أَلسَّعدُ طَيَّ شَجاعَةِ الشُّجعانِ

أَلسَّعدُ طَيَّ شَجاعَةِ الشُّجعانِ

وَالنَّصرُ زَرعُ مُهَنَّدٍ وَسِنانِ

وَالنَّصرُ زَرعُ مُهَنَّدٍ وَسِنانِ

Good fortune lies within the valor of the brave,

The fortunate spread the courage of the brave

And victory is the harvest of an Indian-steel sword and a spearpoint.

And victory is the harvest of Muhanad's spears

وَالأَمرُ مَحمِيُّ الذِّمارِ تَحوطُهُ

وَالأَمرُ مَحمِيُّ الذِّمارِ تَحوطُهُ

بِيضُ الظُّبَى وَعِنايَةُ الرَّحمنِ

بِيضُ الظُّبَى وَعِنايَةُ الرَّحمنِ

And rule is held inviolate, guarded by

The matter is protected by invincible ranks

Gleaming sword edges and the care of the All-Merciful,

White banners and the care of the Merciful

وَمُؤَيَّدٍ مِن قَيسِ عَيلانَ الأُلى

وَمُؤَيَّدٍ مِن قَيسِ عَيلانَ الأُلى

هُم رَوضَةُ الجاني وَعَوذُ الجاني

هُم رَوضَةُ الجاني وَعَوذُ الجاني

And of an aided man from Qays ʿAylān, whose people

And the support of Qais Ailan Al-Ula

Are a garden for the fruit-gatherer and a refuge for the wrongdoer.

They are the garden's refuge and protection

مَلِكٌ بَنَى بِالمُرهَفاتِ عَلاءهُ

مَلِكٌ بَنَى بِالمُرهَفاتِ عَلاءهُ

أَفَتهدِمُ الأَيّامُ ما هُوَ بانِ

أَفَتهدِمُ الأَيّامُ ما هُوَ بانِ

A king who built his eminence with keen-edged swords—

A king who built his glory with glories

Will the days, then, demolish what he builds?

Can the days destroy what he built?

السَيِّدُ الأَعلَى سُلَيمانُ الرِّضَى

السَيِّدُ الأَعلَى سُلَيمانُ الرِّضَى

سِبطُ الإِمامِ المُرتَضَى وَكَفانِي

سِبطُ الإِمامِ المُرتَضَى وَكَفانِي

The supreme lord, Sulaymān al-Riḍā,

The supreme master, Suleiman the pleased

Grandson of Imam al-Murtaḍā—and that is enough for me.

Grandson of the Imam Al-Murtaza sufficient for me

مَلِكٌ إِذا اِنتَدَبَ المُلوكُ لِمَفخَرٍ

مَلِكٌ إِذا اِنتَدَبَ المُلوكُ لِمَفخَرٍ

فَنِعالُهُ تُربي عَلى التّيجانِ

فَنِعالُهُ تُربي عَلى التّيجانِ

A king—when kings step forward for glory,

A king, when the kings call to pride

Then his sandals rise above crowns.

His slippers nurtured upon crowns

يُذكونَ نِيرانَ الوَغَى فَتَخالُها

يُذكونَ نِيرانَ الوَغَى فَتَخالُها

أَعلَى الرُّبى بِقَرارَةِ الغِيطانِ

أَعلَى الرُّبى بِقَرارَةِ الغِيطانِ

They kindle the fires of battle, so you imagine them

They ignite the fires of turmoil but find them

The loftiest hills in the depths of the lowlands.

Above the hilltops with solid rocks

وَتَرَى السُّيوفَ جَداوِلاً تَفنى بِها

وَتَرَى السُّيوفَ جَداوِلاً تَفنى بِها

بِيضُ الدُّروعِ وَهُنَّ كَالغُدرانِ

بِيضُ الدُّروعِ وَهُنَّ كَالغُدرانِ

And you see swords as streams that destroy

And you see the swords rivulets through which

Gleaming coats of mail, themselves like pools.

The white armors vanish as if they are scoundrels

فَاِنهَض بِتَأييدِ الإِلَهِ وَعَونِهِ

فَاِنهَض بِتَأييدِ الإِلَهِ وَعَونِهِ

مَنصورَ راياتٍ مُعَظَّمَ شانِ

مَنصورَ راياتٍ مُعَظَّمَ شانِ

So rise with God's support and His aid,

So arise with the support and aid of God

Your banners victorious, your stature exalted,

Victorious banners and sublime glory

وَمُطاعَ أَمرٍ إِن تَقُل لِلنَّجمِ قِف

وَمُطاعَ أَمرٍ إِن تَقُل لِلنَّجمِ قِف

في رَجمِهِ خَلّى عَنِ الشَّيطانِ

في رَجمِهِ خَلّى عَنِ الشَّيطانِ

And your command obeyed—if you tell the star to halt

And obeyed command, if you say to a star stop

Its stoning, it will leave Satan alone.

In its stoning away from the devil