وبالدار ما بين الصَّراةِ ودجلةٍ

وبالدار ما بين الصَّراةِ ودجلةٍ

منيعُ الحمى لا يرهبُ الشرَّ نازلهْ

منيعُ الحمى لا يرهبُ الشرَّ نازلهْ

And in the abode between al-Sarat and the Tigris

In the house between Saras and Dajla

is one whose domain is impregnable; his guest fears no harm.

Impregnable fortress, no evil can ever assail her

يطولُ نعيمُ الضيف بين بيوتهِ

يطولُ نعيمُ الضيف بين بيوتهِ

ويشقى به تحت العجاجِ مُنازلُهْ

ويشقى به تحت العجاجِ مُنازلُهْ

The guest's comfort lasts long among his dwellings,

The guest's bliss lasts long midst her homes

and his adversary suffers at his hands beneath the battle-dust.

While dwellers suffer under oppressors' domes

اذا قيلَ هذا مخلص الدين فالقَنا

اذا قيلَ هذا مخلص الدين فالقَنا

رواءٌ وصوب الجود ينهلُّ وابلُهْ

رواءٌ وصوب الجود ينهلُّ وابلُهْ

When it is said, 'This is Mukhlis al-Din,' then the lances

When told this one saved the faith, swords were drawn

are slaked, and bounty's rain pours down in torrents.

Quenching thirst, his rain of generosity falls and pours on

أغَرُّ عميمُ الخيرِ مَلآنُ من عُلاً

أغَرُّ عميمُ الخيرِ مَلآنُ من عُلاً

اذا شيم لم تكذبْ لطرفٍ مخائلُهْ

اذا شيم لم تكذبْ لطرفٍ مخائلُهْ

Radiant, far-reaching in goodness, full of high distinction,

Noble, boundless in good, ever true and sublime

when beheld, his signs of promise never deceive the eye.

If you accuse, no glance of his will tell you a lie in your time

وما زالَ ميْمون الظِّلالِ وسيداً

وما زالَ ميْمون الظِّلالِ وسيداً

مُطاعاً بحيث العصر جَمٌّ أفاضلُهْ

مُطاعاً بحيث العصر جَمٌّ أفاضلُهْ

And his shade has ever been blessed, and he a lord

Still providing shade, leading on without cease

obeyed in an age abounding in eminent men.

Obeyed in an age with all merits at peace