إِمامَ الهُدى أَصبَحتَ بِالدينِ مَعنِيا

إِمامَ الهُدى أَصبَحتَ بِالدينِ مَعنِيا

وَأَصبَحتَ تَسقي كُلَّ مُستَمطِرٍ رِيّا

وَأَصبَحتَ تَسقي كُلَّ مُستَمطِرٍ رِيّا

O leader of guidance, you have become devoted to the faith.

You have become the imam of guidance through religion, O meaningful one,

And you now give every seeker of rain his fill of water.

And you have become one who quenches the thirst of every rain-seeker.

لَكَ اسمانِ شُقّا مِن رَشادٍ وَمِن هُداً

لَكَ اسمانِ شُقّا مِن رَشادٍ وَمِن هُداً

فَأَنتَ الَّذي تُدعى رَشيداً وَمُهدِيّا

فَأَنتَ الَّذي تُدعى رَشيداً وَمُهدِيّا

You have two names, derived from rectitude and guidance.

You have two names derived from integrity and guidance,

For you are the one called Rashid and Mahdi.

So you are the one called righteous and rightly-guiding.

إِذا ما سَخِطتَ الشَيءَ كانَ مُسَخَّطاً

إِذا ما سَخِطتَ الشَيءَ كانَ مُسَخَّطاً

وَإِن تَرضَ شَيئاً كانَ في الناسِ مَرضِيّا

وَإِن تَرضَ شَيئاً كانَ في الناسِ مَرضِيّا

Whenever you disapprove of something, it is disapproved of.

If you become angry with something, it becomes accursed,

And if you approve of something, it is approved of among the people.

And if you are pleased with something, it becomes pleasing among people.

بَسَطتَ لَنا شَرقاً وَغَرباً يَدَ العُلا

بَسَطتَ لَنا شَرقاً وَغَرباً يَدَ العُلا

فَأَوسَعتَ شَرقِيّاً وَأَوسَعتَ غَربِيّا

فَأَوسَعتَ شَرقِيّاً وَأَوسَعتَ غَربِيّا

You have stretched out to us, east and west, the hand of greatness.

You have spread east and west with the hand of superiority,

So you have enriched the easterner and enriched the westerner.

So you have expanded the east and expanded the west.

وَوَشَّيتَ وَجهَ الأَرضِ بِالجودِ وَالنَدى

وَوَشَّيتَ وَجهَ الأَرضِ بِالجودِ وَالنَدى

فَأَصبَحَ وَجهُ الأَرضِ بِالجودِ مَوشِيّا

فَأَصبَحَ وَجهُ الأَرضِ بِالجودِ مَوشِيّا

And you have embroidered the face of the earth with generosity and bounty.

You have covered the face of the earth with generosity and dew,

So the face of the earth has become embroidered with generosity.

So the face of the earth has become covered with generosity.

وَأَنتَ أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ فَتى التُقى

وَأَنتَ أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ فَتى التُقى

نَشَرتَ مِنَ الإِحسانِ ما كانَ مَطوِيّا

نَشَرتَ مِنَ الإِحسانِ ما كانَ مَطوِيّا

And you, Commander of the Faithful, are a pious young man.

And you are the commander of the faithful, the virtuous youth,

You have unfolded the benevolence that had lain folded away.

You have spread goodness that was once hidden.

قَضى اللَهُ أَن يَبقى لِهارونَ مُلكُهُ

قَضى اللَهُ أَن يَبقى لِهارونَ مُلكُهُ

وَكانَ قَضاءُ اللَهِ في الخَلقِ مَقضِيّا

وَكانَ قَضاءُ اللَهِ في الخَلقِ مَقضِيّا

God decreed that Harun retain his sovereignty.

God has decreed that Harun keep his kingdom,

And God's decree was fulfilled among creation.

And the decree of God among creation became fulfilled.

تَحَلَّبَتِ لدُنيا لِهارونَ بِالرِضا

تَحَلَّبَتِ لدُنيا لِهارونَ بِالرِضا

وَأَصبَحَ نَقفورٌ لِهارونَ ذِمِّيّا

وَأَصبَحَ نَقفورٌ لِهارونَ ذِمِّيّا

The world willingly yielded its milk to Harun.

The world yielded to Harun in contentment,

And Nikephoros became Harun's protected tributary.

And taxes for Harun's treasury became obligatory.