هناءٌ سواءٌ كلّنا في سرورهِ

هناءٌ سواءٌ كلّنا في سرورهِ

جَلا ظُلم الأكدار إشراق نورهِ

جَلا ظُلم الأكدار إشراق نورهِ

A felicity whose joy we all share equally.

Joy for us all in his bliss

The radiance of its light dispelled the darkness of cares.

The gloom of sorrows has cleared, his light shines

رَأت كلُّ عينٍ منه أعظم قرّةٍ

رَأت كلُّ عينٍ منه أعظم قرّةٍ

وكلُّ فؤادٍ نالَ أقصى حبورهِ

وكلُّ فؤادٍ نالَ أقصى حبورهِ

Every eye beheld in it the greatest delight,

Every eye has seen in him the greatest delight

And every heart attained its fullest joy.

And every heart has attained his utmost passion

لك اللّه ما أَسنى وأيمن طالعاً

لك اللّه ما أَسنى وأيمن طالعاً

بِه زُرت مِن مغناكَ أعلى قصورهِ

بِه زُرت مِن مغناكَ أعلى قصورهِ

God be with you! How splendid and auspicious the ascendant

For you, O God, what excellent and auspicious stars

Under which you visited the loftiest of your abode’s palaces!

With them you have visited, to his loftiest castles

لَقد هشّ حتّى كادّ لو كان ناطقاً

لَقد هشّ حتّى كادّ لو كان ناطقاً

تُحيّيكَ بالبُغيا جميع وكورهِ

تُحيّيكَ بالبُغيا جميع وكورهِ

Indeed, it so rejoiced that—could it speak—it almost seemed

Truly it has rejoiced, as if it could speak

That all its nests would greet you with what you desire.

It would congratulate you in all its corners

كأنّ اللّيالي أنشدتهُ بعاطلٍ

كأنّ اللّيالي أنشدتهُ بعاطلٍ

لِعقدٍ وحالٍ قد زَها في نحورهِ

لِعقدٍ وحالٍ قد زَها في نحورهِ

As though the nights had sung to it of one unadorned,

As if the nights recited to it, leisurely

Bare of a necklace, and one adorned, now gleaming upon its necks.

For a string of pearls, adorned at its throat

أَميري بأحدٍ مَع ثمانٍ وأربعٍ

أَميري بأحدٍ مَع ثمانٍ وأربعٍ

لِثاني الربيعين هناءٌ لدورهِ

لِثاني الربيعين هناءٌ لدورهِ

My prince, on one plus eight and four,

My prince on the twenty-eighth

Of the second of the two Rabi months—joy at its return.

Of the second spring, joy for its return

فَلا زالَ مِنكم بَيننا الدهر آهلا

فَلا زالَ مِنكم بَيننا الدهر آهلا

وَمن شَمسِكم يمتدُّ نور بدورهِ

وَمن شَمسِكم يمتدُّ نور بدورهِ

So may time among us ever be filled with your presence,

So between us they never cease to be populated

And may its full moons’ light spread from your sun.

And from your sun its light extends in its turn

وَلا زالتِ الأيّام فيه مواسماً

وَلا زالتِ الأيّام فيه مواسماً

تجدّدُ في أعوامه وشهورهِ

تجدّدُ في أعوامه وشهورهِ

And may the days within it ever remain festive seasons,

And the days in it are seasons

Renewed throughout its years and months.

Renewed in its years and months

وَدُم آمناً فيه معافى مهنّأ

وَدُم آمناً فيه معافى مهنّأ

هناءٌ سواءٌ كلّنا في سرورهِ

هناءٌ سواءٌ كلّنا في سرورهِ

And remain safe within it, healthy and blessed with joy.

And blood secure in it, healthy and fortunate

A felicity whose joy we all share equally.

Joy for us all in his bliss