للّهِto God دَرُّexcellence قَبيلَةٍa tribe
للّهِ دَرُّ قَبيلَةٍ
أصبحْتَyou have become منْamong أبْنائهاits sons
أصبحْتَ منْ أبْنائها
God bless the tribe
whose son you have become!
نَجَلَتْكَit bore you سيِّدَlord مَجْدِهاits glory
نَجَلَتْكَ سيِّدَ مَجْدِها
وفَخارِهاand its pride وسَنائهاand its radiance
وفَخارِها وسَنائها
It bore you as lord of its glory
and its pride and its radiance.
وخَلَفْتَهاand you succeeded it مُتَحَلِّياًadorned
وخَلَفْتَها مُتَحَلِّياً
بوَفائِهاwith its loyalty وإِبائِهاand its proud dignity
بوَفائِها وإِبائِها
And you succeeded it, adorned
with its loyalty and proud dignity.
فلقدْfor indeed نَعَشْتَyou revived جُدودَهاits fortunes
فلقدْ نَعَشْتَ جُدودَها
ورَفَعْتَand you raised منْof عَلْيائهاits eminence
ورَفَعْتَ منْ عَلْيائها
For you have revived its fortunes
and heightened its eminence.
وفَضَلْتَand you surpassed مَسْعاهاits striving وماand what
وفَضَلْتَ مَسْعاها وما
قدindeed شاعَspread abroad منْof أنْبائهاaccounts of it
قد شاعَ منْ أنْبائها
And you surpassed its striving and all
that has been widely told of it,
بالصَّبْرِthrough patience عندَamid المُجْلِباتِclamorous calamities
بالصَّبْرِ عندَ المُجْلِباتِ
تكُفُّyou quell منْof ضوْضائهاtheir uproar
تكُفُّ منْ ضوْضائها
through patience amid clamorous calamities,
quelling their uproar;
والجودِand through generosity عندduring المُجْدِباتِseasons of drought
والجودِ عند المُجْدِباتِ
تُعينُyou give aid فيin لأَوائهاtheir hardship
تُعينُ في لأَوائها
and generosity in seasons of drought,
giving aid in their hardship;
والبَأسِand through valor فيin الحَرْبِwar العَوانِrepeatedly renewed
والبَأسِ في الحَرْبِ العَوانِ
جَلَوْتَyou dispelled منْof غَمَّائهاits crushing gloom
جَلَوْتَ منْ غَمَّائها
and valor in oft-renewed war,
whose crushing gloom you dispelled.
حيثُwhere السُّيوفُthe swords المُرْهَفاتُkeen-edged
حيثُ السُّيوفُ المُرْهَفاتُ
تَكِلُّgrow dull بعدafter مَضائهاtheir sharpness
تَكِلُّ بعد مَضائها
Where keen-edged swords
grow dull after their keenness,
والخيْلُand the horses تَعْثُرُstumble بالقَناover spear-shafts
والخيْلُ تَعْثُرُ بالقَنا
المَلْفوظِcast aside مِنْby تَعْدائهاtheir galloping
المَلْفوظِ مِنْ تَعْدائها
and horses stumble over spear-shafts
scattered by their galloping,
خُزْرُnarrowed العيونِthe eyes تَعوَّضَتْthey have taken instead
خُزْرُ العيونِ تَعوَّضَتْ
بِدمِwith the blood الطُّلىthroats عنْinstead of مائهاtheir water
بِدمِ الطُّلى عنْ مائها
narrow-eyed, having taken
the blood of throats instead of their water,
فَهُناكthere, then سيفكyour sword كاشِفٌdispelling
فَهُناك سيفك كاشِفٌ
أقْصىthe deepest دُجىnight-darkness جَأوائهاits dark-armored host
أقْصى دُجى جَأوائها
there, then, your sword dispels
the deepest gloom of its dark-armored host.
حَسِرَfell short الرجالُthe men عنof العُلىlofty glory
حَسِرَ الرجالُ عن العُلى
وَوطِئْتَand you trod فيin شَمَّائهاits towering summit
وَوطِئْتَ في شَمَّائها
Men fell short of lofty glory,
while you trod upon its towering summit.
ونَأتْand grew distant مَباغيthe goals المَجْدِglory
ونَأتْ مَباغي المَجْدِ
فاسْتَدْنَيْتَso you brought near منْof بُعَدائهاits far-off aims
فاسْتَدْنَيْتَ منْ بُعَدائها
And glory's goals grew distant,
so you brought its far-off aims near.
وحَفِظْتَand you preserved نَفْسthe life مَناقِبٍnoble virtues
وحَفِظْتَ نَفْس مَناقِبٍ
لمdid not يبْقَremain غيرُanything but ذَمائهاtheir last breath
لم يبْقَ غيرُ ذَمائها
And you preserved the life of noble virtues
whose last breath alone remained.
غَرْسَO scion الخِلافَةِthe caliphate والذيand you who
غَرْسَ الخِلافَةِ والذي
أمْسَيْتَyou have become منْamong آلائهاits blessings
أمْسَيْتَ منْ آلائها
O scion of the caliphate, you who
have become one of its blessings,
نَضُرَتْgrew fresh بِكَthrough you الأيَّامُthe days بعدafter
نَضُرَتْ بِكَ الأيَّامُ بعد
الأزْمِprivation منْof غَبْرائهاtheir dust-gray times
الأزْمِ منْ غَبْرائها
the days grew fresh through you after
the privation of their dust-gray times,
وتَبَلَّجَتْand shone وَضَّاحَةًresplendent
وتَبَلَّجَتْ وَضَّاحَةً
منfrom حُسْنِهاtheir beauty وبَهائهاand their splendor
من حُسْنِها وبَهائها
and shone resplendent
with their beauty and their splendor,
كوضوحِlike the radiance وجهكَyour face فيamong عُفاتِكَthose seeking your bounty
كوضوحِ وجهكَ في عُفاتِكَ
عندat قَسْمِthe apportioning عَطائهاtheir bounty
عند قَسْمِ عَطائها
like the radiance of your face among your suppliants
when their bounty is apportioned,
أوor فيamid الخُطوبِcalamities إذاwhen دَجَتْthey grew dark
أو في الخُطوبِ إذا دَجَتْ
فكَشَفْتَthen you dispelled عنْaway دَهْمائهاtheir blackness
فكَشَفْتَ عنْ دَهْمائها
or amid calamities when they darken,
and you dispel their blackness.
فَهَنَتْكَso may they gladden you أيَّامُthe days الزَّمانِtime
فَهَنَتْكَ أيَّامُ الزَّمانِ
بَقيتَmay you endure مثلَas long as بَقائهاtheir endurance
بَقيتَ مثلَ بَقائها
So may the days of time bring you joy;
may you last as long as they last,
لِصيامِهاfor their fasting ولِفِطْرِهاand for their breaking of the fast
لِصيامِها ولِفِطْرِها
ولخَوْفِهاand for their fear ورَجائهاand their hope
ولخَوْفِها ورَجائها
for their fasting and their breaking of the fast,
and for their fear and their hope.