قَدْ عادَتِ الشمسُ فِي أَعلى مطالِعِها

قَدْ عادَتِ الشمسُ فِي أَعلى مطالِعِها

ولُجَّةُ البحرِ فِي أَعلى مَشَارِعها

ولُجَّةُ البحرِ فِي أَعلى مَشَارِعها

The sun has indeed returned to the highest of its rising places,

The sun has returned to the heights of its rising,

And the sea's deep waters stand at their highest watering places,

And the swell of the sea to the peaks of its surging,

وعزَّ نَظْمُ الهدى فِي كَفِّ ناظِمِهِ

وعزَّ نَظْمُ الهدى فِي كَفِّ ناظِمِهِ

وراقَ مُجْتَمَعُ الدنيا بِجامِعِها

وراقَ مُجْتَمَعُ الدنيا بِجامِعِها

And the strand of guidance has gained honor in its stringer's palm,

And the splendor of guidance to the palm of its arranger,

And the world's gathering has grown fair through its unifier,

And the world community has prospered under its uniter.

وعادَ نُورُ جفونٍ فِي نواظِرِها

وعادَ نُورُ جفونٍ فِي نواظِرِها

بِهِ وقَرَّتْ قلوبٌ فِي مواضِعِها

بِهِ وقَرَّتْ قلوبٌ فِي مواضِعِها

And light has returned to the pupils beneath their lids,

The light has returned to rejuvenated eyes,

Through him, and hearts have settled in their places,

And hearts have settled in their proper stations,

وقابَلَتْها اللُّهى فِي كَفِّ باذِلِها

وقابَلَتْها اللُّهى فِي كَفِّ باذِلِها

وحوزَةُ الملكِ فِي أَكنافِ مانِعِها

وحوزَةُ الملكِ فِي أَكنافِ مانِعِها

And generous gifts have met them in their giver's palm,

And the divine gifts into the hands of their giver,

And the royal domain lies in its defender's shelter.

And the kingdom’s territory into the arms of its protector.

وحطَّ رَحْلَ الوغى عن ظهرِ صائِفَةٍ

وحطَّ رَحْلَ الوغى عن ظهرِ صائِفَةٍ

شابَتْ رؤوسُ الأَعَادِي من وقائِعِها

شابَتْ رؤوسُ الأَعَادِي من وقائِعِها

And he has lifted war's saddle from a summer campaign's back,

The burden of turmoil has dismounted the back of the storm-rider,

The enemies' heads turned gray from its battles.

The heads of enemies have turned white from its events,

كادَتْ تَهُدُّ الصخورَ الصُّمَّ روعَتُها

كادَتْ تَهُدُّ الصخورَ الصُّمَّ روعَتُها

لولا تَمَكُّنُ وَقْرٍ فِي مَسامِعِها

لولا تَمَكُّنُ وَقْرٍ فِي مَسامِعِها

Its terror almost shattered the deaf rocks,

Its awe has nearly cleft deaf rocks asunder,

But for deafness firmly lodged within their ears.

Had it not been for composure permeating their hearing.

هَوْلٌ نَفى الجِنَّ عن أَخفى مَلاعِبِها

هَوْلٌ نَفى الجِنَّ عن أَخفى مَلاعِبِها

وأَوْحَشَ الوحشَ فِي أَقْصى مَرَاتِعِها

وأَوْحَشَ الوحشَ فِي أَقْصى مَرَاتِعِها

A terror that drove the jinn from their most hidden playgrounds,

It has banished jinn from their most secretive haunts,

And frightened wild beasts in their remotest grazing grounds.

And frightened the wild beasts in the depths of their lairs,

تقودُها دعوةُ التوحيدِ قَدْ أَخَذَتْ

تقودُها دعوةُ التوحيدِ قَدْ أَخَذَتْ

عَهْداً من اللهِ فِي تشفيعِ شافِعِها

عَهْداً من اللهِ فِي تشفيعِ شافِعِها

The call to God's oneness leads it, having secured

Led by the call of divine oneness which has taken

A pledge from God to accept its intercessor's plea,

A pledge from God as its interceding advocate,

وغُرَّةٌ أَشرَقَتْ فِي كُلِّ مُظْلِمَةٍ

وغُرَّةٌ أَشرَقَتْ فِي كُلِّ مُظْلِمَةٍ

بثاقِبِ الهَدْيِ والأنوارِ ساطعِها

بثاقِبِ الهَدْيِ والأنوارِ ساطعِها

And a radiant brow that shone in every darkness,

And a dawn has shone in every darkened night

With piercing guidance and the lights' radiance,

With the penetrating light and rays of its risings,

بِريحِ نصرٍ إِلَى الأَعداءِ تَقَدُمُها

بِريحِ نصرٍ إِلَى الأَعداءِ تَقَدُمُها

كَرِيحِ عادٍ جَلَتْها عن مَصانِعِها

كَرِيحِ عادٍ جَلَتْها عن مَصانِعِها

Leading it toward the enemies with a wind of victory,

With a breeze of victory advancing against the foe

Like the wind of ʿĀd that drove them from their strongholds.

Like the wind of Aad which tore them from their dwellings.

فإِن يعوذُوا بآنافِ الجِبالِ فقد

فإِن يعوذُوا بآنافِ الجِبالِ فقد

جاءَتْ أُنُوفُهُمُ فِي سَيْفِ جادِعها

جاءَتْ أُنُوفُهُمُ فِي سَيْفِ جادِعها

So if they seek refuge on the mountains' noses, already

If they seek refuge in the cliffs of mountains,

Their noses have come beneath the sword of him who severs them;

Their noses have come against the sword that cleaves them.

أَو عَلَّلُوا بِفِرارٍ أَنفُساً عَلِمَتْ

أَو عَلَّلُوا بِفِرارٍ أَنفُساً عَلِمَتْ

أَنَّ الفِرارَ دواءٌ غَيْرُ نافِعِها

أَنَّ الفِرارَ دواءٌ غَيْرُ نافِعِها

Or if they beguile with flight souls that have learned

Or they have excused themselves with fleeing lives

That flight is a remedy of no use to them,

That know well that flight is no use to them.

فَما النجاةُ تَمارى فِي تَفَكُّرِها

فَما النجاةُ تَمارى فِي تَفَكُّرِها

ولا الحياةُ تَرَاءى فِي مَطامِعِها

ولا الحياةُ تَرَاءى فِي مَطامِعِها

So escape is not even debated in their thoughts,

Salvation does not deceive itself in their thinking,

Nor does life appear among their hopes.

Nor life make itself seen in their hopes.

بلِ الرَّدى منكَ مكتوبٌ عَلَى مُهَجٍ

بلِ الرَّدى منكَ مكتوبٌ عَلَى مُهَجٍ

قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ بارِزاتٍ فِي مَضاجِعِها

قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ بارِزاتٍ فِي مَضاجِعِها

Rather, death at your hand is written upon hearts

Rather, ruin from you is decreed for them, engraved

That now lie exposed in their resting places.

Upon a folk who have become uncovered in their beds.

ولا بِسَيْفِكَ عَجْزٌ عن معاقِلِها

ولا بِسَيْفِكَ عَجْزٌ عن معاقِلِها

ولا سِنانُكَ نابٍ دُونَ دارِعِها

ولا سِنانُكَ نابٍ دُونَ دارِعِها

Nor is your sword powerless against their strongholds,

Your sword is not helpless against their forts,

Nor does your spearpoint recoil before their mail-clad warrior.

Nor does your blade miss what opposes it.

وَمَا تَرَجَّلْتَ إِلّا ريثَما نَزَلُوا

وَمَا تَرَجَّلْتَ إِلّا ريثَما نَزَلُوا

عَلَى الأَحِبَّةِ فِي أَدْنى مَصارِعِها

عَلَى الأَحِبَّةِ فِي أَدْنى مَصارِعِها

And you dismounted only long enough for them to descend

You have only dismounted for a time until they descend

Among their loved ones, in their nearest places of death.

Upon your loved ones in the basest of fields.

وأَنتَ جارٍ من العَلْيا عَلَى سُنَنٍ

وأَنتَ جارٍ من العَلْيا عَلَى سُنَنٍ

تَدَارُكُ الحربِ من أَزْكَى شرائِعِها

تَدَارُكُ الحربِ من أَزْكَى شرائِعِها

And you travel along the ways of high glory:

While you, exalted, follow the ways

Intervening in war is among its purest ordinances.

Of rushing to war from its purest laws,

واللهُ جارُكَ فِي حِلٍّ ومُرْتَحَلٍ

واللهُ جارُكَ فِي حِلٍّ ومُرْتَحَلٍ

وسَاحَةِ الأَرْضِ دانيها وشاسِعِها

وسَاحَةِ الأَرْضِ دانيها وشاسِعِها

And God is your protector at rest and on the march,

With God as your protecting neighbor, both settled and unsettled,

And throughout the earth's expanse, its near and distant reaches,

In the expanse of the land, both its near and its distant reaches,

حَتَّى يُثيرَ لَكَ الآفاقَ مُؤْتَنِفاً

حَتَّى يُثيرَ لَكَ الآفاقَ مُؤْتَنِفاً

كواكِباً تُسْعِدُ الدنيا بطالِعِها

كواكِباً تُسْعِدُ الدنيا بطالِعِها

Until He raises for you anew across the horizons

Until He stirs for you horizons in succession,

Stars that bring the world good fortune with their rising.

With stars that bring joy to the world with their rising.