يا رب هب هبة الإله

يا رب هب هبة الإله

واجعل بقاه بلا تناهي

واجعل بقاه بلا تناهي

O Lord, grant [us] Hibat al-Ilah,

O Lord, bestow the gift of God

and make his life unending.

And make his existence endless

واخرسه فهو بلا مسام

واخرسه فهو بلا مسام

في العلاء ولا مضاهي

في العلاء ولا مضاهي

And silence him, for he has no rival

And silence him, for he is without flaws

in loftiness, nor anyone to equal him.

Supreme in the skies, with no equal

خير امرئ أفضى وأص

خير امرئ أفضى وأص

بح أمرا فبنا وناهي

بح أمرا فبنا وناهي

The finest man to come forth and

The best of men pours out and builds

become a commander—[so through us; wording unclear]—and one who forbids.

His command in the morn and prohibits in the eve

أنى اتجهت فجاهه

أنى اتجهت فجاهه

أبدا ونعماه تجاهي

أبدا ونعماه تجاهي

Wherever I turn, his prestige

Wherever he turns, his glory turns

and his bounty are always before me.

Evermore, and his bounty corresponds

ذو راحة ما أن تني

ذو راحة ما أن تني

للسحب طلة تباهي

للسحب طلة تباهي

He has a palm that never flags;

With ease, not once

dewy, it vies with the clouds.

Did the clouds boast a glance

ثلامة للمال يث

ثلامة للمال يث

مل ظهرها لثم الشفاه

مل ظهرها لثم الشفاه

A hand that keeps making dents in wealth;

Of smooth wealth that adorns

kisses of lips intoxicate its back.

Its back to the kiss of lips

وخلائق كالروض غض

وخلائق كالروض غض

ضِ النبت صقول المياه

ضِ النبت صقول المياه

And character traits like a garden, tender

And beings like a meadow, fresh

in its growth, with gleaming waters.

Green plants, polished by the waters

حاط الممالك منه طر

حاط الممالك منه طر

ف أخي ذكاء غير ساهي

ف أخي ذكاء غير ساهي

The realms were guarded by his

The realms' edges are of him an orbital

gaze—that of a discerning man, never heedless.

My brother, an intellect matchless

يلفى إذا أغفت عيو

يلفى إذا أغفت عيو

ن القوم عنه ذا انتباهِ

ن القوم عنه ذا انتباهِ

He is found, when the eyes

He finds if eyes of the people

of the people sleep unmindful of him, still alert.

From him, alert, sleep

العدل قد أضحى بمج

العدل قد أضحى بمج

دك يا ابن مجدالدين زاهي

دك يا ابن مجدالدين زاهي

Justice has now become, through your

Justice by your glory, son of Majd al-Din's glory

glory, O son of Majd al-Din, resplendent.

Has become manifest

ساويت فيه بين مض

ساويت فيه بين مض

طهد وبني عظيم جاه

طهد وبني عظيم جاه

In it you treated as equals an oppressed man

You equated in it between oppressed

and the sons of a man of great standing.

And sons of great stature

فإذا تناقضت الأمو

فإذا تناقضت الأمو

ر وأصبحت ذات اشتباهِ

ر وأصبحت ذات اشتباهِ

And whenever affairs contradict one another

So if matters contradict

and become fraught with uncertainty,

And become of confusion

كان اعتزامك لا يحل

كان اعتزامك لا يحل

ل وعقد حزمك غير واهي

ل وعقد حزمك غير واهي

your determination cannot be undone,

Your resolve does not falter

and the knot of your resolve is never slack;

And your tied pact does not weaken

وحسامك الماضي المضا

وحسامك الماضي المضا

رب حاسما دا الدواهي

رب حاسما دا الدواهي

and your sword, keen in its cutting

And your swift, vanquishing sword

edges, cuts away the disease of calamities.

Arbitrates the disputes

يا أيها الملك الذي

يا أيها الملك الذي

تغريه بالجود النواهي

تغريه بالجود النواهي

O king, whom

O king whom

prohibitions spur to generosity,

Goodness prohibits from wrong

أنت الحليم ومن يعد

أنت الحليم ومن يعد

هذاء هن من السفاهِ

هذاء هن من السفاهِ

you are forbearing, and one who counts

You are forbearing, and who deems

their babble as foolishness.

The reckless as unwise

رعت العفَاة بربعك الس

رعت العفَاة بربعك الس

سعدان لا شوك العضاه

سعدان لا شوك العضاه

At your abode, seekers of bounty grazed on

You pastured the meek in your abode

sa'dan, not the thorns of thorn-trees.

Happy, not the thorns of claws

ونحرت للضيف العشا

ونحرت للضيف العشا

ر فما تأخر طهي لاهي

ر فما تأخر طهي لاهي

And for the guest you slaughtered

And slaughtered for the guest fattened

she-camels ten months pregnant; no idle cook was slow to cook.

So hosting was not delayed, distracted

لا زلت تلهو بالمكا

لا زلت تلهو بالمكا

رم إنها لك كالملاهي

رم إنها لك كالملاهي

May you ever find amusement in noble

Still you play with generosities

deeds, for to you they are like pastimes.

They are to you like playthings

وغدت ظباك من العدا

وغدت ظباك من العدا

أبدا وسوما للجباهِ

أبدا وسوما للجباهِ

And may your sword-edges become, among your foes,

And your hunting made ever

forever brands upon their foreheads.

A brand and adornment of brows