ياO أَيُّهاyou (vocative) الطَودُthe towering mountain المَنيعُimpregnable الأَيهَمُpathless
يا أَيُّها الطَودُ المَنيعُ الأَيهَمُ
ياO أَيُّهاyou (vocative) البَطَلُthe hero الكَمِيُّthe armored warrior المُعلَمُbearing battle insignia
يا أَيُّها البَطَلُ الكَمِيُّ المُعلَمُ
O you impregnable, pathless mountain!
O you firm, tall, and splendid mountain,
O hero, armored warrior bearing battle insignia!
O you perfect, brave, and glorious hero,
هاbehold أَنَّthat ليfor me عِندَwith اللَياليthe nights حاجَةًa request
ها أَنَّ لي عِندَ اللَيالي حاجَةً
بَعُدَتhas grown distant مَنالاًin attainment وَاللَياليand the nights تَكؤُمُrebuff
بَعُدَت مَنالاً وَاللَيالي تَكؤُمُ
Behold, I have a request to make of the nights;
I have a need in the nights that has become
it lies far beyond reach, and the nights stand in the way.
Unattainable, while the nights are getting darker,
وَالفَضلُand generosity يَأبىrefuses أَنto تَفوتَgo unfulfilled لُبانَةٌa cherished wish
وَالفَضلُ يَأبى أَن تَفوتَ لُبانَةٌ
وَأَبوand Abu مُدافِعٍMudafiʿ الشَفيعُthe intercessor الأَكرَمُthe most generous
وَأَبو مُدافِعٍ الشَفيعُ الأَكرَمُ
And generosity will not let a cherished wish go unfulfilled,
Excellence refuses an opportunity to be missed,
and Abu Mudafiʿ is the most generous intercessor.
The interceder and most generous defender.
فَاِمنُنso bestow بِهاwith it يَدَa hand نِعمَةٍof kindness يُزهىtakes pride بِهاin it
فَاِمنُن بِها يَدَ نِعمَةٍ يُزهى بِها
مِنas غِرَّةٍa white forehead-blaze هَذاthis الزَمانُage الأَدهَمُjet-black
مِن غِرَّةٍ هَذا الزَمانُ الأَدهَمُ
So grant it—a hand of kindness, a source of pride,
So bestow it with a hand of blessing to be adorned with it
a white blaze upon the brow of this jet-black age.
From the innocence of this miserable time,
وَاِسلَمand remain safe بِمُعتَرِكِin the fray of الفَوارِسِthe horsemen وَالظُبىand the sword-blades
وَاِسلَم بِمُعتَرِكِ الفَوارِسِ وَالظُبى
تَحنيbend قِراعاًunder blows وَالعَواليand the lances تُحطَمُare shattered
تَحني قِراعاً وَالعَوالي تُحطَمُ
And may you remain safe in the horsemen’s fray, while the sword-blades
And submit to the battlefield of knights and wild beasts
bend under blows and the lances are shattered.
Bending its necks while the highlands are crushed.