صلى الإلهُ عليك يا بْنَ رسولِهِ

صلى الإلهُ عليك يا بْنَ رسولِهِ

وهَدى لطاعِتك الوَرَى لسبيلِهِ

وهَدى لطاعِتك الوَرَى لسبيلِهِ

May God bless you, O son of His Messenger,

May God bless you, O son of His Messenger,

And guide humankind, through obedience to you, to His path.

And guide the people through your obedience, to His path.

فبِكَ استقرَّ الحقُّ واتضح الهدى

فبِكَ استقرَّ الحقُّ واتضح الهدى

وأبان للثَّقَلين وجهُ دليلِهِ

وأبان للثَّقَلين وجهُ دليلِهِ

Through you truth is established and guidance made clear,

Through you, truth has been established and guidance made clear,

And the face of its proof becomes manifest to humankind and jinn.

And the path has been shown to both mankind and jinn.

يا بنَ الأئمةِ من ذؤابةِ هاشمٍ

يا بنَ الأئمةِ من ذؤابةِ هاشمٍ

شَرَفٌ سَما بفروعه وأصوله

شَرَفٌ سَما بفروعه وأصوله

O son of the imams, from the crest of Hashim,

O son of the Imams, from the honorable Hashems,

A nobility exalted in its branches and its roots.

Whose branches and roots are noble and lofty.

ومبيد مُلْكِ الرومِ بالنصرِ الذي

ومبيد مُلْكِ الرومِ بالنصرِ الذي

نَطَقَت به الآياتُ من إنجليه

نَطَقَت به الآياتُ من إنجليه

And destroyer of the Romans' realm through the victory that

Vanquisher of the Romans with the victory,

The verses from its Gospel proclaimed.

Of which the verses in the Bible speak.

قد شام منه الشامُ أعظمَ بارِقٍ

قد شام منه الشامُ أعظمَ بارِقٍ

يمحو الفِرِنْجَة منه بعضُ سيوله

يمحو الفِرِنْجَة منه بعضُ سيوله

Syria has glimpsed from it the mightiest lightning-cloud;

Damascus has been illuminated by it with the greatest of flashes,

Some of its torrents wash away the Franks.

That will erase some of the Franks with its torrents.

بادرْ بيومٍ مثلِ بدرٍ إنْ يكن

بادرْ بيومٍ مثلِ بدرٍ إنْ يكن

لأبيك ذاك فإن ذا لسليله

لأبيك ذاك فإن ذا لسليله

Hasten with a day like Badr; if that one was

Prepare for a day like Badr, if your father had that,

Your father's, then this is his descendant's.

Then that belongs to his offspring.

قد حان حَيْنُهمُ وكاد لقربه

قد حان حَيْنُهمُ وكاد لقربه

منهم يُسمِّعُنا صياحَ عَويله

منهم يُسمِّعُنا صياحَ عَويله

Their doom has come; so near is it that it almost

Their time has come and is nearing,

Makes us hear, from among them, its shrieking wail.

Its nearness almost makes us hear their wailing.

للهِ جيشٌ مثلُ جيشك مُعْلَم

للهِ جيشٌ مثلُ جيشك مُعْلَم

فالنصرُ يرحل دائبا برحيله

فالنصرُ يرحل دائبا برحيله

How wondrous, by God, an army like yours, bearing battle-marks!

God has an army like yours, glorious,

For victory marches ceaselessly with its march.

So victory constantly accompanies it.

لولا الضجيجُ لكادَ يسمع ناصِتٌ

لولا الضجيجُ لكادَ يسمع ناصِتٌ

صوتَ المَلائكِ فيه من تهليله

صوتَ المَلائكِ فيه من تهليله

Were it not for the uproar, an attentive listener could almost hear

If not for the clamor, a scout would almost hear

The angels' voices within it, amid its chants of God's oneness.

The angels' voices in it, glorifying.

وأجْرِ الجياد فكلُّ طِرْفٍ سابح

وأجْرِ الجياد فكلُّ طِرْفٍ سابح

شوقا لهذا النصر جَلّ صهيلُه

شوقا لهذا النصر جَلّ صهيلُه

And set the steeds running: every coursing charger

And the neighing of the steeds, with every part swimming

Neighs mightily in longing for this victory.

Yearning for this great victory, sublime is its neighing.

وشِمِ السيوفَ إذاً فكلُّ مُهنَّدٍ

وشِمِ السيوفَ إذاً فكلُّ مُهنَّدٍ

لرقابِ أهلِ الكفر فَرْطُ نُحوله

لرقابِ أهلِ الكفر فَرْطُ نُحوله

And draw the swords, then: every Indian-forged blade

And the drawing of the swords, so every sharpened one

Is thin beyond measure for the necks of unbelievers.

Is for the necks of the disbelievers, overflowing their pools.

فليَثْبُتِ الإفرنجُ منه لقَسْوَرٍ

فليَثْبُتِ الإفرنجُ منه لقَسْوَرٍ

بعث الحُتوف إليهمُ من غِيله

بعث الحُتوف إليهمُ من غِيله

Let the Franks stand firm against the lion in him,

So let the Franks beware, for there is a lion

Who has sent deaths upon them from his thicket.

Who has sent the brave warriors against them from his den.

ما مالهم وحريمهمُ ودماؤهم

ما مالهم وحريمهمُ ودماؤهم

إلا وَديعته بكفِّ وكيله

إلا وَديعته بكفِّ وكيله

Their wealth, their womenfolk, and their blood are

Their wealth, women, and blood,

Nothing but his deposit in his agent's hand.

Are nothing but a trust in the hand of its keeper.

فالبَرُّ مثلُ البحرِ من فرسانه

فالبَرُّ مثلُ البحرِ من فرسانه

والبحر مثل البر من أسطوله

والبحر مثل البر من أسطوله

The land is like the sea with his horsemen,

The land is filled with its horsemen like a sea,

And the sea like the land with his fleet.

And the sea is filled with its fleet like land.

جَمْعٌ يَبيت الطيرُ فوق رماحِه

جَمْعٌ يَبيت الطيرُ فوق رماحِه

عُدْما لكثرته مكانَ مَقيله

عُدْما لكثرته مكانَ مَقيله

A host above whose lances birds spend the night,

A gathering, above whose spears the birds spend the night,

For its multitude leaves no place for their midday rest.

Unable to find a place to rest for their abundance.

ضاقتْ به الكرةُ التي هو مِلْؤُها

ضاقتْ به الكرةُ التي هو مِلْؤُها

حتى يكادَ يشقُّها برَعيله

حتى يكادَ يشقُّها برَعيله

The globe, which it fills, has grown too narrow for it,

The earth whose entirety it fills has been straitened by it,

Until its vanguard almost splits it apart.

Almost bursting it with its tremors.

يا أرفعَ الخلفاء قَدْرا يا إما

يا أرفعَ الخلفاء قَدْرا يا إما

مَ الحقِّ دعوةُ صادقٍ في قِيله

مَ الحقِّ دعوةُ صادقٍ في قِيله

O highest of caliphs in rank, O imam

O highest of caliphs by rank, O Imam

Of truth—an appeal from one sincere in his words:

Of truth, the sincere call is in your words.

إن الذي أَهَّلْتَنا لمَديحه

إن الذي أَهَّلْتَنا لمَديحه

ورفعتَه في المُلْك بعد نزوله

ورفعتَه في المُلْك بعد نزوله

Indeed, the one you enabled us to praise,

That which you have qualified us for praising

And raised in sovereignty after his descent,

And raised its rank in kingship after its decline.

وأَشعْتَ في الثَّقَليْن موقعَ ذكرِه

وأَشعْتَ في الثَّقَليْن موقعَ ذكرِه

فجرتْ به الأفواهُ بعدَ خموله

فجرتْ به الأفواهُ بعدَ خموله

And spread the renown of his name among humankind and jinn,

And spread the status of its mention among both creations

So that mouths spoke of him after his obscurity—

After their indolence, so mouths flow in praise of it.

أنت المُرادُ بقَصْدِ كلِّ قصيدةٍ

أنت المُرادُ بقَصْدِ كلِّ قصيدةٍ

بُنِيَت على الأفهام في تَبْجيله

بُنِيَت على الأفهام في تَبْجيله

You are the intended aim of every ode

You are the intended in every ode composed

Founded upon discernment to exalt him,

With meanings in veneration of it.

كسجودِ أَملاكِ السماءِ لآدمٍ

كسجودِ أَملاكِ السماءِ لآدمٍ

وسجودُها لله في تأويله

وسجودُها لله في تأويله

Like the prostration of heaven's angels before Adam,

Like the prostration of the angels of heaven to Adam

Their prostration, rightly understood, being to God.

And their prostration to God in its interpretation.

أَولَيته نِعَما تعَاظمَ قَدْرُها

أَولَيته نِعَما تعَاظمَ قَدْرُها

شَرَفا فقابَلَها بفَرْطِ غُلوله

شَرَفا فقابَلَها بفَرْطِ غُلوله

You bestowed favors on him whose worth grew immense

You have bestowed blessings upon it, magnifying its prestige

In honor; he repaid them with boundless betrayal of trust.

With utmost glory, which it reciprocated with abundant generosity.

نال الثريا في ذَراكَ فحظُّه

نال الثريا في ذَراكَ فحظُّه

تحتَ الثرى الأقصى طِلابُ فُضوله

تحتَ الثرى الأقصى طِلابُ فُضوله

He reached the Pleiades in your shelter; yet his lot now

It obtained the Pleiades, so its fortune

Lies beneath the deepest earth through his pursuit of excess.

Under the ground is the ultimate seeking of the ambitious.

وجعلتَه كالشمسِ ما بينَ الورى

وجعلتَه كالشمسِ ما بينَ الورى

وفِعالُه تَقضِي بوَشْكِ أُفوله

وفِعالُه تَقضِي بوَشْكِ أُفوله

You made him like the sun among humankind,

And you have made it like the sun among the creations

Yet his deeds decree his imminent setting.

And its actions decide the nearing of its setting.

فاغترَّ بالرأيِ الذي أَوْدَى به

فاغترَّ بالرأيِ الذي أَوْدَى به

وأَصارَه لقُيوده وكبوله

وأَصارَه لقُيوده وكبوله

He was beguiled by the judgment that destroyed him

So it was deceived by the opinion that destroyed it

And delivered him to his fetters and shackles.

And surrendered it to its shackles and regression.

ومَطامع الآمالِ تخدع ذا النُّهى

ومَطامع الآمالِ تخدع ذا النُّهى

وتُعيد عالمَ عصرِه كجِهوله

وتُعيد عالمَ عصرِه كجِهوله

The lures of hope deceive the man of reason

The hopes of ambitions deceive the prohibited

And make the sage of his age like its fool.

And return the knowledgeable man of its time to ignorance.

فاللهُ ناصرُ من أطاعَك صادقا

فاللهُ ناصرُ من أطاعَك صادقا

ومُبيدُه بالذلِّ عند نُكوله

ومُبيدُه بالذلِّ عند نُكوله

God aids whoever obeys you sincerely

For God supports whoever obeys you sincerely

And destroys him in abasement when he draws back.

And destroys him in disgrace at his regression.

فلقد عدلتَ فكِدْتَ تأخذُ رغبةً

فلقد عدلتَ فكِدْتَ تأخذُ رغبةً

بالثأرِ من هابيلَ في قابيِله

بالثأرِ من هابيلَ في قابيِله

For you have been so just that you almost desired to exact

You have been just, and have nearly taken

Vengeance on Abel for his Cain.

Revenge from Cain for Abel by your hand.

ووهبتَ حتى إنّ جودَك يغمر ال

ووهبتَ حتى إنّ جودَك يغمر ال

دنيا ومن فيها ببعض هُموله

دنيا ومن فيها ببعض هُموله

You have given until your generosity engulfs the

And you have granted generosity until your munificence engulfs

World and those within it with part of its downpour.

The world and all in it with some of its overflow.

وحَلُمت حتى إنَّ عفوك يسبق ال

وحَلُمت حتى إنَّ عفوك يسبق ال

جاني إلى الغايات من تأميله

جاني إلى الغايات من تأميله

You have been so forbearing that your pardon outstrips the

And you have been forbearing until your pardon precedes

Offender to the furthest reaches of his hopes.

The sinner in purposes from its delay.

وأَجرتَ من جَورِ الزمانِ فما لَه

وأَجرتَ من جَورِ الزمانِ فما لَه

صَرْفٌ يخافُ الْحُرُّ من تَنْقيله

صَرْفٌ يخافُ الْحُرُّ من تَنْقيله

You granted refuge from time's tyranny; it has no

And you have been steadfast with the injustice of time, so it has not

Turn whose upheavals the noble man need fear.

A diversion the free man fears its transfer.

غاياتُ مدحِك لا تُنال ونَيْلُها

غاياتُ مدحِك لا تُنال ونَيْلُها

إفحامُ مُوجزِه وعجزُ مُطيله

إفحامُ مُوجزِه وعجزُ مُطيله

The utmost bounds of your praise cannot be reached; to reach them

The limits of praising you cannot be attained, and attaining it

Means silencing the concise panegyrist and defeating the lengthy one.

Is the frustration of the concise and the incapacity of the prolonged.

كالبحرِ لم تبلغ نهايةُ ذي نُهّى

كالبحرِ لم تبلغ نهايةُ ذي نُهّى

أبداً إلى مَوزونه ومَكيله

أبداً إلى مَوزونه ومَكيله

Like the sea: the utmost reach of reason cannot

Like the sea, the limits of the possessor of guidance

Ever attain its full weight or measure.

Have never been attained, composed or measured.

ماذا يقول المادحون وقد بدا

ماذا يقول المادحون وقد بدا

بمديحِك القرآنُ في تنزيله

بمديحِك القرآنُ في تنزيله

What can the panegyrists say, when already

What can the praisers say, and the Quran has appeared

The Qur'an has appeared in revelation with praise of you?

In its revelation with your praise?

أنت الذي بَعث الإلهُ لنا به

أنت الذي بَعث الإلهُ لنا به

آباءَه فتَمثَّلوا بمُثوله

آباءَه فتَمثَّلوا بمُثوله

You are the one through whom God has sent to us

You are the one God has sent us, in whom

Your forefathers, embodied in your presence.

Its forefathers have been personified by its arrival.

حتى لقد ودَّ الحجازُ تشوقا

حتى لقد ودَّ الحجازُ تشوقا

لو زاره برسُومه وطُلوله

لو زاره برسُومه وطُلوله

Even the Hijaz has wished, in yearning,

The Hejaz has wished, craving,

That you might visit its traces and ruins,

If only it would visit with its customs and habits.

فيرى لوجهك ما رأى من حَقِّهم

فيرى لوجهك ما رأى من حَقِّهم

فيما مضى بجماله وجميله

فيما مضى بجماله وجميله

And recognize your face's due as it once recognized theirs,

To see your face, which it saw truly in them

In bygone days, through your beauty and beneficence.

In times past, with its beauty and grace.

ولِيُمْسِك البيتُ الحرامُ وحِجْرُه

ولِيُمْسِك البيتُ الحرامُ وحِجْرُه

ومقامُه وحَطيمُه بذُيوله

ومقامُه وحَطيمُه بذُيوله

Let the Sacred House and its Hijr cling,

And so the Sacred House can grab hold of its chamber

With its Maqam and Hatim, to your robe's hems;

And station, and its rubble with its walls.

ويُبادِرَ الْحَجرُ العظيمُ ومالَه

ويُبادِرَ الْحَجرُ العظيمُ ومالَه

غيرُ استلامِ يديه أو تقبيله

غيرُ استلامِ يديه أو تقبيله

And let the mighty Stone hasten, having no choice

And the Black Stone and its surroundings

But to touch your hands or kiss you.

Would hasten, if not to touch it or kiss it.

وتقول مكةُ عند ذاك وطَيْبَةٌ

وتقول مكةُ عند ذاك وطَيْبَةٌ

هذا ابنُ حَيْدرةَ الرِّضاَ وبَتوله

هذا ابنُ حَيْدرةَ الرِّضاَ وبَتوله

Then Mecca and Tayba will say:

And Mecca and Taibah would say at that time:

This is the son of Haydara, the approved one, and his Batul.

This is the son of Haydar, Al-Ridha and Batoul.

هذا ضياءُ اللهِ والمعنى الذي

هذا ضياءُ اللهِ والمعنى الذي

تتَفاضلُ العلماءُ في تعليله

تتَفاضلُ العلماءُ في تعليله

This is God's radiance and the meaning

This is the light of God and the meaning

In whose explanation scholars surpass one another.

Over which scholars differ in its interpretation.

هذا ابنُ مَنْ أَدْناهُ منه إلهُه

هذا ابنُ مَنْ أَدْناهُ منه إلهُه

كالقابِ من قَوْسَيْن في تمثيله

كالقابِ من قَوْسَيْن في تمثيله

This is the son of one whose God drew him near to Himself,

This is the son of whom his God has brought him near

Like the span of two bows, in the likeness given.

Like the bow's length of two bows in its similitude.

هذا ابن من نطق الذراعُ لجَدِّه

هذا ابن من نطق الذراعُ لجَدِّه

إذْ سَمَّه الكفار في مأكوله

إذْ سَمَّه الكفار في مأكوله

This is the son of one to whose grandfather the foreleg spoke,

This is the son of whom the forearm spoke to his grandfather

When the unbelievers poisoned him in his food;

When the disbelievers poisoned his food.

من آمنتْ جِنُّ البلاد به وقد

من آمنتْ جِنُّ البلاد به وقد

سمعتْ كلامَ اللهِ في تنزيله

سمعتْ كلامَ اللهِ في تنزيله

The one in whom the jinn of the land believed, having

The one in whom the jinn of the lands believed

Heard God's word in its revelation.

When it heard the words of God in its revelation.

ما زال يَنْقُله الإله مُطهَّرا

ما زال يَنْقُله الإله مُطهَّرا

عن ظهرِ مثلِ ذَبيحه وخَليله

عن ظهرِ مثلِ ذَبيحه وخَليله

God kept passing him on, purified,

He continued to transfer it purified

From the loins of such as His Sacrificial One and His Friend.

From the loins of sacrifices like Ishmael and Khalil.

وتَوارثتْه الأنبياءُ وسادةُ ال

وتَوارثتْه الأنبياءُ وسادةُ ال

خلفاءِ حتى حانَ وقتُ حُلوله

خلفاءِ حتى حانَ وقتُ حُلوله

The prophets inherited him in turn, and the lords of the

The prophets and the master caliphs inherited him

Caliphs, until the time came for his arrival.

Until the time of its arrival came.

قَسما بمولِده وغُرَّةِ وجهِه

قَسما بمولِده وغُرَّةِ وجهِه

شَرَفا أَناف لعصِره ولجِيله

شَرَفا أَناف لعصِره ولجِيله

I swear by his birth and the radiance of his face,

By his birth and the prime of his face,

A glory that rose high for his age and his generation:

It honored the best of its time and generation.

هذا مُذِلُّ الشِّرْكِ بالعَزْم الذي

هذا مُذِلُّ الشِّرْكِ بالعَزْم الذي

ما فيه غيرُ أسيره وقتيله

ما فيه غيرُ أسيره وقتيله

This is he who humbles polytheism with a resolve that

This is the disgracer of polytheism with the determination that

Leaves none but his captives and his slain.

None shall be its captive or killed but its enemy.

أَغنتْ هِباتُك قُطْرَ مِصْر عن الْحَيا

أَغنتْ هِباتُك قُطْرَ مِصْر عن الْحَيا

جُودا وأغنى نَيْلُها عن نِيله

جُودا وأغنى نَيْلُها عن نِيله

Your gifts have freed the land of Egypt from need of rain,

Your gifts have made the land of Egypt needless of the Nile

In bounty; receiving them has freed it from need of its Nile.

In generosity, and its Nile needless of its flooding.

مَدَّ الحياءَ على الْحَيا حتى انثَنى

مَدَّ الحياءَ على الْحَيا حتى انثَنى

عنها ودام النيلُ في تَطْفيله

عنها ودام النيلُ في تَطْفيله

It cast shame upon the rain until it turned

Bashfulness has covered the snake until it recoiled

Away from Egypt, while the Nile remained an uninvited guest.

From it, and the Nile continues in its winding.

ولقد يُريد تَشَبُّها بك في الندى

ولقد يُريد تَشَبُّها بك في الندى

وأقلُّ جودِ يديك مثلُ جَليله

وأقلُّ جودِ يديك مثلُ جَليله

It seeks to resemble you in generosity,

It wants to emulate you in dew,

Yet the least bounty of your hands equals its greatest.

And the least of your hands' generosity is like its deluge.

ونَداك أَدْوم ثم أحلى موقعا

ونَداك أَدْوم ثم أحلى موقعا

منه فما ينفكُّ عن تخجيله

منه فما ينفكُّ عن تخجيله

Your bounty is more constant, and sweeter in its effect

Your cloud is lasting, then sweeter in place

Than the Nile's, so it never ceases to put it to shame.

Than it, so it does not cease in its humiliation.

لو لم يُراعِ له قريبَ جوارِهِ

لو لم يُراعِ له قريبَ جوارِهِ

لرَواه سَيْبُك في عظيم نزوله

لرَواه سَيْبُك في عظيم نزوله

Were no regard shown for its close neighborhood,

If reverence for its proximity were not regarded,

Your bounty would drench it in its mighty downpour.

You would see it flooding in your great arrival.

جودٌ يَفيض لمن دَنا ولمن نَأى

جودٌ يَفيض لمن دَنا ولمن نَأى

فالْخَلقُ بين هُموله وشُموله

فالْخَلقُ بين هُموله وشُموله

A generosity that overflows for those near and those far;

A generosity that overflows to the near and the distant,

All creation lies between its downpour and its all-embracing reach.

So creation is between its flood and its rain.

يا طالبا للدين والدنيا معا

يا طالبا للدين والدنيا معا

يَبْغيهما بوَجيفه وذَميله

يَبْغيهما بوَجيفه وذَميله

O seeker of religion and worldly life together,

O seeker of religion and life together,

Who pursues them both at a gallop and a trot,

Wanting both with his honor and resolution.

مِصراً فبابُ اللهِ فيها سائلُ ال

مِصراً فبابُ اللهِ فيها سائلُ ال

أفضالِ قد سعد الوَرى بدخوله

أفضالِ قد سعد الوَرى بدخوله

To Egypt! God's gate is there, O seeker of the

Egypt's door of God's bounties within it, the questioner

Favors: mankind has prospered by entering it.

Of grace has been fortunate by its entrance.

الآمرُ المنصورُ والجبلُ الذي

الآمرُ المنصورُ والجبلُ الذي

قامتْ ملوكُ الأرضِ تحتَ سهوله

قامتْ ملوكُ الأرضِ تحتَ سهوله

Al-Amir al-Mansur, the mountain beneath whose

Al-Mansour the commander, and the mountain upon which

Lowlands the kings of the earth stand.

The kings of earth stood beneath its plains.

هو واحدٌ والناسُ طُرّا بعضُه

هو واحدٌ والناسُ طُرّا بعضُه

ما عازَه في الخلق غيرُ عَديله

ما عازَه في الخلق غيرُ عَديله

He is one, and all mankind is but a part of him;

It is one, and people are amazed, some of it

Among creation he lacks nothing but his equal.

None reproached among the creations but its equal.

يا غرَّةَ الحقِّ المُنيرةَ للورى

يا غرَّةَ الحقِّ المُنيرةَ للورى

فدليلُها بادٍ على مدلوله

فدليلُها بادٍ على مدلوله

O bright brow of truth, illuminating mankind,

O gem of truth radiating the creations,

For its sign is plain upon the one it signifies.

So its evidence guides to its meaning.

هذا مقام كنت أَجْهَد دائِبا

هذا مقام كنت أَجْهَد دائِبا

في نَيْله وأَجِدُّ في تحصيله

في نَيْله وأَجِدُّ في تحصيله

This is a station for which I strove unceasingly,

This is a position I have constantly striven

To attain it, laboring earnestly to secure it,

To attain, and put great effort into achieving.

حتى وقفتُ أمامَ دَسْتِك مُنشِدا

حتى وقفتُ أمامَ دَسْتِك مُنشِدا

ما أنت أعلمُ سامعٍ بمقَولة

ما أنت أعلمُ سامعٍ بمقَولة

Until I stood before your throne, reciting

Until I stood reciting before your hand,

Words you understand best of all who listen.

That which you know best, O listening one, of my words.

فلأَفْخَرَنَّ به لأكِمد حاسدي

فلأَفْخَرَنَّ به لأكِمد حاسدي

حتى يموتَ بغيظه وغَليله

حتى يموتَ بغيظه وغَليله

I shall surely boast of this, to torment my envier,

So I will pride myself with it, to spite my enviers

Until he dies of his rage and burning spite.

Until they die of rage and agony.

فتَهنَّ هذا العيدَ فهْو مُهَنَّأٌ

فتَهنَّ هذا العيدَ فهْو مُهَنَّأٌ

فيما لديك بقُربِه ووُصوله

فيما لديك بقُربِه ووُصوله

Enjoy this feast-day; it, too, is to be congratulated

Delight in this feast, for it is gladdened

In your presence, for its nearness and arrival.

In your presence by its nearness and arrival.

وافَى فأَدركَ منك فخرا عاجلا

وافَى فأَدركَ منك فخرا عاجلا

ظَفِر الزمانُ به مِنِ اسْماعيله

ظَفِر الزمانُ به مِنِ اسْماعيله

It came, and promptly gained glory from you,

It came fulfilling, and so attained pride from you quickly,

Which time won from its Isma'il.

The time triumphed by it over Ishmael.

شَرَّفتَنا وزمانَنا فجميعُنا

شَرَّفتَنا وزمانَنا فجميعُنا

مُتميِّز في جنسه وقَبيله

مُتميِّز في جنسه وقَبيله

You have honored us and our age, so all of us

You have ennobled us and our time, so we are all

Are distinguished within our kind and our tribe.

Distinguished in its type and tribe.

فاسلمْ ودُمْ والْقَ السنين بمُبْتدا

فاسلمْ ودُمْ والْقَ السنين بمُبْتدا

عُمرٍ كطيبِ نَدى يَدَيْك وطوله

عُمرٍ كطيبِ نَدى يَدَيْك وطوله

Remain safe and endure; greet the years with a new beginning

So be safe and live long, initiating

Of life, as sweet and long as the bounty of your hands.

A lifetime like the sweetness of your hand's dew and duration.