يالبشرىO glad tidings! علويةheavenly الترديدthe resounding
يالبشرى علوية الترديد
غمرتflooded بالهدىwith guidance شعابthe ravines الوجودof existence
غمرت بالهدى شعاب الوجود
What glad tidings, sublime in their refrain,
O glad tidings, whose echoes ring on high!
have flooded existence’s valleys with guidance!
They flooded the ravines of existence with guidance.
أطلقيsend forth ياO سماءsky أسمىthe loftiest الأناشيدhymns
أطلقي يا سماء أسمى الأناشيد
وضجّيand resound ياO أرضearth بالتوحيدwith the proclamation of God's oneness
وضجّي يا أرض بالتوحيد
Send forth, O sky, the loftiest songs,
Send forth, O sky, the loftiest hymns,
and with them, O earth, resound with God’s oneness.
and resound, O earth, proclaiming God's oneness.
واملئيand fill مسمعthe ear الزمانof time فخاراًwith pride
واملئي مسمع الزمان فخاراً
واستعزيand take pride بطارفٍin the newly acquired وتليدand the inherited
واستعزي بطارفٍ وتليد
Fill the ear of time with proud glory,
And fill time's ear with pride,
and take pride in glories newly won and long inherited.
and glory in the newly gained and the inherited.
فلقدfor indeed لاحshone forth فيin ذراكyour heights شعاعa ray
فلقد لاح في ذراك شعاع
مالهit has no فيin ائتلاقهits brilliance منany نديدequal
ماله في ائتلاقه من نديد
For upon your heights a ray has gleamed
For upon your heights a ray has shone,
that has no peer in radiance.
with no equal in its brilliance.
هوit is فجرa dawn فردpeerless علىupon غرةthe brow الدهرof time
هو فجر فرد على غرة الدهر
وعيدand a festival مخلدeverlasting التجديدrenewal
وعيد مخلد التجديد
It is a peerless dawn upon the brow of time,
It is a peerless dawn upon the brow of time,
and a festival forever renewed;
and a festival forever renewed;
ورؤىand visions صاغهاfashioned them الإلهGod فكانتso they became
ورؤى صاغها الإله فكانت
طلعةًan advent فذةpeerless لخيرof the best وليدnewborn
طلعةً فذة لخير وليد
and visions fashioned by God, which became
and visions God fashioned, which became
the matchless advent of the finest child ever born.
a peerless advent of the best of newborns.
فجرتsent bursting forth فيin الجواءthe sky ألويةbanners النورof light
فجرت في الجواء ألوية النور
لتجلوto cleanse منof الظلامthe darkness العتيدentrenched
لتجلو من الظلام العتيد
It sent banners of light streaming through the skies
It sent banners of light bursting through the sky,
to sweep away the age-old darkness,
to sweep away the entrenched darkness.
ورنتْand gazed للحياةupon life بسامةever-smiling الثغرthe mouth
ورنتْ للحياة بسامة الثغر
كحلمlike a dream مجسمembodied منشودlonged-for
كحلم مجسم منشود
and looked upon life, smiling-lipped,
And it gazed upon life with smiling lips,
like a longed-for dream made flesh.
like a longed-for dream made tangible.
وأفاضتْand poured forth علىupon العوالمthe worlds نبعاًa wellspring
وأفاضتْ على العوالم نبعاً
منof سلامpeace ورحمةand mercy وسعودand good fortune
من سلام ورحمة وسعود
It poured forth upon all worlds a fountain
And it poured upon the worlds a wellspring
of peace, mercy, and felicity.
of peace, mercy, and good fortune.
إنهاindeed it is طلعةthe advent المروءاتchivalrous virtues والنبلand nobility
إنها طلعة المروءات والنبل
وومضand the gleam العلاءof glory والتأييدand strengthening aid
وومض العلاء والتأييد
It is the advent of noble virtues and nobility,
It is indeed the advent of chivalry and nobility,
and the gleam of exalted glory and divine aid.
and the gleam of glory and sustaining aid.
خرّcollapsed منهاbecause of it إيوانthe vaulted hall كسرىKhosrow رديماًin ruins
خرّ منها إيوان كسرى رديماً
وشجتْand wounded قلبthe heart قيصرCaesar المجهودweary
وشجتْ قلب قيصر المجهود
At its coming, Khosrow’s great arch collapsed into rubble,
At its coming, Khosrow's vaulted hall collapsed in ruins,
and wounded the heart of weary Caesar.
and it wounded Caesar's weary heart.
وتلاشتand vanished مواكبthe processions الشرof evil حسرىexhausted
وتلاشت مواكب الشر حسرى
كسرابlike a mirage علىupon الرمالthe sands بديدscattered
كسراب على الرمال بديد
The hosts of evil vanished, routed,
And evil's processions vanished, spent,
like a mirage dispersed across the sands.
like a mirage scattered over the sands.
وسرتand spread فيthrough الدنىthe worlds تباشيرthe heralds صبحof a dawn
وسرت في الدنى تباشير صبح
أفعمfilled الكونthe universe بالضياءwith light الجديدnew
أفعم الكون بالضياء الجديد
Through the world spread the first glad signs of a dawn
And through the worlds spread the heralds of a dawn
that suffused the universe with new light.
that filled the universe with new light.