ما طَلَعَتْ شَمْسٌ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ

ما طَلَعَتْ شَمْسٌ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ

قَبْلَكَ فِي أُفْقٍ وَلا مَوْكِبِ

قَبْلَكَ فِي أُفْقٍ وَلا مَوْكِبِ

No sun has risen from the west

No sun has risen from the west

before you, on any horizon or in any procession.

Before you, on any horizon or procession.

وَلا سَمَتْ هِمَّةُ ذِي هِمَّةٍ

وَلا سَمَتْ هِمَّةُ ذِي هِمَّةٍ

حَتّى اسْتَوَتْ فِي ذِرْوَةِ الْكَوْكَبِ

حَتّى اسْتَوَتْ فِي ذِرْوَةِ الْكَوْكَبِ

Nor has an ambitious soul's aspiration soared

Nor has any man of ambition aimed

so high as to stand upon a star's summit.

Until he reached the pinnacle of the stars.

هانَ الَّذِي عَزَّ وَنِلْتَ الَّذِي

هانَ الَّذِي عَزَّ وَنِلْتَ الَّذِي

حاوَلْتَهُ مِنْ دَرَكِ الْمَطْلَبِ

حاوَلْتَهُ مِنْ دَرَكِ الْمَطْلَبِ

What was hard grew easy, and you attained what

He who was mighty has been humbled, and you attained

you had sought: the fulfillment of your aim.

What you sought to grasp of your noble goal.

فاسْعَدْ وَبُشْراكَ بِها عِزَّةً

فاسْعَدْ وَبُشْراكَ بِها عِزَّةً

مَتى تَرُمْ صَهْوَتَها تَرْكَبِ

مَتى تَرُمْ صَهْوَتَها تَرْكَبِ

So rejoice—glad tidings to you of this glory:

So be joyous and receive the good news of glory,

whenever you seek its saddle, you mount it.

Whenever its rein you choose to mount.

مُمَلأً بِالْعِزِّ سامِي الْعُلى

مُمَلأً بِالْعِزِّ سامِي الْعُلى

مُهَنَّأً بِالظَّفَرِ الأَقْرَبِ

مُهَنَّأً بِالظَّفَرِ الأَقْرَبِ

Filled with glory, lofty in rank,

Filled with honor, sublimely high,

congratulated on the triumph close at hand.

Congratulations on the nearer conquest.

ما الْفَخْرُ فَخْرَ الْمُلْكِ إِلاّ الَّذِي

ما الْفَخْرُ فَخْرَ الْمُلْكِ إِلاّ الَّذِي

شِدْتُ بِطِيبِ الْفِعْلِ وَالْمَنْصِبِ

شِدْتُ بِطِيبِ الْفِعْلِ وَالْمَنْصِبِ

Glory—the glory of kingship—is only that

No pride is the pride of kingship but that

which I have built through noble deeds and lineage.

I have bound myself in good conduct and office.

فاليوم أدركت المنى غالباً

فاليوم أدركت المنى غالباً

وليس غير الليث بالأغلب

وليس غير الليث بالأغلب

So today you attained your wishes, victorious,

Today I have attained my wish, prevailing,

and none but the lion is the mightiest.

And none but the lion is the most prevailing.

فَالنَّصْرُ كُلُّ النَّصْرِ فِي سَيْفِكَ الْ

فَالنَّصْرُ كُلُّ النَّصْرِ فِي سَيْفِكَ الْ

باتِكِ أَوْ فِي عَزْمِكَ الْمِقْضَبِ

باتِكِ أَوْ فِي عَزْمِكَ الْمِقْضَبِ

For victory—all victory—lies in your sword,

So all victory is the victory of your sword,

the cleaving one, or in your keen-edged resolve;

Your firmness, or your keenest judgment.

فِي عِزِّكَ الأَقْعَسِ أَوْ هَمِّكَ الْ

فِي عِزِّكَ الأَقْعَسِ أَوْ هَمِّكَ الْ

أَشْرَفِ أَوْ فِي رَأْيكَ الأَنْجَبِ

أَشْرَفِ أَوْ فِي رَأْيكَ الأَنْجَبِ

in your unassailable might, or your aspiration,

In your proudest determination, your noblest ambition,

the noblest, or in your most excellent judgment.

Or your soundest thought.

يا كاشِفاً لِلخَطْبِ يا راشِفاً

يا كاشِفاً لِلخَطْبِ يا راشِفاً

لِلْعَذْبِ مِنْ ثَغْرِ الْعُلى الأَشْنَبِ

لِلْعَذْبِ مِنْ ثَغْرِ الْعُلى الأَشْنَبِ

O dispeller of calamity, O sipper

O you who reveal tribulations, O you who quench

of sweetness from glory's cool, white-toothed mouth.

From the fresh spout of the sublime lips.