غدير مجدك مفعم

وطود عزك أيهم

Your glory's dawn is overflowing,

And the pride of your might is sublime,

وأنت بالجود مغرى

وبالسماحة مغرم

You who lure with your generosity,

And enchant with your grace.

وعودك الصلب عود

هيهات يلوى ويعجم

Your firm promises are truly promises,

Never to be bent or broken.

يا من حمدنا به عي

شنا وكان مذمم

O he whose praise lifted us high,

Though we were once despised.

أقسمت ما ظن راجي

ك فيك ظن مرجَّم

I swear I never hoped, o you,

To have hopes so firmly anchored.

يا من إذا أحجم الغُم

ر في الكرائه أقدمُ

O you before whom gloom retreats

When you advance with splendor.

ومن إذا صنع الجو

د والمكارم تمم

O you who perfects generosity and nobility

When others act nobly.

أنت الرئيس لدى الرو

ع للخميس العرمرم

You are the chief of chiefs,

The finest on each glorious Thursday.

يا أبيض الفعل والعا

م غير الجو اقتم

O fairest of deed and name,

Apart from the fickle sky's rain.

يا من يرى باصطناع ال

معروف في الناس ملهم

O you who sees good deeds as

An inspiration to people.

فهمه ذخر شكر

لا ذخر ثوب ودرهم

Your understanding is thanks' treasure,

Not a treasure of clothes and coins.

يا باني المجد إذ هد

د ركنه وتهدم

O builder of glory, you who laid

Its foundation stone and secured it.

يا لابسا يمنة الحم

د والثناء المسهم

O wearer of the right hand of praise

And piercing glory's arrows.

لا زلت طلق المحيا

إذا البخيل تجهم

Still you are open-handed

When the miser grimaces.

تلقى العفاة بمال

نهب ووفر مقسم

You meet the destitute with plundered

Money and ample provision.

ما استصوب الرأى إلا

وكان رأيك أحزم

No opinion was deemed right

Unless it was your wisest view.

ولا قسا الدهر إلا

وكان قلبك أرحم

No time was hard

Unless your heart was kinder.

ها أَنت يا خير خلق

أولى الجميل وأنعم

Behold, you are the best of creation,

Most deserving of beauty and bounty.

ربيع عاف وبأسا

ربيعة بن مكدم

A springtime of wellbeing and courage

Are you, Rabia, Bin Maktum.

مثلي بمثل كمال ال

ين الجواد الميمَّم

I wish, with your perfect generosity,

To be like you, most open-handed of men.

ينال من دهره ما

رجا وللعدم يعدم

May I gain from my life what

I wish, and may the worthless perish.

حلفت بالبيت والرك

ن والحطيم وزمزم

I swear by the House, the Cornerstone,

And the Crumbling Stone, and Zamzam's water

بأنه أحفظ النا

سِ للعهود وأكرم

That you are the most faithful

To pacts and noblest in spirit,

يا من علا قلل الفخ

ر صاعدا وتسنَّم

O you who rose to the hilltops of glory

Climbing upwards and ascending.

بك أقتدي الغيث يهمي

ومن نداك تعلم

The rain clouds take after you in generosity

And from your bounty learn.

بقيت يا ألف المك

رمات ألف محرم

You remain, O greatest of generous souls,

A thousand times illustrious.

ودمت للوفد ما أث

جم السحاب وأنجم

And you will stay, for pilgrims,

Like cloudbursts and shooting stars.