تملَّ بملك وعمر مديد

تملَّ بملك وعمر مديد

ودم من بلوغ المنى في مزيدِ

ودم من بلوغ المنى في مزيدِ

Enjoy kingship and a long life,

You possessed a kingdom and long life

and ever increase in the fulfillment of your wishes.

And more blood from attaining wishes

رايتك أندى الورى راحة

رايتك أندى الورى راحة

وأصدق في وعده والوعيدِ

وأصدق في وعده والوعيدِ

I found you the most open-handed of humankind,

I saw your banner the most dewy of people, a comfort

and the truest in promise and threat.

And most honest in his promise and warning

لقد قرب الجود من مجتديك

لقد قرب الجود من مجتديك

وأصبح منه كحبل الوريدِ

وأصبح منه كحبل الوريدِ

Generosity has indeed drawn near to the seeker of your bounty,

Indeed he brought generosity close to his followers

and is as close to him as his jugular vein.

And it became like the vein's rope to him

وأطرفت قصادك المادحين

وأطرفت قصادك المادحين

ببذل الطريف لهم والتليدِ

ببذل الطريف لهم والتليدِ

And you have given choice gifts to the visitors who praise you,

And you amused your praisers

bestowing on them wealth newly acquired and inherited.

With giving them the refined and traditional

تهابك في الروع حمس الكماة

تهابك في الروع حمس الكماة

وتفرق باسك صيد الأسودِ

وتفرق باسك صيد الأسودِ

Fierce armored warriors fear you amid battle's terror,

Your awe terrifies the enthusiasm of poets

and proud lions dread your might.

And your hand spreads the prey of lions

تفردت بالمجد دون الأنام

تفردت بالمجد دون الأنام

وفزت بكل فعال حميدِ

وفزت بكل فعال حميدِ

You alone possess glory among humankind,

You were distinguished with glory beyond people

and have excelled in every praiseworthy deed.

And won with every praiseworthy deed

فلا زال ملكك كنز المقل

فلا زال ملكك كنز المقل

ولا زال ربعك مأوى الطريدِ

ولا زال ربعك مأوى الطريدِ

So may your kingdom ever remain the needy man's treasure,

So your kingdom still remains the treasure of glory

and your dwelling ever remain the outcast's refuge.

And your land still remains the shelter of the fleeing

ويا رب نقع تسديته

ويا رب نقع تسديته

ببأس شديد ورأي سديدِ

ببأس شديد ورأي سديدِ

And oh, how many a cloud of battle-dust you have plunged into,

And O Lord make his suppression continuous

with fierce valor and sound judgment.

With severe might and right opinion

غدوت تشبّ بأرجائه

غدوت تشبّ بأرجائه

حروبا تشيّب رأس الوليدِ

حروبا تشيّب رأس الوليدِ

You set about kindling throughout its reaches

You became white-haired in its regions

wars that turn a newborn's head gray.

With wars that turn the hair of Al-Walid white

أعدت به البيض محمرة

أعدت به البيض محمرة

موردة من دماء الوريدِ

موردة من دماء الوريدِ

There you brought the white blades back red,

You brought back the whites blood-reddened

rose-red with blood from the jugular vein.

Flowing from the blood of veins

تلين لعافيك مستعطفا

تلين لعافيك مستعطفا

وتلقى الحروب بقلب حديدِ

وتلقى الحروب بقلب حديدِ

You are gentle to your petitioner as he pleads for kindness,

It yields to your well-being imploring

and meet wars with a heart of iron.

And faces wars with a heart of steel

فيا عضد الدين يا من غدا

فيا عضد الدين يا من غدا

مآل الفقير وآل الوحيدِ

مآل الفقير وآل الوحيدِ

So, O ʿAḍud al-Dīn, O you who have become

So O pillar of faith, O you who became

the poor man's refuge and the solitary man's kin,

The asylum of the poor and kins of the lonely

حلفت لأنت سِمام العدا

حلفت لأنت سِمام العدا

وغيث الندى وحياة الوفودِ

وغيث الندى وحياة الوفودِ

I swear: you are indeed poison to foes,

You swore you are the poison of enemies

and the rain of generosity and the life of visiting delegations.

And the rain of dew and life of delegations

كرمت خلالا وفيليه

كرمت خلالا وفيليه

وتلك سجايا الكريم الجدودِ

وتلك سجايا الكريم الجدودِ

You are noble in character and [unclear as written];

You were generous to associates and troops

and those are the traits of one of noble ancestry.

Those are attributes of the generous and noble

وأقسم لولا وجود ندا

وأقسم لولا وجود ندا

ك ما ذقت طعم سماح وجودِ

ك ما ذقت طعم سماح وجودِ

And I swear: were it not for your generosity,

And I swear were it not for your existence

I would never have tasted liberality and largesse.

I would not have tasted the flavor of generosity and existence

ساكسوك وشي ثناء به

ساكسوك وشي ثناء به

يخجل في الحسن وشي البرودِ

يخجل في الحسن وشي البرودِ

I shall clothe you in a brocade of praise before which

What praise of you makes me shy

the brocade of robes is put to shame in beauty.

In beauty and is very cold

وأنظم فيك عقود المديح

وأنظم فيك عقود المديح

على أنه فوق در العقودِ

على أنه فوق در العقودِ

And I shall string necklaces of praise in your honor,

And I string in you necklaces of praise

though that praise surpasses the pearls of necklaces.

For it is above the jewels of necklaces

فلا زلت تلبس ثوب العلى

فلا زلت تلبس ثوب العلى

وتسحب أذيال عيش رغيدِ

وتسحب أذيال عيش رغيدِ

So may you ever wear the robe of eminence,

You still wear the garment of sublimity

and trail the hems of a life of ease.

And drag the train of a comfortable life

وخلدت تخلق عمر المدى

وخلدت تخلق عمر المدى

بجد سعيد وعمر جديدِ

بجد سعيد وعمر جديدِ

And may you live forever, wearing out the lifespan of time,

And you eternally create the age of eternity

with happy fortune and a life renewed.

With happy endeavor and new life