بِكُم طابَت الفَيحا وَطابَ ورودها

بِكُم طابَت الفَيحا وَطابَ ورودها

وَأَنتُم بِها أَزهارها وَورودها

وَأَنتُم بِها أَزهارها وَورودها

Through you al-Fayha became fair, and pleasant was the coming to it.

With you the meadows became fragrant, and its roses fragrant,

And in it you are its blossoms and its roses.

You are its flowers and roses.

أَنرتم بِنور الرأي مِنكُم سَوادها

أَنرتم بِنور الرأي مِنكُم سَوادها

فَضاءَت بِكم أَطرافُها وَحدودوها

فَضاءَت بِكم أَطرافُها وَحدودوها

You illumined its darkness with the light of your counsel.

You enlightened its darkness with the light of your wisdom,

So through you its outskirts and its borders shone.

So its extremities and borders shone because of you.

وَمن بَعدكم ماتَت زَماناً وَعدتم

وَمن بَعدكم ماتَت زَماناً وَعدتم

فَعاد لَها بَعدَ المَمات وجودها

فَعاد لَها بَعدَ المَمات وجودها

After you were gone, it died for a time; then you returned.

After you it died for an era, but you returned

So its existence returned to it after death.

So after death, its existence returned.

وَوَطَّأتُمُ أَكنافها وَأَعدتُّمُ

وَوَطَّأتُمُ أَكنافها وَأَعدتُّمُ

لَها روحَها وَاخضر في الحال عُودها

لَها روحَها وَاخضر في الحال عُودها

And you secured its environs and restored

You sheltered it with your wings, and prepared

Its spirit to it, and at once its bough grew green.

For it its spirit, and immediately its wood turned green.

وَطلتُم عَلى أَعرابها وَطُغاتها

وَطلتُم عَلى أَعرابها وَطُغاتها

فَدان لَكُم يَعقوبها وَحمودها

فَدان لَكُم يَعقوبها وَحمودها

And you prevailed over its Bedouins and its tyrants.

You looked upon its bedouins and tyrants

So its Yaqub and Hammud submitted to you.

So its Jacob and Hammud submitted to you.

فأَنتُم مَواليها وَأَنتُم حُماتها

فأَنتُم مَواليها وَأَنتُم حُماتها

وَأَسيادها يَوم اللقا وَأُسودها

وَأَسيادها يَوم اللقا وَأُسودها

For you are its lords, and you are its protectors.

You are its patrons, and you are its defenders

And its masters on the day of battle, and its lions.

And its masters on the day of meeting, and its lions.

لَكُم في هِضاب المَجد أَرفع رُتبة

لَكُم في هِضاب المَجد أَرفع رُتبة

يَحير بِها مَنصورها وَرَشيدها

يَحير بِها مَنصورها وَرَشيدها

Yours is the loftiest rank on the hills of glory,

For you is the highest rank in the meadows of glory

At which its Mansur and Rashid stand bewildered.

Bewildering its Mansur and its Rashid.

فَمِن خضركم تَخضر يابسة الفَلا

فَمِن خضركم تَخضر يابسة الفَلا

وَيحمَد من عَبد الكَريم جُدودها

وَيحمَد من عَبد الكَريم جُدودها

So through your Khidr the parched wilderness grows green,

From your prosperity, the desolate places bloom

And through Abd al-Karim its fortunes are praised.

And the ancestors of the Generous One are praised.

هُما فَرَسا سَبق لِكُل فَضيلة

هُما فَرَسا سَبق لِكُل فَضيلة

بجيدهِما الوضاح تَزهو عُقودها

بجيدهِما الوضاح تَزهو عُقودها

They are two steeds that lead the race in every virtue;

They are two steeds having preceded in every virtue,

Upon their radiant necks, its necklaces gleam.

With their outstanding good, its necklaces shine.

طَويلا مدىً غَيثا ندىً نيِّرا هدىً

طَويلا مدىً غَيثا ندىً نيِّرا هدىً

أَميرا فِعال يَفضح المسكَ عودها

أَميرا فِعال يَفضح المسكَ عودها

Long of reach, two rains of bounty, two lights of guidance,

Of great duration, a shower of dew, illuminating guidance,

Two princes of deeds whose aloeswood puts musk to shame.

A fruitful prince who puts musk incense to shame.

هُما جَنحا للرشد في كُل مَوطن

هُما جَنحا للرشد في كُل مَوطن

فَكُل فَتى يُدعى بِحَقٍّ رَشيدها

فَكُل فَتى يُدعى بِحَقٍّ رَشيدها

They are two wings of right guidance in every place;

They are two wings for guidance in every place,

So each young man is rightly called its Rashid.

So every youth called in truth is rightly guided.

هُما وَرِثا عِلم الرِياسة سابِقاً

هُما وَرِثا عِلم الرِياسة سابِقاً

إِذا طابَت الآباء طابَ وَلِيدها

إِذا طابَت الآباء طابَ وَلِيدها

They inherited the knowledge of leadership long ago;

They both inherited the knowledge of leadership aforetime,

When fathers are good, their offspring is good.

If the fathers are good, so too is their infant.

وَلا تَنسَ وَهاب المَكارِم وَالنَدى

وَلا تَنسَ وَهاب المَكارِم وَالنَدى

وَعُمدة أَرباب العُلى وَعَميدها

وَعُمدة أَرباب العُلى وَعَميدها

And do not forget Wahhab, giver of noble deeds and bounty,

And do not forget the bounty of generosity and freshness,

And the mainstay of the lords of eminence, and its chief.

And pillar of the lords on high and their backbone.

أُسود لَدى الهَيجا وَأَشبالهم سَمَت

أُسود لَدى الهَيجا وَأَشبالهم سَمَت

بِهم رُتب العليا وَطالَت حُدودها

بِهم رُتب العليا وَطالَت حُدودها

Lions in battle, they and their cubs; high rose

Lions before the roaring beasts, their resolve has aimed

Through them the ranks of eminence, and its bounds stretched far.

At the highest ranks, and their limits are vast.

مَكارم من عَبد الكَريم تَبادَرَت

مَكارم من عَبد الكَريم تَبادَرَت

أَقَرت بِها أَحرارها وَعَبيدها

أَقَرت بِها أَحرارها وَعَبيدها

Noble deeds rushed forth from Abd al-Karim;

Bounties from the Generous One succeeded

Its free people and its slaves acknowledged them.

Which its freemen and slaves have acknowledged.

سِياسة ملك للرعية قَد بَنَت

سِياسة ملك للرعية قَد بَنَت

مَرابع عَدل فاضَ في الناس جودها

مَرابع عَدل فاضَ في الناس جودها

Kingly governance has built for the subjects

Governance of a king for the subjects it has built

Pastures of justice, whose bounty overflowed among the people.

Citadels of justice, so its munificence overflowed among the people.

وَهمة نفس قَد عَلَت كُل همة

وَهمة نفس قَد عَلَت كُل همة

فَعز مناديها وَجلَّ حَميدها

فَعز مناديها وَجلَّ حَميدها

And a soul's ambition that rose above every ambition,

And the resolve of a soul that has risen above all resolve

So its herald gained honor, and its praiseworthy one grew great.

So its caller is honored and its praiser is extolled.

وَدار ضُيوف عمر اللَه داره

وَدار ضُيوف عمر اللَه داره

فَقَد كَثُرَت مِن كُل فَج وفودها

فَقَد كَثُرَت مِن كُل فَج وفودها

And a house for guests—may God keep his house flourishing—

And a house of guests, may God make his house endure,

For its visitors came in throngs from every mountain pass.

For its visitors from every lowland and highland are many.

فَلا زالَت الأَقدار يا آل يوسف

فَلا زالَت الأَقدار يا آل يوسف

تغني لَكُم فَوقَ المَعالي سعودها

تغني لَكُم فَوقَ المَعالي سعودها

May the fates, O house of Yusuf, forever keep

So the destinies, O House of Joseph, will never cease

Their good fortunes singing for you above the heights of honor.

Singing your highest glories above.

وَلا زالَ في سَعد مُقيم وَعيشة

وَلا زالَ في سَعد مُقيم وَعيشة

يَدوم عَلى مَر اللَيالي رغودها

يَدوم عَلى مَر اللَيالي رغودها

And may he remain in lasting good fortune and a life

And in good fortune dwelling, and livelihood

Whose ease endures through the passing nights,

Through the nights continuing in comfort and ease.

مَدى الدَهر ما سارَ الحَجيج إِلى مُنى

مَدى الدَهر ما سارَ الحَجيج إِلى مُنى

وَطابَ إِلى أَعلى الهِضاب صعودها

وَطابَ إِلى أَعلى الهِضاب صعودها

For all time, as long as pilgrims journey to Mina,

As long as pilgrims have continued to Mina

And their ascent to the highest hills is pleasant.

And ascending to the highest hills was good.