وَجْهُ هذا اليومِ باسِمْ

وَجْهُ هذا اليومِ باسِمْ

وشَذَا الأزهارِ ناسِمْ

وشَذَا الأزهارِ ناسِمْ

The face of this day is smiling,

This day dawns with auspicious name

And the flowers' fragrance wafts.

And flowers bloom with fragrant fame

هَاتِهَا صَاحِ كُؤُوسَا

هَاتِهَا صَاحِ كُؤُوسَا

جالباتٍ للسُرورِ

جالباتٍ للسُرورِ

Bring it, friend, in goblets,

Raise these cups of cheer

Bringing delight,

Bringing joy and good cheer

وارتقبْ منها شُموسَا

وارتقبْ منها شُموسَا

طالعاتٍ في حُبورِ

طالعاتٍ في حُبورِ

And watch for suns from them,

And await the dawning suns

Rising in joy.

Rising bright in sweet dawns

ما ترى الروض عَروسَا

ما ترى الروض عَروسَا

في حُلى نَوْرٍ ونُورِ

في حُلى نَوْرٍ ونُورِ

Do you not see the garden as a bride,

See the garden, a radiant bride

In adornments of blossom and light?

In ornaments of light and pride

وأَتَتْ رسْلُ النَّواسِمْ

وأَتَتْ رسْلُ النَّواسِمْ

تجتلي هذي النَّواسِمْ

تجتلي هذي النَّواسِمْ

The messengers of gentle breezes have come,

The gentle breezes come whispering

Beholding these gentle breezes.

Making the blossoms dance, singing

قد أَهَلَّتْ بالبشَائِرْ

قد أَهَلَّتْ بالبشَائِرْ

أَضْحَكَتْ ثَغْرَ الأَزَاهِرْ

أَضْحَكَتْ ثَغْرَ الأَزَاهِرْ

They have appeared with glad tidings,

Bearing the tidings of gladness

Making the mouth of the blossoms laugh.

Making the flowers smile in their gladness

سَنْحَتْ في يُمْنِ طائِرْ

سَنْحَتْ في يُمْنِ طائِرْ

ونظمنَ كالجواهرْ

ونظمنَ كالجواهرْ

They appeared under a bird's auspicious omen,

Composing sweet poems of splendor

And were strung like jewels.

Like glistening jewels and tender

فانشروها في العَشائِرْ

فانشروها في العَشائِرْ

إنَّ هذا الصنعَ باهرْ

إنَّ هذا الصنعَ باهرْ

So spread them among the clans:

Spread such tidings through the clans

Indeed, this work is wondrous.

For this is a work of the artisan's hands

وَأَشِيعُوا في العَوَالمْ

وَأَشِيعُوا في العَوَالمْ

الْغَنِيْ بِاللهِ سَالِمْ

الْغَنِيْ بِاللهِ سَالِمْ

And proclaim throughout the worlds:

And let it resound in the lands

Al-Ghani bi-llah is safe and sound.

Of the One Rich, the Lord of Peace

أَيُّ نُورٍ يَتَوَقَدْ

أَيُّ نُورٍ يَتَوَقَدْ

أَيِّ بدرٍ يَتَلاَلاَ

أَيِّ بدرٍ يَتَلاَلاَ

What a light blazes!

What light kindles and glows?

What a full moon sparkles!

What moon rises and shows?

أَيُّ فخر يتخَلَّدْ

أَيُّ فخر يتخَلَّدْ

أَيُّ غَيْثٍ يَتَوَالى

أَيُّ غَيْثٍ يَتَوَالى

What glory endures forever!

What pride immortal will be?

What life-giving rain keeps falling!

What rain perpetually?

إِنَّما المولى محمَّدْ

إِنَّما المولى محمَّدْ

رحمةُ اللهِ تعالى

رحمةُ اللهِ تعالى

It is none other than our lord Muhammad,

Only the Master Muhammad

The mercy of God Most High.

Allah's Mercy and Grace imbued

كَفُّهُ بحرُ المقاسِمْ

كَفُّهُ بحرُ المقاسِمْ

وبها حجُ المباسِمْ

وبها حجُ المباسِمْ

His palm is a sea of bounty,

His hand, the sea of bounty

And there smiling mouths make pilgrimage.

By it the valiant find booty

خَيْرُ أمْلاَكِ الزَّمانِ

خَيْرُ أمْلاَكِ الزَّمانِ

مِنْ بني سَعْدٍ ونَصْرِ

مِنْ بني سَعْدٍ ونَصْرِ

The best of the kings of the age,

Best of all eras' possessions

Among the sons of Sa'd and Nasr.

Of Sa'd and Nasr's processions

ما تَرَى أَنَّ الشَّواني

ما تَرَى أَنَّ الشَّواني

في صَعِيد البَرِّ تجري

في صَعِيد البَرِّ تجري

Do you not see that the galleys

See the rivers in the vale

Sail over the surface of dry land?

Flowing through hill and dale

قَدْ أَطَارَتْها التَّهاني

قَدْ أَطَارَتْها التَّهاني

دونَ بحريِّ وبحرِ

دونَ بحريِّ وبحرِ

Congratulations have sent them flying,

Borne are their waves of joy

Without sailor or sea,

Beyond sea and stream they buoy

مُذْ رَأَتْ بَحْرَ النعائِمْ

مُذْ رَأَتْ بَحْرَ النعائِمْ

كُلُّها جارٍ وعائِمْ

كُلُّها جارٍ وعائِمْ

Since they saw the sea of blessings,

For they saw the sea of boons

All of them under way and afloat.

With ships and vessels as moons

فَهَنيئاً بالشِّفَاءِ

فَهَنيئاً بالشِّفَاءِ

يا أَمِيرَ المُسْلِمينَا

يا أَمِيرَ المُسْلِمينَا

So congratulations on your recovery,

So glad tidings for healing

O Commander of the Muslims!

Our Prince of Believers appealing

ولنا حَقُّ الهَنَاءِ

ولنا حَقُّ الهَنَاءِ

وجميع العَالَمينَا

وجميع العَالَمينَا

And we have a right to rejoice,

And ours the rights to rejoice

And so do all the worlds.

All people, lift your voice

إن جَهَرْنَا بالدُّعَاءِ

إن جَهَرْنَا بالدُّعَاءِ

ينطق الدَّهْرُ أَمينَا

ينطق الدَّهْرُ أَمينَا

If we raise our voices in prayer,

If we pray most ardently

Time says, 'Amen.'

The age will say, "Amen," verily

دُمْتَ محروسَ المكارِمْ

دُمْتَ محروسَ المكارِمْ

بِظُبَى البِيضِ الصوارِمْ

بِظُبَى البِيضِ الصوارِمْ

May you endure, your noble virtues guarded

Last with the lofty, guarded morals

By the edges of gleaming, sharp swords.

By the white blades, brandished as laurels