المَلِكُ الأَمجَدُ الَّذي شَهِدَت

المَلِكُ الأَمجَدُ الَّذي شَهِدَت

لَهُ مُلوكُ الزَمانِ بِالفَضلِ

لَهُ مُلوكُ الزَمانِ بِالفَضلِ

King al-Amjad, whose excellence was attested

The glorious King, whom the kings of time

by the kings of the age,

Bore witness to his virtue

أَصبَحَ في السامِرِيِّ مُعتَقِداً

أَصبَحَ في السامِرِيِّ مُعتَقِداً

ما اِعتَقَدَ السامِرِيُّ في العِجلِ

ما اِعتَقَدَ السامِرِيُّ في العِجلِ

has come to believe of al-Samiri

Has come to believe in al-Samiri

what al-Samiri believed of the calf.

What al-Samiri believed in the calf

وَالسامِرِيّونَ كَالبَرامِكِ مِن

وَالسامِرِيّونَ كَالبَرامِكِ مِن

قَبلُ فَأَينَ الرَشيدُ لِلقَتلِ

قَبلُ فَأَينَ الرَشيدُ لِلقَتلِ

And the Samiris are like the Barmakids of

And the Samaritans are like the idols

old—so where is al-Rashid to do the killing?

So where is al-Rashid to kill