يا مَنْ بهِ للمِلّةِ اسْتِبْشارُ

يا مَنْ بهِ للمِلّةِ اسْتِبْشارُ

وإلَيْهِ إنْ ذُكِرَ الكَمالُ يُشارُ

وإلَيْهِ إنْ ذُكِرَ الكَمالُ يُشارُ

O you through whom the faith rejoices,

O You upon whom the nation seeks counsel

And to whom one points when perfection is named:

And towards whom perfection is gestured if mentioned

أمُحمّدُ المحْمودُ دُمْ في عصْمَةٍ

أمُحمّدُ المحْمودُ دُمْ في عصْمَةٍ

للهِ يمْضي حُكْمَها المِقْدارُ

للهِ يمْضي حُكْمَها المِقْدارُ

O Muhammad, the praised, remain in the protection

Muhammad, the Praised One, lives protected

Of God, its decree enforced by destiny.

By God's decree which runs its course

بدْراً وما غيرُ الخِلافَةِ هالَةٌ

بدْراً وما غيرُ الخِلافَةِ هالَةٌ

شمْساً وما غيْرُ العَلاء مَدارُ

شمْساً وما غيْرُ العَلاء مَدارُ

A full moon, with no halo but the caliphate;

A full moon, and none but the Caliphate is its halo

A sun, with no orbit but exalted glory;

A sun, and none but the Exalted has its orbit

غيْثاً وما غيرُ النّوالِ سَحابةٌ

غيْثاً وما غيرُ النّوالِ سَحابةٌ

ليْثاً وما غيرُ الظُّبا أظْفارُ

ليْثاً وما غيرُ الظُّبا أظْفارُ

Life-giving rain, with no cloud but bounty;

A rain, and none but bounty is its cloud

A lion, with no claws but sword-edges.

A lion, and none but the lionesses have claws

مرّتْ منَ السّاعاتِ عشْرٌ فصّلَتْ

مرّتْ منَ السّاعاتِ عشْرٌ فصّلَتْ

حِزْب الدُّجى فكأنّهُ أعْشارُ

حِزْب الدُّجى فكأنّهُ أعْشارُ

Ten hours have passed, dividing

Ten hours have passed separating

The host of darkness into what seem tenths.

The party of nightfall as if it were tenths

طابَتْ بمَوْلِدِ خيْرِ مَنْ لضَريحِهِ

طابَتْ بمَوْلِدِ خيْرِ مَنْ لضَريحِهِ

تُزْجى قِلاصٌ أو تُزَمَّ عِشارُ

تُزْجى قِلاصٌ أو تُزَمَّ عِشارُ

They grew sweet at the birth of the best of men, to whose tomb

The night has turned its back and morning

Young she-camels are driven, or she-camels ten months pregnant are haltered.

Dawns against the darkness and day breaks

والليلُ قد ولّى وحُثَّ وراءَهُ

والليلُ قد ولّى وحُثَّ وراءَهُ

فجْرٌ يكُرّ على الدُجى ونَهارُ

فجْرٌ يكُرّ على الدُجى ونَهارُ

And night has turned away; behind it are spurred

By his birth the best of those whose tomb

Dawn, charging at the darkness, and daylight.

Is visited by caravans or tithed crops

ذبُلَتْ بهِ زُهْرُ النّجومِ وطالَما

ذبُلَتْ بهِ زُهْرُ النّجومِ وطالَما

أرِجَتْ بحَضْرَتِهِ لَها أزْهارُ

أرِجَتْ بحَضْرَتِهِ لَها أزْهارُ

Before it the bright stars withered, though often

The stars have withered in his presence, though often

Their blossoms had been fragrant in its presence.

Their flowers thrive through him

فلَقٌ على شَفَقٍ يكُرّ لحكمَةٍ

فلَقٌ على شَفَقٍ يكُرّ لحكمَةٍ

خفِيَتْ وأمْرٌ تحْتَهُ أسْرارُ

خفِيَتْ وأمْرٌ تحْتَهُ أسْرارُ

Daybreak charges upon twilight for a wise purpose

A slit in the dusk turns for wisdom

That lies hidden—and it is a matter with secrets beneath it.

Hidden, and a matter underneath, secrets

والكُلّ مؤتَمِرٌ وما في ضِمْنِهِ

والكُلّ مؤتَمِرٌ وما في ضِمْنِهِ

للّهِ فهْوَ الواحِدُ القَهّارُ

للّهِ فهْوَ الواحِدُ القَهّارُ

And the whole, with all it holds, obeys

All confer and within Him

God, for He is the One, the All-Subduing.

Is God, the One, the Omnipotent