أحْرَزْتُ من كُلّ وصْفٍ رائِقٍ حسَنٍ

أحْرَزْتُ من كُلّ وصْفٍ رائِقٍ حسَنٍ

ما لمْ يُنَلْ مثْلُهُ في سالِفِ الزّمنِ

ما لمْ يُنَلْ مثْلُهُ في سالِفِ الزّمنِ

I have attained, in every pleasing, beautiful quality,

I have attained every fine and pleasant description,

something whose like was never attained in times gone by.

The like of which was never attained in bygone times,

إنْ حلّ من مظهَري موْلايَ أفْقَ عُلاً

إنْ حلّ من مظهَري موْلايَ أفْقَ عُلاً

فأيْنَ صنعاءُ أو سيفُ بنُ ذي يزَنِ

فأيْنَ صنعاءُ أو سيفُ بنُ ذي يزَنِ

If my lord, from my belvedere, takes his place on a horizon of glory,

If the horizons of my existence are graced by my Master,

then where are Sana'a or Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan?

Where then is Sana’a or the sword of Dhi Yazan?

هذا هو المصْنَعُ الأعلى فحُلَّ به

هذا هو المصْنَعُ الأعلى فحُلَّ به

طوْعَ السّعودِ ودَعْ غُمْدانَ لليَمَنِ

طوْعَ السّعودِ ودَعْ غُمْدانَ لليَمَنِ

This is the loftiest edifice; so dwell in it,

This is the supreme achievement, so be content with it,

as good fortune bids, and leave Ghumdan to Yemen.

By the grace of the Sauds, and sheathe the blades of Yemen,

أو حلّ في مظهَري عندَ العشيِّ فما

أو حلّ في مظهَري عندَ العشيِّ فما

للشّمسِ دونيَ أن تهْدِي إلى سَنَنِ

للشّمسِ دونيَ أن تهْدِي إلى سَنَنِ

Or if he takes his place in my belvedere at dusk, what right

Or if He appears in my being at eventide,

has the sun, rather than I, to show the way?

The sun has no right but to set according to its laws,

وإنْ تحدّثَ عن وصْفٍ كرُمْتُ به

وإنْ تحدّثَ عن وصْفٍ كرُمْتُ به

رأيْتَهُ مالِكاً يرْوي عنِ الحسِنِ

رأيْتَهُ مالِكاً يرْوي عنِ الحسِنِ

And if he speaks of a quality by which I was ennobled,

And if you speak of a virtue with which I am graced,

you see him as Malik, narrating from al-Hasan.

You will find it to be related from the Goodly Example,

أصبحْتُ للزُّهْرِ والأزهارِ مُجْتَمَعاً

أصبحْتُ للزُّهْرِ والأزهارِ مُجْتَمَعاً

كَما غدتْ كفُّه للجودِ والمِنَنِ

كَما غدتْ كفُّه للجودِ والمِنَنِ

I have become a gathering-place for bright stars and flowers,

I have come to embody flowers and blossoms,

just as his palm has become one for generosity and favors.

As His palm has come to embody generosity and favour,

هو الإمامُ الذي إحْسانُهُ أبَداً

هو الإمامُ الذي إحْسانُهُ أبَداً

وحُسْنُهُ سَنَنٌ هادٍ إلى السُّنَنِ

وحُسْنُهُ سَنَنٌ هادٍ إلى السُّنَنِ

He is the imam whose everlasting beneficence

He is the Imam whose benevolence is everlasting,

and beauty are a path guiding to the traditions.

And whose beauty sets an exemplary path to follow,

فإنّ شُهْبَ الهُدَى لوْلاهُ ما وضحَتْ

فإنّ شُهْبَ الهُدَى لوْلاهُ ما وضحَتْ

وإنّ سُبْلَ النّدى لولاه لمْ تبِنِ

وإنّ سُبْلَ النّدى لولاه لمْ تبِنِ

For without him the blazing stars of guidance would not have shone,

For had it not been for him the stars of guidance would not have shone,

and without him the paths of generosity would not have become clear.

And had it not been for him the paths of light would not have been clear,

لو كان فيما مضى وضّاحُ طلعَتِهِ

لو كان فيما مضى وضّاحُ طلعَتِهِ

ما كان يُنْسَبُ وضّاحٌ إلى يمَنِ

ما كان يُنْسَبُ وضّاحٌ إلى يمَنِ

Had his radiant countenance existed in days gone by,

If the illuminator of his rising place had existed before,

Waddah would not have been called 'of Yemen.'

No illuminator would have been attributed to Yemen,

هذا هو الناصِرُ الموْلَى الهُمامُ فدَعْ

هذا هو الناصِرُ الموْلَى الهُمامُ فدَعْ

ذِكْرى أمينٍ ومأمونٍ ومُؤْتَمَنِ

ذِكْرى أمينٍ ومأمونٍ ومُؤْتَمَنِ

This is al-Nasir, the valiant lord; so leave aside

This is the champion, the intrepid Master, so leave

the memory of Amin, Ma'mun, and Mu'taman.

Talk of trustee, faithful, and trustworthy,

لا زالَ والنّصرُ من عُلياهُ مُلْتَمَسٌ

لا زالَ والنّصرُ من عُلياهُ مُلْتَمَسٌ

مبَلَّغَ الوَطَرِ المرجُوّ في الوطَنِ

مبَلَّغَ الوَطَرِ المرجُوّ في الوطَنِ

May he ever remain—with victory sought from his eminence—

His triumph remains sought from his lofty horizons,

granted his hoped-for wish in the homeland.

Conveying the awaited tidings in the homeland,