مَلِكٌ تدينُ لَهُ المُلوكُ مُبارَكٌ

مَلِكٌ تدينُ لَهُ المُلوكُ مُبارَكٌ

كادَت لِهَيبَتِهِ الجِبالُ تَزولُ

كادَت لِهَيبَتِهِ الجِبالُ تَزولُ

A blessed king to whom kings owe allegiance.

A king whom kings obey, blessed and revered

The mountains nearly shift in awe of him.

His glory made the mountains nearly disappear

تُجبَى لَهُ بَلخٌ وَدِجلَةُ كُلُّها

تُجبَى لَهُ بَلخٌ وَدِجلَةُ كُلُّها

وَلَهُ الفُراتُ وَما سَقى والنِّيلُ

وَلَهُ الفُراتُ وَما سَقى والنِّيلُ

Balkh and all the Tigris yield tribute to him.

Balkh and the Tigris rivers to him pay their tribute

And his are the Euphrates and what it waters, and the Nile.

As do Euphrates, the Nile and lands they irrigate through