أَمَولايَ بُلِّغتَ أَقصى الأَمَل

أَمَولايَ بُلِّغتَ أَقصى الأَمَل

وَسُوِّغتَ دَأباً نَساءَ الأَجَل

وَسُوِّغتَ دَأباً نَساءَ الأَجَل

O my lord, may you be granted your highest hope,

My master, you have attained the height of hope,

And may you always be granted a lengthened life.

And you have justified the toil of time's daughters,

وَعُمِّرتَ ما شِئتَ في دَولَةٍ

وَعُمِّرتَ ما شِئتَ في دَولَةٍ

تُقَصِّرُ عَنها طِوالُ الدُوَل

تُقَصِّرُ عَنها طِوالُ الدُوَل

And may you live as long as you wish in a reign

You have lived as long as you wished in a kingdom,

Of which long-lasting reigns fall short.

Before which the lengths of dynasties fall short.

فَأَنتَ الَّذي غُرُّ أَفعالِهِ

فَأَنتَ الَّذي غُرُّ أَفعالِهِ

تَحَلّى بِها الدَهرُ بَعدَ العَطَل

تَحَلّى بِها الدَهرُ بَعدَ العَطَل

For you are he whose radiant deeds

You are the one whose brilliant deeds

Time has worn as adornment after going unadorned.

Have adorned the ages after stagnation.

يُشَرِّفُ مَملوكَكَ المُستَرَقَّ

يُشَرِّفُ مَملوكَكَ المُستَرَقَّ

نَظمٌ مِنَ الكَلِمِ المُنتَخَل

نَظمٌ مِنَ الكَلِمِ المُنتَخَل

Your enslaved servant is honored

Your purchased slave is honored

By verse of carefully chosen words,

By a string of selected words.

وَراحٌ تُعيدُ إِلى مَن أَسَنَّ

وَراحٌ تُعيدُ إِلى مَن أَسَنَّ

طيبَ زَمانِ الصِبا المُقتَبَل

طيبَ زَمانِ الصِبا المُقتَبَل

And wine that restores to one grown old

And by a spirit that brings back to one who was excellent

The sweetness of the days of budding youth.

The fragrance of the time of blossoming youth.

فَأَخجَلَني البِرُّ مِن فَرطِهِ

فَأَخجَلَني البِرُّ مِن فَرطِهِ

وَإِنَّ الجَوابَ لَيُبدي الخَجَل

وَإِنَّ الجَوابَ لَيُبدي الخَجَل

So kindness has abashed me by its abundance,

So goodness has shamed me to excess,

And indeed, the reply reveals my embarrassment.

And answering indeed reveals embarrassment.

وَقَد يَقبَلُ الدَهرُ مَولى الأَنا

وَقَد يَقبَلُ الدَهرُ مَولى الأَنا

مِ جُهدَ العُبَيدِ إِذا ما أَقَلّ

مِ جُهدَ العُبَيدِ إِذا ما أَقَلّ

And the lord of mankind may always accept

Time may accept the lord of grace

The humble servant's best effort when he has little.

With the efforts of slaves, however little.

سَعِدتَ كَما سَعِدَ المُشتَري

سَعِدتَ كَما سَعِدَ المُشتَري

وَنِلتَ عُلاً لَم يَنَلها زُحَل

وَنِلتَ عُلاً لَم يَنَلها زُحَل

May you be fortunate as Jupiter is fortunate,

You have been fortunate as the buyer was fortunate,

And may you attain heights Saturn has never attained.

And you have attained a glory that no planet attained.