نَصَرَ اللَهُ بِالوَزيرَينِ مُلكاً

نَصَرَ اللَهُ بِالوَزيرَينِ مُلكاً

كانَ أَودى وَاِستَمكَنَ الذُلُّ مِنهُ

كانَ أَودى وَاِستَمكَنَ الذُلُّ مِنهُ

God, through the two ministers, aided a kingdom

God grants victory through the two viziers to a king

that had fallen to ruin, and humiliation had taken firm hold of it.

Who was about to fall and humiliation had taken hold of him,

فَأَجادا نَصيحَةً لِإِمامٍ

فَأَجادا نَصيحَةً لِإِمامٍ

إِن دَهاها في شِدَّةٍ لَم تَخُنهُ

إِن دَهاها في شِدَّةٍ لَم تَخُنهُ

So both gave excellent counsel to an imam:

So they gave good advice to a leader

if he put it under strain in hardship, it did not betray him.

Whose endurance in hardship did not fail him.

هُوَ مِثلُ الهُسامِ بَينَ غِرارَي

هُوَ مِثلُ الهُسامِ بَينَ غِرارَي

هِ فَهَذا وَذا يُجاهِدُ عَنهُ

هِ فَهَذا وَذا يُجاهِدُ عَنهُ

He is like a sword between its two cutting edges;

He is like the husam between two millstones,

so this one and that one fight on his behalf.

This one and that grinding for him.