قُل لِغَرسِ الدِّينِ الأَميرِ الُمرَجَّى

قُل لِغَرسِ الدِّينِ الأَميرِ الُمرَجَّى

وَالذي ما لِمَجدِهِ مِن مِثَالِ

وَالذي ما لِمَجدِهِ مِن مِثَالِ

Say to Ghars al-Din, the prince in whom hopes are placed

Tell the scion of faith, the hoped for prince

and whose glory has no equal:

Whose glory has no parallel

يا أَميراً في مَوقفِ الحربِ ما زا

يا أَميراً في مَوقفِ الحربِ ما زا

لَ حِماماً لِسائِرِ الأَبطالِ

لَ حِماماً لِسائِرِ الأَبطالِ

O prince, who on the battlefield has always

O prince, ever triumphant in the field of battle

been death to all champions;

No dove, but a lion midst heroes

يا فتَىً راحَتاهُ يَومَ النَّدى أَه

يا فتَىً راحَتاهُ يَومَ النَّدى أَه

مَى منَ الغَيثِ وَالحَيا بالنَّوالِ

مَى منَ الغَيثِ وَالحَيا بالنَّوالِ

O youth, whose two palms, on the day of giving, pour

O youth, whose rest on a day of trial

gifts more abundantly than rain and life-giving showers.

Is to gird himself with sword and at the foe to charge

خَصَّكَ اللهُ بالَمكارِمِ حَتَّى

خَصَّكَ اللهُ بالَمكارِمِ حَتَّى

جُمِعَت فيكَ سائِرُ الأَمثالِ

جُمِعَت فيكَ سائِرُ الأَمثالِ

God has distinguished you with noble virtues, so that

God has singled you out for all that is virtuous

all models of excellence have been gathered in you.

Till in you were combined all ideals

أَنتَ من مَعشَرٍ كِرامِ الَمساعي

أَنتَ من مَعشَرٍ كِرامِ الَمساعي

لَهُمُ الَمجدُ والحِجا والَمعالي

لَهُمُ الَمجدُ والحِجا والَمعالي

You come from a people noble in their endeavors;

You are of a folk whose effort is ever sublime

theirs are glory, wisdom, and lofty honors.

Theirs are glory, pilgrimage, and high enterprise

ليسَ يخشَى صَرفَ الحوادثِ مَن لا

ليسَ يخشَى صَرفَ الحوادثِ مَن لا

ذَ بمغنى حِماكَ يا بنَ غَزالِ

ذَ بمغنى حِماكَ يا بنَ غَزالِ

He fears no turns of fate who takes

He who is protected by your patronage

refuge in your sheltered abode, O son of Ghazal.

Fears not the blows of fate, O son of Ghazal

لكَ عزمٌ يومَ الكريهةِ أمضى

لكَ عزمٌ يومَ الكريهةِ أمضى

مِن شَبا البِيضِ والرِّماحِ العوالي

مِن شَبا البِيضِ والرِّماحِ العوالي

Your resolve on the day of battle is keener

Your resolve in times of stress is more trenchant

than the edges of gleaming swords and towering spears.

Than damask blades or tall and slender spears

سُنَّةٌ في النَّدى تفرَّدتَ فيها

سُنَّةٌ في النَّدى تفرَّدتَ فيها

بخصالٍ ما مثلُها من خِصالِ

بخصالٍ ما مثلُها من خِصالِ

Yours is a way of generosity in which you stand alone,

A tradition of succour have you inaugurated

with qualities no others can match:

With qualities unmatched by any virtues

بفخارٍ جَمٍّ ورأيٍ سديدٍ

بفخارٍ جَمٍّ ورأيٍ سديدٍ

وثَباتٍ ورِفعةٍ وجلالِ

وثَباتٍ ورِفعةٍ وجلالِ

abundant glory and sound judgment,

With pride abundant, judgement right, constancy

and steadfastness, eminence, and majesty.

Steadfastness, nobility and awe

نسَخَت ذكرَ من تقدَّمَ بالإِن

نسَخَت ذكرَ من تقدَّمَ بالإِن

عامِ أيَّامُ جُودكِ المتوالي

عامِ أيَّامُ جُودكِ المتوالي

The fame of those before you in beneficence has been effaced

You have erased the deeds of whoso went before

by the days of your unceasing generosity.

With the succession of your ever-bounteous days

فافتخِر بالعُلى فأنَت ومن أع

فافتخِر بالعُلى فأنَت ومن أع

طاكَ فيها مُناكَ خيرُ الرِّجالِ

طاكَ فيها مُناكَ خيرُ الرِّجالِ

So take pride in high honors, for you and the one who

Then glory in sublimity, for you and those

granted you your wishes in them are the best of men.

Who gave you guidance are best of men

وابقَ واسلم ما غرَّدت ذاتُ طَوقٍ

وابقَ واسلم ما غرَّدت ذاتُ طَوقٍ

سَحَراً في ذَوائبٍ من ضالِ

سَحَراً في ذَوائبٍ من ضالِ

And live on, safe and sound, as long as a collared dove sings

Live on, and greet what song-birds amid the branches

before dawn amid the topmost boughs of wild lote trees.

Warble at dawn in thickets blossoming