سبيا

And the minds of listeners are captivated by it, captured

It enslaves the noble poetry however freely soaring its peak

تصيِّر حر الشعر عبداً وإن يكن

يحل من الإبداع غايته القصيا

It trails the train of glory from its flowing train

It folds the length of the tall and fells the lofty

تُجرِّرُ ذيْلَ الزّهْوِ عنْدَ جَريرِهِ

وطائِيِّهِ تَطْوي وتُكْنِدُ كِنْدِيّا

The charm of rule trembles at its hearing like your hands trembling the Yemeni blade

The fruits of a heart pure in its affection for you

ويهْتَزُّ عِطْفُ المُلْكِ عندَ سَماعِها

كهزّة كفّيْكَ الحُسامَ اليَمانِيا

The nights pass while it remains living

So you persist, most enduring of kings, immortalized

نَتيجَةُ قَلْبٍ مُمْحِضٍ لكَ وُدَّهُ

تَبيدُ اللّيالي وهْيَ باقِيَةٌ تَحْيا

And steadfastest for God, purest star

Your satisfaction conveys the pleasure of the Divine

فلازِلْتَ يا أبْقَى المُلوكِ مآثِراً

وأمْضاهُمُ في اللّهِ أبْيَضَ هِنْدِيّاً

And loving you is a treasure in death and life

رِضاكَ لرِضْوانِ الإلاهِ مُبَلِّغٌ

وحُبُّكَ ذُخْرٌ في المَماتِ وفي المَحْيا