صاحِبُ السُّلطانِ لابُدَّ لَهُ

صاحِبُ السُّلطانِ لابُدَّ لَهُ

مِن غُمومٍ تَعتَريهِ وغُمَمْ

مِن غُمومٍ تَعتَريهِ وغُمَمْ

The sultan's companion is bound to suffer

The sultan's companion must bear

Cares that beset him and afflictions.

Worries that disturb him and cares

والّذي يركَبُ بَحْراً سيرى

والّذي يركَبُ بَحْراً سيرى

قُحَمَ الأهوالِ من بَعدِ قُحَمْ

قُحَمَ الأهوالِ من بَعدِ قُحَمْ

And he who sails upon a sea will see

He who rides on the sea will see

Ordeals of terror, ordeal after ordeal.

After one wave, more waves and terrors