لا نُؤَدّي لِأَنْعُمِ اللَّهِ شُكْراً

لا نُؤَدّي لِأَنْعُمِ اللَّهِ شُكْراً

بِكَ يا أَعظَمَ البَرِيَّةِ قَدرا

بِكَ يا أَعظَمَ البَرِيَّةِ قَدرا

We cannot give due thanks for God's blessings

We do not give thanks to God for His blessings

through you, O greatest of all creation in rank.

With you, O greatest of creations in virtue

زَورُ عشرٍ وافى لإِقلاعِ ذا

زَورُ عشرٍ وافى لإِقلاعِ ذا

جَعَلا المنَّةَ المُمنّاةَ عَشرا

جَعَلا المنَّةَ المُمنّاةَ عَشرا

The visitor of ten arrived for this one's departure;

Ten full moons have passed since the departure of that one

the two made the promised favor tenfold.

Who made obligatory charity tenfold

أَمَّ مَغْناكَ ضامِناً أَنَّ أَيّا

أَمَّ مَغْناكَ ضامِناً أَنَّ أَيّا

مَكَ تُغني الأَحقابَ عَصراً فَعَصرا

مَكَ تُغني الأَحقابَ عَصراً فَعَصرا

He sought your dwelling, assuring that your days

Or has your guarantor assured that whenever

enrich the ages, era after era.

You will suffice the ages, age after age

في مَحَلٍّ له السِّماكانِ سَمكٌ

في مَحَلٍّ له السِّماكانِ سَمكٌ

وَجُدودٌ لَها المَجَرَّة مَجرى

وَجُدودٌ لَها المَجَرَّة مَجرى

In a dwelling whose roof is the two Simāk stars,

In a place for it are the fishes in the seas

and with fortunes whose course is the Milky Way.

And for them the celestial sphere is an orbit

أَيُّها العادِلُ المُظَفَّرُ لا قص

أَيُّها العادِلُ المُظَفَّرُ لا قص

صَت شَبا الدَّهرِ مِن شباتِكَ ظُفرا

صَت شَبا الدَّهرِ مِن شباتِكَ ظُفرا

O just and victorious one, may

O just, victorious one, the youth of time have not

Time's blades never clip a nail from your keen edge.

Attained from your youth any victories

جَعَلَ اللَّهُ ما اِستَهَلَّ مِنَ الأَشْ

جَعَلَ اللَّهُ ما اِستَهَلَّ مِنَ الأَشْ

هُر يَنْهَلُّ في مَغازيكَ نَصرا

هُر يَنْهَلُّ في مَغازيكَ نَصرا

May God make each month that dawns

God has made whatever months have begun

pour down victory in your campaigns.

To flow in your conquests with triumph

أَبَداً يَنشرُ التَّهاني على سا

أَبَداً يَنشرُ التَّهاني على سا

حاتِكَ الزّهر في المَواسِمِ نَشرا

حاتِكَ الزّهر في المَواسِمِ نَشرا

Forever spreading congratulations over

Forever the flowers in the seasons will spread

your radiant courtyards at festivals, in profusion.

Congratulations on your plains, a spreading

أَنتَ أَسرى المُلوكِ نَفساً وَفلساً

أَنتَ أَسرى المُلوكِ نَفساً وَفلساً

وَإِلى أَسرِهِم مِنَ الطّيفِ أَسرى

وَإِلى أَسرِهِم مِنَ الطّيفِ أَسرى

You are the noblest of kings in soul and coin,

You are the captor of kings, their souls and property

and swifter than a dream-phantom on the night march to capture them.

And to their captivity from you are captives

مَلكٌ عِندَهُ المَشارِبُ تُسْتَمْ

مَلكٌ عِندَهُ المَشارِبُ تُسْتَمْ

رَى وَأَخلافُ الجودِ تَمرَى فَتفرَى

رَى وَأَخلافُ الجودِ تَمرَى فَتفرَى

A king with whom drinking sources are tapped,

A king who has drinks that are sipped continuously

and generosity's teats are milked, then slit open.

And successive generosity that flows copiously

فَلَكَ اللَّهُ مِن مثمِّر بَذْرٍ

فَلَكَ اللَّهُ مِن مثمِّر بَذْرٍ

يَصطَفي صالِحاً وَيحصدُ أُجرا

يَصطَفي صالِحاً وَيحصدُ أُجرا

God be with you, who makes seed bear fruit,

So God has for you from a fruitful seed

choosing the good and reaping reward.

One virtuous whom He chooses and reaps reward

عِشْ لِمُلْكٍ أَصبحتَ في الدَّسْتِ مِنهُ

عِشْ لِمُلْكٍ أَصبحتَ في الدَّسْتِ مِنهُ

فَوقَ كِسرى عَدلاً وَشَعباً وكسرا

فَوقَ كِسرى عَدلاً وَشَعباً وكسرا

Live on for a kingdom on whose throne you now sit,

Live for a kingdom you have grasped, in it

above Kisra in justice, in mending and in breaking.

Above Chosroes, just, populous, and breaking

تفطِرُ الطّيّباتِ لِلفِطرِ فِطراً

تفطِرُ الطّيّباتِ لِلفِطرِ فِطراً

وتعمُّ الأعداءَ في النَّحْر نَحْرا

وتعمُّ الأعداءَ في النَّحْر نَحْرا

You break your fast with good things at Fitr,

You tear open gifts for Eid, a tearing

and at the Feast of Sacrifice you slaughter all your enemies.

And engulf enemies in slaughter, a slaughtering

يَقتَني مَن كَساكَ أَنفَسَ مَلبو

يَقتَني مَن كَساكَ أَنفَسَ مَلبو

سٍ وَيفنيكَ مِنهُ أَطولَ عُمرا

سٍ وَيفنيكَ مِنهُ أَطولَ عُمرا

May he who clothed you in the most precious garment keep you,

Whoever dresses you, buys the souls of those adorned

and let you wear out its longest-lasting kind.

And your existence from him is lengthier life

أَنتَ تُملي وَنَحنُ نَنظمُ ما تَنْ

أَنتَ تُملي وَنَحنُ نَنظمُ ما تَنْ

ثُرهُ الغُرُّ مِن مَساعيكَ نَثرا

ثُرهُ الغُرُّ مِن مَساعيكَ نَثرا

You dictate, and we put into verse what

You dictate and we compose whatever the war

your brilliant deeds scatter in prose.

Scatters of your endeavors, a scattering

صَرَفَ اللَّهُ عَنكَ عَينَ زَمانٍ

صَرَفَ اللَّهُ عَنكَ عَينَ زَمانٍ

بِكَ صارَت بَعدَ الإِصابَةِ عَبْرى

بِكَ صارَت بَعدَ الإِصابَةِ عَبْرى

May God avert from you the eye of Time,

God has diverted from you the evil eye of time

which through you grew tearful after it had struck.

Through you after affliction it became a moral

وَتَوالَت لَكَ الفُتوحُ إِلى أَنْ

وَتَوالَت لَكَ الفُتوحُ إِلى أَنْ

تَملأَ الخافِقَينِ نَهْياً وَأَمرا

تَملأَ الخافِقَينِ نَهْياً وَأَمرا

And may conquests follow one another for you until

And the conquests succeeded for you until

you fill the two horizons with prohibition and command.

You filled the horizons with prohibition and order

كُلَّما أَنهَجتَ مَلابِس نُعمى

كُلَّما أَنهَجتَ مَلابِس نُعمى

وَتَملَّيْتَهُنَّ جَدَّدتَ أُخرى

وَتَملَّيْتَهُنَّ جَدَّدتَ أُخرى

Whenever you wear out garments of blessing

Whenever you donned fine garments

and have long enjoyed them, you replace them with fresh ones.

And wore them, you would replace them with others