كَذا كُلَّ يَومٍ دَولَةٌ تَتَجَدَّدُ

كَذا كُلَّ يَومٍ دَولَةٌ تَتَجَدَّدُ

وَمُلكٌ عَلى رَغمِ الأَعادي مُخَلَّدُ

وَمُلكٌ عَلى رَغمِ الأَعادي مُخَلَّدُ

Thus each day a reign is renewed,

Thus every day the vicissitudes are renewed

And a kingdom endures despite its foes.

And a kingdom made immortal despite enemies

وَجَدٌّ عَلى ظَهرِ المَجَرَّةِ صاعِدٌ

وَجَدٌّ عَلى ظَهرِ المَجَرَّةِ صاعِدٌ

وَمَجدٌ عَلى هامِ النُجومِ مُوَطَّدُ

وَمَجدٌ عَلى هامِ النُجومِ مُوَطَّدُ

And good fortune climbs the Milky Way's back,

And glory ascending on the back of the galaxy

And glory stands firm upon the crowns of the stars.

And might firmly established on the brows of stars

وَلا زالَ لِلعافينَ في كُلِّ مَوسِمِ

وَلا زالَ لِلعافينَ في كُلِّ مَوسِمِ

وَقوفٌ عَلى أَبوابِكُم وَتَرَدُّدُ

وَقوفٌ عَلى أَبوابِكُم وَتَرَدُّدُ

And may seekers of bounty, in every season,

And for the virtuous, in every season

Forever stand at your gates and return.

There is, at your gates, a standing and lingering

يَزورُكُمُ فيها التَهاني وَشَملُكُم

يَزورُكُمُ فيها التَهاني وَشَملُكُم

جَميعٌ وَشَملُ الحاسِدينِ مُبَدَّدُ

جَميعٌ وَشَملُ الحاسِدينِ مُبَدَّدُ

Congratulations visit you then, while your company

Visits of well wishes and your coming together

Is united and the company of the envious scattered.

And the unity of enviers scattered

يَعودُ إِلَيكُم بِالبَقاءِ وَعَيشُكُم

يَعودُ إِلَيكُم بِالبَقاءِ وَعَيشُكُم

رَقيقُ الحَواشي وارِفُ الظِلِّ أَغيَدُ

رَقيقُ الحَواشي وارِفُ الظِلِّ أَغيَدُ

May it return to you with long life, while your life

For you returns continuity and ease of living

Is soft-edged, broad-shaded, and luxuriant.

Of gentle margins and abundant shade the most flourishing

فَلا بَرِحَت تُهدي الثَناءَ إِلَيكُمُ

فَلا بَرِحَت تُهدي الثَناءَ إِلَيكُمُ

أَيادٍ لَكُم فينا بَوادٍ وَعُوَّدُ

أَيادٍ لَكُم فينا بَوادٍ وَعُوَّدُ

So may they never cease to bring you praise:

So it has not ceased bestowing praise upon you

Your favors to us, first bestowed and renewed.

Hands for you, among us, accustomed and trained

أَيادٍ كَأَطواقِ الحَمامِ وَأَنعُمٌ

أَيادٍ كَأَطواقِ الحَمامِ وَأَنعُمٌ

تَقَرُّ بِها الأَعناقُ طَوعاً وَتَشهَدُ

تَقَرُّ بِها الأَعناقُ طَوعاً وَتَشهَدُ

Favors like doves' neck-rings, and blessings

Hands like rings of pigeons and prosperity

Which necks willingly acknowledge and bear witness to.

By which necks willingly bow and bear witness

غَدَت بِكُمُ بَغداذُ دارَ كَرامَةٍ

غَدَت بِكُمُ بَغداذُ دارَ كَرامَةٍ

طَريقُ النَدى لِلناسِ فيها مُعَبَّدُ

طَريقُ النَدى لِلناسِ فيها مُعَبَّدُ

Through you Baghdad has become an abode of honor;

By you Baghdad has become the abode of prestige

The road to bounty there is paved for the people.

The path of dew for its people smoothed

لَها طَودُ حِلمٍ في الحَوادِثِ مِنكُمُ

لَها طَودُ حِلمٍ في الحَوادِثِ مِنكُمُ

مَنيعٌ وَبَحرٌ بِالمَكارِمِ مُزبِدُ

مَنيعٌ وَبَحرٌ بِالمَكارِمِ مُزبِدُ

It has in you a mountain of forbearance amid calamities,

For it you have a towering patience in calamities

Unassailable, and a sea foaming with noble deeds.

Impenetrable and an ocean with generous foam

وَأَنتُم مَلاذٌ لِلعُفاةِ وَمَوئِلٌ

وَأَنتُم مَلاذٌ لِلعُفاةِ وَمَوئِلٌ

بِها وَمُرادٌ لِلسَماحِ وَمَورِدُ

بِها وَمُرادٌ لِلسَماحِ وَمَورِدُ

And you are a refuge for bounty-seekers, a haven

And you are a refuge for the weak and shelters for them

There, a destination and watering place for generosity.

And a destination for the generous and springs

وَكَم لِلوَزيرِ اِبنِ المُظَفَّرِ مِن يَدٍ

وَكَم لِلوَزيرِ اِبنِ المُظَفَّرِ مِن يَدٍ

إِلى أَهلِها بَيضاءَ وَالدَهرُ أَسوَدُ

إِلى أَهلِها بَيضاءَ وَالدَهرُ أَسوَدُ

How many a hand has the vizier Ibn al-Muzaffar extended

And how many a hand does the minister son of Muzaffar have

To its people—white while the age is black!

To its people, white while fate is black

وَلَولاهُ أَضحَت ما بِها مِن مُلِمَّةٍ

وَلَولاهُ أَضحَت ما بِها مِن مُلِمَّةٍ

مُجيرٌ وَلا فيها عَلى الخَطبِ مُسعِدُ

مُجيرٌ وَلا فيها عَلى الخَطبِ مُسعِدُ

And but for him, it would have had, against calamity,

And were it not for him whatever disasters in it

No protector, nor any helper there against disaster.

Would have no protector or fortunate on hardships

وَزيرٌ أَتى الدُنيا بِعَينِ تَجَرُّبٍ

وَزيرٌ أَتى الدُنيا بِعَينِ تَجَرُّبٍ

يَرى أَنَّ كَسبَ الحَمدِ أَجدى وَأَعوَدُ

يَرى أَنَّ كَسبَ الحَمدِ أَجدى وَأَعوَدُ

A vizier who approached the world with an experienced eye,

A minister who came into the world with experienced eyes

Who sees that earning praise is more fruitful and rewarding.

Seeing that earning praise is more lasting and beneficial

فَإِنَّ جَميلَ الذِكرى يَبقى مُخَلَّداً

فَإِنَّ جَميلَ الذِكرى يَبقى مُخَلَّداً

لِكاسِبِهِ وَالمالُ يَفنى وَيَنفَدُ

لِكاسِبِهِ وَالمالُ يَفنى وَيَنفَدُ

For fair remembrance remains immortal

For the beautiful memory remains immortalized

For whoever earns it, while wealth perishes and runs out.

For its earner while money perishes and runs out

فَأَفنى ثَراءً يُخلِقُ الدَهرُ ثَوبَهُ

فَأَفنى ثَراءً يُخلِقُ الدَهرُ ثَوبَهُ

وَأَبقى ثَناءً ذِكرُهُ مُتَجَدِّدُ

وَأَبقى ثَناءً ذِكرُهُ مُتَجَدِّدُ

So he spent wealth whose garment time wears out,

So he spent wealth whose garb time renews

And left enduring praise, its remembrance ever renewed.

And left praise whose mention is made new

فَيا عَضُدَ الدينِ الَّذي أَنشَرَ النَدى

فَيا عَضُدَ الدينِ الَّذي أَنشَرَ النَدى

وَآوى غَريبَ الفَضلِ وَهوَ مُشَرَّدُ

وَآوى غَريبَ الفَضلِ وَهوَ مُشَرَّدُ

O ʿAdud al-Din, who brought generosity back to life

So O pillar of religion who has spread freshness

And sheltered exiled merit when it was driven out:

And sheltered the stranger of merit while deserted

لَقَد أَصبَحَ الدَهرُ المُذَمَّمُ صَرفُهُ

لَقَد أَصبَحَ الدَهرُ المُذَمَّمُ صَرفُهُ

بِكُلِّ لِسانٍ في زَمانِكَ يُحمَدُ

بِكُلِّ لِسانٍ في زَمانِكَ يُحمَدُ

Indeed, time, whose reversals were once reviled,

Time with its reversals has indeed

Is praised by every tongue in your day.

Through every tongue in your time become praiseworthy

وَعَهدي بِأَحداثِ اللَيالي ضَوارِياً

وَعَهدي بِأَحداثِ اللَيالي ضَوارِياً

تَقومُ بِأَهلِ الفَضلِ فيها وَتَقعُدُ

تَقومُ بِأَهلِ الفَضلِ فيها وَتَقعُدُ

I had known the calamities of the nights as ravening beasts,

And I swear by the nights' events paying a visit

Tossing people of merit up and down within them.

To the people of merit while they sit and stand

وَهَل لِلخُطوبِ الجائِراتِ مُخَلَّصٌ

وَهَل لِلخُطوبِ الجائِراتِ مُخَلَّصٌ

إِلى بَلدَةٍ فيها الوَزيرِ مُحَمَّدُ

إِلى بَلدَةٍ فيها الوَزيرِ مُحَمَّدُ

And can oppressive calamities find any passage

Is there an escape for the tyrant tribulations

Into a city where the vizier Muhammad dwells?

To a country in it the minister Muhammad

يَبيتُ مِنَ الإِحسانِ لِلناسِ كَعبَةً

يَبيتُ مِنَ الإِحسانِ لِلناسِ كَعبَةً

يُحَجُّ إِلَيها بِالأَماني وَيَقصَدُ

يُحَجُّ إِلَيها بِالأَماني وَيَقصَدُ

He remains by night, through his kindness, a Kaaba for the people,

Spends the night like the Kaaba for people's charity

To which they make pilgrimage with hopes and turn.

To it yearned and it sought

تُصَلّي لَها الآمالُ مِن كُلِّ وَجهَةٍ

تُصَلّي لَها الآمالُ مِن كُلِّ وَجهَةٍ

وَيَهدى لَها هَذا المَديحُ الُقَلَّدُ

وَيَهدى لَها هَذا المَديحُ الُقَلَّدُ

Hopes pray toward it from every direction,

From every direction hopes pray to it

And this garlanded praise is offered to it.

And this lauded praise is gifted to it

حَلَفتُ بَبيتِ اللَهِ حَلفَةَ صادِقِ ال

حَلَفتُ بَبيتِ اللَهِ حَلفَةَ صادِقِ ال

أَلِيَّةِ لا يَغلو وَلا يَتَزَيَّدُ

أَلِيَّةِ لا يَغلو وَلا يَتَزَيَّدُ

I swore by God's House the oath of one true to his

I swore by God's house an oath of the truthful

oath, neither exaggerating nor embellishing:

Sincere without excess or pretense

لَأَنتَ أَبَرُّ الناسِ نَفساً وَراحَةً

لَأَنتَ أَبَرُّ الناسِ نَفساً وَراحَةً

وَأَكرَمُهُم بَيتاً جَديداً وَأَمجَدُ

وَأَكرَمُهُم بَيتاً جَديداً وَأَمجَدُ

You are surely the most benevolent of people in soul and palm,

You are the most righteous of people in self and easiness

And the noblest of them in a new house, and the most glorious.

And the most generous of homes new and glorious

وَعَمَّت يَداكَ الأَرضَ عَدلاً وَنائِلاً

وَعَمَّت يَداكَ الأَرضَ عَدلاً وَنائِلاً

فَلا الظُلم في الدُنيا وَلا العُدمُ يوجَدُ

فَلا الظُلم في الدُنيا وَلا العُدمُ يوجَدُ

And your two hands have covered the earth with justice and bounty,

And your hands have encompassed the land with justice and bliss

So neither oppression nor poverty is found in the world.

So neither injustice or misery in the land is witnessed

سَعِدتَ بِعامٍ أَنتَ كَوكَبُ سَعدِهِ

سَعِدتَ بِعامٍ أَنتَ كَوكَبُ سَعدِهِ

وَلا زالَتِ الأَيّامُ تَشفي وَتُسعِدُ

وَلا زالَتِ الأَيّامُ تَشفي وَتُسعِدُ

May you be blessed with a year whose lucky star you are,

You thrilled in a year you are its fortunate star

And may the days never cease to heal and gladden.

And the days continue to heal and make joyful