وغيداء يعزى طرفها لكنانةٍ

وغيداء يعزى طرفها لكنانةٍ

ومعطفها الميَّاد يعزى إلى النضر

ومعطفها الميَّاد يعزى إلى النضر

And a graceful maiden, whose gaze is traced to Kinana,

Her cheek is attributed to the redness of the rose

And whose swaying figure is traced to al-Nadr.

And her garment's blue is attributed to lavender

حمتْ ثغرها عن راشفٍ بلحاظِها

حمتْ ثغرها عن راشفٍ بلحاظِها

كذاك سيوف الهند تحمي حمى الثغر

كذاك سيوف الهند تحمي حمى الثغر

She guarded her lips from one who would sip them, with her glances;

Her lips were protected from the one who desires by her veil

Just so, swords of India protect the frontier's domain.

Just as Indian swords protect the inviolability of land

كأن جفوني حين تسفح بالبكى

كأن جفوني حين تسفح بالبكى

على حبِّها كفُّ المؤيد بالتبر

على حبِّها كفُّ المؤيد بالتبر

As though my eyelids, when they pour out tears

My eyelids, when tears stream from them

For love of her, were al-Mu'ayyad's hand pouring gold dust.

For love of her are like the hand of al-Mu'ayyad in generosity

رعى الله أيام المؤيد إنَّها

رعى الله أيام المؤيد إنَّها

ولا برحتْ فينا مواسم للدهر

ولا برحتْ فينا مواسم للدهر

May God preserve al-Mu'ayyad's days, for they are—

May God watch over the days of al-Mu'ayyad

And may they ever remain among us—festive seasons for the ages.

Never in our lives have seasons of time ceased

مليك تساوى علمه ونواله

مليك تساوى علمه ونواله

كأنَّهما بحران جاءا على بحر

كأنَّهما بحران جاءا على بحر

A king whose knowledge and bounty are equal,

A king whose knowledge equals his attainment

As though they were two seas that came upon another sea.

As though they are two seas that met upon a sea

مليكَ العلى بشراك بالعيد مقبلاً

مليكَ العلى بشراك بالعيد مقبلاً

وبشرى الورى من سحب كفَّيك بالعشر

وبشرى الورى من سحب كفَّيك بالعشر

O king of high glory, glad tidings to you of the approaching feast,

O supreme king, I give you glad tidings of the approaching feast

And glad tidings to humankind of a tenth-share from the clouds of your two palms.

And good tidings for all people in the rain from your palms in generosity

وهنئت بالفطر الذي قام ناحراً

وهنئت بالفطر الذي قام ناحراً

عداتك حتَّى أشكل الفطر بالنحر

عداتك حتَّى أشكل الفطر بالنحر

And may you be congratulated on the Feast of Fast-Breaking, which arose slaughtering

And I congratulated you on the feast whose sacrifice stood tall

Your enemies, until Fast-Breaking became indistinguishable from the Feast of Sacrifice.

Until your enemies made the feast into slaughter