قُلْ لِلْعَمِيدِ عِمِيدِ الْمُلْكِ إِنَّ لَهُ

قُلْ لِلْعَمِيدِ عِمِيدِ الْمُلْكِ إِنَّ لَهُ

عَزْماً يُؤَمَّلُ لِلدُّنْيا وَ لِلدِّينِ

عَزْماً يُؤَمَّلُ لِلدُّنْيا وَ لِلدِّينِ

Tell the chief, Amid al-Mulk, that he has

Tell the commander, commander of the kingdom, that he

a resolve on which hopes rest for this world and for the faith.

Has resolve hoped for the world and for religion

يا خَيْرَ مَنْ شَعَفَ الْحَمْدُ الْجَزِيلُ لَهُ

يا خَيْرَ مَنْ شَعَفَ الْحَمْدُ الْجَزِيلُ لَهُ

قَلْباً بِغَيْرِ الْمَعالِي غَيْرَ مَفْتُونِ

قَلْباً بِغَيْرِ الْمَعالِي غَيْرَ مَفْتُونِ

O best of those in whom abundant praise has enraptured

O best of those exalted by abundant praise

a heart captivated by nothing but lofty deeds!

A heart not infatuated with other than ideals

ما بالُ بابِكَ مَفْتُوحاً لِداخِلِهِ

ما بالُ بابِكَ مَفْتُوحاً لِداخِلِهِ

وَلَسْتُ أَلْقاهُ إِلاّ مُغْلَقاً دُونِي

وَلَسْتُ أَلْقاهُ إِلاّ مُغْلَقاً دُونِي

Why is your door open to whoever enters it,

Why is your door open to those entering

yet I find it only closed against me?

When I find it closed and shut to me

إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِعَطْفٍ مِنْكَ أَعْرِفُهُ

إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِعَطْفٍ مِنْكَ أَعْرِفُهُ

ما زالَ يَقْتُلُ أَعْدائِي وَيُحْيِينِي

ما زالَ يَقْتُلُ أَعْدائِي وَيُحْيِينِي

Indeed, I seek refuge in a kindness from you that I know,

I seek refuge in your grace I know

which has never ceased to slay my enemies and give me life,

It continues to kill my enemies and give me life

مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ الَّذِي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمُ

مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ الَّذِي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمُ

شَيْئاً سِوى الْحَظِّ يُدْنِيهِمْ وَيُقْصِينِي

شَيْئاً سِوى الْحَظِّ يُدْنِيهِمْ وَيُقْصِينِي

lest what lies between me and them be

Lest there be between them and me

anything but fortune, which draws them near and keeps me far away.

Anything but fortune drawing them near and distancing me