فيك العلاء مُضيئةٌ أبراجُها

فيك العلاء مُضيئةٌ أبراجُها

فلأَنتَ بدرُ سمائِها وسراجُها

فلأَنتَ بدرُ سمائِها وسراجُها

In you the constellations of high glory shine;

In you, the towers of eminence shine.

for you are the full moon of its heaven and its lamp.

For you are indeed the full moon of its sky and its lamp.

وبك ابتهاج أسرّة الشرف التي

وبك ابتهاج أسرّة الشرف التي

لولاك بعد أخيك عُطَّل تاجُها

لولاك بعد أخيك عُطَّل تاجُها

In you the family of the East rejoices, whose crown—

And through you rejoice the thrones of honor, whose

but for you, after your brother—would have been stripped of its adornment.

crown, but for you after your brother, would lie unadorned.

أقبلتُما تتجاريانِ لغايةٍ

أقبلتُما تتجاريانِ لغايةٍ

لم يَستقم لِسواكما منهاجُها

لم يَستقم لِسواكما منهاجُها

You both came forward, racing one another toward a goal

You both came forward, racing toward a goal

whose path admitted none but you two.

whose path was open to none but you two.

سبقَ الأنامَ لها وجئتَ مُصلّياً

سبقَ الأنامَ لها وجئتَ مُصلّياً

ومعاً ملطَّمةً أتت أفواجها

ومعاً ملطَّمةً أتت أفواجها

He outstripped all humankind toward it, and you followed close behind;

He outstripped humankind toward it, and you came a close second,

while its hosts came all together, striking their faces in grief.

while its throngs came jostling together.

حتَّى استوت قدماً كما في ذروةٍ

حتَّى استوت قدماً كما في ذروةٍ

للمجدِ عزَّ على الورى مِعراجُها

للمجدِ عزَّ على الورى مِعراجُها

Until the feet of you both stood together upon a summit

Until your feet stood level together upon a summit

of glory whose ascent was beyond humankind.

of glory whose ascent was too difficult for humankind.

هو مصطفى الشرفِ الذي من بعده

هو مصطفى الشرفِ الذي من بعده

وَجدته أكرمَ مَن عليه مَعاجها

وَجدته أكرمَ مَن عليه مَعاجها

He is honor’s chosen one—the man whom, after his brother,

He is honor's Mustafa, after whom

I found the noblest of all in whom honor makes its home.

it found him the noblest of those to whom it turns.

أنت الذي ارتشف الورى من خلقه

أنت الذي ارتشف الورى من خلقه

راحاً ألذّ من الرَّحيق مزاجها

راحاً ألذّ من الرَّحيق مزاجها

You are he from whose character humankind has sipped

You are he from whose character humankind has sipped

a wine whose blend is sweeter than pure nectar.

wine whose blend is sweeter than pure wine.

ما اعتلَّت الدُنيا بداءِ جدوبها

ما اعتلَّت الدُنيا بداءِ جدوبها

إلاَّ وجودُك طبُّها وعلاجُها

إلاَّ وجودُك طبُّها وعلاجُها

Never did the world fall ill with the malady of its barrenness

Never has the world sickened with the blight of its droughts

but your presence was its medicine and its cure.

but your generosity has been its medicine and its cure.

ولقد حميتَ وئيدةَ الكرمِ التي

ولقد حميتَ وئيدةَ الكرمِ التي

لولاك ما سلِمت لها أوداجها

لولاك ما سلِمت لها أوداجها

Indeed, you protected and sustained generosity, whose—

And indeed you protected generosity—a girl buried alive—whose

but for you—life-veins would not have remained intact.

jugular veins, but for you, would not have been spared.

نَسجت لك العليا ملابسَ فَخرها

نَسجت لك العليا ملابسَ فَخرها

فزهى عليك مُطرّزاً ديباجها

فزهى عليك مُطرّزاً ديباجها

High glory wove for you the garments of its pride,

High honor has woven for you the garments of its pride,

and its embroidered brocade shone proudly upon you.

so its embroidered brocade gleamed upon you.

لم تحدُ مُدلجة الركائب رغبةٌ

لم تحدُ مُدلجة الركائب رغبةٌ

إلاَّ وكان لربعكم إدلاجها

إلاَّ وكان لربعكم إدلاجها

Never did a night-traveling caravan urge its mounts onward in longing

No longing ever urged the night-traveling camels onward

unless its nocturnal journey was toward your dwelling.

but their night journey was bound for your abode.

ما طرّقت أمُّ الرجاءِ لآملٍ

ما طرّقت أمُّ الرجاءِ لآملٍ

إلاَّ وأصبح من نَداك نتاجها

إلاَّ وأصبح من نَداك نتاجها

Mother Hope never visited a hopeful soul by night

Never did the mother of hope give birth for one who hoped,

but by morning her offspring was born of your bounty.

but by morning her offspring came from your bounty.