أيُّها الدارُ لقد نلت الحبورا

أيُّها الدارُ لقد نلت الحبورا

وبَلَغْتِ اليوم مقداراً كبيرا

وبَلَغْتِ اليوم مقداراً كبيرا

O house, you have indeed attained delight,

O house, you have indeed attained joy,

O abode, you have attained splendor,

And today you have risen to lofty stature.

And today you have reached great stature.

And reached today a great extent,

يا عرين المجد يا ركن العلى

يا عرين المجد يا ركن العلى

قد حوى غابك ضرغاماً هصورا

قد حوى غابك ضرغاماً هصورا

O lair of glory, O pillar of eminence,

O lair of glory, O pillar of eminence,

O nest of glory, O pillar of the sublime,

Your forest now shelters a fierce, mighty lion.

Your thicket has indeed harbored a fierce lion.

Your forest has contained a roaring lion.

تستفيد الوفد من أفضاله

تستفيد الوفد من أفضاله

جوهر الإفضال والجود الغزيرا

جوهر الإفضال والجود الغزيرا

Visiting delegations benefit from his munificence—

The visiting delegations gain from his favors

The delegation benefits from his virtues,

The very essence of beneficence and abundant generosity.

The jewel of beneficence and abundant generosity.

The essence of generosity and abundant kindness.

إن يكنْ للدهر جدوى كفِّهِ

إن يكنْ للدهر جدوى كفِّهِ

ما رأت عينٌ على الأرض فقيرا

ما رأت عينٌ على الأرض فقيرا

If Fate but allowed his hand’s bounty full effect,

If Time had the bounty of his hand,

If the days hold any use for grasping hands,

No eye on earth would ever see a poor man.

No eye would see a poor person on earth.

No eye has seen a needy person on earth.

فسقاك الله يا ساحاتها

فسقاك الله يا ساحاتها

من ندى راحته غيثاً مطيرا

من ندى راحته غيثاً مطيرا

May God water your courtyards

So may God water you, O courtyards of this house,

May God water your plains, O its yards,

With a pouring rain from the dew of his palm.

With pouring rain from the dew of his palm.

With the dew of His comfort, a pouring rain.

فهو الفرد وأمَّا فَضْلُه

فهو الفرد وأمَّا فَضْلُه

كانَ للمعروف والحسنى كثيرا

كانَ للمعروف والحسنى كثيرا

For he is peerless; and as for his bounty,

For he is peerless; and as for his bounty,

For He is the Unique, and as for His grace,

It has been lavish in kindness and good works.

It has been abundant in kindness and goodness.

It was abundant for good and beauty.

لم يزل يغمرنا نائِلُه

لم يزل يغمرنا نائِلُه

ومحيَّاه لنا يشرق نورا

ومحيَّاه لنا يشرق نورا

His gifts have never ceased to engulf us,

His bounty has never ceased to envelop us,

Its attainment has continued to immerse us,

And his countenance shines upon us with light.

And his countenance shines with light for us.

And its life-givingness rises upon us shining bright.

مشكلات العلم فيه اتَّضَحَتْ

مشكلات العلم فيه اتَّضَحَتْ

بخفايا العلم تلقاه خبيرا

بخفايا العلم تلقاه خبيرا

Through him, the perplexities of learning have become clear;

In him, the difficult questions of learning have become clear;

The problems of knowledge through it became clear,

In learning’s hidden mysteries, you find him an expert.

You find him expert in the secrets of learning.

With the subtleties of knowledge, he met as an expert.

أيّ دارٍ حلَّها أرَّخْتُها

أيّ دارٍ حلَّها أرَّخْتُها

حازت الدار بمحمود السرورا

حازت الدار بمحمود السرورا

Whatever house he entered, I dated it with this chronogram:

Any house he settles in, I record its date:

What abode that he lodged, I dated it,

“Through Mahmoud, the house attained delight.”

"The house has attained joy through Mahmoud."

The house won blessed happiness.