هي المراتب قد عزّت مبانيها

هي المراتب قد عزّت مبانيها

والحزم والعزمُ طبعا من ماديها

والحزم والعزمُ طبعا من ماديها

Such are the ranks; their edifices have grown lofty.

The ranks have been ennobled by their structures,

And prudence and resolve are naturally among their [principles].

And determination and resolve are inherent to their nature,

وذي المعالي فمَن دام الدّراك لها

وذي المعالي فمَن دام الدّراك لها

بالفخر فالجدُّ يُؤتيه معاليها

بالفخر فالجدُّ يُؤتيه معاليها

And these are high honors: whoever persists in pursuing them

He who aspires to glory, if he comprehends them,

With pride—diligence grants him their loftiest honors.

Will gain glory and excellence through earnestness.

لا يدرك المجدَ الاَّ فارسٌ بطل

لا يدرك المجدَ الاَّ فارسٌ بطل

ولا يؤمُّ المعالي غيرُ واليها

ولا يؤمُّ المعالي غيرُ واليها

None attains glory but a heroic knight.

Glory is only attained by a valiant knight,

And none seeks high honors but their master.

And none can lead to glory but its governor,

لا بدَّ للمجد من شهم ومن نبَهٍ

لا بدَّ للمجد من شهم ومن نبَهٍ

يُزهى بهِ المجد في عليائهِ تيها

يُزهى بهِ المجد في عليائهِ تيها

Glory must have a noble and distinguished man,

Glory requires valor and perceptiveness,

In whom glory takes pride, exulting in its heights.

With which glory shines at its heights.

كالفرد صَفوتَ من تاهت بعزَّتهِ

كالفرد صَفوتَ من تاهت بعزَّتهِ

مراتب المجد دانيها وقاصيها

مراتب المجد دانيها وقاصيها

Like the peerless Safwat, in whose might have exulted

Like the unique elite whose glory has wandered,

The ranks of glory, both near and far.

The ranks of glory, both near and far.

هو الوزير الذي شاعت مآثره

هو الوزير الذي شاعت مآثره

في المجد لا يبرح التاريخ يرويها

في المجد لا يبرح التاريخ يرويها

He is the minister whose noble deeds are widely known

He is the minister whose feats have spread

In glory; history never ceases to recount them.

In glory, which history never ceases to recount,

واقبلت شعراء العصر تنشدها

واقبلت شعراء العصر تنشدها

وتستهلّ القوافي من معانيها

وتستهلّ القوافي من معانيها

And the poets of the age came forward to sing of them,

And the poets of the time have come to chant them

And rhymes spring forth from their meanings.

As the rhymes unlock their meanings.

حمداً وشكراً لمولانا العزيز على

حمداً وشكراً لمولانا العزيز على

إِنعامهِ حين اعطى القوسَ باريها

إِنعامهِ حين اعطى القوسَ باريها

Praise and thanks to our mighty lord for

Thanks and gratitude to our noble lord

His favor, when he gave the bow to its maker.

For his blessing when he gave the bow its arrow,

سلطاننا المالكالمالك الدنيا بقبضتهِ

سلطاننا المالكالمالك الدنيا بقبضتهِ

مولى الخلافة ملجاها وكاليها

مولى الخلافة ملجاها وكاليها

Our sultan, the master—the master—who holds the world in his grasp,

Our Sultan, holder of the world in his grip,

Lord of the caliphate, its refuge and its guardian.

Refuge of the caliphate, its successor and protector,

يا ربّ خلَد مدى الايام شوكتهُ

يا ربّ خلَد مدى الايام شوكتهُ

واحفظ عدالتهُ ورداً لظاميها

واحفظ عدالتهُ ورداً لظاميها

O Lord, make his might endure for all time,

O Lord, may you eternalize the span of his reign

And preserve his justice as a watering place for those who thirst for it.

And safeguard his justice, answering the oppressed,

يا ربّ نعم رعاياه برأفته

يا ربّ نعم رعاياه برأفته

وغيث نعمته لا زال يحييها

وغيث نعمته لا زال يحييها

O Lord, grant his subjects well-being through his compassion,

O Lord, bless his subjects with his kindness,

And may the rain of his bounty never cease to give them life.

And may the rain of his grace never cease to revive them.