أهلا بيوم جرى بالسعد طائره

واسفرت بالمنى منه بشائره

Welcome to a day whose bird of omen sped with good fortune,

And from it glad tidings dawned with hopes fulfilled.

نالت به الملة الغراء ما طلبت

فكل حرّ اريب قرّ ناظره

Through it, the illustrious community of faith attained what it sought,

And every discerning free man’s eye found comfort.

نالت بعاشر تموز مطالبها

الا فبورك من تموز عاشره

On the tenth of July it attained its demands;

Behold, blessed be July’s tenth!

شموس عدل تجلت فيه صادعة

ليلا من الجور اردتنا دياجره

Suns of justice shone that day, cleaving

A night of tyranny whose deep darkness had laid us low.

يوم غدا في جبين الدهر غرته

فالدهر طلق منير الوجه زاهره

A day that became the bright blaze upon Time’s brow;

So Time is cheerful, its face luminous and radiant.

يوم به نهض الإسلام واتحدت

شعوبه وصفت طبعا عناصره

A day on which Islam rose, and united were

Its peoples, and its constituent elements grew pure in nature.

يوم به ورد الاحرار عن ظمأ

وردا من الرشد قد طابت مصادره

A day on which free men came to drink, thirsting,

A draught of right guidance, whose sources had grown sweet.

اراك تجحد عن علم لنا شرفا

طلاع عينك في الدنيا مآثره

I see you knowingly deny us an honor

Whose glorious deeds fill your sight in this world.

أوج الرّقي قديماً كان منزلنا

وربّ منزل أنس حن ذاكره

The summit of progress was our dwelling long ago;

And many a friendly home stirs yearning in one who recalls it.

قد كان في الفلك الأعلى لنا وطن

تحكى مساعينا فيه زواهره

We once had a homeland in the highest celestial sphere;

Our endeavors there mirror its shining stars.

نحن الأولى استنزلوا بالسيف قيصركم

عن عرشه فانثنى والسيف قاهره

We are those who brought your Caesar down by the sword

From his throne; he retreated, the sword overpowering him.

وسوف تعلم ما تيار عزمتنا

إذا تلاطم بالأمواج زاهره

And you will learn what a torrent our resolve is

When its brimming waters clash in waves.

وأنت يا عاذلي في حب آنسة

هذا هوى لك لا تبدو سرائره

And you, O my reproacher for loving a maiden,

This is a love whose secrets are not revealed to you.

خانتك عينك في معنى محاسنها

فلمت صبّاً سليم اللب عاذره

Your eye betrayed you about the meaning of her beauties,

So you blamed a lovesick man whom the sound-minded excuse.

حرية لبست ثوب العفاف فما

غير العفيف لها خل تسامره

Freedom has donned the robe of chastity, and none

But the chaste is a friend with whom she converses by night.

غيداء قد صانها القانون عن دنس

من يضمر السوء فالقانون زاجره

A graceful maiden whom the law has guarded from defilement;

Whoever harbors evil, the law restrains him.

هبّت صبا البشر غب القطر نافحة

من روض نعماء قد رفت ازاهره

The east wind of joy blew fragrantly after the rain,

From a garden of blessings whose blossoms fluttered.

فقام يسعى بكأس الراح مدهقة

ساق اغن غضيض الطرف فاتره

Then rose and hurried with a brimming cup of wine

A sweet-voiced cupbearer, with downcast, languid eyes.

قيد النواظر قدّ منه معتدل

إذا تثنى بوشي الحسن ناضره

His well-proportioned figure held all gazes captive,

When he swayed, his fresh bloom clad in beauty’s brocade.

يعطو بجيد ويرنو عن لواحظه

فقل برمل الحمى عنت جآذره

He stretches his neck and gazes from the corners of his eyes;

Then say: young antelopes have appeared upon the preserve’s sands.

يا منية النفس قد طال الصدود فصل

قد آن ان يصل المهجور هاجره

O my soul’s desire, estrangement has lasted long: return.

It is time for the forsaker to rejoin the one he forsook.

واعدل بنا يا مليك الحسن في زمن

يذم فيه خلال الذم جاره

And treat us justly, O sovereign of beauty, in an age

In which its oppressor is condemned amid reproaches.

عصر العدالة زانته محاسنه

كأنه الجيد زانته جواهره

An age of justice, adorned by its virtues,

Like a neck adorned by its jewels.

عصر به قد سما أوج العلى ملك

اغرّ مسبغ ظل العدل ناشره

An age in which a king rose to the summit of glory,

Illustrious, extending and spreading the shade of justice.

محمد الخامس المسعود طالعه

اضحى به الملك معموراً دوائره

Muhammad the Fifth, whose rising star is auspicious,

Through whom the realm’s domains have become flourishing.

ملك به اعتضد الإسلام وانتصرت

احرار ايران فالأسلام شاكره

A king through whom Islam grew strong and victory came

To the free men of Iran; Islam is grateful to him.

مؤيد العزم منصور اللواء إذا

رام العدو فان الله ناصره

Supported in resolve, victorious in his banner, when

He assails the foe, God is his helper.

راعتهم سطوة من باسل صدعت

قلب العدو على بعد زماجره

A valiant warrior’s might terrified them, shattering

The enemy’s heart with his roars, even from afar.

لو لم يدينوا لماضي الحكم غالهم

يوم يسد الفضا حشدا عساكره

Had they not bowed to decisive rule, they would have been crushed

By a day when his massed armies filled the open expanse.

شعارهم عز دين الله فهو لهم

شعار فتح فكم دارت دوائره

Their watchword is the glory of God’s faith, and for them it is

A watchword of victory—how often its cycles have turned!

فلتهنأ الملة العلياء بهجتها

ونورها بسرور دام وافره

May the exalted community of faith enjoy its delight

And its light, in joy whose abundance endures.

واهنأ أبا أحمد فالبشر مقتبل

والعيش مكتمل تزهو دساكره

And rejoice, Abu Ahmad, for joy is newly dawning,

And life is complete, its estates flourishing.

في مثل مجدك درّ الحمد منتظم

يرتاح ناظمه شوقاً وناثره

In glory such as yours, praise’s pearls are strung;

Their stringer thrills with longing, as does their scatterer.

ان يذخر الوفر قوم لاخلاق لهم

فالحمد خير نفيس أنت ذاخره

If people with no share of goodness hoard wealth,

Then praise is the finest precious treasure you store.

إذا استهل ندى كفيك في بلد

اغنى ثرى الأرض ان تهمى مواطره

When the dew of your palms begins to fall upon a land,

It frees the earth’s soil from needing its rainclouds to pour.

وأنت من دوحة العلياء فرع علا

نظير أوله في المجد آخره

And you are a branch grown high from the great tree of eminence;

Its last is the equal of its first in glory.

من طيب ذكرك في النادي يفوح شذى

كما سرى من نسيم الروض عاطره

From the sweetness of your mention in the gathering, fragrance wafts,

Just as its perfume drifts from the garden breeze.

جلا الظلام ضياء أنت موقده

في جنح ليل ينال البشر ساهره

A radiance kindled by you has dispelled the darkness

In the depth of a night whose wakeful watcher finds joy.

كأن زهر الدراري في الثرى نزلت

ووجهك البدر باهي النور باهره

As though the shining stars had descended to the earth,

And your face is the full moon, splendid in light and outshining it.

كأن غرّ السجايا منك قد سطعت

نوراً يرد كليل الطرف ناظره

As though your radiant virtues had shone forth

As light that sends its beholder back with sight grown weary.

بقيت في نعمة غرّاء مونقد

تبقى وعيش يروق العين زاهره

May you remain in radiant blessing [unclear word in source],

That endures, and in a life whose bloom delights the eye.