سَعِدَتْ بغُرَّةِ وجهِكَ الأيَّامُ

سَعِدَتْ بغُرَّةِ وجهِكَ الأيَّامُ

وتزيَّنَتْ ببقائِكَ الأعوامُ

وتزيَّنَتْ ببقائِكَ الأعوامُ

The days were blessed by the radiance of your face,

The days rejoiced in the radiance of your face,

and the years were adorned by your continued life.

And the years adorned themselves with your permanence.

وتصرَّفَتْ بكَ في المعالي هِمَّةً

وتصرَّفَتْ بكَ في المعالي هِمَّةً

تعيا بها الأفهامُ والأوهامُ

تعيا بها الأفهامُ والأوهامُ

And an ambition has borne you through the heights of excellence,

Your will moved with purpose through the heights,

before which minds and imaginations falter.

Understood by perceptions and imaginations alike.

ولقد فَرَشْتَ مهادَ عدلِكَ فاغْتَدَتْ

ولقد فَرَشْتَ مهادَ عدلِكَ فاغْتَدَتْ

تتواردُ الآسادُ والآرامُ

تتواردُ الآسادُ والآرامُ

And indeed, you spread the bed of your justice, and so

You laid out the carpet of your justice, so it flourished -

lions and gazelles began arriving in succession.

Visitations of tranquility and relaxation flowed forth.

وافتضَّ سيفُ عُلاكَ كلَّ مدينةٍ

وافتضَّ سيفُ عُلاكَ كلَّ مدينةٍ

بكرٍ عليها للإياسِ خِتامُ

بكرٍ عليها للإياسِ خِتامُ

And the sword of your glory deflowered every city

The sword of your supremacy conquered every virgin fortress,

still virgin, with despair's seal upon it.

Placing upon it the seal of despair.

هذي زرنجُ استغلقت وتمنَّعَتْ

هذي زرنجُ استغلقت وتمنَّعَتْ

فكأنَّها إلاّ عليكَ حرامُ

فكأنَّها إلاّ عليكَ حرامُ

This is Zaranj: it had shut itself fast and held out,

This was Ziranj, shut up tight and unassailable -

so it seemed forbidden to all but you.

As if, but for you, it would remain untouched.

ففتحتَها وأَبحتَها ومَنَحتَها

ففتحتَها وأَبحتَها ومَنَحتَها

نفراً هُمُ لفنائِكَ الخدَّامُ

نفراً هُمُ لفنائِكَ الخدَّامُ

So you conquered it, made it free for the taking, and bestowed it

You opened it up, made evident its secrets, and granted it

upon a band of men who are the servants of your courtyard.

A company who serve obediently at your gate.

وقَدِمتَ والأيامُ تُنْشِدُ في الورى

وقَدِمتَ والأيامُ تُنْشِدُ في الورى

بيتاً تجيدُ نشيدَهُ الأيامُ

بيتاً تجيدُ نشيدَهُ الأيامُ

And you arrived while the days recited among humankind

You arrived while the days were singing across the land

a verse that the days recite beautifully:

A poem whose melody the eras celebrate.

قد جاءَ نصرُ اللهِ والفتحُ الذي

قد جاءَ نصرُ اللهِ والفتحُ الذي

تُزْهى بكتبةِ وصفِهِ الأقلامُ

تُزْهى بكتبةِ وصفِهِ الأقلامُ

God's help has come, and the conquest whose

God's victory has come, and the triumph whose account

description the pens are proud to write,

Is adorned by the pens of scribes.

بأجَلِّ أحوالٍ وأيمنِ مقدمٍ

بأجَلِّ أحوالٍ وأيمنِ مقدمٍ

وأتمِّ إقبالٍ يليه دوامُ

وأتمِّ إقبالٍ يليه دوامُ

in the noblest circumstances and with the most auspicious arrival,

With the most auspicious of circumstances and fortunate arrival,

and the fullest prosperity, followed by permanence.

And the most perfect success followed by continuity.