جزَى اللَّهُ عَنَّا زَاهِراً في صَنِيعِهِ

جزَى اللَّهُ عَنَّا زَاهِراً في صَنِيعِهِ

بِنَا خَيرُ ما يُجزَى علَى الخَيرِ مُنْعِمُ

بِنَا خَيرُ ما يُجزَى علَى الخَيرِ مُنْعِمُ

May God reward Zahir on our behalf for what he has done

May God reward Zahir on our behalf for his kindness

for us—the finest reward a benefactor receives for goodness.

to us, with the best reward a benefactor receives for goodness.

تَتَبَّعَ أقْصَى ثَارَنَا فأَصَابَهُ

تَتَبَّعَ أقْصَى ثَارَنَا فأَصَابَهُ

فَمَا طُلَّ مِنَّا عِندَ نُصْرَتِهِ دَمُ

فَمَا طُلَّ مِنَّا عِندَ نُصْرَتِهِ دَمُ

He pursued our vengeance to its farthest reach and attained it,

He pursued the farthest target of our vengeance and reached it;

so through his aid no blood of ours was left unavenged.

so with his aid, no blood of ours was left unavenged.

دَرَى أنَّ عندَ الحُوتِ بَعضَ دِمَائِنَا

دَرَى أنَّ عندَ الحُوتِ بَعضَ دِمَائِنَا

فَخَاضَ إلِيهِ البَحْرَ والبَحْرُ مُفْعَمُ

فَخَاضَ إلِيهِ البَحْرَ والبَحْرُ مُفْعَمُ

He knew that some of our blood was with the whale,

He knew that the whale held some of our blood,

so he plunged through the sea toward it, though the sea brimmed full.

so he plunged into the sea toward it, while the sea was brimming.

وَأَغْرَبَ في استِئْصَالِهِ فَأتَى بِهَا

وَأَغْرَبَ في استِئْصَالِهِ فَأتَى بِهَا

يَشُقُّ علَى مُسْتَصيدِيهِ ويَعْظُمُ

يَشُقُّ علَى مُسْتَصيدِيهِ ويَعْظُمُ

He went to extraordinary lengths to root it out, and brought off a feat

And he worked wonders in destroying it, accomplishing a feat

that proves arduous and formidable to those who would hunt it.

arduous and formidable for those who seek to catch it.

فَأصْبَحَ صَيَّاداً ومَا كَانَ قَبلَها

فَأصْبَحَ صَيَّاداً ومَا كَانَ قَبلَها

بِشيءٍ سِوَى صَيدِ الفضَائِلِ يَعْلَمُ

بِشيءٍ سِوَى صَيدِ الفضَائِلِ يَعْلَمُ

Thus he became a hunter, though before this

So he became a hunter; before that, he had not

he was known for hunting nothing but virtues.

known anything but the hunting of virtues.

فَمَا مَدَّ كَفّاً للتُرَاةِ ولا مَشَى

فَمَا مَدَّ كَفّاً للتُرَاةِ ولا مَشَى

بِأقْدَامِهِ في الأخْذِ للثَّارِ مُسْلِمُ

بِأقْدَامِهِ في الأخْذِ للثَّارِ مُسْلِمُ

No Muslim stretched out a hand for vengeance,

For no Muslim ever stretched out a hand for blood-vengeance, nor walked

nor walked on his own feet to exact revenge.

on his own feet to exact revenge.

فَحَيَّاهُ عَنِّي حَيثُ ما حَطَّ رِجْلَهُ

فَحَيَّاهُ عَنِّي حَيثُ ما حَطَّ رِجْلَهُ

من الأرْضِ مَحْلُولُ النِّطَاقَينِ مِرْزمُ

من الأرْضِ مَحْلُولُ النِّطَاقَينِ مِرْزمُ

So wherever upon the earth he sets down his foot, let him be greeted for me

So may he be greeted on my behalf wherever he sets foot

by a thundering rain cloud, its twin girdles loosened.

on earth, by a thundering cloud with both its girdles unbound.