أبلعربُO Balʿarab الملكُthe king الإمامُthe imam العادلُthe just
أبلعربُ الملكُ الإمامُ العادلُ
أنتyou الفتىthe noble youth وبكand through you استقامَstood firm العادلُthe just one
أنت الفتى وبك استقامَ العادلُ
O Balʿarab, the king, the just imam,
O noblest of Arabs, just Imam,
You are the noble youth; through you the just man stands firm.
You are the exemplar, and through you justice prevailed,
لاmay ... not خابَbe disappointed منwhoever يرجوhopes for نوالكyour bounty فيin الندىgenerosity
لا خابَ من يرجو نوالك في الندى
منamong ذاthis الورىhumankind لكنbut يخيبُis disappointed العاذلُthe reproacher
من ذا الورى لكن يخيبُ العاذلُ
May none who hopes for your generous bounty be disappointed
None who hope for your favor are disappointed,
Among these mortals; but the reproacher meets disappointment.
Who in this world fails to attain their desire but the unwise,
أنتyou الخضمُّthe vast ocean الزاخرُsurging البحرُthe sea الذيwhich
أنت الخضمُّ الزاخرُ البحرُ الذي
منfrom جودِهits generosity خجلfelt ashamed الأنىُّthe unhurried one النائلُthe giver
من جودِه خجل الأنىُّ النائلُ
You are the vast, surging ocean, the sea whose
You are the ever-flowing, abundant sea,
Bounty puts the unhurried giver to shame.
Whose generosity shames the wishful thinker,
فكأنَماso it is as though عاهدتَyou made a covenant with نفسكyourself أوor حلفتyou swore
فكأنَما عاهدتَ نفسك أو حلفت
أليّةan oath أنthat لاnot يخيبَbe disappointed السائلْthe petitioner
أليّة أن لا يخيبَ السائلْ
So it is as though you made a covenant with yourself, or swore
As though you had sworn or made a pact,
An oath that no petitioner should be disappointed.
To never disappoint the one who asks,
وإذاand when الكرامُthe noble تفاخرتْvied in boasting بمكارهِof hardships
وإذا الكرامُ تفاخرتْ بمكارهِ
وتفاضلتْand vied in excellence يوماًone day فأنتthen you الفاضِلُthe foremost
وتفاضلتْ يوماً فأنت الفاضِلُ
And when the noble vie in boasting of hardships,
And when the generous compete in nobility,
And vie one day in excellence, you are the foremost.
You are the most noble among them,
وإذاand when الكماةُthe armored warriors تقاعَسَتْhung back فيin مأزقٍa strait
وإذا الكماةُ تقاعَسَتْ في مأزقٍ
أوor أحجمتdrew back أنتَyou الهزبرُthe lion الواصِلُthe advancing one
أو أحجمت أنتَ الهزبرُ الواصِلُ
And when armored warriors hang back in a strait,
And when the brave falter in adversity,
Or draw back, you are the lion that presses forward.
You are the steadfast hero who prevails.