حَلَّ الأَميرُ مَحَلَّ رِفدِ الرافِدِ

حَلَّ الأَميرُ مَحَلَّ رِفدِ الرافِدِ

وَمُبيحُ طارِفِ مالِهِ وَالتالِدِ

وَمُبيحُ طارِفِ مالِهِ وَالتالِدِ

The prince has taken his place as the benefactor's support,

The prince took the place of generous support,

and as one who freely gives his newly acquired and inherited wealth.

And he who makes his property and descendants accessible,

لِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ مِن كَريمٍ ماجِدٍ

لِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ مِن كَريمٍ ماجِدٍ

سَهلِ الخَليقَةِ في المَكارِمِ واحِدِ

سَهلِ الخَليقَةِ في المَكارِمِ واحِدِ

God bless you—what a generous, noble man!

May your house endure, from a generous, glorious prince,

Gentle in disposition, peerless in noble deeds.

Easygoing in the highest virtues, unique.

الدَهرُ يَسمَحُ بِالَّتي تَهَبُ الغِنى

الدَهرُ يَسمَحُ بِالَّتي تَهَبُ الغِنى

لِمُؤَمَّلٍ مِن صادِرٍ أَو وارِدِ

لِمُؤَمَّلٍ مِن صادِرٍ أَو وارِدِ

Fortune freely grants that which bestows riches

Time favors those who generously bestow wealth

on one looked to for help, whether departing or arriving.

On one hopeful of aid from a giver or a newcomer.

فَعَلامَ أُصبِحُ مِن نَداكَ بِمَعزِلٍ

فَعَلامَ أُصبِحُ مِن نَداكَ بِمَعزِلٍ

وَسِوايَ تَلحَظُهُ بِعَينِ الوالِدِ

وَسِوايَ تَلحَظُهُ بِعَينِ الوالِدِ

Why, then, am I cut off from your bounty,

Why then am I excluded from your gifts

while you regard another with a father's eye?

While my eyes behold you like a father beholding his son?

كَم لِلأَميرِ مُحَمَّدٍ مِن شاكِرٍ

كَم لِلأَميرِ مُحَمَّدٍ مِن شاكِرٍ

في العالَمينَ وَكَم لَهُ مِن حامِدِ

في العالَمينَ وَكَم لَهُ مِن حامِدِ

How many give thanks to Prince Muhammad

How many are grateful to Prince Muhammed

among all peoples, and how many praise him!

In both worlds, and how many praise him!

اليَأسُ أَلزَمَني مَحَلَّ القاعِدِ

اليَأسُ أَلزَمَني مَحَلَّ القاعِدِ

إِذ لَيسَ جَدّي في الجُدودِ بِصاعِدِ

إِذ لَيسَ جَدّي في الجُدودِ بِصاعِدِ

Despair has bound me to the place of one who stays behind,

Despair has confined me in the place of one who sits,

since my fortune is not rising among fortunes.

Since my ancestors were not climbers in the ranks of nobility.

ما لي حُرِمتُ لَدَيكَ حُظوَةَ خالِدٍ

ما لي حُرِمتُ لَدَيكَ حُظوَةَ خالِدٍ

أَوَلَستُ أَقدَمَ حُرمَةً مِن خالِدِ

أَوَلَستُ أَقدَمَ حُرمَةً مِن خالِدِ

Why have I been denied the favor you show Khalid?

Why am I deprived your favor you grant to Khalid?

Is my claim to your regard not older than Khalid's?

Am I not senior in rank to Khalid in your court?

عَوَزُ الرِجالِ أَقامَ مِنَّةَ خالِدٍ

عَوَزُ الرِجالِ أَقامَ مِنَّةَ خالِدٍ

وَالصَيفُ نَفَّقَ سُوَقَ بَردِ البارِدِ

وَالصَيفُ نَفَّقَ سُوَقَ بَردِ البارِدِ

A dearth of men has given Khalid's benefaction its standing,

When men fail, the favors granted Khalid keep him going,

and summer has made the markets for the cold man's coolness thrive.

While summer has opened up the market of the extremely cold.

شَخصانِ أَفّاكانِ قيلُهُما الخَنا

شَخصانِ أَفّاكانِ قيلُهُما الخَنا

حَلّا لَدَيكَ مَحَلَّ عَمرِو الزاهِدِ

حَلّا لَدَيكَ مَحَلَّ عَمرِو الزاهِدِ

Two inveterate liars, whose speech is foul,

Two figures bringing happiness whose saying is singing,

have taken with you the place of Amr the ascetic.

They have taken the place of Amr the ascetic with you.