خيرfinest عيدٍfeast بكلِّwith every خيرٍblessing يعودreturns
خير عيدٍ بكلِّ خيرٍ يعود
لكto you ياO منone whose لقاهmeeting him للعيدfor the feast عيدa feast
لك يا من لقاه للعيد عيد
The finest feast returns with every blessing
May every goodness return with every feast,
To you, O you whose meeting is a feast for the feast.
For you, O one whose meeting is a feast for feasts.
قمْrise لنحرِto slaughter العدىthe foes ونحرand slaughtering العطاياthe gifts
قمْ لنحرِ العدى ونحر العطايا
وابقَand live on تسعىhasten إلىto حماكَyour sanctuary الوفودthe delegations
وابقَ تسعى إلى حماكَ الوفود
Rise to slaughter foes and sacrifice gifts,
Arise to slay the enemies and slay the gifts,
And live on, while delegations hasten to your sanctuary.
And remain striving towards protecting your crowds.
وعِدىand the enemies of الفضلexcellence ناقصونdeficient ولكنand yet
وعِدى الفضل ناقصون ولكن
نحرهمslaughtering them جائزpermissible الضحاياthe sacrifices مفيدbeneficial
نحرهم جائز الضحايا مفيد
And the enemies of excellence are deficient, yet
My enemies are incomplete in virtue, but
Their slaughter is lawful as sacrifice, and beneficial.
Slaughtering them is beneficial like sacrifices.
ياO إماماًimam لهbelonging to him علومٌbranches of knowledge وجدْوىand bounty
يا إماماً له علومٌ وجدْوى
كاملٌperfect بحرهاtheir sea سريعٌswift مديدfar-reaching
كاملٌ بحرها سريعٌ مديد
O imam, endowed with learning and bounty,
O Imam whose knowledge and wisdom
Perfect is their sea, swift and far-reaching.
Are perfect, an ocean vast and extensive.
وجواداًand a generous man لاno عيبَfault فيهِin him سوىexcept نعboun- (first part of ‘bounty’)
وجواداً لا عيبَ فيهِ سوى نع
مى-ty (completes ‘bounty’) تعيدsends back الأحرارَfree men وهيwhile they are عبيدslaves
مى تعيد الأحرارَ وهي عبيد
And a generous man, with no fault save boun-
And generous, his only flaw being the days
ty that sends free men back as slaves.
Of freedom repeating while they are slaves.
لاmay we not عدمناlack أطواقcollars نعماكyour bounty فيهاin them
لا عدمنا أطواق نعماك فيها
كلّevery وقتٍmoment بمدحِكin your praise التغريدbirdsong
كلّ وقتٍ بمدحِك التغريد
May we never lack the collars of your bounty, in which
May we not lack your favors wherein
There is birdsong in your praise at every moment.
Every time we praise you with singing.
كلناall of us فيin محبَّةlove of ابنson of عليّAli
كلنا في محبَّة ابن عليّ
يتوالىfollows in succession والجودand generosity منهfrom him يزيدincreases
يتوالى والجود منه يزيد
All of us, in love for Ibn Ali,
We are all in the love of the son of Ali
Follow one another, while his generosity grows.
Successively, as his generosity increases.