قُل لِلوَزيرِ الَّذي وَزارَتُهُ

قُل لِلوَزيرِ الَّذي وَزارَتُهُ

صُنعٌ مِنَ اللَهِ راتِبٌ حَسَنُه

صُنعٌ مِنَ اللَهِ راتِبٌ حَسَنُه

Say to the minister whose ministry

Say to the minister whose ministry

is God's handiwork, its goodness enduring:

Is a gracious gift from God, sustaining him:

أَنتَ زَعيمُ السُلطانِ في الحُكمِ تُم

أَنتَ زَعيمُ السُلطانِ في الحُكمِ تُم

ضيهِ وَمُختارُهُ وَمُؤتَمَنُه

ضيهِ وَمُختارُهُ وَمُؤتَمَنُه

You are the sultan's deputy in judgment; you carry

You lead the sultan in his rule, executing

it out, and are his chosen one and his trusted man.

His judgments, his elect, and his trusted one.

وَعِندَكَ العَدلُ بَينَنا أَبَداً

وَعِندَكَ العَدلُ بَينَنا أَبَداً

مَنارُهُ واضِحٌ لَنا سَنَنُه

مَنارُهُ واضِحٌ لَنا سَنَنُه

And with you, justice is always among us,

With you is justice among us, ever

its beacon and its path clear to us.

Its beacon bright to us, its ways familiar.

هَل لَكَ في الحَمدِ تَستَبِدُّ بِهِ

هَل لَكَ في الحَمدِ تَستَبِدُّ بِهِ

أُخرى اللَيالي وَالشُكرِ تَرتَهِنُه

أُخرى اللَيالي وَالشُكرِ تَرتَهِنُه

Would you have praise all to yourself

Do you claim all praise for yourself alone,

until the last of nights, and hold gratitude in pledge?

Night after night, when gratitude should share it?

ولَيسَ يَحبوكَ بِاِجتِماعِهِما

ولَيسَ يَحبوكَ بِاِجتِماعِهِما

إِلّا غُلامي يُرَدُّ أَو ثَمَنُه

إِلّا غُلامي يُرَدُّ أَو ثَمَنُه

And nothing will bestow both upon you

None love you when the two come together

but the return of my slave boy, or his price.

Save my slave, whose return or ransom claims you.