ملكَتْ بكَ العُرْب الفَخار وقد

ملكَتْ بكَ العُرْب الفَخار وقد

نودي بأنَّكَ فيهُمُ المَلِكُ

نودي بأنَّكَ فيهُمُ المَلِكُ

Through you the Arabs have won glory, and indeed

The Arabs have endowed you with glory and honor

it has been proclaimed that you are their king.

And proclaimed you to be their king

ففَضْلتَ نُعْماناً ومُنْذِرَهُ

ففَضْلتَ نُعْماناً ومُنْذِرَهُ

ومُحَرِّقاً فلا فَحَحٌ ولا صَكَكُ

ومُحَرِّقاً فلا فَحَحٌ ولا صَكَكُ

Thus you surpassed Nuʿmān and his Mundhir,

So you excelled over Nu'man and his ilk

and Muḥarriq—you are neither bowlegged nor knock-kneed.

There is no boast or brag from you

ودعَوْكَ قُطْباً إذْ يدورُ بما

ودعَوْكَ قُطْباً إذْ يدورُ بما

تَخْتارُهُ وتُحِبُّهُ الفَلَكُ

تَخْتارُهُ وتُحِبُّهُ الفَلَكُ

And they called you the axis, for it revolves according to what

And they called you a pole star around which

you choose and love—the celestial sphere.

The cosmos revolves as you desire

فحمَلْتَ والأبْطالُ ناكِصَةٌ

فحمَلْتَ والأبْطالُ ناكِصَةٌ

وأصَبْتَ والآراءُ تَرْتَبِكُ

وأصَبْتَ والآراءُ تَرْتَبِكُ

So you charged while the champions drew back,

So you marched forth while the champions fell back

and judged rightly while opinions grew confused.

And you hit the target while opinions wavered

ولقد أقَرَّ بما خُصِصْتَ بهِ

ولقد أقَرَّ بما خُصِصْتَ بهِ

ومُنْحِتَهُ سَلْمٌ ومُعْتَرَكُ

ومُنْحِتَهُ سَلْمٌ ومُعْتَرَكُ

Indeed, both have acknowledged what you were specially favored with

And the peace treaty acknowledged

and granted—peace and the battlefield.

What you were uniquely endowed with

فالسَّلْمُ يَحْيا المُعْتَفونَ بهِ

فالسَّلْمُ يَحْيا المُعْتَفونَ بهِ

والحَرْبُ للأبْطالِ تَحْتَنِكُ

والحَرْبُ للأبْطالِ تَحْتَنِكُ

For through peace the seekers of bounty live,

So peace gives life to those who concede it

while war devours the champions.

And war wears down even the brave